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In Africa, resilient Al Qaeda flaunts power to terrorize
A deadly hostage-taking at an Algerian gas complex and an armed international confrontation in Mali herald the opening of another front in the global war on terrorism and serve as stark reminders that Al Qaeda retains the power to inflict death and...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Yemen, Africa, Afghanistan, Terrorism
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Claremont McKenna names legal scholar as next president
L.A. NOWClaremont McKenna College announced its new president Thursday: Hiram E. Chodosh, the dean of the University of Utah’s law school and an expert on legal affairs and anti-corruption measures in the Middle East and Asia. Chodosh will succeed Pamela B.... -
Jamaica's real problem
The Tuesday Tribune editorial (“Jamaica’s debt hurricane,” Jan. 8) calling Jamaica the Greece-like poor man of the Western Hemisphere misses the opportunity to call attention to a major reason for Jamaica's poor economic performance....Tags: Cruise Ship Jobs, Tour Operations Industry, Jamaica
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Joel Brinkley: Falling birth rates portend a very different world
American VoicesHANOI -- As the new year dawns, the world is rapidly growing old, and I'm not talking about the earth beneath our feet. No, birth rates for nearly all of humankind are plummeting. In fact, fewer than 20 percent of the world's nations are now experiencing...Tags: Japan, Central Intelligence Agency, Demographics, Somalia, Stanford University
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A legacy we dare not leave
WASHINGTON -- You might not have noticed that another round of U.N. climate talks is under way, this time in Doha, Qatar. You also might not have noticed that we're barreling toward a "world … of unprecedented heat waves, severe drought, and...
Tags: Ecosystems, Barack Obama, Natural Disasters, New York City, Doha (Qatar)
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Study links disease, poverty and biodiversity
Poverty and disease often come together. That much is well understood. But how much does poverty foster disease? Or, how much can disease perpetuate poverty? And what’s the role of nature, given that so many infectious diseases are spread by...
Tags: Harvard Medical School, Lyme Disease, Ecosystems, Diseases and Illnesses, Princeton University
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3 unconventional picks for secretary of State
With the 2012 presidential election over, attention nows turns to the inevitable shuffling of personnel in the Obama administration. Chief among the vacancies will be at the helm of the State Department, where Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has...
Tags: George H.W. Bush, Robert Zoellick, Republican Party, Chuck Hagel, Government
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Climate talks buffeted by the force of Superstorm Sandy
More than 17,000 people have converged on the Qatari capital for the latest U.N. climate talks, but the most influential presence may be Sandy. The superstorm that ravaged the U.S. Northeast a month ago seared into the American consciousness an...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Yasser Arafat, Ecosystems, Energy Saving, Kyoto (Japan)
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Asian Americans turn Democratic
As the dust settles on the presidential election, there seems to be a new theory daily as to why Mitt Romney lost and what it signals for the future of the Republican Party. Common to nearly all the speculation are the partisan implications of demographic...
Tags: International Military Interventions, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Demographics, Social Sciences
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Corn, soybean prices at all-time high worldwide, World Bank says
World NowThe cost of corn and soybeans soared to all-time heights in July, pushing global food prices upwards and pushing budgets to the breaking point in the Middle East and Africa, the World Bank has warned.... -
The best of generational warfare
Change of SubjectBy Megan Crepeau Let's all remember that squabbling over which generation screwed up America the worst is a) Pretty much pointless b) A distraction from problem-solving in the here and now c) Incredibly fun. Especially when it's done as well...... -
Obama reportedly planning Myanmar visit this month
World NowObama Myanmar : President Obama Reportedly Visiting Myanmar This Month...
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