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Happy birthday, seven billionth human on Earth, wherever you are
Seeded on Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:33 PM EDT (Toronto Star)
Not that there will be much of a party on or around Oct. 31, the due date predicted by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Face the Music: We Will Lose in Iraq and Afghanistan | Stephen M. Walt
Seeded on Sun Aug 28, 2011 11:20 AM EDT (Foreignpolicy)
More broadly, these wars were lost because there is an enormous difference between defeating a third-rate conventional army (which is what Saddam had) and governing a restive, deeply-divided, and well-armed population with a long-standing aversion to all forms of foreign interfer …
Wikileaks cables reveal China 'ready to abandon North Korea'
Seeded on Mon Nov 29, 2010 5:45 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
China has signalled its readiness to accept Korean reunification and is privately distancing itself from the North Korean regime, according to leaked US embassy cables that reveal senior Beijing figures regard their official ally as a "spoiled child"....
China is winning over the heart of Africa – at the West's expense
Seeded on Sun Nov 28, 2010 11:20 AM EST (The Globe and Mail)
While we've been busy looking at noisier events elsewhere, a small boom has been taking place in the lands south of the Sahara.
How We Lost Afghanistan's Once-Peaceful North
Seeded on Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:34 AM EDT (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)
On Friday, a bomb blast at a crowded mosque in Afghanistan's Takhar province killed 20 people, among them Governor Mohammed Omar of neighboring Kunduz province.
A black sun rises in a declining Japan
Seeded on Tue Oct 5, 2010 10:17 PM EDT (The Globe and Mail)
Mr. Kimura is among those concerned about a new breed of extremists, who are capitalizing on the bruised pride and swelling anger in Japan with a brand of politics that makes even a friend of the former Iraqi dictator uncomfortable.
Plan to Woo Taliban Foot Soldiers Founders
Seeded on Mon Sep 6, 2010 1:09 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Six months after Afghanistan's foreign backers agreed to generous funding for a reintegration effort, so far only $200,000 has been spent by the United States and little or nothing by other donors.
Bollywood Superstar Aamir Khan Shines the Spotlight on What's Caused an Estimated 150,000 Farmer Suicides in India
Seeded on Sun Aug 15, 2010 5:11 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
A tangible consequence of India's shift to a neo-liberal economic model has been the flood of suicides among farmers.
Give the poor money: Conditional-cash transfers are good. They could be even better
Seeded on Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:38 PM EDT (The Economist)
These are examples of the world's favourite new anti-poverty device, the conditional cash-transfer programme (CCT) in poor and middle-income countries These schemes give stipends and food to the poorest if they meet certain conditions, such as that their children attend school, …
Awareness Of Outside World Growing In North Korea
Seeded on Wed Jun 16, 2010 8:29 AM EDT (NPR)
Conventional wisdom holds that the people of North Korea are trapped in a world of rigid conformity, totalitarian discipline and complete isolation from the rest of the world.
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