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• Net Justice Targets Chinese Officials

  
  Newsweek Blogs — Authority: 723
  By Lauren Hilgers When migrant worker Sun Zhongjie recently faced the Shanghai court system, the 19-year-old from Henan, China, guessed his chances for justice were better online. Sun had been caught in a police trap: persuaded to pick up a plainclothes policeman and accused of operating an illegal taxi. In a ...
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• Brazil Loses Face in Honduras Political Fiasco

  
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  Its not clear who will be running Honduras from now on, but the clear loser in the nations protracted political crisis is Brazil. Ever since the June ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, Brazil has been working to restore him to power. Brazils President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva denounced the "coup makers" at ...
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• On Searching Through Cupboards, Undisturbed Since 1998

  
  Adam Smith's Lost Legacy — Authority: 129
  The sort out of my library of books continues. This morning I began on some cupboards in the garage, shut since 1998, when we moved here and I came across some ‘lost’, though not forgotten, books on economic thought, many of which I have kept since the 70s, some of which I have regularly lamented ‘losing’. ...
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• Obama Renews Focus on Southeast Asia

  
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  Barack Obama will signal yet another break with his predecessors foreign policy this week when he takes his first presidential trip to Asia. While the Bush administration focused almost exclusively on the big players like China and India, Obama is very deliberately focusing on smaller countries as well. In addition to ...
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• Karzais Runoff Concession Damages His Credibility

  
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  By Sami Yousafzai and Ron Moreau Hamid Karzai probably would have won Afghanistans Aug. 20 presidential election even without the widespread fraud that led a U.N.-backed electoral watchdog to throw out a third of his votes. And he will almost certainly win the runoff scheduled for Nov. 7. But Western efforts to ...
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• Bush Global Initiative: Japanese Baseball with Koizumi

  
  Newsweek Blogs — Authority: 723
    Bush and Koizumi, together again. (Photo by JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images) Some former presidents launch foundations . Others visit Arabian palaces . George W. Bush? Hes over in Tokyo, throwing out the first pitch   at the Japanese equivalent of the World Series alongside Junichiro Koizumi, the former ...
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• ICBMs Without Nukes: USAs Best New Weapon?

  
  Newsweek Blogs — Authority: 723
  By Benjamin Sutherland How might the United States ratchet up pressure on foreign enemies and threats, wherever they are on the globe, while reducing the need to station warships, planes, and troops within striking distance? A new type of weapon might do the trick--and even facilitate President Barack Obamas efforts ...
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• Canadas Quiet Economic Strength

  
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  In the past year, distance from the U.S. has proved a great insulator from economic pain. China and Australia, literally on the other side of the globe, are humming along, while Mexico is suffering from a decline in U.S. imports. But our NAFTA neighbor to the north, Canada, has emerged from the morass in better shape ...
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• Despite Pay Caps, Executives Still Making Millions

  
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• Foreign Oil May Be Next Target of Iraqs Violence

  
  Wealth of Nations — Authority: 509
  Bombings in Baghdad last week--the latest in a spate of deadly attacks around the country--spell trouble for Iraqs tenuous peace. For now, the resurgent violence has been aimed mainly at government ministries. But some worry that the next target could be foreign oil companies--a move that would be disastrous for the ...
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• Predator Drone Deaths In Pakistan: By The Numbers

  
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  With the Obama administration increasing its Predator drone strikes in Pakistan, despite widespread opposition from civilians there, a report from the New America Foundation pieces together exactly how many casualties have resulted from the attacks: 82 Number of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan since 2006. 20 ...
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• Most Global Protectionist Measures Target China

  
  Newsweek Blogs — Authority: 723
  Ever since the global recession began, China and the U.S. have been swapping accusations of "unfair trade practices," culminating in a tussle last month over tariffs on tires and chickens. But a new report from the Centre for Economic Policy Research shows that China is the greater victim. The study looked at 425 ...
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• North Koreas Untapped Mineral Wealth

  
  Newsweek Blogs — Authority: 723
  By Jerry Guo North Korea is a regime battling two major deficits: a near-total lack of economic competence and of natural resources. Or so the half-true story goes. Turns out North Korea is not as resource-starved as we thought. A recent Goldman Sachs report found that Pyongyang sits on mineral deposits worth some ...
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• Boeing Dreamliner Delays Spelling Trouble

  
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  After six delays and nearly a decade of an­tic­i­pation, Boeing says its 787 Dreamliner will finally make its first flight by the end of the year and that deliveries of the next-generation airliner will begin in late 2010. Sounds good, but Wall Streets not buying it. In a scathing downgrade, Morgan Stanley analyst ...
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• U.S. and Japan Disagree Over Okinawa

  
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  Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama swept into power in August promising voters a "more equal" relationship with the U.S., raising concerns in Washington that its erstwhile Pacific ally would drift away. Now it looks as if the Obama administration is doing what it can to push Japan away. Hato­yamas campaign ...
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• First Wisconsin Bank of 2009 Closes

  
  The Chief — Authority: 548
  Bank of Elmwood goes under , along with six others around the country.
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• Beijings Dollar Dilemma

  
  Newsweek Blogs — Authority: 723
  by Melinda Liu As of late, Beijing has been very publicly questioning the dollars role as the worlds reserve currency. Yet China actually increased its holdings of U.S. Treasuries to $800 billion in July, compared with $767 billion in Q1. Despite its tough talk, Beijing knows that selling off greenbacks would wipe ...
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• Polands Rising Star

  
  Newsweek Blogs — Authority: 723
  by Christopher Werth Poland is quickly emerging as one of the few bright spots in a recession-torn Europe hit hard by the economic crisis. In a recent revision upward, the International Monetary Fund now expects Polish GDP to expand by 1 percent, making it the only European economy projected to see positive growth in ...
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• Homework

  
  The Chief — Authority: 548
  If you didnt see Frontline last night -- and chances are you didnt -- go watch the whole episode here . Then read this Times piece on the brush-off Paul Volcker appears to be getting and note how eerily similar it is to the treatment Brooksley Born received in the aforementioned Frontline episode. Next, consider ...
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• The Comeback American Consumer?

  
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  Heres some good news for the United States and the rest of the world: the American consumer may not be dead after all.  Conventional wisdom holds that typical U.S. shoppers are so traumatized by high debt and rising unemployment that their spending will remain subdued for years.  That means, the reasoning goes, ...
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