Newsweek International articles from May 2008

Newsweek International archives from May 2008

India's Missing Tigers.(Society and the Arts; CONSERVATION)(Royal Bengal tiger)
May 5, 2008... Byline: Jeremy Kahn Democracy and economic development are driving India's giant cat toward extinction. Dawn at Kanha National Park in India's central highlands is welcomed with a symphony of animal sounds. The safari guides in their...

Mail Call: Spain's Leaders.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
May 5, 2008... Readers of our March 10 report on Spain's decline took issue with us. "Former prime minister Aznar did not 'mishandle' the terrorist attacks, he lied," said one. Another wrote, "Aznar never ran for a third term." A third dismissed our cover...

The New Green Leaders.(Environment & Leadership)(Cover story)
May 5, 2008... Byline: Barrett Sheridan and George Wehrfritz; With William Underhill, B.J. Lee, Stefan Theil and Melinda Liu The eco-movement is turning governance upside down. Who's winning this brand-new game? With less than a year left in office,...

Iceland's Green Man.(Environment & Leadership)(Geir Haarde)(Interview)
May 5, 2008... Byline: Daniel Gross How a tiny island nation weaned itself off fossil fuels and took the lead in alternative energy. Iceland Prime Minister Geir Haarde, who since 2006 has presided over this small country that derives 80 percent of...

Winning Over The Values Voters.(Point of View)(America's working class)
May 5, 2008... When there's a conflict between Americans' pocketbooks and values, most choose the latter. In Barack Obama's now famous remarks to rich donors in San Francisco in early April, he attributed the fact that white Democrats in small towns were...

Raol Castro's Big Gamble.(Point of View)
May 5, 2008... He is betting that he can improve living standards while also keeping the lid on political dissent. As predicted by many observers of the Cuban scene, including Brian Latell, author of "After Fidel," and this writer, the island's new...

The French Revolution.(World Affairs; EUROPE)(Nicolas Sarkozy's military policy)
May 5, 2008... Byline: Christopher Dickey; With Tracy McNicoll in Paris and Benjamin Sutherland in Treviso, Italy Sarkozy attempts to transform the West's military alliances. When Somali pirates hijacked a French yacht with 30 crew members aboard in...

Going For The Gold.(Society and the Arts; ART)(Ayala Museum's Gold of Ancestors)
May 5, 2008... Byline: Jessica Zafra A new permanent exhibit offers tantalizing hints to the Philippines' precolonial history. The Philippines has long been regarded as an interesting sideshow in Southeast Asia. A former colony of Spain, then the...

Tibet Through Chinese Eyes.(Point of View)
May 5, 2008... Most Chinese think the West's real aim is to deny them the triumph they deserve for their success. The recent crisis over the Olympic torch and Tibet represent an epic clash: not just between Tibetans and Beijing, but between a...

A Volcanic Venue.(Society and the Arts; ARCHEOLOGY)(Pompeii, overcrowding)
May 5, 2008... Byline: Barbie Nadeau To reduce overcrowding at Pompeii, officials propose limiting visitors and renting out the ruins. The excavated rooms of the Fullonica of Stephanus wool factory are home to some of Pompeii's best-preserved...

In The Name Of Gandhi.(Arts; MUSIC)(Philip Glass)(Interview)
May 5, 2008... Byline: Vibhuti Patel Philip Glass finds his newly revived 1979 opera 'Satyagraha' more relevant today than ever. The American composer Philip Glass acquired cult status after his first opera, the surreal "Einstein on the Beach"--a...

Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani: A Mandate Against Musharraf.(The Last Word)(Pervez Musharraf)(Interview)
May 5, 2008... Byline: Ron Moreau 'We need help from the world because we are fighting terror and extremism. But this is our war--I lost my own leader, Bhutto.' Pakistan's newly elected Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, 55, was Welcomed to his...

Hitting Where It Hurts.(Global Investor)(food inflation)
May 5, 2008... Giving timely food assistance to ward off further suffering among the world's poor has become a moral obligation. Inflation is a cruel tax. It places a very heavy burden on the poorest countries. And when the driver of inflation is higher...

Travel: At Your Service.(The Good Life)(hotel butlers)(Brief article)
May 5, 2008... Byline: Jaime Cunningham The typical butler is no longer a tuxedo-clad gentleman who does everything from answer the door to assist with personal grooming. These days, butlers are becoming more specialized, as top hotels hire them to...

