Newsweek International articles from November 2007

Newsweek International archives from November 2007

Perspectives.(Perspectives)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Quotation sources from top to bottom: New York Daily News; New York Times (5) "I took a city that was known for pornography and licked it to a large extent." Rudy Giuliani, touting his achievements as mayor of New York while...

The Dutch Have Become More Conservative. Is Europe Next?(Periscope; Ideology)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Thijs Niemantsverdriet Progressive Dutch social attitudes on hot-button issues like drug legalization, euthanasia and gay rights may seem quirky to foreigners. But where the Dutch have boldly gone, other European countries seem to...

Stax Comes Back.(Periscope; Music)(Stax Records )(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Lorraine Ali Back in the day, Stax Records was the South's answer to Motown. The Memphis soul label's artists -- a roster that included Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes -- were less polished than their Detroit counterparts, but they...

Reality Check.(Periscope)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Jessica Bennett A gym-sculpted chest is the physical ideal which most men aspire to, but gynecomastia -- enlarged breasts -- is increasingly what they have instead. Nearly half of all men experience it during their lives, and...

Mail Call: Free to Be Gay?(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
November 5, 2007... Our Sept. 17 cover story on gay rights led readers to share their nation's position on the issue. One wrote, "Israel's gays are protected under law as in Europe." Another opined, "The Western formula may be unfit for all." A third said, "When...

Searching For The Best Engine.(Business)(Cover story)(Company overview)
November 5, 2007... Byline: David H. Freedman A global effort is underway to invent a better way of finding things on the Web. Could Google be vulnerable? Tui Stark is searching for a vacation paradise and can't find it. Googling "snorkeling beaches blue...

It's Not About The West.(World Affairs)
November 5, 2007... Turkey is risking ties to the U.S. and Europe for a simple reason: its eyes are on the eastern front. Iraqi law stops at a small checkpoint at the base of the Qandil Mountains, 40 kilometers short of the Turkish border. The little post is...

A Princeling of the People.(World Affairs)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Melinda Liu and Jonathan Ansfield; With Stephen Glain in Wenzhou and Duncan Hewitt in Shanghai China's new heir apparent is a surprise pick, suggesting that 'intraparty democracy' is no joke. Not long ago, China's Communist...

Media Meccas.(Business)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Emily Flynn Vencat and Zvika Krieger Mideast nations eager to develop entertainment hubs are pouring money into Hollywood. Dubai, with its over-the-top hotels and malls, is already known as the Vegas of the Middle East, and...

The Golden Hordes.(Business)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Stephen Glain China's surprisingly steely retail investors are snapping up billions of dollars of foreign assets. As China's late helmsman Deng Xiaoping declared, "To get rich is glorious." But according to Zhou Xiaochuan,...

When Movies Follow The Storm.(Arts)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Jessica Au and Ginanne Brownell; With Silvia Spring in Nairobi In the recently traumatized societies of Romania, Thailand and Nigeria, upheaval is inspiring a new wave of film. United States Marine Capt. Doug Jones is in a...

Ad Sales on the Eastern Front.(Business; Russia)(Cover story)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Owen Matthews; With Anna Nemtsova In Moscow Yandex dominates search with focus on local needs. Like many foreign invaders before it, Google's advance on Eastern Europe has floundered in the difficult terrain of Russia. Poland...

Embracing the Personal and Trivial.(Business; South Korea)(Cover story)
November 5, 2007... Byline: B.J. Lee How Naver became the country's biggest search portal. In most parts of the world, the conventional way of finding the best fish restaurant in town might be to consult food magazines or your friends. In South Korea,...

Building Search From Scratch.(Business; Japan)(Cover story)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Akiko Kashiwagi Government and industry try to leapfrog Yahoo and Google. Japan has always prided itself on being a technology leader, so it rankled that outsiders -- Americans all -- dominate the local market for Web search....

