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...target species, the plentiful minke whale. In a country where only 3% of the land is arable, maintaining a small capability to obtain a domestic source of food means looking to the sea and managing the resource carefully. Helga Katherine Pratt Battle Ground, Washington, U.S. Your story seemed to suggest that all whaling is morally wrong, without distinguishing between harvesting endangered species and those that are plentiful, namely the minke whale. You stated that Norway "openly flouts" the rules of the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Although the IWC banned commercial whaling, Norway is within its rights to object...
...knee-jerk reaction that everything happening in India starts in Pakistan." But in New Delhi on Friday, protesters burned effigies of Musharraf in the streets. Bhatt, who has spent the past three years cultivating Indo-Pakistan friendship through a series of cinematic and artistic exchanges, says such protests suggest the terrorists have already succeeded. "Their goal was not to kill 200 people. It was far more sinister. It was meant to drive a stake into good relations between Hindus and Muslims. Everything we have built between the two countries has been destroyed. Not by the attacks, but by the suspicions...
Your story seemed to suggest that all whaling is morally wrong, without distinguishing between harvesting endangered species and hunting those that are plentiful. You stated that Norway "openly flouts" the rules of the International Whaling Commission, but Norway is within its rights to set its own catch limits. Having eaten whale and enjoyed it, I fail to see any moral difference between eating whale and eating beef. JAN MAGNUSSEN Old Lyme, Conn...
ETFs are still a relatively small business--totaling $350 billion compared with some $7 trillion invested in conventional U.S. mutual funds. But ETFs are attracting so much attention that some financial pros believe they're moving markets in certain precious metals, alternative energy, water and other areas. Those pundits suggest that gold ETFs--formed by trusts that hoard the glistening, 400-oz. bars in London vaults--have become reflexive, a term applied by billionaire investor George Soros. Think self-fulfilling prophecy. In this case, it means the new ETFs signaled a shortage of physical gold available, making the metal jump...
...also its principle of using violence to extract concessions from Israel. In fact, the Hamas militants that seized Corporal Gilad Shalit at Kerem Shalom may have been hoping to emulate Hizballah by forcing the release of large numbers of prisoners for the Israeli's freedom. But Palestinian analysts suggest they were also trying to sabotage any move toward moderation and negotiation with Israel by the Hamas parliamentary leadership...