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pression that maybe they aren't welcome," said Rolf Lundberg, the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce's top lobbyist.To help make the U.S. appear more welcoming, Congress
approved last year a $200 million annual marketing campaign.In Las Vegas, where
travelers to the Strip have traditionally kept Nevada's economy afloat, tourism and
government leaders are desperate to keep businesses open and create jobs in
a state with the nation's highest unemployment rate."The industries affected by tourism
are all behind it," said Republican Rep. Joe Heck of southern Nevada,
who has sponsored a bill in the House that would require shorter
visa interview delays, among other measures. "We need the jobs."Ocampo, who spent
her vacation shopping at upscale boutiques and visiting family in California, said
she would be more eager to come back if she knew her
business was wanted."Everyone wants to visit the Statue of Liberty and Disneyland,"
she said.
s dragging women protesters by the hair, stomping on them and stripping
one half-naked in the street during a fierce crackdown on activists."This is
a case for all the women of Egypt, not only mine," said
Samira Ibrahim, 25, who was arrested and then spoke out about her
treatment.Ibrahim filed two suits against the practice, one demanding it be banned
and another accusing an officer of sexual assault. She was the only
one to complain publicly about a practice that can bring shame upon
the victim in a conservative society.A small group of women gathered outside
the court building, holding banners. One said, "Women of Egypt are a
red line."The three-judge panel said in its ruling that the virginity tests
were "a violation of women's rights and an aggression against their dignity."The
ruling also said a member of the ruling military council admitted to
Amnesty International in June that the practice was carried out on female
detainees in March to protect the army
ing a third term in a March vote. But his authority was
dented by the Dec. 4 election, in which his party lost 25
percent of its seats and barely retained its majority despite widespread allegations
of vote-rigging in its favor.The vote fraud outraged many Russians, and the
protests triggered have been the largest Moscow and other Russian cities have
seen in 20 years.Asked Wednesday about his refusal to take part in
campaign debates, Putin said they make no sense since the opposition leaders
are "not burdened with real work" and "always demand the impossible.""This would
not be a conversation of equals," he was quoted by the ITAR-Tass
news agency as saying. Putin promised to arrange to get "younger brothers"
from the government to take part in the televised debates.
s dragging women protesters by the hair, stomping on them and stripping
one half-naked in the street during a fierce crackdown on activists."This is
a case for all the women of Egypt, not only mine," said
Samira Ibrahim, 25, who was arrested and then spoke out about her
treatment.Ibrahim filed two suits against the practice, one demanding it be banned
and another accusing an officer of sexual assault. She was the only
one to complain publicly about a practice that can bring shame upon
the victim in a conservative society.A small group of women gathered outside
the court building, holding banners. One said, "Women of Egypt are a
red line."The three-judge panel said in its ruling that the virginity tests
were "a violation of women's rights and an aggression against their dignity."The
ruling also said a member of the ruling military council admitted to
Amnesty International in June that the practice was carried out on female
detainees in March to protect the army
BEIRUT Activists say Syrian security forces have fired guns and tear
gas at thousands of anti-government protesters in the central city of Hama
and killed at least six people.Several thousand protesters were trying to reach
the city's main Assi square to stage a sit-in amid a heavy
security presence Wednesday when troops opened fire to disperse them.Hama-based activist Saleh
Abu Kamel told The Associated Press he had the names of six
people who were killed and many wounded. The number could not be
immediately confirmed.Activists say they expect a team of Arab League monitors now
in Syria to head to Hama on Thursday.
ng his coffin passed. Some struggled to get past police holding back
the crowd."How can the sky not cry?" a weeping soldier standing in
the snow said to state TV. "The people ... are all crying
tears of blood."The dramatic scenes of grief showed how effectively North Korea
built a personality cult around Kim Jong Il despite chronic food shortages
and decades of economic hardship.A large challenge for North Korea's propaganda apparatus
will be "to counter the public's perception that the new leader is
a spoiled child of privilege," said Brian Myers, an expert on North
Korean propaganda at Dongseo University in Busan, South Korea."Having Kim Jong Un
trudge mournfully next to the hearse in terrible weather was a very
clever move," Myers said.Even as North Koreans mourned the loss of the
second leader the nation has known, the transition of power to Kim
Jong Un was well under way. The young man, who is in
late 20s, is already being hailed by state media as the "su