Hot Spot: The Warrington, London.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
May 5, 2008... Byline: Ginanne Brownell Built in 1857, this pub in posh Maida Vale has long been a favorite hangout of locals. Now British chef Gordon Ramsay has updated the place and added his personal touch to the restaurant upstairs. The wait for a...

4 Hours In Tel Aviv.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
May 5, 2008... Byline: Joanna Chen This vibrant, edgy city is the undisputed cultural center of Israel, effortlessly blending old and new. Known as the White City for all its Bauhaus buildings, it's best appreciated by simply taking to the streets. ...

The Maximalist.(The Good Life)(Tri Mark Golf's golf ball marker)(Brief article)
May 5, 2008... Even if the shot isn't dazzling, now the golf-ball marker can be. Tri Mark Golf's luxe version is handcrafted from 18-karat white gold and studded with diamonds, citrine, amethyst and peridots. It's also highly functional, with a numbered...

When The Sommelier's A Machine.(The Good Life; WINE)(Daimaru Peacock's Wine Adviser)(Brief article)
May 5, 2008... Byline: Akiko Kashiwagi For anyone who's at a loss when it comes to choosing the perfect bottle of wine for dinner, the Tokyo-based supermarket chain Daimaru Peacock has developed an electronic sommelier. The Wine Adviser, a square...

Fashion: Tempted By The Serpent.(The Good Life)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
May 5, 2008... Byline: Susan H. Greenberg It may be time to put the boots away for summer, but that doesn't mean shoe mavens need to shelve the snakeskin until next winter. Designers of all stripes are making strappy sandals out of the material in a...

PERSPECTIVES.(Perspectives; DEPARTMENTS)(Quotation)
May 5, 2008... "They can come and meet me here, on the toilet seats." Beirut resident Nada Sehnaoui, who installed 600 toilets in a downtown lot to mark the anniversary of Lebanon's civil war, when civilians had to seek shelter in bathrooms to escape...

Periscope.(Periscope)(Gordon Brown, litigation cases, Maoists)
May 5, 2008... Byline: Rod Nordland, Stefan Theil, Adam B. Kushner and Sudip Mazumdar, Christopher Werth, Pat Wingert and Daniel Stone Media Matters: Why Britain's P.M. Is Popular Abroad But Hated At Home When Gordon Brown went on his second official...

A Most Casual Addiction.(The Technologist)(casual video game players)
May 5, 2008... Byline: Jennifer Ordonez Free game sites have become a furtive pastime among office workers, insomniac moms and chronic procrastinators. Ask Patricia O'Brien, 36, about her college years and she readily admits to having had an...

An Operatic Debut For Robot Divas.(Technology; DIGITAL ARTS)(Death and the Powers)(Brief article)
May 5, 2008... Byline: Linda Stern Scientists at MIT are about to produce the world's first robotic opera. "Death and the Powers," now in rehearsal at the school's media lab, is a story about an inventor who wants to live forever and decides to download...

Mail Call: Debating Hillary.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
May 12, 2008... Readers of our March 17 cover story on Hillary Clinton's historic campaign were divided. One wrote, "I got choked up reading your essays." Another asked, "What's with all these love letters?" A third said, "At 18, I had voted for Hillary....

The Victim Of Success.(World Affairs)(London)
May 12, 2008... Byline: William Underhill London has become so prosperous, so quickly, it is now virtually unlivable. To his opponents, Boris Johnson was a joke. His gaffes and bumbling manner were as famous As his unruly shock of platinum-blond hair....

The Return Of The Old Caudillo.(World Affairs)(populism)
May 12, 2008... Byline: Mac Margolis; With Brian Byrnes in Buenos Aires and Lucy Conger in LimaWith in Buenos Aires and in Lima Latin America is finally thriving economically, yet the populist rhetoric is getting louder and stronger. Listen to the...

The Right-Wing Resurrection.(World Affairs)
May 12, 2008... Byline: Denis MacShane; MacShane is a Labour M.P. and was Britain's minister for Europe. Conservatives rule almost all of Europe. What they will do with all their power is an open question. With Silvio Berlusconi regaining power in...

Half Human, Half Cow, All Baloney.(Science and Technology)(stem cell research)
May 12, 2008... Byline: Lee M. Silver Scientists no longer have to bend over backward to circumvent ethical concerns about embryo research. Britain has recently become the latest battleground of what appears to be a momentous struggle for the human...

