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These extraordinary experiences take place in the forests, rural towns, and urban communities across the U.S. NCCC projects have included tutoring, low-income housing repair, and ecological restoration. Yet, perhaps the most incredible chapter of the organization is being written these very months. In the wake of Katrina’s devastation, the NCCC dramatically refocused their efforts and manpower on disaster relief in the Gulf region. According to the Washington Post, at least half of current volunteers are serving, or have served, in Louisiana or Mississippi...
...Thailand is indeed divided. While the hinterland, where 70% of the country's 65 million people live, still seems squarely behind Thaksin, Bangkok's urban ?lite accuses him of everything from abuse of power to mismanagement of the ethnic violence in the impoverished, Muslim-dominated south. The tipping point was the announcement in January that Thaksin's family had sold its 49.6% stake in the telecommunications giant Shin Corp. for $1.87 billion to a group led by Temasek Holdings, the Singapore government's investment arm. The sale has infuriated many Thais. It means that one of Thailand's corporate crown...
...MARC FABER Emerging-markets expert and publisher of the monthly investment newsletter The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report Thaksin has the support of the rural population, but the urban population in Bangkok is strongly opposed to him, especially the intellectuals. They argue that he is buying votes in the countryside, which is to some extent true. Voters in the countryside are shipped to rallies in buses and given free food. But this isn't something unique to Thailand or Thaksin by any means. It is the dark side of democracy. Many other politicians all over the world do the same thing...
...Radisson Sas Stansted With Heathrow and Gatwick operating at near capacity, more London-bound flights are opting for Stansted, home to the Radisson SAS, tel: (44-12) 7966 1012. Rooms come in three funky styles ("Chili," "Ocean" or "Urban") and the hotel's four restaurants surround a unique 12-m "wine tower" holding 4,000 bottles...
...venture off Harvard campus feel the impact of state government policies. The Cambridge Common has been the site of molestations, causing an outburst of student activism for more blue-light phones, which were installed. Now, Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney’s budget for 2007 lowers funding for urban parks like Cambridge Common, to levels that are 33 percent below 2001 levels. Harvard’s proposed expansion to Allston? Mass. governmental bodies will leave a significant imprint on how the project as a whole is completed, from zoning laws to labor regulations. A large portion of the future...