Newsweek International articles from September 2008

Newsweek International archives from September 2008

Mail Call: A Changed China?(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2008... Our June 30 report on how the quake changed China won mixed responses from readers. Two who were present in China then wrote, "Thank you for a well-researched article." But another said, "Your claims are naive, even offensive." A third...

The Scourge Of Somalia's Seas.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Jason McLure Washington's terror fixation has been a boon for the region's pirates--and is leading to another famine. The last radio message sent by the Stella Maris--a 54,000-metric-ton Japanese freighter plying the Gulf of...

Chinese and Proud of It.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Solenn Honorine Once a repressed minority, Southeast Asia's Chinese diaspora is feeling its roots. The spectacular "Water Cube"--the bubblelike Beijing Olympic swimming venue--has been praised for its architecture, but it...

To Be Free From America.
September 1, 2008... The consensus in Washington holds that a revanchist Russia must be stopped before it is too late. Even small wars can act as watersheds. The most recent one in the caucasus has marked the end of an era in which Moscow sought, with waning...

You Can Call Me 'Misha'.(Mikheil Saakashvili)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Anna Nemtsova How naivete and an erratic streak may have doomed Saakashvili. It would have been hard not to be charmed by Mikheil Saakashvili. Young, dynamic, Western-educated and -oriented, he was among the most intriguing...

The Rise of the Putin Doctrine.(Vladimir Putin)
September 1, 2008... As the West celebrated 'soft' power, Putin went back to 'hard' power, using gas to cow his neighbors. True, Georgia's Mikheil Saakashvili is not a very smart president. A pro would not have walked into the trap the Russians and their local...

Not A Safe Route.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Adam B. Kushner Oil and gas traveling through Georgia was supposed to free Europe from Russia. Not anymore. Russia's invasion of Georgia threatened a major transit corridor for oil and gas from the Caspian Sea, raising...

Forced Off The Fence.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Mary Hennock The conflict in Georgia threatens China's neutrality and could push it to take sides in a new cold war. No one likes to see a fight ruin their party. But that's what happened to China recently when its efforts to...

'The Cold War Is Long Over'.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Sergey Lavrov; Lavrov is Russia's foreign minister. This month Georgia's Saakashvili chose to achieve his political vision through violence. It has become fashionable to view Russia's involvement in South Ossetia through the...

A Leader Who Looms.(Business)(Thaksin Shinawatra)
September 1, 2008... Byline: George Wehrfritz; With Jaimie Seaton in BangkokWith in Bangkok The pundits laughed at Thaksin, but his economic populism is spreading in Asia, even as he leaves. In political terms, Thaksin Shinawatra is all but a spent force....

A Respectable Russia.(Cover Story: World Affairs; EUROPE)(Cover story)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Owen Matthews; With Anna Nemtsova In Crimea ***** Correction: Our Sept. 1 article "A Respectable Russia" incorrectly identified the capital of Kazakhstan. It is Astana, not Almaty. And the population figures on the accompanying...

You've Got Malice.(International Edition; WORLD AFFAIRS)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Travis Wentworth Russian nationalists waged a cyber war against Georgia. Fighting back is virtually impossible. On July 20, weeks before Russia stunned Georgia with a rapid invasion, the cyber attack was already under way....

Blowing Up The Energy Bubble.(Business)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Barrett Sheridan; With Duncan Hewitt in Shanghai Poor-country energy subsidies have inflated oil prices. Bringing them back to earth won't be easy. A Disneyland theme park and a Shanghai gas station don't normally have much in...

Turning Black To Cash.(Arts)(Masriadi: Black Is My Last Weapon)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop An Indonesian artist catches fire--the latest example of the booming market in Southeast Asia. Three years ago, paintings by the Indonesian artist I Nyoman Masriadi sold for about $10,000 to $15,000....

How Not To Punish Moscow.(World View)
September 1, 2008... Using economics as a weapon against Russia poses risks to the global economic system itself. It appears that Russia will have its way with Georgia and that the west is powerless to do anything about it. In the absence of a willingness to...

