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Golfe du Mexique. Aucune trace de pollution après l'explosion de la plate-forme
Une plate-forme pétrolière a explosé cet après-midi dans le golfe du Mexique, près de 130 km au sud de Vermilion Bay, au large de la Louisiane. Treize personnes se sont retrouvées à l'eau, mais...
Gouvernement. Eric Woerth en position de plus en plus délicate
A cinq jours du débat sur la réforme des retraites à l'Assemblée nationale, la situation d'Eric Woerth apparaît de plus en plus délicate, voire intenable, après qu'il a reconnu être intervenu pour...
Affaire Bettencourt. Des carnets de Banier où la milliardaire parle d'un don à Sarkozy
Sur des carnets intimes du photographe François-Marie Banier, la police a découvert des propos tenus par Liliane Bettencourt selon lesquels Nicolas Sarkozy aurait reçu lors de la campagne...
Match France-Biélorussie. La France l'emportera pour 48%
760 internautes ont répondu à la question : "Football. Votre pronostic pour le match France - Biélorussie : victoire de la France 48% victoire de la Biélorussie 17% match nul 18% ne se prononce...
Impôts. Christine Lagarde écarte une hausse avant 2012
La ministre de l'économie Christine Lagarde a déclaré ce matin sur Europe 1 qu'elle n'entendait pas augmenter le poids des prélèvements obligatoires en France dans le prochain budget. Une...
Laurent Fignon. Inhumé vendredi au Père-Lachaise dan sla plus stricte intimité
A la demande de sa famille, les obsèques de laurent Fignon auront lieu vendredi au Père Lachaise à Paris dans la plus stricte intimité. Ses proches ont souhaité la mise en place d'un pool pour...
Charente. Un gagnant à l'Euromillions offre la cantine à l'école pendant un an
Un Charentais qui avait gagné 50 millions d'euros en 2009 à l'Euromillions offre la cantine pendant un an à l'école de son village, rapporte La Charente Libre. Une bonne nouvelle en cette période...
Légion d'honneur de Maistre. Woerth reconnaît être intervenu auprès de Sarkozy
A quelques jours de la mobilisation syndicale contre la réforme des retraites, le ministre du travail Eric Woerth va-t-il pouvoir porter ce dossier jusqu'à son terme ? La question se pose après les...
Musique. Johnny Hallyday se sépare de son producteur Jean-Claude Camus
Johnny Hallyday s'est séparé de son producteur Jean-Claude Camus, a annoncé jeudi à l'AFP son nouveau producteur Gilbert Coullier, confirmant une information de l'Express.
Equipe de France. Trois joueurs désignent Domenech comme "la taupe" du Mondial
Décidément, la page du fiasco des Bleus en Afrique du Sud peine à se tourner définitivement. Le Point dévoile ce jeudi matin le contenu d'une note "secrète" rédigée par la mission...
Football. FFF: Duchaussoy souhaite rester président jusqu'en 2012
Le président par intérim de la Fédération française de football (FFF) Fernand Duchaussoy aimerait rester en poste jusqu'en 2012, indique-t-il jeudi dans l'Equipe. "Oui, ce ne serait pas mal que je...
Russie. Un ourson affamé vient se nourrir dans une cantine d'usine
Un ourson affamé a pénétré dans la cantine d'une usine de la région russe de Sverdlovsk, dans l'Oural, sous le regard étonné des cuisiniers, a rapporté jeudi le quotidien populaire Tvoï Den....
Marseille. Ils délogent un distributeur de billets au pied de biche avant de le faire sauter
Des malfaiteurs ont descellé un distributeur automatique de billets (DAB) à l'aide de pieds de biche avant de le faire sauter pour s'emparer de son contenu, dans la nuit de mercredi à jeudi à...
Front national. Marine Le Pen veut "professionnaliser" le parti pour le mener au pouvoir
Marine Le Pen, en campagne pour la présidence du FN, a déclaré jeudi assumer "l'intégralité de l'héritage" de son père Jean-Marie Le Pen mais veut "professionnaliser la structure" du parti, qui...
Impôts. Baroin envisage une hausse en 2013
Sous la pression d'un déficit colossal, le ministre du Budget, François Baroin, a laissé entendre qu'une hausse des impôts, notamment de la CRDS, pourrait s'imposer après la présidentielle de...
