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...characterize Putin, the savior of Russia, as "Tsar of the New Russia"? He has done much to develop Russia's economy and its ties with other countries; he has brought about widespread stability. Tsars were lazy, useless, upper-class leaders who dictated to everyone. Putin has instead proved diligent and well loved by many Russians. Victor Looi Yi En, SINGAPORE...
...been invited by the La Sapienza rector to speak at the annual ceremony to inaugurate the academic year. Over the weekend, unwelcoming banners were already appearing on campus saying "No to the Pope" and "La Sapienza Hostage to the Pope," and several left-wing student groups had promised widespread heckling for Benedict's arrival on Thursday. But perhaps most notable was the professors' letter, which was printed in the Rome daily La Repubblica, calling on school officials to cancel the papal appearance, which they said was "incompatible" with the university's secular mission...
...Africa, Asia and the Middle East. But the targeting of Christian art in Europe is relatively new, dating back only a few decades. Conflicts in Cyprus in the '70s, and in Yugoslavia in the '90s, along with the breakup of the Soviet Union, provided a fertile environment for widespread looting of religious art and icons, which have continued to flood the black market. At the same time, cheaper security systems have made it harder to steal from museums, galleries and homes. By comparison, Europe's unprotected churches offer easy pickings. Meanwhile, the one thing that churches have relied upon...
Large-scale trials for HIV vaccines in countries where the virus is most widespread may soon be possible, thanks in part to research conducted by Cesar J. Lopez...
...inertia of contentment is far from a flaw. Where we may seem more doubtful than other countries hides a deeper, stubborn idealism. Even among the intelligentsia, very few are willing to man the barricades of revolution when disillusioned, or even to pack up and leave. Even amid widespread grumbling and malcontent, we observe levels of flag-waving usually only seen in the personality cult of a dictator. And while we constantly revise our views of our own Founding Fathers, mourning their unfortunate vices (such as slave-holding), they are still almost deified in our schools and in our popular histories...