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...followed by English, Canadian, German and Swiss travelers - are likely to point proudly to the outcome as a paragon of scientific accuracy. But this third annual bruising of French pride should be taken with a pinch of salt. There are several aspects of the survey that make its methodology suspect - and results significantly skewed. The poll ranks 27 nations' travelers over nine behavioral categories. But it questioned just 4,500 respondents, all of whom work in hotels around the world. That probably cuts out people who meet less-refined backpacking hostel denizens, campers and legions of Winnebago warriors...
...North Korea isn't behind the attacks, who else could it be? China is one obvious suspect. Although Beijing bristles at the accusation, U.S. officials say Chinese hackers have repeatedly attacked American networks, including the nation's power grid. The People's Liberation Army takes cyberwarfare very seriously, but China also has legions of freelance hackers, who attack global networks for fun. Russia, too, has both state and private hacking capabilities...
...initially hamstrung by Hoover's insistence that his agents be stouthearted men, not wily, patient predators. Incompetence caused the bungling of more than one stakeout. Some agents also made use of what the bureau called "vigorous physical interviews" - torture during questioning - as if Billie were an al-Qaeda suspect at Guantánamo. (The one gasp from a preview audience exploded when Billie got viciously slapped by an FBI agent.) (See the top 25 crimes of the century...
...circumstance of Bhutto's death (there was much uncertainty over whether she died by gunshot or by hitting the sunroof of the vehicle, for instance.) Pakistan's Interior Ministry, meanwhile, furnished telephone intercepts that pointed to Mehsud's involvement. The CIA agreed that the Taliban commander was the principal suspect. Although he has since denied involvement in the killing, Mehsud was reported to have issued threats against Bhutto, a pro-Western opponent of Islamist extremism. But opinion polls found most Pakistanis skeptical of the official story. Instead, conspiracy theories acquired a rare potency. (See pictures of Benazir Bhutto...
...also has to decide how far it can take its nuclear negotiations with Tehran. Iran says it is enriching uranium for power plants, but many countries suspect the oil-rich nation ultimately plans to build a bomb. Three E.U. states - Germany, France and the U.K. - have been leading the talks, but their proposed incentives for Iran to stop its nuclear activities have so far been spurned by Iranian negotiators. If the E.U. hardens its stance, however, it may extinguish any lingering chance of a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear ambitions. (Watch TIME's video: "An Iranian Protest March...