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China, India and class
July 29, 2005China and India are often equated. Both have populations in excess of one billion, both graduate large numbers of scientists and engineers. A recent survey by the Economist depicted India and China as “two tigers.”
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Arnold in trouble
July 29, 2005More troubles piled up for California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last week, as one of his key measures for the Nov. 8 special election was thrown out, and state Democrats filed an ethics suit over money paid...
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TeleSUR goes on the air
July 29, 2005TeleSUR, a new television outlet, transmitted its signal throughout Latin America by satellite for the first time, July 24. The inaugural broadcast coincided with the 222nd birthday of liberator Simón Bolívar, dreamer of a united Americas...
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World Notes
July 29, 2005India: CPs respond to U.S.-India pact Last week President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agreed that a ban on civilian nuclear technology sales to India could be lifted in return for international inspections of...
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Brazilians protest assassination, demand arrests
July 29, 2005Friends and family of Jean Charles de Menezes, the young Brazilian shot dead July 22 by British police acting under a shoot-to-kill policy, marched in protest Monday in Menezes’ hometown of Gonzaga in central Brazil. Hundreds...
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