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...later it exploded a nuclear device, joining the élite club of seven other known nuclear states. Years of "warnings, threats, sanctions, muscle-flexing and half-hearted diplomacy" had made North Korea more, not less, dangerous. Chinoy quotes one U.S. policymaker comparing Washington's policy toward Pyongyang to "a six-year old playing checkers," with no ability to look beyond the next move...
Taking over 31,000 of 47,000 votes in a Penang election, Anwar's resounding win promises to energize his People's Alliance opposition coalition and confirms the politician's appeal cuts across race and religion despite his six-year imprisonment and the sodomy charges he is now facing. It also brings the 61-year-old politician a step closer to a more personal goal: becoming the next prime minister. "Next stop is Putra Jaya," Anwar told the wildly cheering supporters, referring to Malaysia's administrative capital that houses the office of current Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi. "This...
...League of Their Own brought her story to life on the big screen, pitcher Dottie Collins was already the stuff of legend. During World War II, Collins played for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, mostly with the Fort Wayne Daisies. She pitched 17 shutouts during her six-year career. Always tenacious--she continued to play until she was several months pregnant--she was devoted to keeping the memory of the league alive. Collins spearheaded the effort to create the Baseball Hall of Fame exhibit that inspired the 1992 film...
...realistic option. Policymakers must fight inflation now in hopes that they can get it under control quickly and promote growth again in the near future. Most central banks in Asia have started raising interest rates. The Reserve Bank of India increased its benchmark rate twice last month to a six-year high of 8.5%. Indonesia's central bank raised its rate for three consecutive months. Governments "have to keep expectations [about inflation] anchored," says Andrew Freris, senior investment strategist for Asia at BNP Paribas Private Banking in Hong Kong. "For the next six to nine months, it's going...
...consider this. Kublai Khan won the battle of Xiangyang, unified China and started the Yuan Dynasty, which lasted for nearly 100 years. How? In the end, the Mongols invented a new weapon, a catapult that was way more accurate, and five times more powerful, than the old model. The six-year siege ended abruptly within days of the new weapon's appearance...