Newsweek International articles from March 2008

Newsweek International archives from March 2008

Mail Call: The Obama Appeal.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
March 3, 2008... Readers of our Jan. 14 cover story on Barack Obama were inspired. "He's not like any other," said one. "He'll lead us to a new America." Another wrote, "His authenticity and sincerity trump opponents' Washington resumes." A young U.S. voter in...

Fidel's Children.(World Affairs)(Fidel Castro)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Joseph Contreras; With Monica Campbell in Mexico City Cuba's leader has resigned, and the nation's youth are starting to push back. For years, Fidel Castro has been a living anachronism. A stalwart communist in an age of free...

From A Mouse To A Tsar.(World Affairs; RUSSIA)(Dmitry Medvedev)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova Dmitry Medvedev has toiled under Vladimir Putin's shadow. But the heir to the presidency will soon have to show his true colors. In a high-ceilinged room at the St. Petersburg mayor's office in...

Mapping A New World.(World Affairs; REVIEW)(Book review)
March 3, 2008... A provocative book on the rise of Asia highlights the need to move beyond old notions of East and West. How inevitable is the ascendancy of Asia, and how should the West respond? That is the question that Kishore Mahbubani wrestles with in...

South Korea's Sarkozy.(World Affairs)(Lee Myung-bak)
March 3, 2008... Byline: B. J. Lee AND Christian Caryl Lee wants to save his country by nudging it right and toward the U.S.--but his people may not cooperate. The congregation at Somang Presbyterian, a Seoul megachurch, has very fond memories of the...

Meet the Salaryman in Chief.(World Affairs; INTERVIEW)(Lee Myung-Bak)(Interview)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Christian Caryl and B. J. Lee Lee's plans for Korea, in the president's own words. Lee Myung-Bak was elected president of South Korea in December on promises to enhance competitiveness by ending left-leaning policies and...

Looking For A Legacy.(World Affairs)(American-North Korean relations)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Stephen Glain In the waning months of the Bush administration, Washington is headed to Pyongyang for a deal. There was a time when President George W. Bush couldn't pass up an opportunity to blast North Korea. After 9/11 he...

The Cost Of Conflict.(World Affairs; Interview)(Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilmes)(Interview)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Rana Foroohar Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz says that the war in Iraq will add up to $3 trillion, as the meter ticks on. Before America invaded Iraq, officials in the Bush administration estimated that the war might cost tens,...

Poor Countries Yield Big Profits.(Business)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Mac Margolis The U.S. economy may be headed south, but rich-nation blue chips are buoyed by emerging markets. The U.S. economy is weakening, and from Wall Street to Wal-Mart, there are plenty who are feeling the pinch. But at a...

Safe Behind Their Walls.(Business)(Bahria Town)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Joe Cochrane Security and luxury drive sales at an unlikely gated community in Pakistan. It's easy to forget about political assassinations, fears of loose nukes and the specter of Islamic militancy from a bench in Hill Park....

The Flip Side Of Internet Fame.(Technology)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Jessica Bennett In an age of Google and YouTube, public shaming can turn anybody into a celebrity--or a fool. In 2002, Ghyslain Raza, a chubby Canadian teen, filmed himself acting out a fight scene from "Star Wars" using a...

Don't Call It Chick Lit.(Arts)(Cecilia Ahems)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Ginanne Brownell Cecelia Ahern may be the Irish prime minister's daughter, but that's not why her fans love her. Cecelia Ahern seems to have the luck of the Irish. Her latest book, "Thanks for the Memories," will be published...

Inside The Land of Oz.(Books)(Amos Oz)(Interview)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Joanna Chen Israeli author Amos Oz discusses his works, his childhood and the future of the Jewish state. Amos Oz has long been at the forefront of his homeland's struggle for identity and a staunch advocate of a two-state...

Playing Games With Kosovo.(Point of View)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Wesley K. Clark; Clark commanded NATO forces during the Kosovo war in 1999. Moscow sees Serbia as its final bulwark in the Balkans against the steady advance of the West. Almost nine years after NATO's bombing campaign ended...

