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...this weekend's opening--it's being discussed on college campuses everywhere. Which is impressive, since a big part of the marketing campaign has been conducted inadvertently by the government of Kazakhstan. It first threatened legal action against Baron Cohen, then took out a somewhat unsuccessful four-page tourism ad in the New York Times ("The country is home to the world's largest population of wolves"), and finally gave up and invited the comic to visit. Baron Cohen is considering the offer as the ultimate opportunity to conflate his made-up character with reality. "I would absolutely love...
...naval speedboats and killed one sailor?came just 72 hours after 100 sailors died in a suicide attack on a naval convoy, the deadliest in the nation's history. This violence dims hopes for a cease-fire in Sri Lanka's civil war, and further threatens its vital tourism industry, ravaged by war and by the 2004 tsunami. Tourism Minister Anura Bandaranaike says the attack near Galle?a major tourist destination?could have "serious consequences." With the high season approaching, Sri Lanka's travel industry is faltering: arrivals in September dropped 11% from last year, while Deccan Lanka, a budget...
...fifth of the cost of a typical room paid by budget business travelers in India today. That same desire to market to, and invest in, some of the world's poorest countries is behind Tata's affinity for Africa. In South Africa, the group has investments in mining, tourism and engine manufacturing. There is an instant-coffee plant in Uganda, a bus factory in Senegal and a phosphate plant in Morocco. "We look at countries where we can play a role in development," says Tata. "Our hope in each is to create an enterprise that looks like a local company...
...come during her talks with South Korean leaders in Seoul, who appear to have maintained their refusal to heed Washington's calls to join the U.S.-led effort to intercept and search North Korean vessels suspected of carrying prohibited cargoes, and to cut South Korea's economic ties to tourism and industrial projects in North Korea that earn valuable foreign exchange for the regime. Rice is visiting Japan, South Korea, China and Russia in the hope of isolating North Korea as punishment for its nuclear test. But despite the unanimous adoption by the Security Council of a package of sanctions...
...substitute for the village. Hashimi, an ex-logger who before the tsunami cut down more than 10 trees a month to satisfy demand for Aceh's precious seumantok wood, is also thinking long term. "If we replant the trees by the lake," he says, "maybe we could increase eco-tourism in Aceh." Those are hopeful words from an island where hope has been in short supply...