Creating Buzz (Without Hate Mail).(Business; Germany)(Cover story)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Patrick Falby Mister Wong lets users search each other's bookmarks. Kai Tietjen ran an ad agency for nearly a decade, and then got the idea to take on Google. In 2006, he used his own money to start Mister Wong, a German site...

What You Like.(Business)(Cover story)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Jessica Bennett; With David Freedman The goal of social search is to combine Facebook's personal touch with Google's speed. Search engines tamed the internet when they came out a decade ago, but Gen-Z surfers are growing up on...

Inside Europe's Sausage Factory.(World Affairs)
November 5, 2007... Byline: William Underhill The engine driving the EU is 32,000 bureaucrats. That could be changing. Earlier this year, 12,000 applications flooded into Brussels for what could be among the most coveted jobs on the Continent: bureaucrat....

Ban Ki-Moon.(The Last Word)(Interview)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Richard M. Smith Alone At The Top Of The World Since taking over "the world's most impossible job" at the beginning of the year, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has remained determinedly upbeat, despite the usual...

The Power of Petroleum.(World View)
November 5, 2007... Record prices have made oil nations much more confident and less dependent on traditional powers. Record-high oil prices have dramatically shifted the balance of global power. At nearly $90 a barrel, oil is more than a crucial energy...

The Sky Isn't Falling -- Yet.(Global Investor)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Ruchir Sharma; Sharma is head of emerging markets at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Bubbles tend to peak when stock prices reach 50 to 60 times projected earnings. China's domestic market is around 35. With global...

Gone Fishing.(The Good Life; Travel)(Brief article)(Hotel review)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Jenna Crombie Fly-fishing holidays provide the perfect chance to cast away the stresses of daily life. But that doesn't mean anglers want to rough it. Hotels and travel companies are offering packages that allow guests to get back...

Hot Spot: The Collection, Shanghai.(The Good Life)(Pure, Cube and Sugar)(Restaurant review)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Barbara Koh This eclectic three-story nightspot is composed of Pure, a contemporary Japanese restaurant; Sugar, a dessert parlor, and Cube, a silver-black Bond-esque bar and terrace. Puritanical about making comestibles from...

4 Hours in Mombasa. Kenya.(The Good Life)(City overview)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Silvia Spring Compared with Nairobi, life in Kenya's second city moves slowly. On an island right off the coast, Mombasa offers a glimpse of East African history as well as access to powdery Indian Ocean beaches. EXPLORE the...

Swiss Chateau.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... This fully furnished castle outside Geneva is an equestrian's dream, with a stable, Olympic-size roofed ring and 160 hectares of forests, mountains and ponds ([euro]31 million; sothebys.com).

Looking Dashing Through The Snow.(The Good Life; Fashion)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Jenna Crombie When it comes to staying warm this winter, pink is hot. Adding a fresh twist to sharp tailoring, Danielle Scutt's pink merino-wool trench coat features red trim around the lapel ($3,073; daniellescutt.com). Burberry's...

Recliner Bicycles.(The Good Life; Outdoors)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Paul Tolme Comfort bikes let riders sit upright to ease lower-back strain, with raised handlebars to remove weight from the wrists and oversize seats to eliminate saddle soreness. Geared toward baby boomers, comfort bikes are ideal...

New Sharif In Town.(Periscope; Pakistan)(Pakistan's ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif )(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Fasih Ahmed The Saudis took in Pakistan's ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif after he was ousted eight years ago. They welcomed him back last month, after a failed attempt to return to Islamabad. Now they are said to be pressing...

Europe Thinks Different.(Periscope; Innovation)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Stefan Theil If Europe continues to underwhelm in high-tech innovation, it's not for lack of brains. Two Germans and a Frenchman won Nobel Prizes for chemistry and physics last month. The problem is turning that research into...

By the Numbers.(Periscope)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Emerging markets offer enticing opportunities for companies -- and criminals too. A new survey of 5,428 companies in 40 countries suggests just how widespread the problem is. 2.4 Average amount, in millions of dollars, that the...

