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...prefer to stay on the right side of the law," it sounded like the makings of an A-list mama brawl. But Jolie, whose adopted children Maddox, 5, and Zahara, 2, are from Cambodia and Ethiopia, later issued a statement saying her words had been taken out of context: "I feel we must encourage everyone to be supportive so that every child can adjust nicely to their new home." Offer up Brad to baby sit, Angie, and this whole thing may just blow over...
...spends 3.9% of its GDP on defense, and the U.S. economy is more than five times as big as China's.) China's most recent defense white paper, published last month, showed a 15% rise in military spending in the past year. Place such an increase in the context of Taiwan policy and you can start to feel queasy. The island has been governed independently since the defeated forces of Chiang Kai-shek retreated there in 1949. Beijing wants to see the island reunited with the mainland one day. The U.S., although it has a one-China policy...
This issue contains some new sections and departments that reflect our determination to bring you a regular roster of voices and experts on the most vital ideas and subjects under the sun. We are inaugurating a regular history section, which will put today's news in the context of relevant historical events. Our first section was penned by the great modern historian and Harvard University professor Niall Ferguson, who shows how an act of terrorism in 1914 sparked a worldwide fiscal crisis, and wonders whether history could repeat itself...
...Does this occur in the religious context...
...What about in the sports context...