Newsweek International articles from April 2009

Newsweek International archives from April 2009

Therapist In Chief.(International Edition; LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
April 6, 2009... Readers had mixed reactions to our March 2 story "America's New Shrink," on President Obama's wary but positive tone during this economic crisis. One recounted losing her job, while another noted how Obama was "dealt a bad hand." And a...

China's Best Westerns.(International Edition; ASIA)(Chen Zhu)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Mary Hennock Chen Zhu is a new model Chinese leader, a non-communist who trained in the West. In the relative privacy of the minibus, Chen Zhu lets down his guard. "It's a shame," China's health minister almost whispers,...

Waiting in the Wings.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)(Democratic Party of Japan's Ichiro Ozawa's plans to revolutionize its government)
April 6, 2009... Byline: David McNeill The DPJ is poised to win control of Japan, but its agenda is far from clear. Who said Japanese politics are boring? There's an electoral earthquake looming this fall, when the ruling Liberal Democratic Party...

Obama's 50-50 Russia Strategy.(International Edition; POINT OF VIEW)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Andrew Nagorski Even to some of the closest observers of Russian foreign policy, it's almost impossible to know which direction Moscow is headed. One day it's threatening to station missiles aimed at Poland in its western enclave...

Next: Harriet Who?(International Edition; BRITAIN)(Harriet Harman)(Essay)
April 6, 2009... Byline: William Underhill The Labour search for a new identity has settled, for now, on the unlikely character of Harriet Harman. Gordon Brown's poll ratings are in the dumps, but for vicious headlines it would be hard to compete with...

All Form, No People.(International Edition; ASIA)(city planning)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Melinda Liu Why the architectural icons Beijing built for the Olympic Games stand empty. China is a command economy run by engineers, a fact that served the nation well during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Leaders cleaned up...

The Pressure On Tiger's Knee.(International Edition; GAME POINT)(Tiger Woods)(Essay)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Gary Player Just how important is Tiger Woods? Consider that in the eight months since he's been out of the game with an injury to his left knee, followed by reconstructive surgery, television ratings for big golf tournaments have...

Time, Lost And Found.(International Edition; INTERNATIONAL)(Marie Antoinette watch)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Joanna Chen A priceless watch, a daring heist--now on view in Israel. Marie Antoinette must have turned in her grave to see her pocket watchataken apart and wrappedain old newspaper. But that was its fate after an agile thief...

Putting Ghosts To Rest.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Owen Matthews and Sami Kohen Turkey's prime minister will need political courage to reform his country and bring it closer to Europe. Bringing Turkey to Europe's door has been Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's epochal...

We're In A Whole New Territory.(International Edition; BUSINESS)(Joseph E. Stiglitz)(Interview)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Rana Foroohar Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz on the coming global economic order. The power shift from west to east continues, as developing nations flexed their muscles at the G20 in London recently, and China and Russia...

Why Mexico Is Job One.(International Edition; THE LAST WORD)(Interview)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Adam B. Kushner Once upon a time, Mexico was only an adjunct in the war on drugs, which Gen. Barry McCaffrey fought in his job as Bill Clinton's drug czar. The Vietnam and Desert Storm veteran used to see Latin America through the...

A Financial 9/11.(International Edition; WORLD VIEW)(Essay)
April 6, 2009... Byline: David Miliband After 2001, the foreign policies of many countries were shaped in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, which had wrenched minds back to the imperative of national security. Today those foreign policies...

A Few Good Shirts.(International Edition; SPECIAL REPORT: LUXURY)(Viewpoint essay)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Jonathan Tepperman Luxury lies not in how much stuff we have but in how well it's made--and how highly we value it. This story starts with a confession: I own too many clothes. I can give you all sorts of...

Fashionably Discreet.(International Edition; LUXURY)(fashion designers)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Sameer Reddy A host of smaller couture houses are turning out designs to rival Chanel and Dior. Couture is not dead; it's merely gone incognito. At the haute couture shows in Paris in January, a few hours after Chanel staged a...