Carcassonne. 48 CRS en colère se font porter malades, mission annulée
Quarante-huit des 80 membres d'une compagnie de CRS de l'Aude se sont fait porter malades pour protester contre leurs conditions de travail, une décision qui a provoqué l'annulation d'une mission...
Afghanistan. Retrait des troupes américaines en 2011
Le retrait des troupes américaines d'Afghanistan s'amorcera à l'été 2011, a réaffirmé hier le président Barack Obama, qui a toutefois souligné que le rythme du départ des GI's dépendrait de la...
Santé. Espoir contre le cancer du poumon
L'antidiabétique metformine a fortement réduit la fréquence du cancer du poumon chez des souris de laboratoire exposées à un dérivé de la nicotine, selon des travaux publiés hier potentiellement...
Braderie de Lille. Deux millions de chineurs attendus
Lille accueille samedi et dimanche sa grande braderie annuelle, durant laquelle près de deux millions de chineurs déambuleront dans les rues du centre-ville en quête de bonnes affaires. Le cru...
Transports aériens. Air France inaugure l'exploitation de l'Airbus A380 sur la ligne Paris-Tokyo
La compagnie aérienne française Air France a inauguré l'exploitation du très gros porteur Airbus A380 sur la ligne Paris-Tokyo, saluant dans la matinée de jeudi l'arrivée à l'aéroport de Narita du...
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No sign of oil after Gulf platform fire: Coast Guard
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, but the crew of 13 escaped and there were no signs of an oil spill, the Coast Guard said.
Hurricane Earl closes in on East Coast
HATTERAS ISLAND, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl began to strafe North Carolina's barrier islands with dangerous surf and winds on Thursday as it spun parallel to the U.S. East Coast on a northward trek toward New England and Canada.
Israel and Palestinians agree to more peace meetings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a series of direct talks on Thursday, seeking to forge the framework for a U.S.-backed peace deal within a year and end a conflict that has boiled for six decades.
Drug shootout with army kills 25 in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - As many as 25 people were killed when Mexican soldiers clashed on Thursday with suspected drug gang members in rural northeastern Mexico, local media reported on Thursday.
White House: No second stimulus being considered
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House stressed on Thursday that no second economic stimulus package is being considered as part of new measures under review by President Barack Obama's team.
EPA to issue more rules in climate fight
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will roll out more regulations on greenhouse gases and other pollution to help fight climate change, but they will not be as strong as action by Congress, a senior administration official said.
Justice Department sues Arizona sheriff in immigration probe
WASHINGTON/PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Justice Department on Thursday sued an Arizona sheriff for refusing to cooperate with its investigation into allegations he and his police force discriminate against Hispanics in his program to crack down on illegal immigrants.
Warren schedule change stirs talk on consumer job
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A last-minute change in the fall course schedule of Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren has fueled speculation the White House might soon nominate her to head the newly created U.S. consumer financial agency.
Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing renewed militant violence.
Burger King agrees to $3.3 billion sale to 3G Capital
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Burger King Holdings Inc agreed to sell itself to investment firm 3G Capital for $3.26 billion, giving the No. 2 U.S. fast-food chain breathing room to fix its business and close the gap with leader McDonald's Corp.
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Domestic Violence Pervades Russian Homes
Russian women are habitually beaten with legal impunity--in a country with no support system for victims of domestic violence. So it was horrible but hardly surprising when my friend's husband got drunk and killed her.
Oppression Continues in Iran
The world's attention may have wandered from Iran, but recent reports from the country reveal a government that is as willing as ever to suppress dissent and a judiciary that still plans to kill a woman saved from a stoning sentence last month.
Viktor Bout's Secrets Frighten the Kremlin
There's a reason Russians oppose the extradition of arms dealer Viktor Bout?the man known as "the merchant of death"?to the United States: he knows their secrets.
Mideast Peace Talks Should Have Been Secret
By making a public spectacle of negotiations, leaders have made Israelis and Palestinians less likely to reach any agreement. President Obama should have pushed them to conduct back-channel, off-the-record talks instead.
Beware: Combat Will Continue in Iraq
There is a real risk that President Obama?s claim in his Oval Office address that ?the American combat mission has ended? in Iraq may come to rank with President Bush?s ill-judged boast of ?mission accomplished? back in May 2003.
