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...might hope. Although the ruling coalition is composed of more than a dozen ethnically based parties, minority Chinese and Indians are complaining more loudly about perceived government discrimination. In particular, many non-Muslims feel it is getting harder to freely practice their own faiths. Ethnic and religious tensions have gotten so bad, in fact, that even Abdullah admits the National Front probably won't match its 2004 landslide victory. Compounding matters are high consumer prices that have shocked Malaysians who are used to living cheaply off the bounty of their resource-rich homeland...
...Banjar Panji-1 never should have gotten so out of control, according to Richard Swarbrick, a British expert on geological pressure and a consultant to oil companies. Usually, when drilling in geologically unstable areas, engineers install steel casing at greater depths, where the low density of the rock might allow fluid to escape from the borehole. In the event of a kick, the casing allows drillers to maintain the integrity of the well. Swarbrick, who has reviewed Lapindo's drilling plan, says the company originally intended to install casing at depths...
...refugees, I sat in a small apartment outside the town of Yanjie in northeast China. There sat two people - two among thousands - who had fled Kim Jong Il's North Korea in recent years. The mother of one young woman, Park Dae, had been taken to a political prison, gotten ill and died about three years ago, she said. Another, a young man, said he was simply tired of the poverty he faced in a small village in the northeast corner of the country. Both hoped to make it to Seoul. "There is no future in our country," the young...
...playoffs are a crazy time and anything can happen,” Cahow said. “I try to tell my teammates as a very old and experienced captain that when you get into these situations it quite frequently is the kid who may not have gotten a ton of ice time who gets the game-winning goal.”When Harvard meets Cornell tonight, the Crimson skaters won’t care who scores the game-winning goal, as long as its one of them.—Staff Writer Loren Amor can be reached at lamor...
...When Irglova had the unprecedented experience of getting a second shot at an Oscar acceptance speech after the orchestra played her offstage, she expressed something rare in Hollywood - sincere gratitude. "This is such a big deal," said Irglova, the only woman in the Kodak Theater who appeared to have gotten ready without the help of a staff of 12. "Not only for us, but for all other independent musicians and artists that spend most of their time struggling. The fact that we're standing here tonight, it's just to prove no matter how far out your dreams...