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...embrace reform and trade his nuclear-weapons program for economic aid. On a rare visit to China in January, Kim spent hours inspecting malls and factories, suggesting that he may be contemplating the type of reforms that have transformed China into an economic powerhouse. "I very much doubt he would have done that unless he'd felt under pressure," says Asher. "Maybe he's realized the old game is up." Then again, Kim may also have realized that counterfeiting cigarettes is way too profitable a habit to kick...
...governments and their taxpayers have increasingly been asking: Is there still a role for the alliance established in 1949 as a counterbalance to the Soviet bloc? Watching the International Security Assistance Force (isaf) on the ground in the north and west of Afghanistan, under Nato command, there seems no doubt that the alliance has rediscovered a sense of purpose. The isaf, mandated by the United Nations to help the Afghan government improve security, has already taken over this duty in some of the most fractious parts of the country from the U.S.-led liberation forces, Operation Enduring Freedom...
...chance," says Yiannis Aletras, an Athens-based lawyer who has represented Thierry Roussel. "Who's to say her grandfather, however shrewd a businessman, would not have given her that chance at the foundation - even as an honorary member?" Those old enough to remember the pugnacious and unsentimental tycoon may doubt that's true. Yet if his granddaughter has inherited even a touch of his spirit, she won't be giving up her fight anytime soon...
...company Unocal last year. And even though India has a pool of technology talent, it scores poorly for the quality of its education in general. Concludes Harvard's Professor Porter: "Both will be good value over the next two to three years, but it is still very much in doubt that they will become advanced economies." To achieve that exalted status will take more than flying Indian chefs into Swiss alpine resorts...
...might expect a future Benedict encyclical to address emerging questions in the field of bioethics, a topic he's raised several times in public remarks since his election last April. The old caricature of the "panzer cardinal" may indeed be fading, but the Pope's opponents will no doubt have their chances to rejoin the doctrinal battles anew...