How to Temper Israeli-Palestinian Optimism
Israel and the Palestinian territories have been talking about peace for a long time (at least a dozen summits have preceded this one with little or no tangible results). So in acknowledgment of the long odds, here are a few oft-used phrases the negotiators should avoid.
WikiLeaks Rape Case Reopened
A senior prosecutor in Sweden on Wednesday announced she is reopening an official investigation into a rape allegation against Julian Assange, the Australian cofounder of the whistle-blowing Web site WikiLeaks. She also said a parallel investigation into allegations of "molestation" by Assange will not only continue but also apparently be expanded.
'Time to Turn the Page'
In marking the end of America?s combat role in Iraq, President Obama sought to shift his priorities to the United States? own deep problems at home. ?We have met our responsibilities. It is time to turn the page,? Obama told the nation from the newly refurbished Oval Office, seeking to open a new chapter in his troubled presidency.
A. Q. Khan on His Role Developing Pakistan's Nukes
Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, widely considered the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb, has kept a low profile since his unprecedented 2004 television address accepting sole responsibility for providing nuclear know-how to Iran, Libya, and North Korea. NEWSWEEK PAKISTAN's Fasih Ahmed recently conducted an interview with the nuclear scientist hailed as a hero inside his own country and a threat to global security outside it.
Latin American Democracies Lash Out at the Press
Even though Latin America is more democratic than ever, governments across the region have lashed out this summer at unfriendly reporters by imposing restrictive (and sometimes unconstitutional) bans on the free press.
Wikipedia: A New Battleground in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Earlier this month it was reported that right-wing Israeli groups were teaching courses on editing Wikipedia entries to give them a Zionist slant. Now some Palestinians say they'll be watching the online encyclopedia and editing in the other direction.
Decision in WikiLeaks Sex Probe Might Come Wednesday
A senior Swedish prosecutor is expected to announce Wednesday whether she believes there is sufficient evidence to continue to pursue a sex-related investigation of Julian Assange, the Australian frontman for the whistle-blowing Web site WikiLeaks.
Questions Remain in Suspicious-Baggage Inquiry of Men Arrested in Holland
U.S. authorities are still not sure what the bottom line is in an investigation that led to the detention in the Netherlands on Monday of two Yemeni men who were trying to fly from the U.S. to their homeland. American officials said evidence is accumulating that the men did not know each other before they were arrested by Dutch authorities.
Why Tony Blair's Memoir Can't Rescue His Image
Tony Blair hoped his apologia would rehabilitate his image, which has suffered amid various embarrassing revelations since he left office. Too bad his former aides published their books first.
Sudan Poised Between Peace and Civil War
Sudan, for so long the focus of the world's humanitarian attention, is back in the news. Deaths continue to rise, the country is splitting in two, and foreign workers are kidnapped with alarming regularity. It remains to be seen whether the nation can survive these latest challenges.
N.Y. Anti-Mosque Leader Defends Group That Clashed With British Police
A leader in the movement protesting plans to build an Islamic cultural center two blocks from Ground Zero in lower Manhattan is defending the actions of a right-wing, anti-Muslim group that was involved in violent clashes with British riot police over the weekend.
We Read It: 'Asia Alone: The Dangerous Post-Crisis Divide From America'
Is China ready to rule the world? Not quite yet. The fact is that Asia still needs American power. And if our time is indeed witnessing the long handoff of global power from one empire to another, the smoother the transition, the better.
Taliban Using Mosque Controversy to Recruit
Taliban officials know it?s sacrilegious to hope a mosque will not be built, but that?s exactly what they?re wishing for: the success of the fiery campaign to block the proposed Islamic cultural center and prayer room near the site of the Twin Towers in lower Manhattan. ?By preventing this mosque from being built, America is doing us a big favor,? Taliban operative Zabihullah tells NEWSWEEK. (Like many Afghans, he uses a single name.) ?It?s providing us with more recruits, donations, and popular support.?
Isolation for Germany's Immigrant Pols
Cabinet appointments in Lower Saxony normally don?t receive much attention. But political success is rare for minorities in Germany, and in April, Aygül Özkan?a little-known politician of Turkish descent?was heralded as a trailblazer for becoming the state?s social-affairs minister. Her quick fall from grace shows how calcified Germany?s system remains against candidates of immigrant descent.
