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Rachel Marsden: A European bailout unlike any other
American VoicesPARIS -- The European Union's $13 billion bailout plan for Cyprus has nothing to do with socialism but rather with much greater stakes. This is the EU attempting to outmaneuver an uncharacteristically flat-footed Vladimir Putin and Russia in a key...Tags: Cypriot Banking Crisis (2013), Finance, Russia, Anna Chapman, Rachel Marsden
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Burkina Faso's film industry reemerges with a populist bent
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The film festival crowd had filled the last seats in the Cine Neerwaya and, when there was no room left, sat four abreast in the aisles. The opening credits hardly dimmed the buzz in the theater; for those who missed a...Tags: Nokia Corp., Western Africa, Entertainment, Budgets and Budgeting, Conservation
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Hugo Chavez's legacy
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday of cancer at age 58, was beloved and reviled, bombastic and provocative, a flamboyant figure who was vastly influential in his country and throughout the region. The former paratrooper-turned-populist...
Tags: Cuba, Venezuela, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Fidel Castro, George W. Bush
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The end of upward mobility
As Americans we like to think we with live in the land of opportunity where hard work and diligence pay off with a rise up the social and economic ladder to a standard of living that's the envy of the world. It's a myth. It's not that we don't want that,...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Australia, Colleges and Universities, Students, Teaching and Learning
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A.W. 'Tom' Clausen dies at 89; longtime Bank of America leader
A.W. "Tom" Clausen, a no-nonsense Midwesterner who led San Francisco-based Bank of America before and after serving as president of the World Bank, died Monday at a hospital in Burlingame, Calif. He was 89. The cause was complications from pneumonia,...
Tags: Pneumonia, Los Angeles Times, U.S. Army, Finance, The New York Times
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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: U.S. Department of State, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Yemen, Religion and Belief
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World Bank invests in Baltimore-based Laureate Education
A division of the World Bank Group announced Wednesday that it has invested $150 million in Laureate Education Inc., giving the international development organization a small stake in the Baltimore-based global higher education company. "It's an...Tags: International Organizations, Saudi Arabia, Career and Workplace, Laureate Education Inc., International Finance Corporation
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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: Tour Operations Industry, Jamaica, Cruise Ship Jobs
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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: Joel Brinkley, Somalia, Beverage Industry, Immigration, The New York Times
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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: Barack Obama, Global Warming, New York City, Ecosystems, Weather Reports
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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: Science and Technology, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Marine Science, Lyme Disease, Ecosystems
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Feb 25, 2013
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Jan 23, 2013
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Jan 18, 2013
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Dec 6, 2012
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Jan 9, 2013
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Jan 1, 2013
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Nov 30, 2012
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Dec 26, 2012
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