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For the past decade and a half, the frantic pace of urbanization has been the transformative engine driving this country's economy, as some 300-400 million people from dirt-poor farming regions made their way to relative prosperity in cities. Within the contours of that great migration, however, there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Short March | 2/14/2008 | See Source »

You poked fun at McCain’s experiences in the Vietnam War (“couldn’t we pick a POW who doesn’t want to shut down Guantanamo?”) and quipped that the Arizona senator is running for President because he wants...

Author: By Jan Zilinsky | Title: An Open Letter to Ann Coulter | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

Last Saturday, the Turkish Parliament voted to overturn a long-standing ban on Islamic headscarves in universities—a ban that has long protected the secularism of the classroom from the growing influence of religious conservatives. Tens of thousands protested the repeal, arguing that a repeal on the ban...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: The Secular and the Sacred | 2/13/2008 | See Source »

Needless to say, those numbers traders seem to play with on their many computer screens every day from dawn to dusk are hard to conceive of as tangible funds. In his overwhelming desire to achieve upward social mobility, Kerviel forgot that it was real money – and that...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: When It Hits the Fan | 2/12/2008 | See Source »

As he raged, he looked dramatically different from the enigmatic figure who inspired many East Timorese in 2006. In the days following his revolt, from a dilapidated mountain pousada at Maubisse, he successfully directed the battle to control the outskirts of Dili via mobile phone, all the while calmly strolling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Last Meeting with East Timor's Rebel Leader | 2/12/2008 | See Source »

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