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...China's officially atheist Communist Party couldn't agree more. As the country tackles the negative side effects of two decades of unfettered economic growth-most notably a growing urban-rural income divide and burgeoning social unrest-Beijing's leaders are looking to soothe the masses by filling a spiritual vacuum left by the demise of Marxist ideology. In landmark comments earlier this month, China's top religious official, Ye Xiaowen, rejected decades of state ambivalence toward religion by telling the state's Xinhua News Agency that "religion is one of the important social forces from which China draws strength...
...such attention, for example - officials see glimmers of hope. "If nothing else, these are 150 kids who are getting attention and staying off the streets," Genestier says. "The street is where we're losing our youth today." Borloo himself identifies the mean streets - and meaner projects - as sources of unrest. One solution: knock down some of those dehumanizing tower blocks. The whole of central Epinay would be a candidate for this treatment; a patchwork of massive concrete blocks, it is instantly intimidating and crushingly ugly. And the center of Epinay isn't the worst; at the town's western...
What might push prices down? Prices could drop as refineries recover. A resolution to the nuclear-research standoff with oil-producing Iran would calm nervous markets, as would stability in Nigeria, a major oil supplier whose production has been hit by strikes and political unrest...
...realization of the real world outside of college, but surviving in today’s society is marked by a constant struggle to uphold and ensure one’s rights. Women are lucky that their mothers and even grandmothers loved their daughters enough to cause the social unrest that produced the benefits that many women enjoy today. But perhaps these same daughters, the women of today, fail to realize that to keep a flower alive, it must be watered every day, not just once...
...conditioning and water, Shalala agreed to sit down and meet with UNICCO, janitors, SEIU, and students. The janitors who spoke to SLAM said they were dismayed that Shalala had held only two meetings and that no action has yet been taken by the university to quell labor unrest. Asher, though, recognized that change does not come overnight. “Folks here are prepared for a long fight,” she said. “Every week that goes by, the price [Shelala must pay for supporting UNICCO] gets higher.” —Staff writer Benjamin...