"These people are not from London - most of them - but somehow the capital draws everyone in," Adam said.
Increased government spending has bumped up the region's human capital, drawing other businesses, from technology to medicine to hospitality.
SANA, Yemen — Yemen degenerated further into bloody conflict on Thursday as clashes beyond the capital drew in more tribal factions and threatened to widen the fighting between government forces and opposition tribesmen.
Small crowds greeted him virtually everywhere, and his attacks on Mr. Romney's "vulture capitalism," the phrase the governor used to describe his rival's career as a corporate takeover artist at Bain Capital, drew resistance from voters and pundits.
Its first product was introduced last fall with support from the First Step Fund, a pool of venture capital drawn from Detroit foundations as part of a broader effort to reinvigorate the city's economy.
Fears of reprisals for the attack are also running high, and a rally held in Vladikavkaz, the regional capital, drew a few hundred protesters demanding the resignation of North Ossetia's president, Alexander Dzasokhov.
For nearly 20 years, tens of thousands of sex tourists have streamed into Prague, the pristinely beautiful Czech capital, drawn by inexpensive erotic services, an atmosphere of anonymity for customers and a liberal population tolerant of adultery.
Brian Lavery (NYT) THE AMERICAS CANADA: PROTESTS IN CALGARY -- In downtown Calgary, 200 people peacefully protested the World Petroleum Congress, which had just opened in Canada's energy capital, drawing almost 3,000 delegates from 95 countries.
On average crowds at Cherrywood Road last season of 652, and with eight full-timers on his books plus a conditioning coach and dietician, he has been obliged to underwrite the club with capital drawn from the family business.
Rebels fired grenades at a police checkpoint near Urus-Martan, 12 miles southwest of Grozny, the Chechen capital, drawing Russian fire, the Itar-Tass news agency quoted the military command as saying.