For A Home Away From The Big House.(Periscope; Design)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Zvika Krieger What kind of house does a man who has spent 34 years in solitary confinement in a two-meter-by-three-meter cell at a Louisiana prison dream of? That's what American artist Jackie Sumell asked imprisoned Black Panther...

Get Us Outta this Place!(Periscope; Travel)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... Byline: Roxana Popescu When Callie LeFevre's study-abroad trip to Beirut last summer was cut short by Israeli fighter planes dropping bombs near her campus, the Princeton University junior got home via an emergency evacuation through...

How Much Is Music Worth in an Age Of Digital Freebies?(The Technologist)
November 5, 2007... On Oct. 10, the beloved British rock band Radiohead made history. The group had produced a new CD -- but didn't release it. At least not in CD form. Those who wanted to hear the feverishly anticipated studio album "In Rainbows" could grab the...

The transition between sleep and wakefulness.(The Technologist)(Brief article)
November 5, 2007... The transition between sleep and wakefulness is a mysterious realm, but scientists at Stanford University recently came a bit closer to understanding it. They inserted optical fibers deep into the brains of mice, and then waited for them to...

The Thigh's the Limit for Boots.(The Good Life; Fashion)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Jaime Cunningham Over-the-knee boots are sexy, chic and warm. Try Christian Louboutin's Pretty Woman Cuissarde Tag python boots ($4,030; christianlouboutin.fr). Anna Sui's metallic leather boots feature a sundial applique ($1,080;...

Less than a Full Deck.(Periscope; Antiquities)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Jesse Ellison At the start of the Iraq War, U.S. troops were given decks of playing cards depicting Saddam Hussein and 54 other Baathist bad guys on the Pentagon's "most wanted" list. Now, new sets of cards illustrated with...

The Un-Diva.(Periscope; Quick Question)(Natalie Dessay)(Interview)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Nicki Gostin French Soprano Natalie Dessay has wowed European opera fans for years. Now, as Lucia in the Met's "Lucia di Lammermoor," she's won over New York's harsh critics too. The critics raved about your Lucia. Is this a...

A Punk Pilgrim's Progress.(Periscope; Film)(Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten)(Movie review)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Byline: John Sparks In the 1980s when the Clash was the "only band that mattered," lead singer Joe Strummer was the rocker fans most wanted to know but couldn't. Strummer remained an enigma up to his 2002 death from a heart attack at 50....

Mail Call: Greenspan Speaks.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
November 12, 2007... Readers of our Sept. 24 cover story on Alan Greenspan found our story -- and his views -- refreshing. One approved of "his criticism of the Republican Party for abandoning small government." Another wrote, "It would have been vitally helpful...

Beware Pashtunistan.(World Affairs; Selig S. Harrison)
November 12, 2007... Benazir Bhutto's narrow escape from assassination recently was a grim reminder she'll be lucky to get through the coming election alive. Even if she does, the vote may prove a charade, and Bhutto could end up providing civilian camouflage for...

'The Gap Society'.(Special Report)(Cover story)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Christian Caryl and Akiko Kashiwagi Japan still prizes social harmony, but with a hint of nostalgia now that inequality is political issue No. 1. Car sales in Japan these days have become an unlikely social barometer. Toyota...

The New German Zeitgeist.(World Affairs)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Stefan Theil; With Andreas Tzortzis in Berlin Angela Merkel's agenda is all but finished. Germans now prefer "social justice." Whatever that means. Born in the workers' conflicts of the 19th century, Europe's great labor...

Split By Decision.(Special Report)(Cover story)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Daniel Gross; With George Wehrfritz in Hong Kong, Sudip Mazumdar in New Delhi and Barrett Sheridan in New York The rich are getting richer due to market forces -- and to very human choices. Tsang Wing-On is perhaps the least...

The Death Of Social Mobility.(Special Report)(Cover story)
November 12, 2007... Byline: George Wehrfritz; With B. J. Lee in Seoul and Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop in Singapore In the Asian Tiger economies, the next generation will struggle to do as well as their parents did. On the face of it, Tin Shui Wai isn't the...

