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...this must begin now, while China's demographic and gender imbalances remain mild, and while the state has a vast reserve of wealth. If Beijing does nothing about the one-child policy, the results could be even more catastrophic than the Sichuan quake...
...caste pecking order but stands outside it. The British colonial rulers treated Adivasis as encroachers on the very land they had occupied for generations, a legal absurdity that India's current government has only recently corrected. Adivasis are entitled to reserved places in universities and government jobs but they remain among India's poorest and most marginalized. In village after village on our journey, the only visible sign of a government presence was an occasional well with metal hand pump...
...government can cope with nature's worst." The Chinese government merely wanted to rescue as many people as possible and give support and assurance to traumatized survivors and the devastated families of those killed. The death toll as I write is 60,000 and rising. Many urgent problems remain, and many touching stories of bravery, sacrifice and mateship are still untold. Angel Lau, Sydney...
...largest exports, aluminum and fish, are at record highs. "The Icelanders are richer than us," says British economist Portes. "They're not exactly going to starve." (Iceland's gross national income per capita is $39,400, compared to the U.K.'s $35,300.) What's more, the banks remain fundamentally sound: they have strong deposit ratios and are more profitable than their Nordic peers. First-quarter results suggest the financial climate has started to warm: the three largest banks all reported strong core earnings, with Landsbanki's rising by 27% compared to the same period last year...
...hard to find positives in such stories. Yet it is better that they come to light than that they remain the dark secret of the Haredi. In Bnei Brak, police say one rapist in ultra-orthodox garb is stalking preteen girls, cornering them in dark hallways or in parks. It took weeks before religious elders alerted the police to the sexual predator, who has yet to be caught. But authorities say it is a sign of changing times that the Haredi children, and their parents, did not endure these crimes in silence...