Retire The Revolutionary Myth.(Point of View)(Fidel Castro)
March 3, 2008... While strangling Cuba's economy, the United States lost its grip on the imagination of much of Latin America's youth. It was from Mexico that Fidel Castro launched the Cuban revolution half a century ago. It was there that he met Che...

'I Can Only Be Who I Can Be'.(The Last Word)(Michelle Obama)(Interview)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Richard Wolffe 'Sometimes I've been caricatured as this emasculating wife. Do you think anybody could emasculate Barack Obama?' Michelle Obama, who is married to the democratic presidential front runner, would by some measures...

Armageddon Has Not Cometh.(Global Investor)(recession)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Ruchir Sharma; Sharma is head of global emerging markets for Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Apart from the financial sector, U.S. firms are in fairly good health, with profit margins close to record highs. Market...

Lofty Views.(The Good Life)(paragliding in the Alps)(Brief article)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Lily Huang Paragliding, the most peaceful extreme sport, now has an exhilarating new edge. In the Alps, wings and skis come together for speed riding--essentially bounding downhill at high velocity. The skis get you from the...

Hot Spot: D.O.M., Sao Paulo.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Sameer Reddy Set amid the lush hills of the elite Jardins district, D.O.M. stars Alex Atala, Brazil's top chef, who invents elegant French- inflected dishes with traditional Brazilian ingredients. Ambience: A double-height...

4 Hours In Montreal.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Kristin Luna The focus of an ongoing gentrification effort, Quebec's cultural epicenter offers a wide range of delights worth perusing if you've got a free afternoon. Visit Vieux-Port, where buskers, artists and cafes line the...

A Dutch Treat For The Home.(The Good Life)(home furnishings)(Brief article)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Christopher Werth A group of imaginative Dutch designers are developing a range of everyday objects that move beyond the austere lines of modernism and incorporate a baroque and witty flair. Frozen Fountain (frozenfountain.nl) and...

Fragrance Of The Pharaohs.(The Good Life)(Scent of Time's Nenufar)(Brief article)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Robb Young Anyone can smell like a modern celebrity: all it takes is a bottle of J. Lo or Paris Hilton perfume. But now women can bathe themselves in the scent once allegedly worn by Cleopatra. Nenufar, dubbed the ancient queen's...

Perspectives.(Perspectives)(Quotation)
March 3, 2008... "As we say in Texas, that's bull." American President George W. Bush, on rumors that the U.S. is planning to establish a big military base on African soil as part of the Department of Defense's new "Africa Command" force "This frog......

Political Partnerships: Hil Sans Bill: Brown Take Heed.(Periscope)(Hillary Rodham Clinton, Bill Clinton)(Gordon Brown)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Stryker Mcguire ; Karen MacGregor ; Adam B. Kushner ; Nicki Gostin ; William Underhill ; Anna Nemtsova In recent weeks, world leaders of a certain age have watched the U.S. presidential primaries with rapt--perhaps...

Rip This Book? Not Yet.(The Technologist)(atiz booksnap)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Steven Levy Could the publishing industry get napsterized? That was my first thought when I saw the marketing materials for the Atiz BookSnap, the first consumer device that enables you to "release the content" of your books by...

The Wisdom Of Unpaid Crowds.(The Technologist; ECONOMICS)(speculative markets to analyze the Taiwanese presidential elecition)(Brief article)
March 3, 2008... Byline: Jonathan Adams The practice of using speculative markets to predict events has been applied with surprising success to football scores in Europe, the severity of the flu season in Iowa and many other real-world scenarios. Now...

Mail Call: Pakistan's Problem.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
March 10, 2008... Readers of our Jan. 21 cover story on Pervez Musharraf's future unanimously blamed him for all of Pakistan's problems. "He destroyed national institutions so he can stay in power," said one. "Discontent is spreading," wrote another. A third...

The End Of The Spanish Empire.(World Affairs; EUROPE)(Cover story)
March 10, 2008... Byline: Stryker Mcguire and Mike Elkin In an election year, Spain's economy is suddenly faltering. Its candidates have run out of steam, too. The listing on Ebay Espana tells you all you need to know about the current Spanish election...

