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BONO It's proof of how far we've come. The difference between this era and the original manifests itself in the Drop the Debt campaign. It's the journey from charity to justice. From the tin cupping of Live Aid-big cups, sure, $200 million cups-to now, when $25 billion is on the table, and we're not begging for it. Over the years, with the Make Poverty History campaign in Europe and the One campaign in the U.S., we have moved into real politics and real activism. We've cultivated a constituency so that now, when those...
Much of the year, the air in Beijing hangs as thick as egg-drop soup. Even the billboards promoting a "green Olympics" in 2008 are covered in grime. And this ancient city, where a traffic policeman's life expectancy hovers around 40 years, is hardly alone. The World Bank calls China home to 16 of the 20 most polluted cities on earth, making the country's blighted environment a cautionary corollary to its economic success. Environmental degradation robs the nation of up to 12% of its GDP, according to the World Bank, and each year 300,000 Chinese die prematurely...
...proposal as a "Clarification of role of the director of Central Intelligence Agency as head of human intelligence collection." One worry, Hoekstra says, is what kind of activity would fall in the category of "tactical intelligence for the military," which the Pentagon jealously guards. Hoekstra said he agreed to drop the provision "to give the players the opportunity to work out in practice what the intelligence reform bill means." Hunter could not immediately be reached for comment. A Negroponte spokeswoman said the DNI was "unaware of any such deal. We were never consulted and played no role in it." - With...
...BEAUMONT VINEYARDS: Headquartered at the Compagnes Drift farm?a former Dutch East India Co. outpost?this family-run winery, tel: (27-28) 284 9194, is famous for its spicy Pinotage, but, above all, it excels at dessert wine. Beaumont's aptly named Goutte d'Or, or "Drop of Gold," is a real beauty?a woody ambrosia bursting with honey, apple and apricot notes...
...Only about 300 North Korean refugees made their way to South Korea in the first four months of this year, a drop of almost 40% from the same period in 2004, according to activists (Seoul stopped releasing statistics on refugees earlier this year, citing security concerns). But tighter border controls aren't the only reason fewer North Koreans are getting out. Since the airlift from Vietnam, South Korean officials have publicly discouraged organized efforts to help North Koreans leave. Seoul has also tightened screening of asylum seekers and reduced cash settlements for newly arrived defectors from...