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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seems to be using the issue to foster nationalism. A government that is in danger from the outside will take any chance to accelerate nationalism inside the country. But nuclear power is not a daily concern of the people. They want jobs, they want houses, they want health, they want more freedom...
...come out fully against the practice. In 1998 the former issued a statement that said, in part, "Spanking is only effective when used in selective, infrequent situations." An APA statement permits similar wiggle room: "There is difference of opinion within the psychology community about spanking. But there is general concern that if and when spanking might lead to more severe forms of corporal punishment, parents should avoid...
...sold after fierce bidding to the British publisher Fourth Estate for a reported $675,000 as part of a two-book deal. That doesn't include translation rights in nearly as many countries as you can fly to from Heathrow. The book's timely title, Londonstani, reflects the public concern - heightened by last July's London suicide bombings - over Britain's growing Muslim and South Asian character. The 29-year-old author, Gautam Malkani, is dripping with street cred, having grown up in Hounslow before moving on to a Cambridge degree and a senior job in journalism. The novel...
...second novel. "I want to focus on stuff I'm currently obsessed with. It won't necessarily be race or gender. One thing that bothers me now is that kids don't read anymore, they don't follow the news, they don't read books." Even if that concern doesn't end up as the subject of Malkani's next novel, it's likely that Londonstani - with all its bling, gore, graphic language and expensive promotion - will get the kids' attention. In a language they understand, innit...
...What's more, not all the parties to the negotiations feel such a high degree of left-wing solidarity. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva may be a leftist himself, but he views Chavez's more radical "21st-century socialism" with a dose of skepticism and concern. It is quite possible that the nationalization may have enhanced the bargaining position of Morales - who told TIME before his January inauguration that "the foreign companies have to be subordinate to the Bolivian people." But Mares and other experts warn that the fact that Morales sent armed troops into the country...