North Korea Finds a Lifeline in China
The Dear Leader may be as unwell as he looks, and famine may be a constant worry, but North Koreans can still count on one thing: China.
China's Brain Drain
As China?s economy steams toward superpower status, the country has rolled out splashy programs to lure elites back from overseas. One problem: many don?t seem to want to return.
Burma Elections Under Tight Junta Control
The last time Burma?s junta tried rigging an election in hopes of putting a civilian face on its military rule, in 1990, it was routed at the polls. The junta responded by annulling the results. Now, with the country?s first vote in 20 years set for Nov. 7, the generals have apparently learned their lesson: this time, the process will be even more tightly controlled.
Brazil Needs Billions to Dig Deep for Oil
Brazil has a sunken-treasure problem. The discovery three years ago of a huge offshore stash of oil unleashed a gusher of nationalist euphoria. At somewhere between 9 billion and 15 billion barrels, it was the largest find in the Western Hemisphere in more than a quarter century.
More Chinese Workers Prefer Domestic Firms
In August, China?s biggest job-search site released a survey of 200,000 Chinese college students, ranking their -preferences for employment. Only three non-Chinese multinational corporations made the list of the top 50: Google, Microsoft, and Procter & Gamble, all in the top 10. That?s a steep decline from the 21 foreign firms that made the list last year.
How Israel Views the Upcoming Peace Talks
An Israeli prime minister widely described as a hawk, and an Arab leader perilously isolated and reviled by the radicals, enter into peace talks?what chance do they have of succeeding? Not much, according to many commentators writing about the relaunch of direct talks in Washington this week between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Can Netanyahu Make Peace With the Palestinians?
Israeli prime ministers don?t usually have time for long chats with people outside their circle of advisers and deputies. Yet the day before an important speech last year, Benjamin Netanyahu spent two hours with the novelist Eyal Megged, listening to his ideas and filling several pages with notes.
Is Russian Spy Anna Chapman Cashing In Already?
As part of the spy-swap deal that let her leave the country, flame-haired Russian sleeper agent Anna Chapman agreed to what U.S. officials claimed was a strict condition: she could not profit from her story. There's disagreement now over whether she's sticking with the deal.
Older Workers Are More Innovative Than the Young
Despite stereotypes of entrepreneurs as fresh-faced youngsters, new research has found that older workers are more likely to innovate than their under-35 counterparts.
Leaked U.N. Report Implicates Rwandan Troops in Possible Genocide
Rwandan President Paul Kagame was reelected with 93 percent of the vote in the country's elections earlier this month. But there were widespread reports that journalists and opposition politicians were imprisoned or killed. Now a leaked U.N. report suggests that Rwandan troops may have committed war crimes and massacred tens of thousands in the late 1990s.
How Currency Speculators Could Help Heal Pakistan
From the earthquake that ended the lives of 230,000 Haitians to the historic floodwaters that are putting nearly 14 million people at risk in Pakistan, it?s a tumultuous year for the developing world and a trying one for the leaders of wealthy nations trying to help them.
How Ahmad Chalabi Keeps Shaping Iraq's Future
Salih Mutlak can only wonder where in Iraq he might find justice. As one of the country?s leading Sunni politicians, he was puzzled and angry to learn shortly before this spring?s parliamentary elections that the Accountability and Justice Commission had barred him from running, along with roughly 500 other candidates.
Amway China's Chairwoman Eva Cheng
Amway China?s chairwoman, Eva Cheng, started at the company as a secretary in the Hong Kong office in 1977 and now oversees the company?s operations in Greater China and Southeast Asia, which was reportedly responsible for more than one third of its $8.4 billion in 2009 revenue.
Chinese Women Are More Ambitious Than Americans
To understand the changing role of women in China, consider the runaway success of a novel titled "Du Lala?s Rise." The story chronicles the adventures of the fictional Miss Du as she moves up the corporate ladder.
Chinese Women Go Shopping
Shoppers throughout the West, wary of a double-dip recession, are still pinching their pennies. But Chinese consumers are opening their wallets?big time. According to McKinsey, retail sales in China have grown by 25 percent annually from 2007 to 2009, making the Chinese consumer sector arguably the healthiest of any major economy in the world, says Yuval Atsmon, a consultant in McKinsey?s Shanghai office.
