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...recently drew more than 8,000 people. Photos of victims of the Kashmir earthquake, Rwandan genocide and Ethiopian famines are displayed. But behind the tragedy, the camp is testament to human resourcefulness. Dick van der Tak, MSF's executive director in Hong Kong, points to sandals made from tire scraps and toys from tin cans. "It's important to remember the normalcy of everyday life, and every person's humanity," he says. For information, go to msf.org
...metal: it had a fleet of dull cars, a tangled mess of suppliers, unproductive plants and $20 billion in debt. Ghosn was given the job of salvage man after his bosses at Renault bought a controlling stake. Born in Brazil and reared in Lebanon, Ghosn found his way to tire giant Michelin, where he developed his restructuring chops. But he had never run a car company, let alone a Japanese one, and almost everyone bet against him: a foreigner with a funny name tackling Japan Inc. He proved them spectacularly wrong, turning Nissan into an auto power with industry-leading...
...Photos of victims of the Kashmir earthquake, Rwandan genocide and Ethiopian famines are displayed. But behind the tragedy, the camp is testament to human resourcefulness. Dick van der Tak, MSF's executive director in Hong Kong, points to sandals made from tire scraps and toys from tin cans. "It's important to remember the normalcy of everyday life, and every person's humanity," he says. For information, go to msf.org...
...Cardona's return could not have been worse. Anti-American sentiment is at an all-time high; opinion polls show that most Iraqis, regardless of sect or ethnicity, want the U.S. forces out. The Abu Ghraib scandal still resonates strongly among Iraqis. Those who resent the U.S. presence never tire of using it as a flogging horse. Even today, statements and videos issued by insurgent groups and jihadi organizations routinely cite Abu Ghraib as proof of the U.S.'s malign intentions in Iraq. Even America's allies in Iraq often bring up the scandal as proof of how little...
...overstate just how much the Abu Ghraib scandal still resonates with Iraqis. As a journalist, I am constantly reminded of it by Iraqis I meet-whether in the high offices of the Green Zone or in the streets of Baghdad. Those who resent the U.S. presence in Iraq never tire of using it as a flogging horse; even today, statements and videos issued by insurgent groups and jihadi organizations routinely cite Abu Ghraib, along with Haditha and Mahmoudiya, as proof of America's malign intentions in Iraq. Sgt Cardona's return "will give the insurgents another pretext for their insurgency...