The Verdict On Putin.(World Affairs)(Vladimir Putin)
March 10, 2008... Byline: Stephen Cohen, Chris Weafer, Michael McFaul, Cliff Kupchan, Padma Desai Is Russia better or worse for his eight years as president? A look at his legacy by top Kremlin watchers, and by the numbers. 'Reasserted Independence' ...

The EU's Backsliders.(World Affairs; EUROPE)(European Union)
March 10, 2008... Byline: William Underhill Countries will do anything to get into the European Union. But once they're in, it's a whole other story. Getting into the European Union can be a grueling business. on the official checklist: strong...

Europe Versus The Fat Cats.(Business)(Germany and capitalism)
March 10, 2008... Byline: Stefan Theil A German cloak-and-dagger operation to catch tax evaders is turning into an anti-capitalist movement. ELITES WITHOUT MORALS--HOW THE RICH UNDERMINE OUR SOCIETY, screamed the German weekly Stern on the cover last...

Ending The Cuban Exception.(Jorge Castaneda; POINT OF VIEW)(Viewpoint essay)
March 10, 2008... For Cuba and all Latin America, it is unacceptable for Raol Castro to follow a China model. The resignation of Fidel Castro from two of his three jobs in Cuba, together with the appointment of his brother as his successor, marks the end of...

Armies Of The Enlightened.(World Affairs)(Buddhist groups)(Cover story)
March 10, 2008... Byline: Christian Caryl; With Sudip Mazumdar in New Delhi, Jonathan Adams in Taipei and Wang Zhenru in Beijing Throughout Asia, Buddhism is growing fast, playing an increasingly political--and, in some spots, militant--role. In recent...

Two Forward, One Back.(Point of View)(Vladimir Putin)
March 10, 2008... Putin caged rather than killed the freedoms of the capitalist revolution. He ratified the era's gains. Russia's capitalist revolution began with the dismantling of the Communist system under Mikhail Gorbachev and culminated with the...

An Ancient Glory Rises.(World Affairs)(Nalanda University)(Cover story)
March 10, 2008... Byline: Sudip Mazumdar One of the great schools of antiquity--Buddhism's Nalanda University--is being rebuilt in India. Centuries before Oxford University even opened its doors, a school in northeast India attracted thousands of the...

Big Trouble Under The Banyan Tree.(World Affairs)(Mahabodhi Temple in India)(Cover story)
March 10, 2008... Byline: Sudip Mazumdar The holiest site in the Buddhist world has become mired in corruption, mismanagement and crime. For thousands of years, a certain spot under a huge tree in a sleepy village in northeast India has drawn Buddhists...

China: The Reform Trap.(Point of View)(China's economy)
March 10, 2008... Free-market reforms have unleashed growth--but have eroded Beijing's control over its economy. Last month Chinese revelers welcomed the new lunar year with a few more candles than usual. The country was gripped by California-style...

The Biggest Bully.(World Affairs; RUSSIA)(Vladimir Putin)
March 10, 2008... Byline: Owen Matthews; With Anna Nemtsova in Moscow Vladimir Putin's bellicose language and aggressive style has cost Russia friends in the neighborhood. One of the most powerful myths of Vladimir Putin's era is that he is leaving...

Fadela Amara: Madame Marshall Plan.(The Last Word)(Interview)
March 10, 2008... Byline: Tracy McNicoll Folks in the banlieues have to have public services so that we don't have any so-called "lost territories of the republic." The leftist daughter of Algerian immigrants, Fadela Amara is an unlikely cabinet...

Soothing Waters.(The Good Life)(hot springs and spas)(Brief article)
March 10, 2008... Byline: Barbie Nadeau Italian legend has it that the ancient god Saturn was fed up with feuding villagers and threw a flash of lightning into a volcano crater, causing a gush of warm water to envelop the land and calm its people. That spot...

Hot Spot: Lloyd Hotel, Amsterdam.(The Good Life)(Netherlands)(Brief article)(Hotel review)
March 10, 2008... Byline: Christopher Werth This trendy design hotel is located a short tram ride from Central Station, overlooking the canals. The historically listed building has been restored for its original purpose, offering fine dining and...