This Nation Is An Island.(Money Flows)(Japan)
May 12, 2008... Byline: Christian Caryl and Akiko Kashiwagi Japan's insularity is becoming a drag on its economy and threatening its future. To understand Japan's economic milieu, you could do worse than to look at the current battle between famed...

This Turmoil Shall Pass.(Business)(US economy)
May 12, 2008... Byline: David McCormick; McCormick is under secretary for International Affairs in the U. S. Treasury Department. One of Henry Paulson's top Treasury Department aides on how United States and world policymakers are responding to the fallout...

Reaching Out To Pyongyang.(World Affairs)
May 12, 2008... Despite its achievements, Washington is divided on how to deal with North Korea long term. A battle rages in Washington, uniting forces of left and right against a divided Bush administration over whether to compel North Korea to tell the...

'We Are Not Rooted In Religion'.(The Last Word)(Justice and Development Party's Recep Tayyip Erdogan)(Interview)
May 12, 2008... Byline: Recep Tayyip Erdogan Because of our good relations with Syria and Israel, we were asked by both of them to effect better communication. Despite a landslide election win last summer, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime...

Look Back With Caution.(Top Shelf)(clothing industry)
May 12, 2008... Byline: Nick Foulkes The clothing business can be lucrative, but should a brand known for its jewelry really attempt to take it on? In recent years, heritage has become part of the venture-capital formula. Seems that the sight of a few...

More Than A Bear Rally.(Global Investor)(US stock market)
May 12, 2008... Byline: Ruchir Sharma; Sharma is head of emerging markets at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. The relatively low valuations explain why the U.S. stock market has been resilient of late, despite the dire news. The majority of the...

Sports: The New Latin Links.(The Good Life)(golf resorts)(Brief article)
May 12, 2008... Byline: Joseph Contreras Latin American players are becoming big names in golf, led by Mexico's Lorena Ochoa, the reigning queen of the women's pro tour. Latin golf courses are also becoming increasingly famous--Golf Magazine's latest list...

Hot Spot: The Palazzo, Las Vegas.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
May 12, 2008... Byline: Sameer Reddy The Palazzo has a lot to boast about. Together with its sister property, the Venetian, it is now the world's largest resort by room count--7,100, to be exact. It's also Las Vegas's tallest hotel tower, and it was...

4 Hours In . . . Oxford.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
May 12, 2008... Byline: William Underhill Oxford may be home to a 700-year-old university, but it can offer much more than musty scholarship and antiquity. Eat at the Cherwell Boathouse, a restaurant almost as well known for its British cuisine as its...

Autos: A Car That Crouches Like A Cat.(The Good Life)(BMW M1 Hommage)(Brief article)
May 12, 2008... Byline: Lily Huang The new BMW M1 Hommage is like the special-edition "Star Wars Trilogy": an eye-popping, 21st- century package for an old soul. The concept car, unveiled at the Concorso d'Eleganza in Como, Italy, last week, commemorates...

Food: Cookies That Cost A Fortune.(The Good Life)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
May 12, 2008... Byline: Jaime Cunningham If your sweet tooth is acting up again and you're tired of boring old Swiss chocolates that cost their weight in gold, there's always cookies. THE GOOD LIFE has found some exotic confections that will impress even...

Destination: Martyrdom.(World Affairs)(Darnah, Libya)
May 12, 2008... Byline: Kevin Peraino What drove so many Libyans to volunteer as suicide bombers for the war in Iraq? A visit to their hometown, Darnah, provides some answers. Even before he vanished, Abd Al-Salam Bin-Ali was easy to miss. Pale, lanky...

Perspectives.(Perspectives)(Quotation)(Brief article)
May 12, 2008... "Do you think a black candidate would be allowed to be president in the U.S.? [And the] presidency of a woman in a country that boasts its gunmanship is unlikely." Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, opining that neither Barack Obama...

Periscope.(Periscope)(oil prices, Olympic torch relay in Mount Everest, US vs Iran)
May 12, 2008... Byline: John Sparks and Stefan Theil, Lily Huang, Christopher Dickey, Sophie Grove, Sharon Begley, Barrett Sheridan New Worlds: How The $200 Oil Scenario Could Change Everything Now that $100-per-barrel oil has gone from doomsday...

New Ways Of Telling Tales.(The Technologist)(We Tell Stories, Six to Start)
May 12, 2008... Byline: Barrett Sheridan The experiment may uncover something about the way we'll tell stories to one another 10 to 20 years from now. Google maps can do a lot of things, like find the nearest Starbucks or calculate the driving time to...