Gated Gardens.(Special Report)(Sentosa Cove)(Cover story)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop Singapore has basically two kinds of real estate -- luxury, or state-run. Located just 10 minutes from Singapore's bustling docks, Sentosa Cove is a world apart. The road leading into the city's...

Homegrown Luxe.(Special Report)(luxury products)(Cover story)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Alexandra Seno; With Quindlen Krovatin in Beijing Asia's elite have fueled the growth of Western high-end brands. Now, they are creating their own. Ten years ago, the most gracious hosts in China provided dinner-party guests...

How Brazil Reversed the Curse.(Special Report)(Cover story)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Mac Margolis; With Monica Campbell in Mexico City Latin America used to suffer the deepest gap between rich and poor. Now it is the only region narrowing the divide. Way back in the 1970s, when Brazil's economy seemed...

Perfecting Pinot.(Science and Technology)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Barbie Nadeau Scientists -- from France, no less -- now want to tinker with the DNA of wine. Pinot Noir has always been a favorite with wine enthusiasts, but in recent years demand for this popular and perplexing variety has...

What Would Gorbachev Wear?(Top Shelf)(Mikhail Gorbachev)
November 12, 2007... The former Soviet leader is being driven along the very wall he helped breach, with a Louis Vuitton bag by his side. By Nick Foulkes The "ambassador" or "face" of the brand is an accepted weapon in the armory of the modern marketing...

Portrait of a Tyrant as Young Man.(Books)(Young Stalin)(Joseph Stalin)(Book review)
November 12, 2007... A telling new account of Stalin's childhood depicts a streetwise thug raised in conflict. On June 26, 1907, a stagecoach convoy guarded by Cossacks and carrying the equivalent of about $3.4 million to the state bank in the Georgian city of...

Christine Lagarde: An American (Style) in Paris.(The Last Word)(Interview)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Tracy McNicoll The 35-hour week was a derogatory way to look at work, as if work was something that had to be cut from the system. Christine Lagarde is a French powerhouse with an American sensibility. A former head of the...

The Best Is Yet to Come.(Global Investor)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Holger Schmieding; Schmieding is head of European economics at the Bank of America. The Anglo-Saxon habit of borrowing against the house to buy a second car is all but unknown in much of Continental Europe. Be careful what you...

Fit for a King.(The Good Life; Neighborhoods)(restaurants, hotels and motels)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Ginanne Brownell Ask any Londoner about the King's Cross area and you'll likely get an earful about drugs, prostitutes and run-down buildings. But that view is fast becoming outdated. More than [pounds sterling]2 billion is being...

Hot Spot.(The Good Life)(Carol Parc Hotel: Bucharest)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Ginanne Brownell Carol Parc Hotel: Bucharest The Romanian capital's hotel scene got a lot more posh with the opening of this sumptuous five-star boutique hotel, walking distance from downtown and with magnificent views of the...

4 Hours in Qingdao.(The Good Life)(Qingdao Ying Binguan)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Jonathan Adams On the Pacific coast of China's Shandong peninsula, this coastal city sports sandy beaches, lush parks, cypress-lined lanes and charming yellow villas with red roofs, left over from the city's days as a German...

The Maximalist.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... The collaboration of several top designers, the XSR48 looks -- and drives -- like a high-end sports car transposed to the water. Sleek and elegant, the craft features twin bi-turbo diesel engines and is capable of reaching speeds over 100mph....

NO HEADLINE.(The Good Life; AUTOMOBILES)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Driving the Little Boxster that Could Porsche may be a luxury brand, but its entry-level Boxster is anything but a cheap version of the real thing. And if you're worried about fuel consumption, the 2007 Boxster has improved economy,...

