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...behind Russia and Iran and, with a population of just 1.5 million, has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world. That wealth has allowed Qatar's rulers to chart a pragmatic and flexible foreign policy that has them making friendly with Iran and Syria while hosting American military forces. Now the country wants to become a regional cultural and media hub. Last year Qatar hosted a version of the Tribeca Film Festival, while private investors put together a $200 million fund to jump-start the local film industry. While there have been some cutbacks on salaries...
...American Psychiatric Association has proposed the first revision of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders since 1994. Draft changes to the manual--considered by many to be the bible of modern psychiatry--include broadening the spectrums of eating disorders and autism. Though the updates may help make diagnoses more accurate, critics say they could also lead to overdiagnosis of some illnesses...
...prevent erosion; it has since run roughshod over 10 million acres (4 million hectares) in the Southeast. Beginning with the Plant Quarantine Act of 1912, the U.S. has implemented a series of laws to strengthen its eco-defenses, many seeking to prevent dangerous wild things from reaching American soil (a more realistic goal than controlling them once they arrive). Worldwide, invasive species cause an estimated $1.5 trillion in damage every year, nearly 5% of global GDP. Lake Michigan could be next...
...introduced his most famous character, the wisecracking, God-fearing granny Mabel (Madea) Simmons - played by Perry in a plus-size print dress and silver wig. Since then he's turned out a steady stream of plays (on which his films are based) that tour the country, playing to African-American audiences on a modern-day version of the "chitlin' circuit," the segregation-era venues for black theater and vaudeville...
...some potential benefits to the United States should Iran build a bomb ... The initial shock of a nuclear Iran would soon be followed by a new regional dynamic strikingly like that of cold-war Europe ... Iran may think its enrichment plans will put fear into the hearts of Americans. In fact, it should give us hopes of a renaissance of American influence in the Middle East...