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...Pakistani scientist A.Q. Khan, as long as he was in power, there was a single address for complaints and demands. Musharraf leaves behind something of a power vacuum, in which authority is necessarily more diffuse. Indeed, General Pervez Musharraf's journey from military command to the presidency was a symptom of Pakistan's malaise, not its cause. He may depart from the scene, but the conflicts and contradictions that elevated him and then brought him down remain far from resolved...
...Olympic torch passed through Hong Kong in May, the 21-year-old university student became Hong Kong's activist poster child. She also became the bête-noire of many who see her as a photogenic traitor to the Chinese people. Chan brushes aside the criticism as a symptom of Hong Kong's political apathy. "People here just feel helpless. They don't believe they can make a difference," she says...
...anthrax vaccine was plagued by production problems, and Ivins and his colleagues were charged with figuring out why. In an e-mail to a friend, Ivins wrote that he sometimes felt as if he were watching himself work at his desk from a few feet away, a classic symptom of what psychologists call dissociative behavior. After 9/11, Ivins wrote his friend that he was saddened and extremely angry about the terrorist attacks. He was in group counseling at the time, and one of his co-workers e-mailed a colleague that "Bruce has been an absolute manic basket case...
...Jantar Mantar as a sign of vitality in India's democracy, but many of the protesters - some of whom have gone unheeded for years, if not decades - are less sanguine. ICJB's Rachna Dhingra says having this space is better than nothing, but sees Jantar Mantar as a symptom of a flawed democracy. "If you want your voice heard, you must scream within these 500 meters," she says. "And even then, you can't be sure you'll be heard...
...those killed were black. So were the tens of thousands who lost their homes. And the mobs that beat, raped, robbed and burned victims alive. The hatred and violence that has shaken a country that optimistically proclaims itself the Rainbow Nation was not about racism - it was a symptom of globalization...