4 Hours In: Hanoi.(The Good Life)(Vietnam)(Brief article)
March 10, 2008... Byline: Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop The Vietnamese capital may still look quaint and underdeveloped from the outside, but visitors who dig a little deeper will find it buzzing with hip new boutiques and restaurants. Visit the Vietnam...

The Maximalist.(The Good Life)(House of Staunton chess set)(Brief article)
March 10, 2008... Chess may not be a game in danger of extinction, but Britain's House of Staunton is offering a set of pieces hand-carved from 40,000-year-old woolly mammoth ivory, excavated from the Siberian tundra. The set consists of 34 figures, including...

Lend Me Your Wheels.(The Good Life)(England's George in Rye hotel offers vintage cars for guest use)(Brief article)
March 10, 2008... Byline: Sana Butler Hotels are putting more money and imagination into supplying cars for their guests. Some are even handing over the keys: the George in Rye, England, allows guests to use six classic models, including the ever-popular...

Headed For Trouble.(The Good Life)(helmets)(Brief article)
March 10, 2008... Byline: Paul Tolme Helmet cams are the latest must-have gizmo for adrenaline junkies, who post their exploits online or e-mail clips to friends. They mount to headwear, handlebars, surfboard or kayak, leaving hands free for rip cords or...

Perspectives.(Perspectives)(quotations)(Quotation)(Brief article)
March 10, 2008... "Medved -- Medvedeva -- Whatever." U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, on being pressed to name Russia's likely new president during a televised debate in Cleveland, Ohio "I was passing through Heathrow airport, and...

Dueling Markets: Can Food Fight Oil?(Periscope)
March 10, 2008... Byline: Rana Foroohar ; Jason Overdorf ; Owen Matthews ; Karin Rives ; Katie Baker It's no secret that high oil prices have moved big money, some $3 trillion, from energy-consuming states in the West to suppliers like Saudi Arabia and...

Emotional Connections.(The Technologist)(maps that show data traffic travel between New York and more than 200 countries)
March 10, 2008... Byline: Benjamin Sutherland When it's daytime in New York, callers in other time zones get up very early, or stay up very late, to talk to the Big Apple. What is globalization? Most answers lead quickly to abstractions about trade,...

Grand as Well as Green.(The Good Life; Travel)(Brief article)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Jaime Cunningham Just because a hotel is luxurious doesn't mean it has to compromise the environment. Some top-notch resorts are experimenting with innovative ecological programs that aim to keep the planet's--and their own--best...

Mail Call: A Tragic Legacy?(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
March 17, 2008... Readers of our Jan. 28 cover story on President Bush's impact on the GOP shared their views on the "tragedy" of the Bush years. "Tragedy requires the downfall of a hero -- Bush isn't heroic," said one. "It's an American tragedy--Bush's...

Sarkozy Rolls Out His Tongue.(World Affairs; France)(Nicolas Sarkozy )
March 17, 2008... Byline: Tracy McNicoll His outspoken style is unprecedented, unpopular, and now threatens to ruin his presidency. French cartoonists are having great sport with their president, portraying him in the Adventures of Nicolas Sarkozy as...

Chaos In the Kremlin.(World Affairs)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Owen Matthews; With Anna Nemtsova in Moscow With one president stepping down and another on his way in, a battle for power and profits is underway. Dmitry Medvedev's inauguration as Russia's president on May 7 promises to be a...

Playing With the Old Blood Rules.(World Affairs; China)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Melinda Liu; With Mary Hennock in Beijing and bureau reports With the death of filial piety and the rise of 'kids for hire,' no Chinese family value is sacred anymore. China's one-child policy is broken. After years of public...

A New Home Away From Home.(World Affairs; Finding A Fix)(Shanghai's Yixian Home for the Elderly)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Melinda Liu; With bureau reports Novel ways to care for China's army of empty-nesters. IN China--where Confucian tradition and the communist Constitution still require sons and daughters to look after their parents--adult...

