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Outside of the economy, there are a handful of potentially tricky anniversaries for China in the coming year: the 20th anniversary of the crushed Tiananmen movement, the 50th of the failed Tibetan uprising and the 10th of the banning of the Falun Gong spiritual sect.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China Not So Bullish About the Year of the Ox | 1/23/2009 | See Source »

But federal judges will likely take a dim view of the manner in which many of the detainees were captured and how they were treated at Gitmo. Tricky legal questions abound. For instance, what to do about detainees who confessed under torture? One case sure to be complicated is that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Obama Orders Gitmo Closed. Now the Hard Part | 1/22/2009 | See Source »

Although it may cause the First Parents some unease, their daughters have tremendous star power - and it's only going to grow. "We are going to want to know what they eat, read, watch and wear," says Cohen. "They can influence an entire generation." But the whole phenomenon puts a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will Sasha and Malia Give J. Crew a Lift? | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

Much of Geithner's missing government payments were due to the fact that he did not pay his Social Security and Medicare taxes when he worked as an employee of the International Monetary Fund in the early part of this decade. The IMF is an international organization and does not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tax Tips for Timothy Geithner | 1/21/2009 | See Source »

But those mostly minor snafus will quickly be forgotten. As transitions go, Obama has set a new standard for smooth. And apart from the tricky business of replacing one Administration with another, this transition succeeded at something equally as meaningful. It transformed the nation's mood from grim to just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Transition, Obama Comes Up Aces | 1/20/2009 | See Source »

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