Sarkozy Is Looking More Like The 'French Rudy' Every Day.(Periscope; Twins)(similarities of Nicolas Sarkozy and Rudy Giuliani)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Christopher Dickey Rudy Giuliani has a dream. actually, the GOP presidential candidate says he's had it about five times and it's always the same: French President Nicolas Sarkozy is on a plane, and out over the Atlantic it almost...

My Sham Launderette.(Periscope; The Debunker)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Patrick Falby The complex "structured investment vehicles" at the heart of the credit crisis are opaque by nature. So it's no surprise banks are targeting SIVs as a possible channel for money laundering. A July survey by KPMG said...

The New Hot Money.(Periscope; What Goes Around)(government investment funds)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Barrett Sheridan Government investment funds, particularly in oil states, are the new giants of global finance. The biggest, from the United Arab Emirates, controls three quarters of a trillion dollars, which is why Westerners are...

The Digit.(Periscope)
November 12, 2007... The protectionist impulse grips America with increasing fervor. Members of the U.S. Congress have floated 45 antitrade or anti-China proposals in the last two sessions alone.

Perspectives.(Perspectives)(Quotation)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Quotation sources: New York Times, Financial Times, AP, Reuters (2), Financial Times "I don't get it. We're here. We're from Darfur. And we have guns, too." Muhammad Ibrahim Asirek, commander of a small Darfuri rebel group who...

Where Did AIDS Begin?(Periscope; Politics Of Disease)(Brief article)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Mary Carmichael Last week Haiti's Ambassador to Washington, Raymond Joseph, was flooded with irate phone calls about Michael Worobey, a biologist at the University of Arizona. Worobey just published a paper showing that HIV first...

A New World Order: MySpace Is Glam, Facebook Is Geek.(Technology)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Brian Braiker Fa Do you Facebook or MySpace? Increasingly, membership in one social network does not necessarily rule out the appeal of belonging to the other. Of course, each company wants you to visit their site more often...

Giving Drivers Enough Data To Avoid The Worst Traffic Jams.(The Technologist)
November 12, 2007... Byline: Jesse Ellison DRIVERS IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, spend an average of 60 hours a year stuck in traffic on their way to and from work. During these delays, they waste 40 gallons of gas per person and spew tons of carbon into the...

Mail Call: Making a Difference.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
November 19, 2007... Readers applauded the health initiatives and other philanthropic projects described in our cover story "Giving Globally: How to Heal the World." One wrote, "The question is, how can we tailor solutions that empower local communities and lessen...

Trapped On The Razor's Edge.(World Affairs)(Pakistan)
November 19, 2007... Pakistan's current woes are part of a long tradition, a legacy of instability that predates the nation's founding. This week brought more bad news from Pakistan, as the country's president, General Pervez Musharraf, ignored warnings from...

Sunshine In The DMZ.(World Affairs)(Sunshine Policy in the demilitarized zone)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Christian Caryl AND B. J. Lee The Koreas are building a series of economic megaprojects. Peace may be a small step closer. The notion that peace might break out between the Koreas suddenly looks less farfetched. The Bush...

Protesting The CEO Of Georgia.(World Affairs)(Mikheil Saakashvili)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Stefan Theil One reason Saakashvili is in trouble is his hyper-capitalist reform agenda. Since he was swept into power in the aftermath of Georgia's 2003 Rose Revolution, President Mikheil Saakashvili has had a job that few...

In The Driver's Seat.(Business)(Maserati)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Barbie Nadeau Not long ago Maserati was nearly bankrupt. Now it's growing fast while sales of the big three German luxury carmakers are falling. How'd that happen? If Maserati's sleek Quattroporte sports car looks vaguely...

THE YEAR THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING.(Special Report)(1968)(Cover story)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Christopher Dickey In Europe and the United States, the generation of 1968 had an idealistic core expressed in culture, politics and a distinct way of looking at the world. Its legacy lives on. In May 1968, students ripped up...

Eyes On The Past.(Special Report)(Cover story)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Mark Lilla; Lilla is Professor of Humanities at Columbia University Europe's '68ers are forever fighting yesterday's battles. When Germany was in the throes of what we now call "the '60s," conservative commentators coined an...