Europe's Farmers.(Letter to the editor)
May 19, 2008... Our March 24 report on European farmers' embrace of globalization elicited mixed reader responses. One reader agreed: "There's a new wave of entrepreneurial spirit among farmers." Another objected to Jose Bove on the cover: "He does not...

The Biggest Crisis Of All.(Special Report)(food crisis)
May 19, 2008... Byline: Rana Foroohar IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBT ABOUT THE LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS OF HUNGER, CONSIDER the following statistic. In North Korea, where food shortages and famine have been endemic for years, the average adolescent is 18 centimeters...

Hillary And The Gender Wars.(Politics; Point Of View)(Hillary Clinton)
May 19, 2008... Americans still think of their leaders in male terms, but studies recommend a much more feminine style. Hillary Clinton's TENACIOUS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN--HOLDING ON AFTER THE pundits have declared her finished--has focused attention on...

It's The Stupid Politics.(Special Report)(food crisis)
May 19, 2008... Byline: George Wehrfritz And Stefan Theil; With Rod Nordland In Rome, Akiko Kashiwagi In Tokyo And Chris Yabes In Negros The world's poor are paying the price for years of bad government policy in agriculture. Japan doesn't need any of...

The Closing Of The Church Door.(World Affairs)(church and state)
May 19, 2008... Byline: Mike Elkin; With Tracy Mcnicoll In Paris The Catholic Church was once central to Spanish life. But Spain is changing--just like its neighbors. Three decades ago, just days after Spain's new post-Franco Constitution took effect,...

Rich But Hungry.(Special Report)(food crisis affecting western Europe)
May 19, 2008... Byline: William Underhill; With Barbara Kantrowitz In London, Tracy Mcnicoll In Paris And Barbie Nadeau In Rome The food-price shock is now trickling up to wealthy nations where consumers have been shielded so far. Italians love their...

Beakers To The Rescue.(Special Report)(biopharming)
May 19, 2008... Byline: Mac Margolis; With George Wehrfritz In Manila, Christopher Werth In London And Akiko Kashiwagi In Tokyo Scientists say a new green revolution could head off future food crises. Pity the papaya. odd-shaped and orange-fleshed, it...

War Is The Answer.(World Affairs)(Sri Lanka's civil war)
May 19, 2008... Byline: Jeremy Kahn Sri Lanka's leaders are testing a dangerous theory: that the best way to end a civil war is by winning it. The city bus, packed with commuters, had just pulled out of a dusty terminal in Colombo, Sri Lanka's...

How To Feed The World.(Special Report)(food crisis)(Cover story)
May 19, 2008... Below, eight leaders in the fight against hunger offer up food crisis action plans, and long term ideas for how to end famine and bolster farming. Gordon Brown Prime Minister, United Kingdom Every day, 25,000 people die from...

And Justice For None.(Society and the Arts; Books)(Child 44)(Book review)
May 19, 2008... A gripping new thriller examines the fungible concepts of innocence and guilt in Stalinist Russia. The Stalinist credo of Russian secret police and their willing executioners was unambiguous: "Better to let 10 innocent men suffer than one...

The Vocal Vamp Of Bollywood.(Society and the Arts; Music)(Asha Bhosle)(Interview)
May 19, 2008... Asha Bhosle, singing for the stars, has logged more recordings than anybody. At 75, Asha Bhosle, the "Queen of Bollywood," is the world's most recorded singer, with 13,000 songs to her credit. Rather than following after her older sister,...

The Hunt For Mr. Europe.(World Affairs)(next European Union president)
May 19, 2008... Byline: Denis Macshane; Macshane Is A Labour M.P. And A Former British Minister For Europe. The EU is choosing its new president. But will he be pencil-sharpener in chief, or a new global player? Is Henry Kissinger's famous...

Two People, Two Enemies.(World Affairs)(Arab-Israeli conflic)
May 19, 2008... An Israeli historian sees no hope for settlement with the Palestinians. I remember the moment when the Palestinian Diaspora began to interest me, professionally. it was in Rashidiye Camp, outside Tyre, Lebanon, in June 1982--just after the...