Glitz to Brighten the Mood.(International Edition; LUXURY)(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Alexandra A. Seno Just in time to help beat back the global financial blues, style trendsetters are serving up some of the brightest ideas seen in years. At the recent New York Fashion Week, Marc Jacobs said, "What? Is all black...

Online Boutiques.(International Edition; LUXURY)(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Silvia Spring Forget spending all weekend hunting through stores trying to put together the latest spring looks. Today's savviest shoppers are going online to all the intimacy of boutique shopping at their fingertips. Top designers...

Nothing But Time.(International Edition; LUXURY)(watches)(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop The luxury-watch industry has gotten the message: pare it down. Small, slim, unadorned timepieces capture the mood of the moment. In his very first watch collection, Ralph Lauren has unveiled a series of...

Hold the Tablecloth.(International Edition; LUXURY)(dining)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Ginanne Brownell Top chefs are serving it up simple--and cheap. In this economy, it's all about the food. It's Friday night in London's trendy Shoreditch neighborhood, and the Albion is humming. East End hipsters, bankers and...

Less Of A Good Thing.(International Edition; LUXURY)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Joanna Chen Hurting for business, top restaurants are devising recession menus to lure diners back to the table. Not every meal has to be a no-frills affair. Some luxury restaurants are simply serving slightly less of their...

Drinking Up The Wine Cellar.(International Edition; THE HOME FRONT)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Susan H. Greenberg When my husband first proposed that we build a wine cellar in the basement, I confess I rolled my eyes. It just seemed so pretentious and unnecessary. After all, we live outside Boston, a city full of great...

Signs of Life in The Art Market.(International Edition; LUXURY)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Alexandra A. Seno Nervy collectors can find plenty of great deals on fresh, top-quality works, contemporary as well as classic. Ever so clever and tapped into the zeitgeist, the German publishing house Taschen recently sent out...

Living Large by Building Small.(International Edition; LUXURY)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Cathleen McGuigan With designer architecture, it's the quality--not the size--that matters. Not long ago, a potential client called architect Deborah Berke in New York. Berke's elegantly spare contemporary houses have...

Decorated by Target.(International Edition; LUXURY)(signature designers creating affordable pieces)(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Michael Cannell Top-name designers have invaded the superstores and are making home furnishings that all can afford. A decade ago, home furnishings by signature designers were found only at retail's upper reaches. In the new...

High Concepts At Low Prices.(International Edition; LUXURY)(hotels)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Sameer Reddy Design hotels have figured out how to deliver stylish innovation for the cost of a night at the Holiday Inn. When the Morgans Hotel opened in New York City in 1984, the first property in Ian Schrager's soon-to-be...

The Return of Luxury.(International Edition; SPECIAL REPORT)(Viewpoint essay)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Nick Foulkes Top brands are getting back to their core values--and customers. It's about time. It is a pretty depressing business trudging on through this downturn, recession, depression or whatever your euphemism of choice for...

Bonuses Don't Create Bubbles.(Global Investor)(credit bubble)(Viewpoint essay)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Peter Tasker It's the end of a quarter of a century of Reaganomics. It's the end of equities, of globalization, of capitalism itself. We need a new system, a new economics, a whole new set of values. The bull market in overheated...

Wild Luxury.(The Good Life; TRAVEL)(safaris)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Jenny Hontz Driving through Deception Valley in the Kalahari Game Reserve, our safari guide spotted an entire herd of oryx boldly advancing toward a cheetah, chasing it into the bush. Thrilled with this rare sighting of an...

Don't Forget the Camera.(The Good Life; EQUIPMENT)(wildlife photography)(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Jenny Hontz Like any respectable holiday, a luxury safari requires proper gear. No one wants to stumble upon mating lions, for instance, without the right camera. Advanced point-and-shoot digital cameras are compact and convenient,...

