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...does not lie with China but with the U.S.," snapped Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during a March 14 press conference in Beijing. Days before, high-level U.S. diplomats had flown to the Chinese capital to address a wide range of issues, and over the past year American officials have taken pains to underscore just how vital China is to the U.S. But there's a fine line between a show of respect and a full kowtow. "In many ways this helps give China an inflated sense of empowerment," says Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, Northeast Asia project director for the International Crisis...
...broken, has it not?" said the fresh-faced Prime Minister Tony Blair, greeting the sunrise of his victory. Now 73% of Britons distrust politicians, according to a recent report by the Hansard Society. For many, the last straw was the revelation last year that MPs from all parties had taken advantage of a loose expenses regimen to subsidize their pay, some of them charging taxpayers for such essentials as moat cleaning, duck houses and sparkly toilet seats. Charisse can't even be bothered to cast a protest ballot for the BNP. "I don't vote," she says. "What...
...last time Michele Santoro was forced off the airwaves, the Italian television presenter had to fight for four years before he was able to broadcast again. This time, thanks to the Internet, it's taken him less than a month...
Karen S. Bray, a student of feminist and queer theology at the Divinity School who has taken Jordan’s classes, said that he helps his students and others think broadly and imaginatively about where theology comes from...
...What we’ve now done is taken all the spreadsheet data—which wasn’t in the easiest format to use—and put it into a really powerful yet simple search engine,” Hysen said...