Winds Of Change.(World Affairs)(Cyclone Nargis)(Cover story)
May 19, 2008... Byline: Melinda Liu; With Jaimie Seaton In Bangkok, Tim Coone In Managua And Monica Campbellin Mexico City Cyclone Nargis may have done more than just wreck Burma's cities. It may also spell doom for the government. The massive storm...

An Underwater Threat.(World View)(Sanya's naval base)
May 19, 2008... As America and its allies focus their diplomatic energy on the Middle East and Afghanistan, China continues to alter the balance of power in East Asia with little fanfare and even less resistance. Consider recent revelations that China has...

Colonial Treasures.(The Good Life; Travel)(southeast Asia's historic hotels)(Brief article)
May 19, 2008... Byline: Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop The era of leisurely travel, when people spent months covering great distances, is long gone. But the memories of this golden age remain intact within the walls of some of Asia's oldest hotels. As...

Hot Spot: Grand Velas All Suites & Spa Resort.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
May 19, 2008... Byline: Jenny Hontz Nuevo Vallarta This Mexican resort manages to make a family-friendly, all-inclusive beach vacation ultraluxurious. With spacious oceanfront suites, a world-class spa, three gourmet restaurants and impeccable...

4 Hours In Ibiza.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
May 19, 2008... Byline: Ginanne Brownell This Balearic island has much more to offer than a bustling party scene. For starters, it's home to some of the most spectacular scenery in the Mediterranean, with breathtaking cliffs and red-clay farmland bursting...

The Maximalist.(The Good Life)(Roland Iten's belt buckle)(Brief article)
May 19, 2008... Using the same precision mechanics as a Swiss watchmaker, Roland Iten has engineered a belt buckle that is both sleekly handsome and meticulously calibrated to within a fraction of a centimeter. Crafted from individually designed pieces of...

Flying In The Belly Of The Blimp.(The Good Life; Adventure)(Zeppelin NT)(Brief article)
May 19, 2008... Byline: Karen Pinchin It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a -- dirigible? Zeppelin NT is now offering scenic rides over southern Germany. Floating serenely over forests and lakes, the aircraft delivers a taste of the romance and luxury enjoyed...

Talk About A Golden Glow.(The Good Life; Beauty)(24-karat-gold facial)(Brief article)
May 19, 2008... Byline: Nina Scott The gold standard in skin care these days isn't a metaphor; it's a facial made of 24-karat gold. Created by the Japanese company UMO, the technique begins with a hydrating mist of ultra-tiny fortified water droplets that...

Perspectives.(Perspectives)(Quotation)
May 19, 2008... Byline: Quotation Sources: Bbc, Guardian, N.Y. Times, Abc News, N.Y. Times, Times Of London "Any day that you can exchange a member of the secret police for a law professor is a good day." International lawyer Robert Amsterdam, who...

Bobble Heads Of State: As Japan's Leader Fades, Surprising Options Appear.(Periscope)(Yasuo Fukuda)
May 19, 2008... Byline: Akiko Kashiwagi It's come to this. Japan's exasperation with a long and largely unbroken string of hapless prime ministers has reached new levels. The current seatholder, Yasuo Fukuda, now has an approval rating of 21 percent,...

Labour Pains: Knives Out For Brown.(Periscope)(Labour Party, Gordon Brown)(Brief article)
May 19, 2008... Byline: William Underhill Gordon Brown knows plenty about jockeying for power. As chancellor under Tony Blair, he made little secret of scheming to succeed his boss. Now as prime minister, it's Brown's turn to feel the heat. After less...

Moscow Journal: The Flaw In The Boom.(Periscope)(Brief article)
May 19, 2008... Byline: Owen Matthews Russia's new president, Dmitry Medvedev, inherited a rising power with an Achilles' heel: galloping inflation, which threatens to undercut seven years of healthy economic growth, buoyed by ever-rising energy and...

NO HEADLINE.(Periscope)(Israel's nuclear weapons)(Brief article)(Statistical data)
May 19, 2008... Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton recently promised to stand behind Israel, with Clinton saying she'd "obliterate Iran" if it attacked the state. In all likelihood it won't need her help. 6World rank of...

Spy Lore: Man With The Golden Gun.(Periscope)(For Your Eyes Only)(Brief biography)(Brief article)
May 19, 2008... Byline: Ginanne Brownell They seem unlikely bedfellows: an international spy known for his way with the ladies, and a museum dedicated to Britain's military campaigns. But London's Imperial War Museum pulls off the pairing with its latest...