PERSPECTIVES.(International Edition)(Quotation)(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... "This is our only bargaining chip." Jean-Francois Caparros, of the Force Ouvriere union, which helped French staff at 3M "boss-nap" their manager and hold him for ransom while the workers negotiated pay cuts and layoffs "There is a...

The Deep Roots Of China's New Economic Nationalism.(International Edition; POPULAR UPRISINGS)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Melinda Liu The mood in china appears to be reaching a tipping point, as its normally bland leaders abandon cautious diplo-speak under the pressures of the global financial crisis. First, they blamed American capitalism for the...

Uncork The Concrete.(International Edition; BAD STIMULUS)(Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's proposal to cut restrictions for home renovation with green additions)(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Barbie Nadeau in what has to be Europe's most ill-considered stimulus plan yet, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi recently proposed allowing owners to expand single-family homes by 30 percent, or 35 percent including "green"...

Debt, The New Threat.(International Edition; NATO)(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Christopher Dickey These days, NATO's future seems to be mired in the foothills of the Hindu Kush. With 70,000 troops on Afghan soil, and with the U.S. pressuring for an even greater commitment, "NATO is about Afghanistan and...

They're Green Machines.(International Edition; ALTERNATIVE ENERGY)(the Pentagon adopts energy-saving initiatives)(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Katie Baker Remember when green evoked granola-munching, Birkenstock-clad activists hanging in Santa Cruz? Now even the Pentagon is getting its green on. The military is eagerly adopting energy-saving initiatives, installing wind...

How Justice Failed.(International Edition; WORTH YOUR TIME)(The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days)(Brief article)
April 6, 2009... Byline: Joanna Nikas Guantanamo Bay has been so protested against, defended and discussed, it's hard to think of a new angle on the Bush administration's global-war-on-terror Bastille. Yet Karen Greenberg manages to make the topic fresh in...

Radical Islam: All Aren't Terrorists Confronting Radical Islam.(International Edition; MAIL CALL)(Letter to the editor)
April 20, 2009... Readers remain wary of Islamic hard-liners, the subject of our March 9 cover story "Radical Islam Is a Fact of Life." Some cautioned against casting a blind eye, or soft-pedaling the threat. Another decried using labels to describe Muslims,...

Unleash the Critters.(International Edition; ENVIRONMENT)(beaver reintroduction)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Christopher Werth Conservationists hope to turn back the clock on Europe's wilderness by more than 11,000 years. The Scottish countryside will soon be home to creatures nearly as strange to Britain as the monster that's said to...

If It's in the Ground, It Can Only Go Down.(International Edition; BUSINESS)(commodity prices)(Essay)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Ruchir Sharma As playwright Arthur Miller once observed, "An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted." And most of the illusions that defined the late global economic boom--the notion that global growth had...

Marry a Farmer.(International Edition; BUSINESS)(Jim Rogers' forecasts about commodity prices)(Interview)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Rana Foroohar Sure, commodities prices go down in the long term--but in the long term, we're all dead. Jim Rogers, the legendary American investor, financial commentator and, along with George Soros, founder of the Quantum...

In Defense of Paleface Capitalism.(International Edition; POINT OF VIEW)(global financial crises created by "white-skinned people with blue eyes")(Viewpoint essay)
April 20, 2009... The truth is often shocking, and when Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva told a shocked British Prime Minister Gordon Brown--and the world press--that the financial crisis had been created by "white-skinned people with blue eyes," he...

Fading To Black.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)(Moldova)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Owen Matthews Moldova's would-be color revolution fails. Chalk one up for the Kremlin. Seen from the Kremlin, the scenes of protesters overrunning Moldova's parliament and ransacking its president's office looked chillingly...

With a Friend Like This.(International Edition; AFRICA)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Jonathan Tepperman; With Jason Mclure in Addis Ababa Ethiopia was supposed to help America in the war on terror. But it's only made matters worse. Few people outside Ethiopia have ever heard of Birtukan Mideksa. And that's just...

