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As yet, no national standards exist for magnetic stripes and account numbering, so almost all of the 300m or so cards in China are used only as cash-machine or debit cards in the issuing bank's home city.
ECONOMIST: Consumer finance in Asia
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As we are seeing play out in the Middle East at the hands of Islamists of various stripes, democracy is no guarantee against people who are actually hostile to it - some of whom are perfectly capable of concealing that hostility to advance their purposes.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Let the voter beware
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Many states practice it through the initiative or referendum process, and while it is used by all political stripes, the left shows no respect for the majority when it sides with the right on questions such as racial preferences, tax limitations and (at least until recently) same-sex marriage.
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