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...Niger and the WFP warned of impending disaster late last year, but serious quantities of Western aid started flowing only over the past couple of weeks, in response to media reports on the country's starving children. Niger's President, Mamadou Tandja, has been unwilling to acknowledge the full scope of the crisis, saying that "the people of Niger look well fed, as you can see." Some aid experts blame International Monetary Fund prescriptions, like the suggestion that Niger scrap its emergency food stockpile...
...based on documents smuggled out of Iran and dozens of interviews with U.S., British and Iraqi intelligence officials, as well as an Iranian agent, armed dissidents and Iraqi militia and political allies, reveals an Iranian plan for gaining influence in Iraq that began before the U.S. invaded. In their scope and ambition, Iran's activities rival those of the U.S. and its allies, especially in the south. There is a gnawing worry within some intelligence circles that the failure to counter Iranian influence may come back to haunt the U.S. and its allies, if Shi'ite factions with heavy Iranian...
...Pentagon released its annual assessment of the Chinese military last week, and it went further than ever before. The "pace and scope" of China's armed forces modernization could now "put regional military balances at risk," it asserted, "potentially posing a credible threat to modern militaries operating in the region." Beijing reacted angrily, dismissing Washington's "improper comments" as unwarranted interference. But what is the current state of China's armed forces, and do they pose a threat to Asia or beyond...
...Economists hope that China's modest revaluation will ripple gently through Asia and the rest of the world. By giving scope for Asian currencies to strengthen, economists expect that the yuan's rise will effectively boost consumer-spending power throughout the region, because imports will become cheaper and interest rates will tend to remain low. In this way, the reform of the yuan could usher in a major shift in the way the global economy works: the knock against Asia is that it saves too much and spends too little, while the U.S. spends too much and saves too little...
...myself motivated to work on self-directed thesis research. It was the only concrete goal I had, and I was determined to make it happen. I liked my topic: translations of English literary texts into Chinese in Taiwan, their importance in the publishing industry, and their cultural influence. The scope was a bit too broad, typical for someone who tends toward academic sprawl, but I figured I could narrow it down...