Word: globalization
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...think Hyundai has gotten a lot of mileage out of the warranty. I consistently prefer the Kia models, but the Hyundai warranty is hard to resist," says Rebecca Lindland of IHS Global Insight. Another telltale sign of the growing popularity of the South Korean brands: Internet screen views of Kia products have increased 283% year over year, the largest of any mainstream brand, according to a study by AutoTrader.com. Views of Hyundai vehicles also increased substantially. (See pictures of the best-selling cars in China...
...office of a pricey plastic surgeon in order to tell a more human side of the energy story. TIME talked to Little about how fossil fuels saturate our lives and why taking personal responsibility is the key to pulling out of this mess. (See video from the American Governors' Global Climate Summit...
Think of it as Tiger Beat's global-politics edition. Why get bogged down in a discussion about international diplomacy when you can stick to what you know...
...transformation, says militancy expert Rana. "They developed a nexus with foreign militants there. In many major attacks, LeJ was involved, including the killing of 11 French engineers in Karachi and the bombing of a church in Islamabad in 2002. Sectarianism remains their priority, but they also have a global jihadist agenda." Last year, the group and its al-Qaeda handlers blew up the Islamabad Marriott, killing over 53 people...
...billed as a nongovernmental event, David Bandurski of Hong Kong University's China Media Project noted on the project's website that Li was formerly the deputy chief of the CCP's propaganda department. The summit, Bandurski wrote, is "a naked ploy by the CCP to enhance China's global influence over media agendas," and the foreign media representatives "an audience at court...