Wyclef Jean Lashes Out in Song
The hip-hop star has recorded a song declaring that Haiti's president?"Lucifer"?disqualified him from the presidential race. And he declares that he will fight back.
Questions for Iraq's Adel Abdul Mahdi
Nearly six months after the elections in Iraq, the nation still has no government. To break the deadlock, politicians are looking to alternate prime-ministerial candidates. One of the top contenders is Adel Abdul Mahdi, a longtime member of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq who is currently serving as vice president.
Questions for Indonesia's Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Economists trying to map the global economic recovery tend to focus on demography. The key players at the moment, says former Indonesian finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, are women.
How Will Chilean Miners Stay Sane?
They have been trapped a mile underground for 20 days, their only lifeline to the surface a bore hole the diameter of a grapefruit. For 33 miners, alive but imprisoned underground after an earthquake in Chile, it will take three months to be rescued. A former NASA official explains how they will survive in dark isolation for so long.
Kitesurfing Catches On With Extreme-Sports Crowd
Kitesurfing newcomers are drawn to the promise of launching, Bond-like, 10 meters in the air?and to the fact that it?s best practiced in jet-setting locales.
Is WikiLeaks Too Full of Itself?
Have the activists behind WikiLeaks?and in particular the Web site's founder, Julian Assange?become intoxicated by their own myth? Two recent events involving the now internationally watched Assange and the Web site seem to indicate that this is the case.
Why Has Kim Jong-il Gone to China?
As Jimmy Carter arrived in North Korea to help negotiate the release of an American prisoner, the country's leader and his son Kim Jong-un took a private train into China, according to South Korean officials. Is it a diplomatic snub, a cry for aid from the North's only real ally, or medical emergency for the sickly dictator?
What an Irish Terrorist Teaches Us About Tolerance
The terrorist history of a Catholic priest in Northern Ireland?and the magnanimous reaction of his victims?ought to serve as a lesson about how to overcome bigotry. It's particularly instructive in light of the so-called Ground Zero mosque.
Lawyer for Women Accusing WikiLeaks Founder Maintains Charges of Sexual Misconduct
A Swedish lawyer representing two women whose allegations triggered a sexual-misconduct investigation of Julian Assange has given Declassified the first on-the-record confirmation of the allegations that led to the issuance?and then rapid cancellation?of a warrant on a rape charge and to a parallel investigation into alleged ?molestation.?
In Colombia, Teens Killed From Facebook Hit Lists
Earlier this month two teenagers were shot to death in the town of Puerto Asis, Colombia. Their names were among 100 or so that subsequently appeared on three "death lists" posted on Facebook. Another of those named was killed five days later.
Japan, Not Greece, Is the Real Economic Worry
The reality is that Greece was always a special case. It is a country that does not issue its own currency, and the quality of its credit depends on other Europeans? indulgence, now in short supply. So, it's Japan we should really worry about.
Equatorial Guinea Condemned for Suspicious Executions
Human-rights groups and opposition parties have condemned the execution of four of President Teodoro Obiang's rivals, found guilty of plotting a coup and killed just an hour later. They allege that the deaths were essentially "political assassinations."
Jimmy Carter Will Visit North Korea to Help Secure Release of American
A 30-year-old man from Boston has been serving an eight-year hard-labor sentence in a North Korean prison camp since April of this year. A State Department team failed to secure his release. Now, reports the journal Foreign Policy, former president Jimmy Carter will visit.
New Details Emerge in the Case Against WikiLeaks Founder
London's Guardian, a newspaper known for its liberal politics and freedom-of-information campaigns, published in its Tuesday edition what appears to be the most extensive account to date of the events that led Swedish prosecutors to open investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct by WikiLeaks founder and frontman Julian Assange.
Swedish Sex Probes of WikiLeaks Founder May Be Closed This Week
Prosecutors in Sweden may decide as early as Tuesday whether to continue or permanently close two sex-crimes investigations of Julian Assange, the founder and frontman for the whistle-blowing Web site WikiLeaks.
