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The Pentagon is close to approving a command for Africa, where poverty and corruption make it a vulnerable area for extremists and terrorists
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In a globalized world, global cooperation and international law are becoming increasingly important, writes William A. Cohn of the University of New York in Prague. But many argue that the “war on terror” and the current Israel-Lebanon conflict are intern
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Oil, uranium, gold and platinum are more sought after than ever today. The search for natural resources is becoming increasingly difficult and prices are soaring. But future growth of the world economy depends on these natural resources — and some will s
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The literature on the benefits and costs of financial globalization for developing countries has exploded in recent years, but along many disparate channels and with a variety of apparently conflicting results. For instance, there is still little robust e
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Southern China is the world’s leading center for mass-produced works of art. One village of artists exports about five million paintings every year — most of them copies of famous masterpieces. The fastest workers can paint up to 30 paintings a day.
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Why the rebuilders of New Orleans should visit Denver
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The United States received hundreds of millions in foreign aid last year, after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast. But what happened to the money? One year later, the fate of international disaster assistance has turned into a tale of inept bure
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Poverty is blamed for everything from terrorism to bird flu. Rich nations have never sounded more committed to stamping it out. Is it all just hot air? The fourth annual CGD/FP Commitment to Development Index ranks 21 rich nations on whether they’re wor
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Governments engaged in the war on terror have more than just terrorist havens in their sights. They are also targeting the world’s tax havens. With more than $11 trillion in hidden income, these locales are coming under fire to close their financial loo
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Our goal is simple: a world community of entrepreneur-craftspeople who have the ability to improve their own lives, the lives of their families, the communities in which they make their homes, and their livelihoods. In its thirty years Aid to Artisans (AT
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American architecture is still reeling from the 9/11 attacks. Critics and architects say that security now trumps design, as barricades and mall-like plazas are sucking the soul out of urban life.
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Cuba’s leading dissident plans for life after Castro, and a Salon reporter gets hands-on experience with smuggling and the secret police.
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Bush may wish he measured up to the Great Emancipator. But he does stack up quite nicely against Andrew Johnson.
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Westerners who came here in the ’70s left magnificent travel writing that captured the rugged, captivating land before war tore it apart.
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Our famously divided capital has produced novels about white people in power and novels about everyone else. Explore the best of both worlds with Henry Adams and George Pelecanos.
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The crazy character of this wondrous land shines in the poems of Pablo Neruda, while its strife under Pinochet is captured best by José Donoso and Patricia Verdugo
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People often draw trait inferences from the facial appearance of other people. We investigated the minimal conditions under which people make such inferences. In five experiments, each focusing on a specific trait judgment, we manipulated the exposure tim
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People’s motivational states—their wishes and preferences—influence their processing of visual stimuli. In 5 studies, participants shown an ambiguous figure (e.g., one that could be seen either as the letter “B” or the number “13”) tended to
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Religion has always been a major force in U.S. politics, but the recent surge in the number and the power of evangelicals is recasting the country’s political scene — with dramatic implications for foreign policy. This should not be cause for panic: evan
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President Bush is not the only one facing falling polling numbers. Conservative pundit Bill O’Reilly of Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor” is having to factor in his own losses when it comes to Internet traffic.
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Sure, intuition can develop with experience. But trusting your hunches has perils, too.
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There’s only one rule in naming wars: The winner picks the one that sticks.
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Somalia’s Islamist militia has taken control of a major base of piracy north of Mogadishu. The waters off the Horn of Africa has long been a dangerous region for shipping. Now, the militants said they will put an end to the seaborne threat.
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Global trade is booming, and so are the world’s ports. These trade centers for the global flow of goods are suddenly a growth industry, as aging facilities are being revamped and new ones built worldwide. The increasingly lucrative business is also attrac
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Some experiences with Microsoft help to explain why Bill Gates is stepping down. Perhaps Windows is not the only fulfilling religion one can follow. Le Monde diplomatique editor Truls Lie on his conversion from PC to Mac.
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The days of genuine “citizen-generated” media may be numbered. Suddenly big business is all over the blogosphere, paying armies of willing recruits to praise products.
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Newspapers are making progress with the internet, but most are still too timid, defensive or high-minded.
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