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...comment for this story, but Kellogg CEO David Mackay defends his firm's much maligned Froot Loops, noting that the cereal is a good source of vitamins A and C. And those 12 g of sugar? "Twelve grams of sugar is 50 calories," says Mackay. "A presweetened cereal as part of a regular diet for kids is not a bad thing." But it's hard to argue that it's a good thing either...
...planned visit by the Dalai Lama to the border town of Tawang, the site of a famous Tibetan Buddhist monastery - a move that China interpreted as a provocation. Beijing then objected to a visit by Manmohan Singh, the Indian Prime Minister, to Arunachal Pradesh, claiming it was part of Tibet, which belongs to China. Outraged that China presumed to tell an Indian leader not to go to territory legally recognized as India's, New Delhi then objected to a new power plant that China is building in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, territory that India claims. Almost no one expects this year...
Most of the time, the troops just busy themselves with field exercises in the local farms and orchards. But every so often, things heat up. This summer, China pressured the board of the Asian Development Bank to block a $2.9 billion loan to India, arguing that part of the money would go to a flood-control project in Arunachal Pradesh. The governor of the state, a retired army general named J.J. Singh, then announced that India would deploy 50,000 more troops up there, though he tells TIME the additional troops were planned well before any hint of tension...
...less glamorous, theater of conflict: infrastructure. It's telling that India has demanded that China cease work on the $2 billion Kohala power plant in Pakistani Kashmir. (The 62-year dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir is as sensitive for India as Tibet is for China.) The plant is part of a systematic effort by China to assert its presence on the rim of the subcontinent, where India has long been the acknowledged superpower. In both Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the Chinese are funding new ports. The Chinese Foreign Minister visited Nepal last December to launch construction of a new highway...
...Germans had better weaponry, and the weather was on their side: shortly after the landings, the Channel was scoured by its worst storm in 40 years, which slowed the Allied buildup. The terrain was also on their side: the towering Norman hedgerows, part of a topographical oddity known as the bocage, were so tall and thick, they could and literally did stop Sherman tanks. (Watch TIME's video "The Iconic Photo...