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Stopping the Government From Reading Your Email
Is the federal government reading your email?
10 Questions for Henry Kissinger
Should America be afraid of China? America needs to understand China, but it need not be afraid of China.
Love Don’t Cost a Thing: Can Educating Girls Alone Curb China’s Mistress Epidemic?
This fall, young girls in China’s southern Guangdong province will be learning a new subject in school: how to avoid becoming a mistress.
Fear and Trembling in Damascus: A Pretense of Calm in Syria’s Capital
The capital of Syria has the illusion of calm.
OECD Report: How to Measure Life Satisfaction
Society At A Glance 2009 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development 132 pages The Gist: If you’re looking for another reason to hate on France, you might check out the latest report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Syria Critical of Obama’s Middle East Speech Warning Assad
Damascus, it seems, does not care for Barack Obama’s advice. In a much anticipated policy speech on Thursday, May 19, the U.S
Can Obama’s Middle East Speech Aid Reform in Bahrain?
For weeks, Bahrain’s Shi’ite-dominated opposition movement felt it had been suffering in a bubble.
Thailand: Thaksin Picks Sister for Prime Minister Race
On the one-year anniversary of a bloody confrontation between Red Shirt protesters and Thai government security forces that left scores dead and Bangkok in flames, the opposition Pheu Thai party listed 10 Red Shirt leaders among its candidates for parliament in national elections scheduled for July 3.
Did Obama’s Speech Give Syria’s Assad a Breather?
The late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat used to be called “the great survivor.” Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad may be succeeding to the title. Many observers had expected Barack Obama to use a much-anticipated speech on the Middle East to call for Assad to step down, much as Washington has demanded that Muammar Gaddafi relinquish power in Libya.