Swedish Prosecutor Says WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Is Not Wanted
In a bizarre sequence of events that echoed the plot of a Stieg Larsson novel, Swedish prosecutors on Saturday initially indicated that they were seeking to arrest WikiLeaks frontman Julian Assange in connection with a rape and molestation investigation, but they later issued a statement that Assange was no longer wanted.
The Rural Poor Are Shut Out of China's Top Schools
Once upon a time, the rural poor were the beating heart of China, welcomed gladly at the nation?s top universities. Now almost none of them attend, and with so few opportunities, poor high-school educations, and terrible public health, they?re rapidly falling behind.
Obama Administration Wins One in Thailand
A court in Thailand ruled that Victor Bout, an accused Russian arms trafficker nicknamed the ?Merchant of Death," should be extradited to the U.S. within three months to face numerous charges related to his alleged arms-dealing career.
Israeli-Palestinian Talks Resuming After Two Years
Israeli and Palestinian leaders will start meeting again nearly two years after negotiations stopped, but the talks will likely stall again when Israel ends a moratorium on new settlements.
'Were You Born on the Wrong Continent? How the European Model Can Help You Get a Life'
Is socialism really that bad? Thomas Geoghegan argues that people are happier, healthier, and better off in a European (read: German) social democracy, which gives them more bang for their tax buck?and strengthens capitalism to boot. Then he makes you read about his vacations.
Report: Wyclef Jean Can't Run for President
The hip-hop star has said he will challenge a ruling that he is not eligible to be Haiti's president?or run again five years from now.
The Ramadan Bash That Wasn't -- And What It Means
Afghans are furious that their embassy in Washington threw a decadent, boozy Western party during Ramadan. Thing is, it didn?t. But swift and outraged reaction says volumes about the divisions in Afghan society.
Wyclef Jean on Why Only He Can Transform Haiti
Wyclef Jean may be denied the eligibility to run for president in Haiti. But either way, he seems sure he?s created a transformative and enduring movement.
Combat Operations Aren't Really Over in Iraq
The last American combat brigade has just left Iraq. But that hardly means that the United States is done with combat operations. Welcome to the age of the contractor.
U.S. Officials Fear Notorious Russian Arms Dealer Could Walk Free
The Obama administration is deeply worried that an appeals court in Thailand will succumb to pressure from the Kremlin tonight and allow a Russian alleged to be one of the world?s most notorious illicit arms dealers to walk free.
Wyclef's Tough Presidential Quest
When Wyclef Jean announced that he would run for president of Haiti, his candidacy had a whiff of inevitability, if not triumphalism. Many, perhaps even the hip-hop star himself, seemed to assume he would seize frontrunner status and then be elected by acclamation. Two weeks later, Jean's fledgling candidacy is less certain.
How Russia's FSB Colonized Abkhazia
Abkhazia, one of the breakaway provinces over which Russia and Georgia fought in 2008, has been colonized by Russia?s state security services. And the locals are hardly thrilled.
The Compromise Candidate Who Could Run Iraq
If the big power brokers in Iraqi politics can?t settle on a prime minister, the relatively unknown man who currently serves as vice president could get the country?s highest post.
Officials: Karzai Blindsided U.S. Embassy With Contractor-Ban Announcement
Afghan President Hamid Karzai failed to give the American Embassy in Kabul advance notice that he was about to issue an edict ordering private security companies operating in Afghanistan to fold up shop within four months.
Sarkozy Is Courting Right-Wing Extremists
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is looking pretty weak before the election. So he's returning to his old law-and-order pose. Problem is, in his effort to exploit public fears, Sarkozy is courting extremists.
The Phony-Number Maker
To justify their opposition to a two-state solution, Israel's right-wingers say the Arab population isn't growing and the Jewish population isn't shrinking. Too bad their data is bogus.
Wyclef for President? Not So Fast.
The musician claims he is exempt from Haiti?s Constitution, but experts say the argument won?t fly.
Talk About Iran Attack Seems Very Overheated
An article in The Atlantic reports that Iran may be nearing the "point of no return" in its pursuit of an atomic bomb. Therefore, there is a "better than 50 percent chance" Israel will launch an attack against Iranian nuclear sites by "next July." We are skeptical.
Why Cold, Depressive Countries End Up the 'Best'
Why cold, dark, small, and depressive nations top the rankings.
Japan's Good, Cheap Health Care
Japan shows how it?s done: keep quality up, costs down, and M.D.s on board.