Painting Pol Pot.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop Cambodian artists of all ages depict the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge regime in vastly different ways. Cambodian artist Oeur Sokuntevy, 25, was born after the atrocities of Pol Pot's regime. So when she...

Shades Of Shanghai On The Nile.
September 1, 2008... The influx of private capital raises the question of whether Africa is on the verge of a China-style breakout phase. As the Olympic glow fades in China, it is time to shift our attention to Africa, which some analysts are talking up as the...

Dining: Field of Gourmet Dreams.(Outstanding in the Field )(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Kristin Luna Picnics can be haute. Since 1999, a small Santa Cruz, California-based organization called Outstanding in the Field has created a traveling "restaurant without walls," roving the United States hosting dining events on...

Hot Spot: Kempinski Ishtar Dead Sea Resort, Jordan.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Ginanne Brownell The Kempinski Ishtar Dead Sea Resort is an oasis set against the dry Jordanian landscape, and one of the most luxurious places in the region. Atmosphere: After being greeted with sweet iced tea and moist...

4 Hours in Houston.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Paige Hansen Houston? No problem. With thriving arts and sports scenes this metropolis is slicker than the average oil town. ADMIRE the outdoor display of giant busts of American presidents at the SculpturWorx Studio (2500...

The Maximalist.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Zach Kussin For the outdoorsman who has everything, silversmith Adrian Pallarol has come up with the Leatherman Charge Dorado pocketknife. It sports a wide array of tools and knives inside its golden arms, and is engraved with...

Eyewear: Seeing Is Believing.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Zachary Kussin Just when you thought the personalization trend in fashion couldn't go any further, bespoke eyewear craftsmen are coming up with glasses made to fit clients' distinctive facial features, proportions and skin...

Fashion: Menswear: Comme Des Femmes.(Buyers guide)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Sameer Reddy Menswear is typically about sober suits, structured tailoring and starched shirts. But this season and next, designers are showing a softer side. Y-3 by Yohji Yamamoto, a line distinguished by its high-tech...

Perspectives.(Perspectives; DEPARTMENTS)(Quotation)
September 1, 2008... "I've never felt like a bigger fraud in all my life." BBC correspondent and 2004 Olympic bronze medalist Steve Perry, on being mobbed by a Beijing crowd that mistook him for swimmer and Olympic gold-medal wunderkind Michael Phelps "I...

He's Chased Al Qaeda From Baghdad. Next: Kandahar.(David Petraeus )
September 1, 2008... Byline: Rod Nordland Gen. David Petraeus has no intention of doing a victory lap on his way out of Iraq. As he heads off next month to take over the U.S. military's Central Command, in charge of Afghanistan as well as Iraq, he leaves a...

Cameron Steps Up.(David Cameron )(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Kate Dailey With Gordon Brown's poll numbers suffering, British opposition leader David Cameron is starting to act like prime-minister material. Even though elections may be two years off, Labour M.P.s are complaining that...

The Legacy Of Beijing.(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Melinda Liu By now, it's clear that both Chinese and visitors alike reveled in the 2008 Games, even many skeptics. The merry national atmosphere is quite different from the mood before Aug. 8, when officials worried about polluted...

By the Numbers.(Periscope; DEPARTMENTS)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Chinese Consumer Spending Growth China is heading for another global milestone. This year, the increase in China's consumer spending is expected to outpace growth in the U.S., the Eurozone and Japan combined, in both percentage terms and...

Artists Abroad For Obama.(Barack Obama)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Elisa Mala Even though they can't cast votes in November, artists around the globe are cranking out tunes in homage to the Democratic presidential candidate. Latin-Grammy-nominated Don Omar transformed Obama's surname into the...

Is Healthy Air Bad?(Periscope; PLANET EARTH)(Brief article)
September 1, 2008... Byline: Jamie Reno Dissidents aren't the only ones being forced off Beijing's streets during the Olympics. The Chinese government has also pushed drivers off the roads--about 3.5 million of them--and shuttered hundreds of factories, steel...