Not Quite So Cheap.(World Affairs; Asia)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Mary Hennock; With Stephen Glain In Washington, D.C. America begged China to strengthen the yuan. It has, but the results haven't made anyone happy. With the dollar falling to record lows against the euro and the yen, no one is...

From the Ground Up.(Society and the Arts; Film)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop Laos produces its first feature film in 33 years. Unlike its neighbors Thailand and Vietnam, Laos has never had much of a movie industry. After it gained independence from France in 1949, the country's...

Russia's New Normal.(World Affairs)(Book review)
March 17, 2008... The Cold War may be over, but that doesn't mean the threat from the Kremlin has entirely disappeared. Edward Lucas is much too smart an observer, with more than enough experience in both the old Soviet bloc and the new Russia, not to...

Images Of An Unresolved War.(Photo Essay)(Brief article)
March 17, 2008... It's been almost 30 years since the Khmer Rouge, having killed more than a million Cambodians, was overthrown and retreated to the jungle. Bill Burke has been visiting the country ever since, interviewing and photographing both Khmer Rouge...

Why U.S. Airlines Can't Compete.(Business)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Adam B. Kushner America has a high-tech economy, but its carriers are weighed down by old planes and stifling rules. At first glance, things look pretty good in the U.S. airline business. Last year was the first time since...

The Ghost of Trauma Past.(Arts)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Amber Haq A retrospective at the Pompidou Centre in Paris reveals how heavily artist Louise Bourgeois mined her own childhood. Growing up in the suburban Parisian town of Choisy-le-Roi, Louise Bourgeois, the now 96-year-old...

Talking To the Enemy.(World Affairs)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Kevin Peraino; With Joanna Chen in Jerusalem The United States says Hamas is a terrorist group. But increasingly, Israelis want to reach out to them. I n the United States, the notion of face-to-face talks with Hamas has long...

Iran's Organized Reformers.(The Last Word: MEHDI KARRUBI)(Interview)(Excerpt)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Maziar Bahari Mehdi Karrubi is the Al Gore of Iran. According to him, but for vote-rigging he would have been the president and not Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The cleric is leader of the National Trust Party, founded after his 2005...

The Rise of China's Neocons.(World View)(Viewpoint essay)
March 17, 2008... So much focus is given to the olympics and China's economy these days that it's easy to overlook the deeper shifts occurring in Beijing's foreign policy. But concealed behind the anodyne comments of China's leaders, who generally try to...

Behind the Door.(Turning Point)(Viewpoint essay)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Emma Thompson; Thompson is an Oscar-winning actress and screenwriter and the chair of the Helen Bamber Foundation. Human trafficking doesn't just happen 'over there'--it's everyone's problem. When I was growing up in London, I...

Stepping Into Celebrity Shoes.(Society and the Arts; TOP Shelf)(celebrity clothing)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Sameer Reddy Celebrity has become the primary commodity of popular culture. Fans used to fall for a specific album or film, but now the public tends to base its consumption on the aura of celebrity attached to any given product....

Hot Spot: Comme Ca in Los Angeles.(The Good Life)(Restaurant review)(Brief article)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Tara Weingarten Everyone knows the phrase "comme ci, comme ca" translates to "eh," as in "not great, just OK." So why would chef David Meyers name his new Melrose Avenue brasserie "just OK"? Thankfully, the place is a lot more than...

4 Hours In -- Brussels.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
March 17, 2008... Byline: William Underhill Forget any ideas of this city as the dour capital of the European Union or a kitsch stopover on the tourist trail. It has a character as diverse as its beers and as rich as its chocolate. EAT as much heavy...

Dream House.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
March 17, 2008... Palazzo Perugia This 13-bedroom villa sits on 35 hectares of Italian countryside and has 10 bathrooms, arched vaulted ceilings, marble floors, a paneled library, a stable, a barn, a private park with a small amphitheater, an olive grove, five...

Learning How To Wing It.(The Good Life; Wildlife)(Brief article)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Lily Huang The art of falconry--in essence, "flying a hawk"--dates back to 2000 B.C. Today it's practiced by a growing number of licensed falconers around the world who teach the basics of raising, training and flying raptors. The...

