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...country," said Dietz. Although the new law prohibits bloggers from discussing politically sensitive subjects, it also states that the government officially encourages Internet use "in order to share and exchange information corresponding to Vietnamese habits, customs and laws, thus, enrich spiritual life and strengthen community cohesion." Luu Vu Hai, chief of the Administration Agency for Radio, Television and Electronics Information at the Ministry of Information and Communications defends the new regulations. "Every country has its own law and all activities must follow its laws in order to guarantee the social benefits," Luu says. It "does not mean to censor blogs...
Forgive members of Congress if they feel a sense of déjà vu this week. After all, they, and we, have all been here before - not so long ago, in fact. The economy is teetering, on the brink of collapse, and if the House and Senate don't act right now a full-blown Depression looms and we'll all find ourselves on breadlines faster than you can say AIG - er, Citibank. I mean, General Motors...
...Tutsi, and Congolese troops had raged for months. It became clear in June that a January peace deal between the government and the rebels was collapsing, but little was done. "I've been working on Congo now for 10 years and I sometimes feel we're in this deja vu scenario. We see far too often that there is a flurry of diplomatic activity at moment of crisis and it tails off quickly," said Anneke Van Woudenberg, senior Congo researcher for Human Rights Watch. "There are no quick fixes...
...deja vu all over again.Having been the football beat writer for the past three years, I’ve pretty much seen it all. From the gut-wrenching 22-13 loss two years ago at Penn when Clifton Dawson ’07 broke the Ivy League’s all-time rushing record to last year’s 37-6 drubbing of Yale to run the table and regain the Ivy title, no one game has been exactly alike.And yet, just a few minutes into the game last Saturday, I found myself wondering if my second trip...
Indeed, there is a sense of deja vu in the proposals of the government and regulators to stabilize the financial system. On Monday, Prime Minister Taro Aso called for a drafting of emergency measures, such as purchasing stocks held by banks, limiting the short selling of stocks and increasing the amount of taxpayer money to be injected into banks from 2 trillion yen to 10 trillion yen - all reminiscent of Japan's 1990s meltdown. The government action appears to be focused on preempting losses caused by share prices. Declared Aso, "Stock prices greatly influence the real economy...