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Globalpost correspondent Jason Overdorf says there is a new concept in the Indian soft drink market: a cow urine-based beverage touted as the elixir of choice for Hindu nationalists. The […]
Claiming a truly green stimulus package would save the US economy $450 million for every $1 billion spent, the World Resources Institute and the Peterson Institute for International Economics released […]
The Irish government today confirmed that it will be cutting special teacher support for children with mild learning disabilities in 119 schools nationwide. This announcement comes on the same day […]
Everyone knows that they're supposed to be adapting to a newly lean recession budget, but once you've nixed pedicures, Starbucks and the occasional taxi, you may start to feel a […]
Sirius-XM appears poised on the brink of bankruptcy this morning, which should come as a surprise to no one and will present an opportunity for some.  The economics of the […]
Marking a coup for digital journalism, those wily upstarts at the Huffington Post got a not-bad seat Obama's first White House press conference. HuffPo's question, delivered by one Sam Stein, […]
Newsweek tracked Republican chatter recently over how President Obama's stimulus bill could push the United States further down the slippery slope toward socialism. Despite a rather loose use of the […]
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We must empower the preexisting international institutions and make them more effective, says C. Raj Kumar.
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According to C. Raj Kumar, it is important is to recognize that there are many aspects of human rights with which the Chinese have made great progress.