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What If the World’s Soil Runs Out?

This is a “what if” interview from the World Economic Forum’s Risk Response Network. To view the rest of the series, click here. It’s a strange notion, but some experts fear the world, at its current...

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Japanese Conservatives Celebrate — Japan‘s conservative party is back in power after a landslide victory in Sunday’s election, reports the Los Angeles Times. Shinzo Abe, the head of the the Liberal...

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E.U.-Singapore Free Trade – The European Union and Singapore have agreed on a free-trade deal, which is the second such agreement between the 27-nation bloc and a major Asian economy, reports the BBC....

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Irish Abortion Law — The Irish government is expected to introduce a law that allows abortions in limited circumstances, reports the Guardian. The move comes after Ireland came under pressure from the...

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Brutal New Delhi Gang Rape Outrages Indians, Spurs Calls for Action

Last Sunday in New Delhi, at around 9.30 p.m., a 23-year-old woman was gang raped for almost an hour on a moving bus and then thrown semi-naked on the road to die. Hideous violence against women is...

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Israeli Settlements – The U.N. has stepped up pressure on Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, reports the BBC. On Wednesday, the Israeli...

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Chinese Wife Hunting — VOA News reports that rural Chinese men are moving to urban areas to find a mate for themselves. Gender imbalance is pronounced in China where traditional preference for sons, a...

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Russia’s Adoption Ban — As Russian lawmakers try to enact a prohibition on adoptions by Americans, critics are pointing out that the ban would overwhelm the country’s foster care and orphanage system,...

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Spy Drones — The U.S. is trying to sell advanced spy drones to South Korea to help prepare the country for any attacks from its unruly neighbor North Korea, reports Reuters. South Korea has requested...

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India: After New Delhi Gang Rape, Should the Culprits Be Executed?

On Monday morning, fighting for her life at a Delhi hospital, a 23-year-old victim of a brutal gang rape in New Delhi last week was unaware that at the heart of New Delhi in Jantar Mantar, a protest...

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Bolivia’s Drug War — Bolivia’s unconventional approach toward its war on drugs has led to a noticeable drop in coca plantings, notes the New York Times. Unlike other drug-ridden countries in the...

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Morsi’s Next Move: Egypt’s President Got His Constitution, but Can He Fix the...

When Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi last spoke to his nation on Dec. 6, he was angry and defiant. He deplored the deadly clashes between opposing protesters outside the presidential palace while...

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Vietnam’s Blogosphere: The Battleground for Rival Factions of the Ruling...

Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party is not looking back on a good year. The country’s economy is in trouble; the authoritarian leadership is split; and what appear to be rival Communist Party factions,...

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Honor Killings — In India, the surge of “honor killings” in the past several months underscores a scourge that plagues the country’s women, reports Al Jazeera. “Honor killings” — murders based on the...

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What If America’s Best Ideas Were Behind It?

This is a “what if” interview from the World Economic Forum’s Risk Response Network. To view the rest of the series, click here. As the U.S. stands at the brink of the fiscal cliff, the narratives of...

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The Last Harvest: South African Vineyard Yields Much More Than Grapes

When Mark Solms decided to turn his family’s land in Franschhoek into a serious wine estate, he took an unusual approach to his oenological endeavors: he hired an archeologist and a historian and began...

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The Hunt for the Vicuña: Can This Andean Creature Be a Cash Cow?

Jhonn Gonzales etches the attack plan into the dirt. His lookout gives a nod from behind binoculars, and the troop fans out silently across the parched plains. Then, commotion as the target appears:...

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China’s Rural Migrants — Three of China’s most populous regions will relax school entry restrictions for the children of rural migrants, as activists push for household registration (hukou) reform,...

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Chinese Rail Expansion — Beijing’s plans to expand its rail network from southern China to the Thai capital of Bangkok will generate profits for China but at the expense of neighboring country Laos,...

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Hong Kong’s Embattled Leader Faces More Protests

UPDATED: 10:30 p.m. The inauguration of Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, on July 1, 2012, was denounced by democracy activists who objected to the manner of his appointment at the hands of...

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