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...Spain in May, frustrated, it appeared, with the endless summitry that goes with accommodating the E.U. Little wonder that Europe finds itself in one of its periodic bouts of angst-ridden self-doubt. And little wonder that the rest of the world is asking questions: What does Europe stand for? Where does it fit into a world that seems set to be dominated by China and the U.S.? Would anyone notice if it disappeared? (See pictures of immigration in Europe...
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic took the stand at his war crimes trial in The Hague this week to defend his dream of an independent Bosnian Serb state, calling his cause during the 1990s Bosnian war "just and holy." The war has been over now for 14 years, but in Bosnia, many fear the question of independence for the country's Serbs could be reopened, this time not with guns and bombs but with a referendum...
...quickly, and can that government move forward on an agenda? If Iraq's leaders can't work out a compromise without Vice President Joe Biden - the Administration's point man on Iraq - making several trips to Baghdad, the chances are slim the Iraqi political system will be able to stand on its own once the U.S. leaves...
...study, published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics, tracked 1,826 women from pregnancy through their children’s first five years and finds that African American and Latino children in particular stand a much greater risk of being overweight...
Depending on who you are and where you stand, sex and citizenship can be inextricably linked. But first, we need to define what we mean by “sex”—if we mean, for example, physiological factors characterizing one as male or female, then we can think about the ways in which women might experience national belonging differently from men. The fact that women had limited access to the vote until suffrage was granted in 1920, that until quite recently women could not have their own credit lines without the approval of their husbands...