Going Back Where You Came From.(The Good Life; Family History)(Brief article)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Sana Butler For those eager to trace their roots without doing reams of research, genealogical tour guides will handle all the legwork. Scottish Ancestral Trails will design a trip built around any information--surname, birth...

Perspectives.(Perspectives)(Brief article)
March 17, 2008... Byline: AP (2), New York Times, Times Of London, The Washington Post, Guardian (U.K.) "I'm going to be in Crawford with my feet up." United States President George W. Bush, on his post-White House plans "I guess we can call this...

Why Colombia Will Win Its Contest With Venezuela.(Periscope; Battle Of The Home Fronts)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Phil Gunson What a week for Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. After he dispatched troops on a secret raid to attack the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas in Ecuador, the Andean region was plunged into crisis....

We're Such Fake Losers.(Periscope; Nylon Politics)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Rana Foroohar Have you noticed that both New York and London claim to be losing the race to become the world's top financial center? Last year New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg fretted that his city is behind, citing a McKinsey...

Africa's Worst Crisis.(Periscope)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Jason McLure Congratulations, Kofi Annan, you just cut a peace deal for Kenya. But with a half-dozen African crises still burning from Congo to Sudan, what's next? Right now, all eyes are on Somalia. The headless country is...

Inquisition on Display.(Periscope; The Dark Ages)(Brief article)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Barbie Nadeau The Inquisition has long been a byword for fear and terror. Its tribunals, set up to ensure that "heretics" did not undermine the Roman Catholic Church's authority, tortured thousands of Christians, Muslims and Jews...

Modern-Day Colossus.(Periscope; If You Build It)(Brief article)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Katie Baker Beijing recently unveiled the earth's largest building, a new million-square-meter airport terminal that will help handle up to 90 million passengers per year. It leaves Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International (84...

Carbon's Future King.(Periscope; Fast Chat)(Interview)(Brief article)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Jesse Ellison The Chicago climate Exchange is the world's first voluntary carbon credit market. Members get credits for reducing emissions and buy them if they fall short of pledged goals. NEWSWEEK's Jesse Ellison talked to its...

Reinventing the IN Box.(The Technologist)(Xobni Corporation)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Christopher Flavelle As web sites like Facebook and MySpace change the way we communicate online, the IN box--that overflowing, spam-clogged emblem of Internet frustration--is also due for a makeover. Tech companies are working to...

Building Green With Mushrooms.(The Technologist; Environment)(Brief article)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Chris Werth It's become chic in certain circles to know your carbon footprint, but few ultragreens know what they're missing. The calculators that tally an individual's contribution to global warming rarely take account of...

Mail Call: Pakistan's Elections.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
March 24, 2008... Readers of our Feb. 11 issue reacted to Pakistan's elections. One wrote, "Aitzaz Ahsan was selective in narrating what led to the chief justice's removal." Another agreed with Imran Khan: "Armed action against the Pashtuns won't succeed." A...

Why Anger The Dragon?(World Affairs)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jonathan Adams; With Ko Shu-Ling in Taipei As a vote looms, Taiwan seems ready to abandon an era of defiant nationalism. Ken Wen, 60, is fed up with Taiwan's pro-independence president, Chen Shui-bian. Wen, a home builder,...

A Sharp Departure.(World Affairs; EUROPE)
March 24, 2008... Byline: William Underhill The EU has a plan to lure talented foreigners to its shores, setting up a new global race--for brains. Over the last eight years, more than 10 million foreigners have immigrated to the European Union, plugging...

Europe's New Herd Mentality.(Business)(Cover story)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Stefan Theil; With Antonio Oliveira in Paris And Jacopo Barrigazzi in Milan European farmers used to fight globalization. Now, they are embracing it--and getting richer as a result. Remember Jose Bove, European agriculture's...

Not Just Made In China.(Arts)
March 24, 2008... Byline: Jessica Au A wide-ranging exhibit at the V&A celebrates the country's flourishing culture of design. The notion of Chinese design typically conjures up images of Ming furniture, blue and white ceramics and Mao suits. But "China...