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Mugabe looms large in Africa not just because he is its most notorious current tyrant. The 84-year-old is also the last of Africa's great liberation leaders - a line that began with Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, the first sub-Saharan African to win independence for his nation in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robert Mugabe: The Last of the Dinosaurs | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

The same could be said of the $63 million push by the European Commission (E.C.) to develop so-called smart fabrics and interactive textiles. Though the technology was pioneered in the U.S., the Europeans have taken the reins in a bid to revitalize their traditional-textile industry, which has been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smarter Clothes | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

The challenge is a familiar one to universities throughout Europe. Low investment means institutions across the European Union pocket an average of $16,000 a year less per student than their U.S. rivals, according to a 2006 report by the European Commission. Lower revenues mean lower spending, and the result...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain's Universities: Funding Excellence | 7/2/2008 | See Source »

The question now is what can it do now that it's joining up even more international workers. The power to negotiate individual bargaining contracts will remain with USW and Unite, mainly because of differing national and internal laws and regulations. But Gerard says there's a host of issues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Labor Goes Global | 7/1/2008 | See Source »

In 1971, Congress passed the Federal Election Campaign Act, which required candidates to report expenses and contributions, and the Revenue Act, which set up a Presidential Election Campaign Fund, financed by an optional checkoff box on income tax returns that diverted $1 (since raised to $3) from the U.S. Treasury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Financing: A Brief History | 6/30/2008 | See Source »

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