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...Chinese, who consider the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader to be a "splittist" who advocates independence for Tibet. Wen blamed the U.S. for the recent difficulties, specifically citing the Taiwan arms sale and the Dalai Lama meeting. "The responsibility for the serious disruption in U.S.-China ties does not lie with the Chinese side but with the U.S.," he said. (See pictures of China's infrastructure boom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Takes Aim at the U.S. on Currency Conflict | 3/15/2010 | See Source »

...other coal-rich spots such as Texas, where the coal is deeper underground and requires a different kind of mining to unearth. Coal companies say mountaintop mining is also cheaper than traditional mining: rather than burrowing under or digging through the "overburden" (the soil, trees and rock that lie on top of coal seams), which requires lots of manpower and expensive machinery, all you need to hit black gold in Appalachia are some explosives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In West Virginia, a Battle Over Mountaintop Mining | 3/12/2010 | See Source »

According to local lore, Portuguese travelers as far back as the late 19th century suspected that oil might lie beneath parts of East Africa after noticing a thick, greasy sediment wash up on the shores of Mozambique. More interested in finding cheap labor, though, the explorers had little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is East Africa the Next Frontier for Oil? | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

Although the study did not point to any mechanisms to explain this association, the researchers hypothesized that the cause could lie in both the women’s behavior and biology...

Author: By Helen X. Yang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Drinkers Gain Less Weight | 3/10/2010 | See Source »

...screen-time, and so naturally she gravitates towards the only other male character in the story. Oh, and in case it’s not abundantly obvious, all-American Tommy is not what he seems either. At one point, in a particularly egregious move, the film even has him lie to the audience in narration, just so they don’t catch on. Really...

Author: By Yair Rosenberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Good Guy | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

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