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PARIS ― Given that no one is officially denying it, it’s fairly safe to say that Russia’s domestic security service recently slammed America’s foreign spy service face-first into the Moscow pavement ― blond wig and all ― in the person of diplomatic staffer and unconfirmed CIA case of...
Updated : 2013.05.24 20:58
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Many of you soon-to-be college graduates are determined to make the world a better place. Some of you are choosing careers in public service or joining nonprofits or volunteering in your communities.B...
Updated : 2013.05.24 20:58
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Talk about India always begins with recognition that it’s one of Asia’s rising powers, a state with a fast-growing economy and burgeoning political influence on the world stage.But a closer look shows a dark underbelly that portends a sad time ahead.Put simply, the state is so badly negl...
Updated : 2013.05.23 19:55
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WASHINGTON ― It’s a rule of thumb in Middle East conflicts that whenever peace talks are announced, each side steps up the fighting so it can grab as much territory as possible before the cease-fire...
Updated : 2013.05.23 19:55
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Good, bad or ugly, the 2013 elections are over; and now testing times are ahead for the new incumbents. It is the third coming for Nawaz Sharif, a remarkable turn of fortune for a leader who was ouste...
Updated : 2013.05.23 19:54
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The tiny city-state has outperformed its neighbors because it has vision and discipline, precisely the things we lack in fractious, divided Thailand.Singapore is a city-state the size of Phuket. It has no natural resources, but since it gained independence from Malaysia in 1965, Singapore ...
Updated : 2013.05.23 19:53
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Is there any chance of finding a toehold to break the long-standing impasse on the problem of Japanese abducted by North Korean agents? The effectiveness of the diplomatic strategy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration is now being tested over the issue.Isao Iijima, special advise...
Updated : 2013.05.23 19:53
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Remember the Maine Incident of 1898? The USS Maine sank off Havana after an explosion and two crew members were killed. An anti-Spanish press enflamed American public opinion to a war-fevered pitch. Congress clamored for action. President William McKinley reluctantly succumbed and asked Co...
Updated : 2013.05.23 19:53
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For the U.S. college students who will be paying for a four-year bachelor’s degree long after graduation day, here’s some consolation: At least it didn’t take you six or eight years. College is expensive, yet unpredictably so. Some students pay little for degrees from elite private inst...
Updated : 2013.05.22 20:35
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PARIS ― The demise of the Roman Empire resulted from a combination of strategic overreach and excessive delegation of security responsibilities to newcomers. Without making undue comparisons, the que...
Updated : 2013.05.22 20:35
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Spend a few minutes on Shapeways.com, an online marketplace, and you get a glimpse of a very odd future. You can buy mustache cuff links, a pencil topper shaped like a Roman halberd, a pixelated bust of a glowering Steve Jobs, or a set of dice modeled on the Deathly Hallows of “Harry Pott...
Updated : 2013.05.22 20:34
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When Apple Inc.’s chief executive officer, Tim Cook, bragged to a U.S. Senate subcommittee this week about his company’s culture of innovation, he probably hoped people would think of Apple’s gadgets, not its tax strategies. That seems unlikely, at least for now. Apple has opened a new ...
Updated : 2013.05.22 20:34
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In her address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on May 9, President Park Geun-hye outlined her North Korea policy. Dubbed trustpolitik, the policy consists of a trust-building process on the Ko...
Updated : 2013.05.22 20:34
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For the sixth time in the last 25 years a lower court in South Korea has requested that the Constitutional Court review the constitutionality of the adultery law. Adultery is still a criminal offense ...
Updated : 2013.05.21 19:59
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Sony Corp.’s curt dismissal of a foreigner’s advice last week didn’t shock Michael Woodford, the former chief executive officer of Olympus Corp. “The club, meaning corporate Japan, will do everything it can to mask and hide what’s wrong. That’s what’s most important,” said Woodford...
Updated : 2013.05.21 19:58