Sniffing Bombs With Mobiles.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Benjamin Sutherland Cell phones could help locate dirty bombs or nuclear weapons by 'triangulating' the source of radiation as mobile owners go by. What do bananas, smoke alarms, toilets and large granite buildings have in...

Mail Call: Globally Green.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
September 8, 2008... Readers of our July 7/July 14 issue on green nations praised our coverage. "A veritable page turner," cheered one. Another agreed: "I read it with great enthusiasm." A third "appreciated the detailed information," smartly questioned France's...

'He Goes Or The Party Dies'.(World Affairs)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Stryker Mcguire A rebellion is brewing in Britain's Labour Party, led by Blair loyalists keen to avenge their old boss. Talk about gallows humor. One Thursday morning in July, a small group of M.P.s trooped into 10 Downing...

The Power Of Cuddly.(Conservation)(decline in the population of puffins and other birds in Europe)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Christopher Werth The North Sea puffin, much beloved by the British public, may be the most visible victim of our sick oceans. Is it cute enough to inspire a rescue effort? Mike Harris describes himself as one of those "sad...

A New Model Army.(World Affairs)(Russia builds new army)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Owen Matthews; With John Barry in Washington and Anna Nemtsova in Gori With in Washington and in Gori Russia's military may be no match for NATO's. But it doesn't have to be. The Russian army on the March is a terrifying...

The Price Of Survival.(World Affairs)(new poverty line in Asia reveals more remain poor)
September 8, 2008... Byline: George Wehrfritz Two efforts to redraw the poverty line in Asia find that millions more are barely getting by. It's hard to imagine a balance sheet where the accounting matters more. In Asia, despite an ongoing boom, hundreds...

Why Kosovo Wasn't Worth It.(Point of View)(hurdles to Kosovo's development as a country)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Ruth Wedgwood; Wedgwood is a professor of international law and diplomacy at Johns Hopkins University. Russia warned that Kosovo's independence would create a dangerous precedent. Georgia shows how it did. In February, with...

How To Squeeze The Bear.(Point of View)(sanctions that the US, EU and Japan should impose on Russia for its attack on Georgia)
September 8, 2008... Empty words from the West encourage the Kremlin. But there are ways to push Russia in the right direction. The escalating but empty rhetoric out of Washington and Brussels only encourages the Kremlin to ignore Western threats over the...

Snapshots Of Islam.(Arts)(The Modern Arab World exhibit to be held in Greece)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Iason Athanasiadis An Athens museum seeks to promote understanding of the modern Arab world. A veiled woman passes in front of an illuminated McDonald's sign in Kuwait City. Overweight boys in djellabas drive race-car...

Scaling New Heights.(Architecture)(Minoru Mori on the impact of the Shanghai Financial Center tower on Sino-Japanese relations)(Interview)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Duncan Hewitt Developer Minoru Mori discusses his new tower in Shanghai and its impact on Sino-Japanese relations. The 101-story, 492-meter-high Shanghai World Financial Center finally opened its doors last week, becoming the...

Richard Danzig: How Obama Would Handle Putin.(The Last Word)(Richard Danzig on Barack Obama's policy on Russia)(Interview)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Adam B. Kushner The Russians isolate themselves from the world and suffer. Making the rhetoric inflammatory is not helpful. At the Democratic presidential nominating convention in Denver last week, Richard Danzig, a top...

What Happened In Europe?(Global Investor)(oil prices and euro exchange rate impact Europe's economic growth)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Holger Schmieding; Schmieding is chief economist for Europe at Bank of America in London The eurozone has been hit by two shocks: the surge in oil prices, and the rise in the exchange rate of the euro. After a flying start into...

Hunting: Start Grousing.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Ginanne Brownell Britain's grouse-hunting season may kick off on the "Glorious Twelfth" of August, but the best time to traipse the moors and Highlands in pursuit of the wild birds is from mid-September to mid-October. The British...

Hot Spot: Varq at the Taj Mahal Hotel, New Delhi.(The Good Life)(Restaurant review)(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Jason Overdorf In a drive to remain top table in New Delhi's fast-growing fine-dining scene, in August the Taj Mahal Hotel opened its second new restaurant in as many months. This flashy Indian eatery is already attracting the...