Paintings With Pinot.(International Edition; SOCIETY & THE ARTS)(art galleries teaming up with wine distributors)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Manuela Zoninsein and Sophie Grove Galleries are teaming up with wine and spirits distributors to lure young new art buyers. To the casual observer, the March 7 gathering at Beijing's Philippe Starck-designed LAN Club looked...

A-Team in Blue Suits.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)(Iraq's Office for the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Adam B. Kushner Iraq showed that the U.S. is better at breaking things then fixing them. A new unit aims to change that. The United States bumbled into Iraq without much of a postwar plan. There were too few troops to secure...

Partying Like It's 2008.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)(Germany)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Stefan Theil Germany is one of the worst-hit economies in the developed world. So why is everybody so calm? The economic crisis has taken its toll in Europe. Governments in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Latvia have collapsed....

Technology To Wear.(International Edition; FASHION)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Kiki Von Glinow 'Haute tech' designers incorporate everything from GPS systems to computer keyboards into clothing. We've sprouted fifth appendages that are our iPods and BlackBerrys. We make choices by simply touching a...

Japan's Lost Leaders.(International Edition; POINT OF VIEW)(Essay)
April 20, 2009... Visionaries have emerged at critical moments in the country's past--but not this time. If a Martian landed in the middle of Ginza, Tokyo's upscale shopping district, 20 years ago and said, "Take me to your leader," he would have had many...

Mikheil Saakashvili : Where Are My Western Friends?(International Edition; THE LAST WORD)(Interview)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Anna Nemtsova In the largest opposition demonstration in Georgia since November 2007-- WHEN President Mikheil Saakashvili tested his democratic credentials by sending in riot police to quash the protests--tens of thousands of...

Watching the Models Go By.(International Edition; TOP SHELF)(fashion industry)(Viewpoint essay)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Sameer Reddy The tension between globalization and tradition is embodied in the outfits that parade by on the catwalk. I began with Brazil--Sao Paulo, to be exact. then Mumbai. then back to Brazil--Rio this time. Then Berlin....

Spring Has Sprung.(Global Investor)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Barton Biggs; Biggs is managing partner at Traxis Partners hedge fund in New York. The feeling that we have averted depression is a big reason equities in many places are in a sustained rally. As Spring begins to come to the...

Time Travels Nick's Picks.(The Good Life; BASEL WATCH FAIR)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Nick Foulkes It was the penultimate day of the Basel watch fair (known as Baselworld) and I was chatting with Karl-Friedrich Scheufele, co-president of the watch and jewelry house Chopard. "Well, no one is going to bail out the...

The Other Side of Basel.(The Good Life; HOTSPOTS)(Switzerland)(Brief article)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Nick Foulkes Basel at fair time gives me a good impression of what the Klondike must have been like during the gold rush: if you haven't booked a topnotch room or table way in advance, then you are in trouble. Latecomers are...

Perspectives.(International Edition)(Quotation)(Brief article)
April 20, 2009... "Of course, their current lodgings are a bit temporary. But they should see it like a weekend of camping." Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, commenting on the thousands left stranded and homeless by the country's worst earthquake...

As Economies Sink, Religious Radicals Suffer Setbacks.(International Edition; ELECTIONS)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Adam B. Kushner and Solenn Honorine Alongside exports, employment and growth, the financial crisis is claiming a less-talked-about victim: political Islam. In Muslim countries worldwide, voters have begun turning their backs on...

Reviving the Factories.(International Edition; BRITAIN)(Brief article)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Christopher Werth As London seeks to end the financial crisis, some Brits want to go back to how things used to be--way back. Last year, then-business secretary John Hutton pinpointed industrial manufacturing as "central" to...

By the Numbers.(International Edition)(WorldPublicOpinion.org poll)(Brief article)
April 20, 2009... A WorldPublicOpinion.org poll on the impact of the financial crisis on families shows that citizens in developing economies are feeling the worst pinch from restricted credit--and that high food prices are worrying one and all: 100...

