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...Japanese public, which he calls structural pessimism, is, "Oh, it's a recession again" - a sentiment learned from the trials and tribulations faced during the Lost Decade. There is no easy solution to this endemic lack of confidence, he says; it requires different policy solutions than what Western economies require. "We did a lot in terms of capital injection, recapitalization, public investment, tax cuts - everything. We were ahead of the curve, front-liners," he says. "We have success in stabilizing the economy, but have continuously failed in recovering the economy...
...island: nothing points to an economic recovery in Japan unless the global economy picks up. According to Andreas Schuster, head of research at CLSA, a private-equity firm based in Hong Kong, "It won't be pretty, but it will be less tough than in the Western economies." (See pictures of the global economic crisis...
...values there when those values are utterly against the teachings of the Catholic Church." Another pro-choice Catholic, Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius, may be on the short list for the position of Secretary of Health and Human Services. Though there are plenty of pro-choice Catholic politicians in Western Europe, this issue tends to get played out more openly in the U.S., both because of the country's superpower status and its vocal traditionalist wing of the church...
...sound sleep, daily meals, permanent shelter, the concept of God or stories about things that happened in the past. The 350-member tribe (whose name is pronounced pee-da-HAN) is one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer cultures in the Amazon. Although they have had contact with the Western world since 1714, their customs have remained remarkably unchanged. Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes is a story of language and faith along the sweeping banks of the Maici River, with a little malaria thrown in to keep things interesting...
...international backers, who have bristled at the idea of negotiating with Mullah Omar in the past. "If I say I want protection for Omar, then the international community has two choices: remove me or leave if they disagree," said Karzai. "If I am removed [by force by the western alliance] in the cause of peace for Afghanistan ... then I'll be very happy. But we are not in that stage...