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Among the violations she discussed were state-run abortions that seek “to cause as much pain to the women as possible,” punishment of up to three generations of a family for the crime of a single family member, and the capture of children as political prisoners...
...billion. The pratfall appears to have prompted CIC to rein in its ambitions. Instead of splashy investments in the U.S. and Europe, the fund is now looking closer to home. It recently invested in Central Huijin Investment Co., a government agency with stakes in several of China's biggest state-run banks and brokerages, and will reportedly plunk another $66 billion into Agricultural Bank of China. To the extent CIC looks for investments abroad, its Chairman Lou Jiwei said in a late November speech, it will stick to index funds - equities linked to the performance of entire markets, not individual...
Venezuela is counting on the state-run oil companies of allies like China to replace Western oil outfits--a prospect that pains Washington, especially since Chvez is ratcheting up oil exports to China to reduce dependence on the U.S. market. Chavistas argue that if the U.S. is so concerned about global oil supply, it should lean on its own petro-allies--like Mexico and Saudi Arabia--which ban the foreign participation in oil ventures that Venezuela at least still allows. (Oil production in Mexico is also in serious decline...
...evicted the judges, including the chief justice, from the premises. They were then placed under house arrest, and a new, compliant judiciary was ushered in. Independent television channels—local and international—were taken off the air 20 minutes before the emergency was actually declared, leaving state-run television as the only source of news for Pakistanis. While international news channels were allowed to return to the air within a week, some of the more critical local news channels like Geo continue to be banned...
...Historically, the school had a really bad reputation," says Donna Chambers, head teacher at this institution of about 250 nursery and primary schoolers, which serves one of the most deprived sections of Nottingham. Charged with rejuvenating the state-run school, where "children come in well below national averages," Chambers has taken the innovative approach of organizing all subjects around a single theme, which the students themselves select by simple vote. "We were in a situation where we could take that risk," Chambers says. Past semesters have been centered on Africa, the Titanic and chocolate. This semester, students were given...