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...animosity toward the elusive Indonesians. "They're not wearing gold chains and driving Cadillacs," says Fitzsimmons. "The arse is falling out of their pants and their own fishing grounds are an abyss." Later that evening, courtesy of Trish Wallam, dinner has an exotic smell; sitting down to an ample spread, the crew merrily scoff spicy crayfish and scallops. Although the silverside is splendid, compared with the cray tails Scotty's corn dog is just dead meat...
...influence was transmitted. Many of Iran's Islamist revolutionaries, for example, absorbed Marxism's critique of the capitalist West. Hence, the authors insist, the rise of anti-American hatred in Islamic nations "is not ... a civilization at war with another ... [I]t is a tale of cross-contamination, the spread of bad ideas." Thus, many Muslims see the recent abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. soldiers not as a breakdown of the system but as typical of the West's depravity. Buruma and Margalit sometimes stretch the analogies between European antimodernism and Islamic fundamentalism too far - as when they compare...
...rise in honor killings comes amid ongoing violence, including four car bombs last week that killed at least 28 Iraqis. The instability that has plagued Iraq since the war's end 15 months ago has curtailed the spread of liberties that U.S. officials once promised would have taken root by now. Violent crime remains rampant. And while interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi last week vowed to "annihilate" the armed insurgents, few Iraqis expect relief from the dangers that have become part of daily life...
...philanthropy bug continues to spread. In Regensburg, Johann Vielberth, a real estate developer, set up a foundation earlier this year to finance a new institute of real estate studies with four professorships at the university. Next year he will put up a new building to house it. Vielberth, 72, says that although his family has backed local causes for 150 years, he is formalizing that tradition and taking the generosity to a new level: the donation to the university exceeds $10 million. "It's time for a culture of philanthropy to begin again," he says. Given Europe's growing funding...
Nader also criticized the lack of choice in local and state elections—a trend he said has spread to the national level due to redistricting...