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...woman is informed that she has the illness, and one of her first fears is that her husband will leave her. Secrecy leads not only to misery but also to misinformation. In India, women with breast cancer may be forced to use separate plates and spoons because of the widespread belief that the disease is contagious. "There's fear to feed the children with her own hands," says Vijaya Mukerjee, a breast-cancer survivor living in Kolkata, formerly Calcutta. Brazilian nurse Gilze Maria Costa Francisco, a breast-cancer survivor herself, recalls a young mother asking her whether she could contract...
...visit to Burma, U.N. special envoy Ibrahim Gambari met both Than Shwe and Suu Kyi, whose National League for Democracy won elections in 1990 that the junta ignored. Exile groups speculated these rare meetings might signal at least a token effort by the generals to address widespread international condemnation of last week's crackdown. Rumors that Than Shwe, who has been ill for years, has picked junta No. 3 Shwe Mann - a purported economic pragmatist - as his favored successor have also raised hopes. But a change of guard may not mean much. The Burmese military has ruled with an iron...
...Benazir returned home to acclaim as the savior of Pakistani democracy. If that feat is to be repeated, voters would have to be so desperate to end military rule that they would overlook not only any deal she might strike with Musharraf, but also the widespread human rights abuses and epic corruption that prevailed in Pakistan during her last stint in power...
Some elements of commonly held views towards Asian Americans have basis in well-documented fact. For instance, it is true that Asian Americans historically have had lower voter registration and turnout rates, and so have not generally demonstrated widespread interest in formal American politics. This is not to say, however, that Asian Americans are inherently apathetic about legitimate processes of elections and the law. On the contrary, one 2005 study conducted at Indiana University blames low voting statistics on factors like immigrant status (clearly, non-citizens cannot vote) and length of residency in the United States (as a proxy...
...example, at the height of the John Huang “Chinagate” scandal, the March 24, 1997 cover of the National Review portrayed the Clintons in Chinese clothes and hats, holding a pot of tea and displaying buck teeth. Many Asian American groups also complained of widespread discrimination among the community after media coverage of John Huang’s illegal dealings—for example, that the Democratic National Committee subsequently scrutinized (legitimate) Asian American donors far more closely than other contributors, and that Asian American federal employees had more trouble getting security clearances and were widely...