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...transition, if a simple majority of voters in only three of the eighteen provinces reject the constitution, that counts as a veto. This minority veto provision insisted on by the U.S. (with strong Kurdish support) was strenuously opposed by the Shiite leaders, and may yet be a source of tension...
...govern as Harvard’s very public president, Summers has rightly broadened his interests while also trying to stay true to his academic roots. The two identities are, however, not without tension. Indeed, his latest attempt to spark discussion on the important topic of women’s under-representation in academia has run into a problem: instead of embarking on research to find out why women are under-represented in academia, too many people are instinctively interpreting Summers’ presentation of scientific hypotheses as an attack on women...
...That would be a step forward. Tension between the government and non-state religions have risen so high that the United States last year placed Vietnam on its list of countries of particular concern for freedom of religion, along with Iran and North Korea. Leaders of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam, which Nhat Hanh left to form his own Zen sect, have been under house arrest for most of the last 20 years. In November, authorities sentenced a Mennonite pastor to three years in prison. Evangelical Christians in the Central Highlands have seen church leaders arrested...
...Kashmir In "Best of Asia", kashmir is described as a "war zone" [Nov. 22]. Cross-border terrorism has been the only cause of tension in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, and along the Line of Control a cease-fire has been in place since November 2003. It is also odd that whereas all other tourist spots are described as part of the country they belong to, Dal Lake and the Gulmarg Golf Club are only described as being located in Kashmir. Both these tourist spots are located in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, which is an integral...
...Marg Helgenberger), Dan's wife and the mother of two teenage daughters, suddenly and belatedly pregnant--except as a device to put more pressure on Dan? Why do Carter and one of those daughters, Alex (Scarlett Johansson), fall for each other--except as a way of ratcheting up the tension between Dan and his young boss? For that matter, why is Globecom firing ad salesmen at the very moment it is demanding a 20% rise in ad revenue...