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...drawn underwhelming reviews for its thin lineup of attractions - needed a lifeline. On Tuesday it got one, when the Hong Kong government and Walt Disney executives reached a deal to expand Disney's second Asian theme park over the next five years in an attempt to boost sales and stand up to competitors. (See pictures of theme parks in China...
...timing is certainly right. Analysts say Hong Kong Disneyland needs to expand to stand up to plans for a much larger Shanghai Disneyland in the next few years. Construction has not begun, but the Shanghai municipal government and Disney Co. signed off on a project proposal earlier this year. The new plan could also lift spirits at a time when Hong Kong's tourism has taken a hit on swine flu concerns. According to the Hong Kong Tourism Board, the number of new visitors to the city in May dropped a steep 13.4% year on year. For the first five...
...crowds protesting in a tropical republic may seem like a time warp to the war-ridden '80s. Indeed, as Honduras struggles with the first Central American coup in almost two decades, it hasn't moved on much since the bad old days of the Cold War. Pumped-up soldiers stand on every corner, backed by humvees and low-flying helicopters. In the heat of the afternoon, groups of young men gather on street corners burning tires and smashing windows before troops hit back with baton charges and tear gas. Then as darkness descends, everyone rushes to their homes to beat...
...negotiations stagnated, prompting students to take more drastic actions to support the workers and Union. Groups such as the Student Labor Action Movement and the Stand for Security Coalition organized extensive protests and even a nine-day hunger strike, which resulted in the hospitalization of two undergraduates, to encourage the University to intervene in the contract negotiations. The activism prompted University human resource officials to seek an expedited audit of AlliedBarton to ensure that the subcontractor met the University's hiring and wage parity requirements for in-house and outsourced workers...
Forty-four young women in wide hakama pants stand on stage at the Takarazuka Grand Theater, a 30-minute train ride west of Osaka. With faces framed by boyish bobs or slicked-back hair, they announce in unison that they are the newest members of the Takarazuka Revue, an all-female musical theater group. And while these women - all graduates of the group's own school - might seem unaffected, their performances are anything...