Heavy Metal Journal: Rocking In Baghdad.(Periscope)(Heavy Metal in Baghdad)(Movie review)(Brief article)
May 19, 2008... Byline: Jessica Bennett Filming a documentary on the streets of Baghdad is no easy task. For the producers of "Heavy Metal in Baghdad," a new Vice film about Iraq's only metal band, it meant smuggling themselves into the country, shelling...

Fast Chat: Racing Cars And Hearts.(Periscope)(Emile Hirsch)(Interview)(Brief article)
May 19, 2008... Byline: Ramin Setoodeh Emile Hirsch drives the Mach 5 in the hit film "Speed Racer." He spoke to NEWSWEEK's Ramin Setoodeh after the London premiere. Excerpts: SETOODEH: AFTER doing this movie, are you a better driver? HIRSCH:...

The Tom Sawyer Of Innovation.(The Technologist)
May 19, 2008... Byline: Christopher Flavelle When Nintendo released its Wii videogame console in December 2006, it was sold out before it hit the shelves. Stores had more advance orders than they could fill. The company went on to sell more than 20...

Mail Call: Tibet and the Torch.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
May 26, 2008... Readers of our March 31 report on China's crackdown in Tibet sympathized with Tibetans but not with protests over the Olympics. "You reported the truth about Tibet's sad plight," said one. Another agreed: "China has ruthlessly crushed...

Britain's Mr. Nice Guy.(World Affairs)(David Cameron)
May 26, 2008... Byline: William Underhill A rebranding campaign and a struggling British Labour Party are helping to revive the touchy-feely new Conservatives. Over the past 11 years, the British Conservative Party has endured three successive...

The Conservatives' New Favorite Color.(Europe)(alliance between the Christian Democratic Union and the Green Party)
May 26, 2008... Byline: Stefan Theil An alliance of Germany's Christian Democrats and the Greens suggests a potentially radical political realignment. While the future effects of global warming are still hotly debated, the one very real thaw it has...

The Stealth Rescue.(World Affairs)(humanitarian aid to disaster victims)
May 26, 2008... Byline: A Reporter In Burma As Burma's generals dither, victims of Cyclone Nargis are getting secret help from private citizens. They line the roads south of Burma's main city, Rangoon. Aid groups call them "separated children" because...

Gone In 11 Minutes Flat.(World Affairs)(prison escape)
May 26, 2008... Byline: William J. Dobson Singapore's top terrorist slips out of jail--revealing worrying cracks in this ultracompetent nanny state. A visitor to Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs these days isn't greeted by portraits of the senior...

King Coal's Comeback.(Business)(reopening of Welsh mines)
May 26, 2008... Byline: William Underhill; With Christopher Flavelle in New York The Welsh coal-mining industry was all but dead, until booming global demand sparked a revival. In its early-20th-Century heyday, the valleys of South Wales boasted more...

Rebel Brides And Ex-Wives.(Society; INDIA)
May 26, 2008... Byline: Jason Overdorf As India gets more wealthy, arranged marriage is giving way to more love weddings, and divorces. Not long ago, 19-year-old Sreeja Konidela returned home to Hyderabad from Delhi to attend a family funeral--but...

How Tycoons Fall.(South Korea)(Lee Kun-hee of Samsung Electronics)
May 26, 2008... Byline: B. J. Lee Lee's departure has forecasters predicting big changes for family business empires. Again. The resignation of Lee Kun-hee, the king of Korean tycoons, has been heralded as a turning point for the patriarchs of Asian...

The King Versus The Radicals.(Business)(Abdullah, King of Saudi Arabia)
May 26, 2008... Byline: Zvika Krieger Saudi Arabia's monarch is using Aramco--the crack state oil company--to build a Western-style university in a bid to outflank the repressive clergy. The main street of Dhahran Hills passes by perfectly manicured...

The Modern Silk Road.(World Affairs)
May 26, 2008... Byline: Stephen Glain Sino-Gulf trade is booming as the world's two most liquid economies create a host of new alliances that are shifting the world's economic center of gravity. The most hard-boiled forms of human enterprise tend to...

A New Threat To New Delhi.(World Affairs; TERRORISM)(Harkat-ul-Jihad-i-Islami)
May 26, 2008... Byline: Jeremy Kahn The Jaipur attacks may have had a surprising source: Bangladesh. The streets of Jaipur, India's fabled "pink city," ran red with blood in mid-May after seven bombs planted on bikes exploded in a crowded market,...