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...meet them. Panidhar sits near Pillar No. 1, where the land border between the two countries begins. For the past 60 years, those markers were the only sign that there were two nations encompassed in this one village. But there is a new one nearby, made of steel, concrete and barbed wire. Like the U.S., Israel and other countries, India is constructing a massive frontier fence, hoping that it will act as a bulwark against what the government in New Delhi perceives to be problems and threats on the other side. When finished, the Indian fence along...
...biggest fallout has happened in cities that are wholly dependent on one big industry, especially steel or autos. In the Urals town of Magnitogorsk, a gigantic steelworks has placed 3,000 workers on forced leave. In Novolipetsk, to the east of Lyudinovo, thousands have been furloughed since Nov. 14, when the steel factory idled two of its blast furnaces. The government estimates that companies laid off about 200,000 workers in December and January, but that's probably an understatement. Yevgeny Gontmakher, an economist who heads the Russian Academy of Sciences' Social Studies Center, expects that Russia's official unemployment...
...film that catapulted him to national acclaim, Schrader spent a stretch of time living in his car, eventually coming to the chilling realization that he hadn’t spoken to another human being in weeks.“I’m like a kid in this steel box, this steel coffin, surrounded by all these people but all alone,” he recalled. “If I didn’t start writing this, it would have started writing me.” When Schrader has derived a story from a given problem, he develops...
...potential ramifications of a shift back to protectionist policies. When the U.S. House of Representatives added a protectionist clause to President Barack Obama's proposed $819 billion stimulus package last week, Europe cried foul. The clause would require infrastructure projects covered under the plan to use American-made steel. Moves are also afoot in the Senate to extend that "buy American" steel requirement to other construction materials covered by the package - causing tempers to flare in Europe. "A dangerous new steel war is looming, and we need to counter it with strong and decisive actions," warned Italian Trade Minister Adolfo...
...further 60% off of that. Or you can pay for four nights, and stay for seven. You get champagne served in Waterford flutes, chocolate covered tropical fruit, and a 15-minute professional photo shoot session. Add a candlelit dinner on the beach served by a white-gloved butler and steel-drum seranade starting at $160 for two. 888-SANDALS...