Branded For Success.(Fashion)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Dana Thomas American couturier James Galanos talks about how fashion has changed, and dressing Nancy Reagan. James Galanos has long been known as America's couturier. His relaxed yet elegant designs defined American fashion for...

The Threat Of Islamic Fascism.(Point of View)
November 19, 2007... In recent months, some world leaders have begun equating today's Iran with Hitler's Germany and suggesting that Tehran, like the Nazis, wants to annihilate the Jews. On Oct. 17, for example, President George W. Bush -- citing President Mahmoud...

The Oil King's Diplomat.(The Last Word)(Prince Saud al-Faisal of Saudi Arabia)(Interview)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Christopher Dickey This week Saudi Arabia hosts a summit of the Organization For The Petroleum Exporting Countries at a time when the cost of oil is soaring toward $100 a barrel, with tensions in Iraq and the Persian Gulf making...

When Mao Meets YouTube.(World View)(2008 Beijing Olympics)
November 19, 2007... You can always count on the Olympics for drama. Next summer's Games in Beijing will produce powerful stories and riveting television. But much of the action this time will occur outside the stadiums: in the streets, where Chinese police will...

Waning Days Of The Dollar.(Global Investor)
November 19, 2007... The U.S. dollar took another big hit last week, not only because of more news around subprime mortgage losses, but also thanks to comments from a Chinese official that the country has a "very clear plan" to diversify its currency reserves. Most...

Made Expressly In Modena.(The Good Life; Food)(balsamic vinegar from Modena, Italy)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Barbie Nadeau Any well-stocked kitchen is certain to have a bottle of balsamic vinegar straight from Modena, Italy. Or is it? If you bought it in a bottle bigger than a few milliliters, it's unlikely to be the real thing. Most of...

Hot Spot.(The Good Life)(Whampoa Club)(Restaurant review)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop WHAMPOA CLUB BEIJING A stunning conversion of a traditional Beijing courtyard house (siheyuan), this new outpost of the legendary spot on Shanghai's Bund gives "old China" a thoroughly contemporary...

4 HOURS IN ACCRA.(The Good Life)(hotels and restaurants)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Laura Brunts By day, Ghana's busy coastal capital offers colorful markets and luxurious beach resorts. By night, the city boasts some of the region's classiest clubs and a music scene that fuses African sounds with hip-hop beats....

Taking Your Favorite Shows On The Road.(The Good Life; Technology)(personal media players)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Cathy Lu Thanks to a new wave of handheld, video-friendly devices, it's never been easier to keep yourself (or the kids) entertained. If you plan to eye lots of video, consider a display of at least 7.5 centimeters. Expect to...

Getting Together For Water.(The Good Life; Nightlife)(Via Genova)(Claridge's Hotel)(Brief article)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Jenna Crombie Meeting for cocktails is so passe. The latest trend is schmoozing over fancy bottled water. At Claridge's Hotel in London, asking for a "bottle of the house" will likely result in a liter of water instead of wine; the...

Periscope.(Periscope)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova; Ginanne Brownell; Adam B. Kushner; Tony Dokoupil; Stryker McGuire; Christian Caryl An American Spinmeister Comes To London. Beware. Conspicuously absent from the U.S. 2008 presidential election...

Perspectives.(Perspectives)(Quotation)
November 19, 2007... "You can see this bubble coming out of their heads that says, 'He's gone crazy'." Former British prime minister Tony Blair on what happens when his friends wish him "good luck" at his new post as Middle East envoy for the United States,...

Giving Drivers Enough Data To Avoid The Worst Traffic Jams.(The Technologist; Technology)
November 19, 2007... Byline: Jesse Ellison Drivers in Atlanta, Georgia, spend an average of 60 hours a year stuck in traffic on their way to and from work. During these delays, they waste 40 gallons of gas per person and spew tons of carbon into the...