Mahbubani: The Problem With Presidents
We need global, not just national, leaders.
Should We Tweak GDP to Measure Happiness?
The GDP measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile.
China Can't Keep Up With Its Cars
Beijing?s announcement that it will shutter more than 2,000 polluting steel mills and other industrial energy hogs by Sept. 30 might look like one more sign that China is moving up fast in the global race to go green. Lately, important figures like President Obama and newspaper columnist Thomas Friedman have been warning that the People?s Republic is far outpacing America in ecofriendly technology.
Thailand's Finance Minister Talks Recovery
Korn Chatikavanij, Thailand?s finance minister, is a quintessential policy wonk who managed to steer his country to a quick economic recovery, in large part due to a $30 billion stimulus package he devised. The Oxford-educated former investment banker spoke with NEWSWEEK?s Jerry Guo about the country?s tumultuous politics and its economic potential.
How e-Government Is Empowering Citizens Worldwide
Skip the lines, forget about bribes. E-gov gives anyone with a web connection direct access to public services.
The Best Countries in the World
Forget the world cup, the Olympics, even the miss universe pageant. These are the globe?s true national champions.
Pakistan's Military Steps In on Flood Relief
In recent weeks, Pakistanis could be forgiven for thinking that the military, which has ruled for half of the country?s 63 years of independence, had come back into power. Television news has been filled with footage of Army chief Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visiting some of the country?s 6 million flood victims as Army helicopters dropped food and water and made rescues in isolated mountain villages.
The Most Corrupt Countries
The best countries keep public and private sector graft in check.
Memoirs of the Veil
The meaning of the veil for women in Muslim societies has been much debated in the West. Is it, as European backers of its ban would argue, a symbol of repression? Or is it a political statement?a ?rejection of the Western lifestyle,? as Ayaan Hirsi Ali has written? Two new memoirs by Western women tackle the issue from an insider?s vantage point.
Putin's Russia: Exile Businessmen
Yevgeny Chichvarkin once took London by storm. Bounding onto the stage at the Russian Economic Forum four years ago in red sneakers, graffiti-sprayed jeans, and a top that proclaimed that he was MADE IN MOSCOW, the 34-year-old Russian businessman told the elite gathering how he?d grown his Evroset mobile-phone company into a billion-dollar empire in just five years, and that a ?new generation of young businesspeople? was ?ready to integrate Russia into the world economy.?
Iran's Sanctions Aren't Hurting Its Economy
Barack Obama calls the new round of Western sanctions against Iran the ?toughest? yet, but take a closer look. U.S. sanctions approved last month have been hyped by the media for a supposedly crippling potential effect on Iran?s refined-petroleum sector.
The Israeli-Saudi-American Alliance Against Iran
Even Israelis didn?t mind this time when we sold F-15s to Saudi Arabia. That?s because they share an enemy, Iran, and know that we?re going to help them fight it.
The Naomi Campbell Guide to War Crimes Trial Appearances
Naomi Campbell's PR agency has outlined its methods for getting the supermodel through allegations, in court, that she'd accepted blood diamonds from a dictator. Here, based on the advice, is our handy guide for any supermodels called to appear before war crimes tribunals.
Seeing Italy's Masterpieces Without the Crowds
I love humanity; it?s crowds I hate?especially the ones that swarm the world?s most famous museums during tourist season, turning what should be a transformational experience into a degrading competitive scrum. Three years ago my family?s foray into the Louvre to see the Mona Lisa was unforgettable, for all the wrong reasons. Despite the staff?s efforts to manage the crowd, my two sons were overwhelmed and wanted to leave, my daughter was fascinated primarily by other people?s illicit attempts to snap photos, and I completely lost track of my husband.
Rabid Bats Kill Four Children in Peru
Emergency teams have been dispatched to a remote section of the Amazon rainforest to stop rabid bats from spreading their deadly disease. Four children of the Awajun tribe have already died in an outbreak.
Russia's New Police State
In principle, Russia enshrines the same rights?against self-incrimination and the presumption of guilt?that Western nations do. In practice, two new laws that empower state security services do exactly the opposite.