4 Hours In the Bronx.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Elisa Mala The only New York borough not situated on an island boasts some of the city's most colorful and entertaining attractions. And it's an easy subway ride from midtown's hotels. Ride the Skyfari at the Bronx Zoo, a cable...

Fashion: An Unusual Platform For Shoes.(The Good Life)(evaluation of Louis Vuitton's Powder shoe)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop Last season, heels on women's shoes took on innovative shapes, including chain links, flowers and spheres. Now shoe designers are giving wedges and platforms the makeover treatment. Towering at 10...

Travel: Keeping Records On The Road.(The Good Life)(travel books)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Elisa Mala Those accustomed to traveling in high style should record their exploits in the same fashion. For the private-jet set, Mrs. John L. Strong's Voyager Diary lists gratuity guidelines for 16 countries, concierge services...

Perspectives.(Perspectives; DEPARTMENTS)(quotations from known personalities)(Quotation)
September 8, 2008... "I had always thought of her as ageless, timeless and 100 percent cast-iron damage-proof." Carol Thatcher, daughter of the former British P.M. Margaret Thatcher, writing in an upcoming memoir on her formidable mother's struggles with...

As Food Becomes The New Oil, Russia Plans To Seize Control.(Periscope; COMMAND CAPITALISM)(Russia moves to take advantage of food crisis)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Owen Matthews With food prices rising and riots shaking regimes from Haiti to Egypt, a backlash is growing against global free markets. Governments from Moscow to Buenos Aires are moving to regulate grain prices, supplies and...

Back After Bad Beef.(Periscope; COMEBACK KID)(Lee Myung-bak's approval ratings increase)(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: B. J. Lee The spasm of national fear that threatened to cripple South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is gone. Lee's decision to allow U.S. beef imports had set off violent protests in Seoul, fed by TV reports hyping the risk of...

Too Small To Be A Nation.(Periscope; SEPARATIST REGIONS)(questions on South Ossetia's international recognition as an autonomous state)(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Travis Wentworth Russia's support for tiny South Ossetia's independence raises a befuddling legal question: can a state be too marginal to be recognized? If granted autonomy, South Ossetia would rank as the world's 11th smallest...

Departments.(Periscope)(opium trade slows down in Afghanistan)(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... The United Nations' annual report on Afghanistan's poppy cultivation shows that the opium flood that has gripped the country since 2001 may be slowly starting to wane. 18 Number of Afghan provinces that are now poppy-free, up from 13 in...

Of Salads And Sludge.(Periscope; URBAN AGRICULTURE)(waste water being used in urban agriculture)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Mac Margolis You may want to hold your nose for this one. A new study reveals where water goes when you flush the loo--basically, in your salad. In a survey of 53 countries, the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) found...

Out Of The Chaos Of Difference, Harmony.(Periscope; THE VISUAL ARTS)(UN hosts exhibitions of Sri Chinmoy's paintings)(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Katie Baker; Katie Baker With military scuffles breaking out from the Caucuses to the Philippines, it's hard not to be cynical when the U.N. hosts an exhibit entitled "Paintings for World Harmony." But in this case, the artist...

Sex And The Single Girl.(Periscope; FAST CHAT)(Anne Rophie on Internet dating)(Interview)(Brief article)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Katie Baker In her new memoir "Epilogue," author Anne Roiphe chronicles her sudden widowhood and attempts, at age 72, to date again in the Internet era. She spoke with NEWSWEEK's Katie Baker. Have e-mail and the Web made things...

Watching the Watchers.(The Technologist)
September 8, 2008... Byline: Christopher Werth Right under Big Brother's nose, artist-hackers are using surveillance images for their own purposes. Britain, somewhat proudly, has been crowned the most watched society in the world. The country boasts 4.2...

Mail Call: America's Battles.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
September 15, 2008... Readers of our July 21 cover story on America's conflicts had mixed reactions. One said, "Fareed Zakaria fails to distinguish between real wars and the War on Terror." But another advised, "Stick to the Pakistani border, where terrorists hide."...

