HE GIRL WHO SILENCED THE WORLD AT THE UNITED NATION
Managing the Recovery of Failing States
[WORLD POLITICS] [2009-10-12 13:26:11] by: By Tim Carrington
After eight years and many billions of U.S. dollars spent to help Pakistan fight terrorism and alleviate poverty, a sorry record has emerged
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News
Iran in News
Reformer in Iran Publishes Account of a Prison Rape
[NEWS] [2009-08-25 04:44:58] by: MICHAEL SLACKMAN
A young man arrested after the disputed presidential election in Iran says he was raped by his jailers,
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Questions about Iran's Revolutionary Guards
[NEWS] [2009-08-11 21:37:54] by: report
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and its Basij militia have spearheaded efforts to combat unrest after the disputed presidential election on June 12.
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Iranian election protests death toll is 69, says opposition
[NEWS] [2009-08-11 21:34:56] by: report
Iran's opposition said yesterday at least 69 people had died in two months of post-election unrest based on accounts from victims'
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US will not congratulate 'elected' Ahmadinejad
[NEWS] [2009-08-04 20:26:20] by: report
The White House on Tuesday acknowledged Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the "elected" president of Iran
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World Politics
Political View
Celebrating the German Model
[WORLD POLITICS] [2009-10-11 17:18:05] by: Harold James
If anyone wanted evidence that we are not in the mental and political world of the interwar Great Depression, the German election result and its outcome
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The Normalization of Fatah
[WORLD POLITICS] [2009-08-25 04:19:32] by: Daoud Kuttab
Fatah, the leading guerrilla movement within the Palestine Liberation Organization, has moved one step closer to becoming a normal political party.
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Owning Up to Israel’s Bomb
[WORLD POLITICS] [2009-08-11 12:36:04] by: by Shlomo Ben-Ami
President Barack Obama’s vision of a world without nuclear weapons, and the recent agreement he signed with Russia aimed at cutting back the nuclear
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Hypothesizing on the Iran-Russia-U.S. Triangle
[WORLD POLITICS] [2009-08-11 12:33:37] by: George Friedman
For the past several weeks, STRATFOR has focused on the relationship between Russia and Iran. As our readers will recall, a pro-Rafsanjani demonstration
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Arab leaders, on U.S. visits, put onus on Israel
[WORLD POLITICS] [2009-08-04 21:56:29] by: By Matt Spetalnick Matt Spetalnick
Two visiting Arab leaders sought to ratchet up diplomatic pressure on Israel in Washington on Monday after Saudi Arabia accused the Jewish state
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Civil Society Unbound
[WORLD POLITICS] [2009-07-28 12:27:54] by: by Esther Dyson
The challenges facing civil-society organizations are greater in Russia than in many parts of the world, but the challenges facing civil society itself
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Rich-country governments and consumer groups pressure poor countries to discourage child labour through boycotts and international labour standards.
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On the measurability of offshorability
[GLOBAL ECONOMY] [2009-10-11 17:26:09] by: Alan S. Blinder
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Fear of offshoring may force its way back onto policy agendas soon. This column uses a survey of individual workers to measure the offshorability of particular jobs
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A Phantom Recovery?
[GLOBAL ECONOMY] [2009-08-25 04:12:44] by: Nouriel Roubini
Where is the American and global economy headed? Last year, there were two sides to the debate. One camp argued that the recession in the United States would be V-shaped
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Russia’s Economy Declines 10.9%, Worst on Record
[GLOBAL ECONOMY] [2009-08-11 21:30:19] by: ANDREW E. KRAMER
The Russian economy, which declined more than any major economy during the recession, now appears to have leveled off, according to government figures released Tuesday.
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Science and Technology
Futurism
Internet engaged people in '08 election, survey shows
[SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY] [2009-04-16 09:29:38] by: Mimi Hall,
More than half of all adults — 55% — got their political fix online during the 2008 election, using the Interne
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Rationality versus Intelligence
[SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY] [2009-04-15 10:52:58] by: by Keith E Stanovich
In 2002, the cognitive scientist Daniel Kahneman of Princeton University won the Nobel Prize in Economics for work done with his longtime collaborator Amos Tversky (who died in 1996).
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The Internet’s Immune System
[SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY] [2009-03-27 22:04:09] by: Esther Dyson
Viruses, phishing, spyware, spam, denial-of-service attacks, botnets… You have probably heard these words, and perhaps even suffered from what they signify, with or without knowing it.
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When Science Is a Siren Song
[SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY] [2009-03-14 18:47:29] by: David A. Shaywitz
When a group of British academic researchers reported last spring that women fond of eating breakfast cereal were more likely to give birth to boys, the story was lapped up by journalists the world over.
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