China must raise wages to move from export led growth
The article argues China should improve workers pay and conditions rather than relying on cheap labor. It notes unrest at Foxconn plants in southern China and broader factory protests, linking stagnating domestic consumption to low worker share of gains. It warns higher wages are needed for a stable, self reliant economy.
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China
Foxconn Technology
Honda
United States
Europe
Japan
Coast Guard oil spill rules curb media access
A Times-Picayune editorial argues the Coast Guard safety zone limits press access to the oil spill cleanup, hindering documentation of oil effects on land and wildlife. It notes FAA media flight bans and questions the evolving rationale while stressing the public’s right to know.
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Coast Guard
Gulf Coast
Times-Picayune
Federal Aviation Administration
Thad Allen
Florida
Plaquemines Parish
Billy Nungesser
New Orleans
Four IIB Roswell staff earn service awards
First Interstate Bank of Roswell honored four employees for long service. Garnetta Baxley and Shirley Murphy received 15 year pins, Vivian Yriart 10 years, and Betty Lawson five years.
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First Interstate Bank of Roswell
Garnetta Baxley
Shirley Murphy
Vivian Yriart
Betty Lawson
Kilmer rents ranch houses as New Mexico neighbors seek apology
Santa Fe reports that actor Val Kilmer won county approval to rent three Pecos River ranch houses after neighbors pressed for explanation of his remarks in Esquire and Rolling Stone. Kilmer apologized. commissioners unanimously approved the rentals. The piece notes Kilmer's ties to New Mexico and Mine That Bird trivia.
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Santa FE
Val Kime
New Mexico
Tegen Ftaliana
Tae Vegas
Kilmer
Pecos River
National Maga
Esquire
Rolling Stone
Rimess
Gila
Las Vegas
Mine That Bird
Bird
D. Wayne Lukas
Chip Woolley
Bloomfield
Kentucky
Lukas
Calvin Borel
Mine
Mike Smith
Jay Miller
la Tusa Santa Fe
Karzai seeks Taliban talks as Haqqani ties loom
Afghan President Karzai moves to bring key Taliban figures into talks while Pakistan pushes reconciliation with the Haqqani faction led by Jalaluddin and Sirajuddin Haqqani. The network has deep al Qaida links including safe passage for foreign fighters and ties to bin Laden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Islamabad
Pakistan
Hamid Karzai
Taliban
al-Qaida
Haqqani
Jalaluddin Haqqani
Khaled Pashtun
Kandahar
al- Qaida
Osama bin Laden
bin Laden
Khost
Afghanistan
United States
U.S
Kabul
Barack Obama
Karzai
United Nations
White House distances itself from Boy Scouts history notes
The article surveys a lineage of U S presidents who served as honorary presidents of the Boy Scouts of America from Taft in 1910 through Johnson in 1969, detailing each leader's Scout involvement and public support for the organization. It frames current administration distancing as a break from this tradition.
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Barack Obama
White House
Boy Scouts of America
BSA
U.S
William Howard Taft
Nassau County Council
King George V
England
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Greater New York Council
FDR
Harry S. Truman
Valley Forge
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California
Sirajuddin
Waziristan
Boy Scouts
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N.Y
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Bronxville
Boston Council
Lyndon B. Johnson
Capitol Area Council
Austin
Texas
National Capital Area Council
Chuck
Norris
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