The 10 Big Myths Of Russia, Its Leader, And Its New Power.(World Affairs)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Denis Macshane; MacShane Is Labour M.P. For Rotherham And A Former Europe Minister. Far from being a mystery and an enigma--to use Churchill's language--today's Russia now stands revealed as a bully, wrapped in nationalism and...

The Rude Awakening.(World Affairs; EUROPE)(European Union's weak resolution on the Russian-Georgian conflict)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Stefan Theil EU leaders believed Russia's economic development would make it more European. Not anymore. The criticism of the European Union's weakly worded resolution on the Russian-Georgian conflict--warning Russia to...

Georgian Army, American Made.(World Affairs)(Vladimir Putin says America provoked Russia-Georgia conflict)
September 15, 2008... Byline: John Barry; With Owen Matthews In Tbilisi U.S. officials tried to build a force that could not stand up to Russia, but now they may have to. In the aftermath of Russia's swift victory over the Georgian Army, Prime Minister...

Dreams Of Independence.(Point of View)(dangers of Kashmiri secession)
September 15, 2008... Secession is a worrisome precedent in international politics. In Kashmir, it would worsen the violence. The trigger seemed benign enough. In July, the state government in Jammu and Kashmir tried to transfer land that it owned to the Shri...

Sharp-Elbowed Cities.(World Affairs)(Asia and Europe overtake US in commerce hub creation)
September 15, 2008... Why Europe and Asia are overtaking America in the race to create new hubs of world commerce. The network of major global cities--seats of commerce and finance--has been expanding dramatically. Back in the 1980s when globalization took off,...

All Politics Isn't Local.(World Affairs)(mounting protest against Thai prime minister Samak Sundaravej)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Jaimie Seaton AND GEORGE Wehrfritz The real enemy of demonstrators threatening to shut down the country is globalization. Among the thousands of protesters who have occupied Thai government offices in Bangkok since Aug. 26 is...

Get Your Green Motor Running.(Cover Story: Business; Business)(Cover story)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Christian Caryl And Akiko Kashiwagi Japan's automakers are zooming ahead in the eco-car race. Their lead may turbocharge their country. Honda's new FCX clarity feels like a perfectly ordinary car--which may well be the most...

Playing Russian Roulette In Kiev.(World View)(Viktor Yushchenko vows to link with West against Russia)
September 15, 2008... The unpopular Yushchenko is promising to link Ukraine with the West, against Russia. Four years ago, in the wake of the orange revolution, Ukraine captured the world's attention. The jubilation has long died down, to be replaced by...

'We Want To Believe'.(World Affairs)(Bernard Kouchner)(Interview)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Tracy Mcnicoll Bernard Kouchner on France's efforts to unite Europe, without quite confronting Russia. French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner was on the ground in Tbilisi less than 72 hours after the Russo-Georgian war began...

A Literary Life.(Arts)(Doris Lessing)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Amber Haq In what she says will be her last book, Nobel Prize winner Doris Lessing revisits her childhood family. The conflicts between mothers and daughters have long interested Doris Lessing. Growing up on a farm in colonial...

Land Of Big Science.(Cover Story: Society; Society)(Cover story)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Fred Guterl, William Underhill AND Sarah Garland The Large Hadron Collider is a symptom of America's decline in particle physics and, some fear, in science overall. The eyes of the world are on Geneva, where scientists are...

What We'll Find Inside The Atom.(Cover Story: Science; Science)(history and development of particle accelerators)(Cover story)
September 15, 2008... The telescope that Galileo built in the late 1500s had the magnifying power of a pair of inexpensive binoculars available in any Wal-Mart, but it was enough to open up a new world. With this simple instrument, Galileo could see that Jupiter has...

Leading Up To The Grand Experiment.(Cover Story: Science; Science)(Cover story)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... 1609, Galileo Improving on earlier telescope designs, Galileo discovers Jupiter's four largest moons and sunspots, helping overturn the Earthcentric view of the universe. 1687, Gravity Sir Isaac Newton publishes his theory of...

