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...Human-rights groups say the spate of public denunciations is part of a political crackdown that is the harshest in 20 years-and one that the government wants everyone to know about. In the past, Hanoi would often arrest and prosecute its opponents with little fanfare. But during the current wave of cases, foreign and local journalists have been allowed to view court hearings via televised feed, while the state-controlled media has run lengthy screeds against the defendants. This about-face is a reaction by authorities to modern realities, says Martin Gainsborough, a political scientist and Vietnam expert...
...Malibu? In some ways, what's happening in Singapore more closely resembles recent events in Macau, the former colonial enclave on the Chinese mainland that saw its property market and economy soar after the government in 2002 ended a longstanding gambling monopoly and touched off construction of a spate of new casinos, resorts and residential projects. Singapore's actions are having a similar effect. Development is booming and property prices have been soaring. Upscale home prices that averaged about $8,500 per sq m two years ago are expected to reach more than $21,300 per sq m this year...
...recent spate of violent crime has Beantown’s denizens on edge. Since ringing in the new year, 16 murders have been committed in Boston—six more than had been committed by this time last year. Young people with promising futures are having their lives snuffed out mercilessly by bullets discharged from anonymous assassins’ handguns. The oldest victim thus far: a 27 year-old male...
...basic job description for pastors' wives hasn't changed in a century. But pastors' wives have. The rise of megachurches, dual-career couples and women's independence have complicated the role and in some cases intensified the frustrations. A recent spate of scandals involving prominent pastors has underscored the challenges their wives face. Eight in 10 pastors' wives say they feel unappreciated or unaccepted by their husbands' congregations, according to surveys by the Global Pastors Wives Network (GPWN); the same number wish their husbands would choose another profession. "Wives' issues" is the No. 1 reason pastors leave their ministries...
Among the spate of new movies opening Friday, on what is shaping up to be an especially competitive weekend at theaters, is The Last Mimzy, a family fantasy film based on the popular short story "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by Lewis Padgett. (The story is about a mysterious box of toys; the title is a line from Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky.") For New Line Cinema, the studio behind the project, the movie is also a family affair. Production President Toby Emmerich penned several early drafts of the screenplay and studio co-chairman Robert Shaye is both an executive producer...