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...tolerate that, analysts say. "The breakaway, snowballing market is a threat to the regime," says Lim Kang-taeg, senior research fellow at the Korean Institute for National Unification, a government-sponsored think tank in Seoul. "This is a significant blow leveled at the market, and will help the government tighten up control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Economic 'Reform' in North Korea: Nuking the Won | 12/3/2009 | See Source »

...just have to tighten up, and we have to be better, be more consistent throughout the game both offensively and defensively,” captain Alex Biega said. “Their goalie played well, but we have to really find that confidence and just get more shots on net and play a Harvard style of hockey...

Author: By Lucy D. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Stumbles in Home Opener, Falls to Saints | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...year since the Mumbai attacks, the Indian government has taken several steps to tighten security. It has improved co-ordination between the state and central intelligence agencies, devoted more men and equipment to security services and put intense diplomatic pressure on Pakistan to crack down on LeT and other jihadist groups. But there has been little discussion of how pervasive, low-level corruption can compromise national security. The various brokers and middlemen who helped Sabahuddin never knew he was involved with a jihadist group; he appeared to be simply another young man living in the gray margins of Indian society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Still a Soft Terror Target a Year After Mumbai | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...Mumbai attackers are believed to have come by sea from Karachi, and over the past year, the Indian government has added new vessels to tighten up security along its long maritime border with Pakistan. But Behera estimates that getting through a checkpoint costs only about Rs. 5,000 ($111). Despite the necessary investment in new boats and training, corruption is still a vulnerability, says Pushpita Das, who is researching coastal security at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. "The liability still remains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India Still a Soft Terror Target a Year After Mumbai | 11/23/2009 | See Source »

...more prices rise, the more pressure China's central bankers come under to tighten up monetary policy and curtail credit . Some observers in China are already getting nervous. "If the Chinese central bank does not respond quickly to rein in credit growth, unchecked asset bubbles can seriously distort allocation of resources and thereby undermine the country's long-term growth prospects," a Nov. 5 commentary in China Daily warned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bubble Trouble: Why Real Estate Is China's Biggest Headache | 11/16/2009 | See Source »

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