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...Ticketmaster wants to gobble concert promoter Live Nation to further extend its reach. (Live Nation, which puts on more than 16,000 live shows annually, also recently launched its own ticketing service.) Word of a Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger has angered fans and performers alike, including Bruce Springsteen. Ticketmaster was already on The Boss's bad side after it recently directed fans to its secondary sales apparatus, which charges more, while regular tickets were still available. (The company publicly apologized.) An open letter on Springsteen's web site expressed his outrage: "The one thing that would make the current ticket...
...Founded six months ago, the group has an ambitious plan that would double income levels while helping the country's municipal government deal with the problem of solid waste. The first step is changing the image Peruvians have of this army of cart-riding men and women, promoting the word recycler instead of more traditional and derogatory terms like garbage picker and scavenger. "The movement increases self-esteem. Society has always scorned recyclers, seeing them as the last rung on the ladder," says Galo Flores, who provides support to the movement through a local organization, Ciudad Saludable (Healthy City...
...within the Harvard community? SO: I did a lot of sports and intramurals. I played on the rugby team. I did a lot of work in the government of my House. I did a lot of public service. I never felt you could define who I was with one word. THC: At Harvard, did you ever feel torn between the black and Hispanic communities? SO: Never—the reason not to join was never the identity issues or concerns or conflicts.... I grew up in an all-white neighborhood and so the story of my life was always navigating...
...After India detonated underground nuclear bombs in 1974, Khan sent word to Pakistan's leader, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, offering to help Pakistan build its own nuclear program. While working at a Dutch company where he had high security clearance, Khan had copied and photographed nuclear designs, which he brought back to Pakistan...
...assisted fertility rights. The pontiff is keen to find seeds of Christian vitality in an increasingly secular Europe. And while most Italians are all but secular in their day-to-day lives, the Catholic Church and the pope's pulpit remain powerful forces in Italy's domestic politics. Upon word of Englaro's death, the Vatican's chief of health-related issues, Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan said: "We pray for her and ask the Lord for forgiveness for all that they did to her." Other strong words were exchanged in the Italian Senate, which had been in the throes...