Now drugs are an election issue
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- Now drugs are an election issue
- Former USSR : Whose Empire is it anyways?
- Known worldwide, at home in Princeton
- Indian-American community exerts growing clout back home
Now drugs are an election issue
Times Online - Mar 21, 2005
Used on article pages to rotate the images of a story. The drug was reduced from class B to class C by Mr Clarke’s predecessor, David Blunkett, just a year ago. The effect was ostensibly to save police time because possession of class C drugs was not an arrestable offence. However, Mr Blunkett immediately negated the impact of the change by making class C possession arrestable. The change was almost entirely cosmetic, but had the effect of making the drug seem more safe - or seem so to those who had never tried it and might take any notice of Home Office classifications.
Former USSR : Whose Empire is it anyways?
Global Politician - Mar 21, 2005
Putin is believed to have a considerable agenda for Russian influence, and his vague but quite extreme views are enjoying strong support although the Russian population is at times even more vehemently anti Western than Putin himself. Putin’s home situation doesn’t make things any less complicated. What’s been dubbed the ‘nationalist revanchist agenda’ is a strong force in a number of home grown parties in Russia aiming to reclaim previous territories and preservation of the Russian heritage. Putin is said to personally favor some of the Motherland Party’s manifesto, but he is believed to not let this impact on the U. -Russian relations. A worsening of bilateral ties with the US would most likely be seen in Russia as President Putin’s personal failure.
Known worldwide, at home in Princeton
Princeton University The Daily Princeton… - Mar 21, 2005
An initial interview request had been denied, though, because of Kennan’s longstanding policy on declining undergraduate interviews. The adviser of that same thesis had, too, had his request for an interview turned down years earlier, until he — also as a Rhodes Scholar — published part of his thesis in a prominent journal. For decades, Kennan ate lunch in the cafeteria at the Institute for Advanced Study, brought his grown children home for Christmas and visited Trinity Church in town. If Kennan had a large part in defining world politics in the second half of the 20th century, Princeton — the school and the community — had a large part in defining him throughout his life. He lived here for nearly the entire century, dying last week at 101. Just as Kennan’s public eschewal of politics and commitment to written scholarship were a symbol of his professional philosophy, his private life in Princeton reflected his religious, deeply internal understanding of the world. BeginningsA Milwaukee native, Kennan attended St.
Indian-American community exerts growing clout back home
Christian Science Monitor - Mar 21, 2005
By Ben Arnoldy | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor When Nishrin Hussain moved to the United States in 1990, she left her parents behind in India. But her American life was tragically interrupted when her father, a Muslim, was burned alive by a Hindu mob during the 2002 riots that shook India’s Gujarat state. Since then, she has become a force in Indian politics - from her home in Delaware. Like a growing number of other Indian-Americans, Ms. Hussain is using the considerable power of the pocketbook and other forms of political activism to influence events half a world away. And their efforts can have an impact: Last week the US State Department - largely because of the protests of Indian Americans - canceled an upcoming tour in the United States by Narendra Modi, Gujarat’s chief minister, for the role he played in the riots three years ago. In one sense, the Indian American community reflects the growing clout of many expatriate groups in the US…
From Mexican-Americans to immigrants from the Muslim world, they are becoming more aware of their influence back home and are trying to capitalize on it. Irish-Americans have influenced events in their homeland for decades. But the Indian-American community has gained new visibility in recent years as its political - and financial - clout has grown. As America’s wealthiest ethnic group, it is particularly divided over allegations that some charities are funneling money to sectarian violence like that in Gujarat. “We are seeing increased attention by Indian-Americans to how their donations are used, particularly in the wake of Sept. 11 and the Gujarat events,” says Mark Sidel, an expert on Indian diaspora at the University of Iowa. “We now see the emergence of controversy and of watchdog groups of various kinds.