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...Thailand's political deadlock is often posited as a battle between urban and rural, rich and poor. Certainly elements of these divisions infect the body politic. But the strife is also the result of a clash between two sets of political élites that have failed to find common ground. Pitched against Abhisit, the scion of an old Thai-Chinese family with connections to the country's royalty, is Thaksin, who is everything the current PM is not: a brash, populist, new-money billionaire who was sentenced in absentia to two years in jail on a conflict-of-interest conviction...
...fundamental challenge the Kyoto Protocol has failed to overcome is the divide between rich and poor nations. At present, 60% of all carbon emissions come from rich industrial nations that house only 20% of the world's population but use most of the world's resources. Developing nations, home to 80% of the world's population, are responsible for just 40% of all emissions. (See the top 10 green ideas...
Flyby’s reason to drop: This wasn’t your fault, poor Reader. The syllabus originally only listed two 4-6 page papers under coursework. But now (gasp!) Professor Jeyifo takes attendance, requires weekly web postings, and gives biweekly quizzes. It’s time to "Do the Right Thing" and drop this course. More ideas after the jump...
...right" instead of right-wing or left-wing. By eschewing the ideological polarization that has paralyzed Latin America for centuries, he's helped forge one of the more successful examples of how developing nations can expand their underachieving economies while finally narrowing their often epic gaps between rich and poor. It has nurtured top-flight industrial giants like regional jet-maker Embraer, and 52% of its people are now in the middle class. And it is taking tentative but ever surer steps at asserting itself on the diplomatic front in global as well as hemispheric affairs. (Read about Brazil...
...replace Rachel. The sinful April wins the club over by corrupting them, and Emma confronts Will about the compromises he’s making. Is Emma right, or is she just jealous of Will’s “first crush”? (Emma’s poor luck in love keeps getting more and more hilarious. The episode implies that she once had an “online flirtation” with Andrew Cunanan.) Meanwhile, Rachel’s prospects are limited to future YDN-reporter Jacob who just wants to see her “over...