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Eight months after emerging victorious from the fight over his first Supreme Court nominee, Sonia "Wise Latina" Sotomayor, President Obama is gearing up for Round 2. Party bigwigs and advocacy groups are clambering to anoint a successor to Justice John Paul Stevens, the leading liberal on the bench and a...
Quick off the blocks, Obama will still be hard-pressed to best the prolific appointers of ages past. The one to beat is George Washington - who, admittedly, had a bit of a leg up, starting the Supreme Court, as he did, from scratch. One of the first bills ever to...
From Yunnan eastward through Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi, parts of the country have not had rain since October and approximately 24 million residents are short of water. In March, Wen Jiabao, China's Premier, toured Yunnan for three days, pledging governmental aid and advocating water-conservation efforts. Chances are that...
The dry spell has also sparked controversy within China with regard to whether or not the Dai people should hold Songkran, the New Year's festival celebrated in parts of East and Southeast Asia, in which lively water-splashing is a prominent feature. Duan Jinhua, head of the information office...
The chief concern of the U.S. is to prevent the new leadership from kicking out the U.S. air base in the northern city of Manas, which is a vital transport link for America's war in nearby Afghanistan. About 50,000 coalition troops passed through it in March alone. On...