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Americans may be divided on immigration, but the presidential candidates are not that far apart. Senators John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama all favor a deal that would combine increased enforcement of laws against illegal immigration, a guest-worker program to help businesses and a process for allowing illegal immigrants who meet certain conditions to become legal residents. So you might think immigration won't be an issue in this fall's races...
...kiddy porn. His new video, “In Love with a Girl,” features O.C. babe Kristen Cavallari in what looks like a strikingly toned down version of 1994’s “Crazy.” She plays a department store worker who hides under the cashier during close-down to let her boyfriend in after-hours for a night of G-rated megastore fun. The video is a mash-up of scenes from the couple’s crazy night in various departments and shots of DeGraw and company singing and performing beneath...
...allowing resentment to fester. Roads remain badly damaged, while some areas, such as the district of Aceh Jaya, still don't have hospitals. "If a woman needs a C-section she will probably die in childbirth while making the trip to Banda Aceh," says Lynette Johnson, an Australian aid worker. The provincial government says it is aware of people's grievances. "The donors have helped us build our economy," says vice governor Muhammad Nazar. "But we hope the Acehnese have not become too dependent on their projects so that when they leave the impact will not be too strong...
...allowing resentment to fester. Roads remain badly damaged, while some areas, such as the district of Aceh Jaya, still don't have hospitals. "If a woman needs a C-section she will probably die in childbirth while making the trip to Banda Aceh," says Lynette Johnson, an Australian NGO worker. The provincial government says it is aware of people's grievances. "The donors have helped us build our economy," says vice governor Muhammad Nazar. "But we hope the Acehnese have not become too dependent on their projects so that when they leave the impact will not be too strong...
...country's first-ever general election on March 24, voters and politicians had to figure out how democracy works and, more important, how to import the concept without hurting their traditions. A few weeks ago, in Khuruthang, a town in the verdant Punakha Valley, workers from the People's Democratic Party--the older (at just over a year) of Bhutan's two main parties--pitched a tent in the courtyard of the town's temple. Buddhism is central to life in this tiny Himalayan kingdom, and temple grounds are regularly used for town meetings. Just then, a local election official...