Forecasting The Fate Of Mysteries.(Voices)(forecasts on particle collission)
September 15, 2008... Top physicist forecasts from Hawking, Greene and more. Our modern answer to the Pyramids Frank Wilczek, MIT, Nobel laureate (2004) As a project, it's magnificent--i like to say it's our civilization's answer to the Pyramids of...

Randy Scheunemann: How Mccain Sees The World.(The Last Word)(Interview)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Adam B. Kushner McCain recognizes there are certain people in the world whom you can't use any word other than evil to describe. GOP presidential hopeful John Mccain's top foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann has a history...

Finding Salvation In Hard Work.(Turning Points)(a mother's experience with losing a child)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Nicola Horlick; Horlick Is Ceo Of Bramdean Asset Management Llp. Nothing can prepare you for losing a child. But focusing on work and family can help you survive. My oldest daughter, Georgie, got leukemia when she was 2. It had...

Characters Make The Brand.(Top Shelf)(Chanel artistic director Jacque Helleu's role in the company's branding success)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Nick Foulkes Without character to animate them, the objects for which so many people long would be just that: objects. I have just spent a pleasurable half hour flicking through a large, lavishly illustrated book called "Jacque...

The Summer Of Our Discontent.(Global Investor)(US learns from Japan's experience in stock market decline)
September 15, 2008... Bernanke told the Japanese to boost liquidity, even if it meant dropping money from helicopters. The bear market in stocks around the world continues and is more than a year old. Declines of 20 percent from the peaks are child's play, with...

Lodging: Reason To Stay.(The Good Life)(Farnborough Airport)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Tiffanie Wen A night in an airport hotel is usually about as comfortable as hunkering down in a plastic chair in the departures terminal. But several airports have created first-class havens that are destinations in their own...

Hot Spot: Jamie's Italian, Oxford.(The Good Life)(Jamie Oliver)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Byline: William Underhill Britain's best-loved celebrity chef, Jamie Oliver, recently opened his first restaurant outside London. The champion of high-quality cooking for all drew acclaim from the critics and lengthy queues of would-be...

4 Hours In: Ho Chi Minh City.(The Good Life)(tourist destinations and facilities in Vietnam)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Lauren Mack A city in turmoil during the Vietnam War, Saigon, as the locals still call it, is now a lively metropolis packed with temples, grand boulevards, cozy cafes and scooters. Visit the War Remnants Museum to see photos...

The Maximalist.(The Good Life)(crocodile skin coat from Veronique Nichanian)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Jaime Cunningham Menswear has a special edge this fall, thanks to the season's most extravagant fashion essential, which goes beyond the classic coat. Now men can strut around town in a peacoat made entirely of crocodile skin....

Beauty: The New Weight Of Scent.(The Good Life)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Elisa Mala Even the most pungent scent eventually fades into the ether, which may be why fragrances are becoming heavier--literally. Resembling lip balm, solid perfumes are long-lasting and portable. Marc Jacobs's eponymous...

Food: Take It With A Grain Of Haute Salt.(The Good Life)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Tiffanie Wen Didi Davis, founder and president of Salt Traders, knows seasoning. Her outfit sells specialty salts harvested directly from the sea, without additives or chemical processing. They retain their trace mineral content,...

Periscope.(Perspectives; Departments)(Quotation)
September 15, 2008... "She'll remember us." Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, reputedly speaking of an "escaped" tiger that the politician helped shoot and tranquilize during a national-park tour. Many have criticized the event as a stunt to demonstrate...

Why Japan's Rulers Still Can't Deal With A Loyal Opposition.(Periscope; Limited Democracy)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Christian Caryl Right up until the last minute, virtually no one in Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's entourage--not his ministers, not his private secretary, not even his wife--knew that he was about to resign. Some...

Pakistan On The Radar.(Periscope; Bailout Watch)(Brief article)
September 15, 2008... Byline: Rana Foroohar Earlier this year, the international Monetary Fund seemed on track to permanent downsizing, as emerging-market growth had left it without a client base of economically poor nations. But that may be changing. A recent...