Obesity and Inequality.(International Edition; SOCIOLOGY)(Brief article)
April 20, 2009... Byline: William Underhill What makes Americans so fat? Don't blame the doughnuts. That extra heft could be symptomatic of a malaise prevalent in all the world's least equal societies. According to "The Spirit Level," a new book by British...

All the Wrong Men.(International Edition; POWER-PLAYER ETIQUETTE)(Barack Obama)(Brief article)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Katie Baker U.S. President Barack Obama may want to consider signing up for some hush-hush lessons on head-of-state protocol. He set the Anglo press aflutter last month with his gifting snafus--bum DVDs to British Prime Minister...

No Jackpot For Fine Art.(International Edition; Las Vegas)(closure of the Las Vegas Museum of Art)(Brief article)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Steve Friess Not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. A decade ago, Sin City was full of brio about becoming an art-tourism destination. But with the closure of the Las Vegas Museum of Art in February, the desert hot...

Japan's Netbook Effect.(International Edition; TECHTONIC SHIFTS)
April 20, 2009... Byline: Akiko Kashiwagi The most disturbing lesson of the netbook phenomenon is that Japanese consumers are much like everybody else. Japan has long been a country of notebooks--the lightest laptop computers, bristling with speed,...

Mail Call: 'Politics as Usual'.(International Edition)
April 27, 2009... Readers were critical of bombastic conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, the subject of a March 16 article. "Americans are in no mood for Limbaugh's hot-air politics as usual," one said. Another scolded us for giving him the attention, saying...

Toppling Kim Jong Il.(International Edition; ASIA)
April 27, 2009... Bargaining with Pyongyang is pointless. Regime change is the only option; here's how to make it work. Over the past few months, North Korea's behavior has grown unusually belligerent, even by Pyongyang's prickly standards. The North has...

India's Anti-Obama.(International Edition; ASIA)(Mayawati)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Jeremy Kahn Unlike Obama, who transcends old divides, Mayawati has built her power on demagogic class warfare. Shortly after Barack Obama's election last fall, a banner appeared in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, India's...

The Crafty Superpower.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)(Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Mac Margolis By turns charming and cagey, cool to America and close to Obama, Lula is building a unique regional giant. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is on a roll. In recent weeks he's shared a dais with Gordon...

The Fog of Cyberwar.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)(cyberwar)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Evgeny Morozov NATO military strategists are waking up to the threat from online attacks. Ghostnet sounds like something John le Carre would invent. This vast cyber-espionage operation spanned 1,295 computers worldwide, a...

South Africa Will Survive Zuma.(International Edition; POINT OF VIEW)(Jacob Zuma)
April 27, 2009... The nation's future depends not only on its leader, but on its political culture and institutions. On April 6, South African prosecutors dropped all corruption charges against the country's president-in-waiting, African National Congress...

'I'm Not for Revenge'.(International Edition; INTERNATIONAL)(Jacob Zuma)(Interview)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Karen MacGregor South Africa's presumptive next president on his legal battles, Zulu identity and learning to forgive. Millions of South Africans head to the polls this week in the country's fourth democratic presidential...

A Coup for the Kremlin.(International Edition; GEORGIA)(Mikheil Saakashvili)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova Georgians want better relations with Russia, which won't bend till Saakashvili goes. He may have to. Five years ago, tens of thousands of Georgians took to the streets to overthrow a corrupt,...

More Grapes, Less Wrath.(International Edition; BUSINESS)(financial crises)(Viewpoint essay)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Zachary Karabell If we're in the middle of a new Great Depression, then why are we still ordering $17 cocktails? It has now been firmly established--and endlessly repeated--that the world is mired in the worst financial crisis...

How to Fix a Climate Emergency.(International Edition; GLOBAL WARMING)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Fred Guterl; With Michael Levitin in Berlin and Sangwon Yoon in New York As forecasts for global temperatures grow increasingly dire, scientists are taking a serious look at an idea once considered crazy: reengineering the...

