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...final military offensive against the Tigers. The LTTE pioneered suicide bombings, and a generation of Sri Lankans lived in fear of random attacks on buses and markets, and relentless political assassinations. Four Presidents before Rajapaksa had tried a combination of military action and negotiation against the Tigers; within a year of his presidency, he abandoned talks and bet everything on force. He appealed to Sinhalese nationalism to recruit soldiers, promising them good salaries, pensions and respect. The cost was high. At least 6,200 troops were killed in the last three years of the war - more than the total...
...There are moves afoot to bring about this crucial change. Taiwan's vaunted Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), a state-funded think tank housed on a landscaped campus near Hsinchu, produced many critical breakthroughs since its founding in 1973. But ITRI's future may lie within the center's Creativity Lab. At its entryway is a collection of odd video games developed at the lab, including one that allows visitors to interact with a digitally generated infant. Inside, researchers dress in blue jeans and polo shirts instead of the usual white coats, and converse in a room with movable walls...
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...Malcolm, based on Tony Blair spokesman Alistair Campbell, is a splendidly splenetic creature, with instant obscene jeremiads for anyone who crosses him. When Simon's assistant Judy (Gina McKee) says that certain classified information "falls well within my purview," Malcolm explodes: "Within your purview? Where do you think you are, some f---in, Regency costume drama? This is a government department, not some f---in, Jane f---in, Austen novel!" And the movie is not one of those genial Brit rom-coms like Notting Hill or Four Weddings and a Funeral. It's closer to the high-IQ ranting...
Other companies were less confrontational. In a statement, Hewlett-Packard said, "We are helping to address this serious concern through voluntary measures. Ensuring that electronics manufacturing does not contribute to human-rights violations in the DRC takes co-operation and commitment within every layer of the supply base...