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...Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.) But the U.S. President's scheduled joint appearance with ASEAN leaders is about more than childhood sentimentality. For decades, the U.S. held a comfortable position as ASEAN's third-largest trading partner. No more. China displaced America last year. Even with persuasion from the popular U.S. President, it will be hard to convince Southeast Asians that their futures are more tied to a giant across the Pacific than one closer to home. (See pictures of how Indonesia thrived under the dictator Suharto...
...Israel-born Sruli Recht to open a store on the outskirts of Reykjavik in a neighborhood locals call the fishpacking district. Just two months old, the 135-sq-m boutique cum design studio sells wallets made out of discarded Nile perch skin and Minke whale - commercial whaling is both popular and legal here - and floor-length sweaters. "Everyone was looking at what happened here as a catastrophe, but I see it as an opportunity," says Recht as he toys with a mannequin wrapped in mounds of black knitted Icelandic wool. A gust of wind from the nearby rocky shore taps...
...popular and rhetorical success has not yet been matched by resolution of the United States' foreign policy challenges, not only in Pakistan, Afghanistan and North Korea, but also among allies. Several Asian nations, most particularly South Korea, have waited anxiously for word that Obama intends to prioritize finalizing a new free trade agreement, something the White House has begun to signal this week. China, meanwhile, has expressed growing concern about the U.S. trade policy and the spiraling U.S. national debt, which endangers the value of China's vast investment in U.S. currency...
...after being expelled from school, in the hopes that he may spend more time with his godfather, Quentin (Nighy), Radio Rock’s nutty station manager. The ship’s eclectic personalities—including The Count (Hoffman) and Dr. Dave (Nick Frost)—have popular consensus on their side, but the boat is under legislative siege from the government. Their fiercest opponent is Minister Alistair Dormandy (Branagh), who is committed to shutting down “the drug takers and the lawbreakers and the bottom-bashing fornicators of this recently great country...
...Attention Deficit” is a refreshingly eclectic album that will immediately grab your attention and hold it as Wale (pronounced Wal-ay) takes you into his personal world of DMV hip-hop. After self-releasing a series of mix-tapes that were popular in the D.C. area over the past couple years, “Attention Deficit” is Wale’s first album with a major label. Nine of the 14 tracks feature at least one guest artist and this collaboration allows Wale to showcase his diverse talents and musical interests. But Wale?...