Our Main Enemy Is Al Qaeda.(International Edition; THE LAST WORD: ALI ABDULLAH SALEH)(Interview)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Kevin Peraino Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, has long governed a tinderbox. His party survived armed clashes with separatist rebels in the country's south and Houthi tribesmen in the north. Al Qaeda is also a growing...

U.S. Banks Will Only Get Stronger.(Global Investor)
April 27, 2009... Once the major American banks survive this period of stagnation intact, they can and will rule the world once again. The conventional wisdom these days is that American banks, on government life support, are destined to lose their dominant...

No More Dirty Dancing.(The Good Life; NIGHTLIFE)(sustainable design of nightclubs)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Joanna Nikas and Sangwon Yoon Throughout the Earth Day festivities this week, environmentalists and ecofriendly scenesters can celebrate knowing their late-night partying won't interfere with their green lifestyle. Nightclubs all...

Designed to Save the Earth.(The Good Life; FASHION)(Brief article)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Joanna Nikas "Fashionable" and "environmentalist" are no longer mutually exclusive terms. Ecoconscious consumers are trading their Birkenstocks and hemp shirts for green designer clothing. Even high-end labels like Yves Saint...

Top Green Spirits Drinks With a Green Twist.(The Good Life; COCKTAILS)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Sangwon Yoon Even drinking can be considered a green activity now. Many distilleries and breweries are launching spirits made from organic ingredients, as well as bottled and packaged with environmentally friendly materials. Los...

Perspectives.(International Edition)(Quotation)(Brief article)
April 27, 2009... "I am going to ask him to walk on the channel, and he'll do it." French President Nicolas Sarkozy, wisecracking about Europe's Obamamania, after being irked by media reports that the U.S. leader had wowed onlookers at the recent G20...

America Is Stupidly Shutting Out Immigrants. Isn't It?(International Edition; People Flows)(Essay)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Katie Baker Ever since 9/11, the general perception has been that America is over-building walls--both real and regulatory--to keep out immigrants. Horror stories about Indian engineers getting strip-searched as suspected...

Raising the Ransoms.(International Edition; FIGHTING PIRACY)(Brief article)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Mark Hosenball President Obama's decision to authorize Navy snipers to kill three Somali pirates who took an American sea captain hostage was a hit with U.S. voters. But the operation makes shipping and insurance industries...

Better Pay, For Now.(International Edition; JOBS)(Brief article)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Rana Foroohar As anyone who works in media or finance can tell you, mandatory pay cuts are becoming as common as layoffs. Yet, these industries are actually exceptional--one mystery of this recession is that overall average hourly...

Look Eastward, Bankers.(International Edition; CITIES)(Brief article)
April 27, 2009... Byline: William Underhill As the fortunes of Wall Street and the City of London decline, moneymen are looking east for new bases. And so far the biggest beneficiary seems to be Singapore. The latest Global Financial Centres Index shows...

A Stunning Shot.(International Edition; WORTH YOUR TIME)(Everlasting Moments)(Movie review)(Brief article)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Malcolm Jones Visual acuity is at the heart of "Everlasting Moments," the beautiful new film by Sweden's Jan Troell ("The Emigrants"). Maria Larsson (Maria Heiskanen) is the working-class wife of an abusive drunk. After winning a...

Explaining Darfur.(International Edition; THE BIG IDEA)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Katie Baker Say "Darfur" and horrific images leap to mind: Janjaweed, genocide. But most of us would be hard-pressed to explain the violence there, beyond the popular notion that it's ethnic cleansing of Africans by Arabs. Columbia...

Apple's New Weapon.(International Edition; TECHTONIC SHIFTS)(iPods)
April 27, 2009... Byline: Benjamin Sutherland To help soldiers make sense of data from drones, satellites and ground sensors, the U.S. military now issues the iPod Touch. Tying the hands of a person who is speaking, the Arab proverb goes, is akin to...