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...other Western countries have persisted with economic sanctions, Japan, China, India and Thailand have actively pursued a policy of engagement with Burma, encouraging closer economic ties and increased trade in the hope that the generals would gradually ease their grip on society. Khin Nyunt traveled frequently, and appeared to accept that Burma needed to reduce its diplomatic isolation to avoid economic collapse. He was admired abroad for granting regional autonomy to the armed rebel groups that live along Burma's borders with its neighbors?deals that might now unravel. "China will be furious," says Panitan Wattanayagorn, a security and defense...
...institution of the Dalai Lama, and whether it should continue or not, is up to the Tibetan people. If they feel it is not relevant, then it will cease. But if I die today, I think they will want another Dalai Lama. Will the Chinese accept this? [No,] the Chinese government most probably will appoint another Dalai Lama, like it did with the Panchen Lama. Then there will be two Dalai Lamas--one, the Dalai Lama of the Tibetan heart, and one that is officially appointed...
...merely the thin end of a secular wedge, one that risks prying spirituality away from God altogether? Or, assuming the gene exists at all, could it somehow be embraced by both science and religion, in the same way some evolutionists and creationists--at least the less radicalized ones--accept the idea of a divinely created universe in which evolving life is simply part of the larger plan? Hamer, for one, hopes so. "My findings are agnostic on the existence of God," he says. "If there's a God, there's a God. Just knowing what brain chemicals are involved...
...fragile balance of power. "If you put eight people together, there will always be a vacancy of power," says Bacri. "And someone will always step into that space. There are a lot of tyrants around and they don't have to change because the people around them accept the way they are." The film focuses on the literary world, but it could take place in any hierarchy. "It could be a metaphor for what happens in movie circles," says Jaoui. "But it would be a failure if people thought we were being critical of a specific group. It's about...
...adidtion to tokens for single rides, T stations currently accept monthly subway passes and other bus-subway combination tickets...