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The two Singapore casinos, to be sure, have significant long-term advantages. Unlike the crowded gaming markets of Macau and Las Vegas, they will be operating as a duopoly with no immediate fear of further competition. The gambling tax rates will be significantly lower in Singapore than they are in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: With Casinos Set to Open, Singapore Rolls The Dice | 2/13/2010 | See Source »

With every Winter Olympics, fans eat up the weird stories about the athletes from warm-weather countries that would seem to have no business participating in their chosen sports. And although the Jamaican bobsledders failed to qualify for the Olympics this time, the Vancouver Games offer plenty of intriguing tales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is a German Prince Skiing For Mexico? | 2/13/2010 | See Source »

Sure, these stories are charming. Too often, however, the connection between the athletes and the countries they represent is tenuous at best. Though athletes are required to be citizens of the countries they're competing for, that definition of "citizen" varies widely from one country to the next. It's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Is a German Prince Skiing For Mexico? | 2/13/2010 | See Source »

Swiss voters will go to the polls March 7 to decide whether each of the country's 26 cantons (similar to states) should be obligated to appoint a special attorney to represent pets and farm animals in court in cases of alleged abuse. The initiative is just one of many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lawyers for Animals? Up for a Vote in Switzerland | 2/12/2010 | See Source »

Polls showed that a majority of people initially supported having the discussion about national identity. But those numbers quickly reversed themselves as media commentators attacked the debates for stigmatizing foreigners and their children and as conservative politicians participating in the town hall meetings made what many considered to be racist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why France's National Identity Debate Backfired | 2/12/2010 | See Source »

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