Syria: The Silence Has Broken

The moment I tried to veer the conversations to domestic politics, I rammed into a wall of silence. “We don’t talk about politics,” came the reply, end of candid conversations, and in a forced-polite manner, I would be showed the door out of teahouse, carpet shop, cobbler stall, local home, etc.

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How Japan Earthquake Causes Salt “Shortage” in China

An era of speed-dissemination of information is also an era of rumors overload. Rumors of salt could prevent sickness from radiation exposure has caused panic buying, which not only left supermarkets void of salt, it has also driven up stock prices of companies in the salt industry.

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