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...ethnicity, an ancient people who number in just the tens of thousands. The trial will judge one of their most sacred rites: bride prices. Adding to their concern is the way global media have jumped on the story, with the Internet headline "Man Sells Daughter for Beer" sparking a sudden interest in Triqui customs from Italy to Australia...
...After the sudden collapse of the conservative-led coalition government on Jan. 26, the new coalition of Social Democrats and Left-Greens named Siguršardóttir as leader of the new government until the parliamentary elections expected in the spring. Talks are under way to decide whether the matter of the E.U. application will be put to a referendum at the same vote. Siguršardóttir replaces Geir H. Haarde, who resigned as Prime Minister under mounting public outrage over the government's handling of the country's economic meltdown last autumn. (See the top 10 financial collapses...
...things clearly. For example, I wasn't happy that our captain, future Hall of Famer Lynette Woodard, wasn't taking charges. So, in practice, I ran a drill where our players would ram into Lynette over and over. I was making an example of her. Then all of a sudden, Kay comes up behind me and in her quiet voice goes, "Oh, it sure wouldn't be good if Lynette got hurt." Drill over! Kay was always there to provide a little common sense. We won a gold, and as head coach in '88, Kay won another...
...known as the "year without summer." It followed the Tambora Volcano eruption in Indonesia in 1815. It was sudden climate change on a similar scale, and it resulted in a severe famine in Europe, food riots and mass emigrations. Volcanic aerosols have a lifetime of about a year in the stratosphere. The lifetime of soot from nuclear fires is about five years. It's obviously much harder for a society to recover from such an extended cooling...
...sudden plunge in exports has taken its toll on China's industrial heartland - southern Guangdong province. Jing Ulrich, chairman of China equities at JP Morgan in Hong Kong, believes some 60,000 businesses closed in the region, and the government estimates about 10 million migrant workers are unemployed. The downturn has put "huge stress on the job market," says Credit Suisse economist Dong Tao, which "could cause some social unrest. That's my worry...