Less Than Meets The Eye to Latest WikiLeaks Threat
There may be less than meets the eye in the latest threat from WikiLeaks to reveal a new cache of secret Pentagon documents. On Thursday, Julian Assange, the whistleblower Web site?s founder and principal front man, told a gathering in London he was preparing to release at least some of the 15,000 classified U.S. government reports related to the war in Afghanistan that were held back last month when he published roughly 76,000 similar documents.
Brit Cops Face Charges for Beating Terror Suspect Wanted by U.S.
British prosecutors announced on Thursday that they intend to charge four Scotland Yard officers for delivering a severe beating to a London-based Web- site operator who for years has been awaiting extradition to the U.S. on charges related to his alleged support for the Taliban and other Islamic militant groups. In a statement posted on its Web site, the Crown Prosecution Service said that the four cops, all members of a Metropolitan Police unit called the Territorial Support Group, whose main assignment is to serve as a mobile riot squad, will be charged with ?causing actual bodily harm? to Babar Ahmad when they brought him in for questioning on Dec. 2, 2003.
The 'Gray' Wealth of China's Super-Rich
A report today reveals that a third of China's wealth may go unreported, and that most of that "gray income" ends up in the hands of the rising power's richest 10 percent.
Open Season on Baghdad Traffic Cops
There are few jobs worse than being a traffic cop in Iraq. The policemen stand on medians in blistering heat?which has been hovering at about 120 degrees Fahrenheit in recent weeks?while sucking up car fumes and praying that the next surly driver isn?t a suicide bomber. Well, the job just got worse. A lot worse.
Iran Stoning Woman 'Confesses' on State TV
A 43-year-old mother of two, granted a reprieve from being stoned to death on dubious adultery charges after an international outcry, has appeared on TV to 'confess' to complicity in murder and denounce the lawyer who previously saved her life.
How the Pakistani Floods Help the Taliban
The Pakistani Army?s response to the flood has been swift and competent. But in terms of aid and infrastructure, Islamabad has utterly failed, which means the Taliban can claim to care more about people than the government.
Did a Minneapolis Janitor Work for Al-Shabab in the Netherlands?
Mahamud Said Omar is a middle-aged former janitor who used to work at a mosque in Minneapolis frequented by Somali expatriates. But U.S. authorities describe Omar as a significant?if not key?figure in a major investigation into the activities of the violent Islamist group Al-Shabab.
As America Withdraws From Iraq, Iran's Power Rises
Iran is accruing power and influence in Iraq that it can wield when the Americans have withdrawn.
'The Frugal Superpower: America?s Global Leadership in a Cash-Strapped Era'
America today equals huge debt. America today equals huge military. Few have seriously attempted to reconcile the two, and Michael Mandelbaum does here, to provocative result. An authoritative thinker on America?s role in the world, he makes the case that a slimmer U.S. defense budget will leave a vacuum at the top of the global power structure that no other country can fill.
David Cameron: In a Hurry to Fulfill His Promises
Britain?s new prime minister, David Cameron, made a lot of promises on the stump about how he?d transform British society. If the first 100 days are any gauge, he doesn?t plan on waiting.
Zimbabwe Begins Selling Alleged Blood Diamonds
A controversial stash of stones from a mine that could yield up to $2 billion a year, and that human-rights organizations allege were unearthed by virtual slaves threatened with death, goes on sale today in Zimbabwe.
Naomi Campbell Defends Her War-Crimes Testimony
Naomi Campbell has been under fire for telling a war-crimes trial that she did not know whether diamonds given to her at a dinner party were from former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor. She's now released a forceful rebuttal, saying she had nothing to gain by lying.
Mercenaries in Iraq to Take Over Soldiers' Jobs
As the U.S. military prepares to draw down its forces in Iraq, the withdrawal will be a boon for the private security industry, whose hired guns will inherit many of the tasks the Army is leaving behind.
Legalize Drugs, Says Mexican Ex- President
Vicente Fox, who has watched a national drug war claim 28,000 lives in less than four years under his successor, Felipe Calderón, says "radical prohibition strategies have never worked" and calls for drugs to be legalized.
The Battle for China's Wall Street
New turf battles have erupted in the rivalry between Hong Kong and Shanghai over which metropolis will be the financial heart of China. The conventional wisdom has long been that Hong Kong would prevail. But Shanghai is keen to grab a bigger piece of the action, and it's on a fast learning curve.
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