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Bestselling books the week of 5/12/13, according to IndieBound*
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Meet the nine richest self-made women
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10 best books of February (plus one), according to Amazon's editors
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9 chats with top true-crime authors
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3 compelling photo books for gifting this winter
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The Monitor's View Why Obama can't be soft on North Korea
Japan and South Korea already see him as eroding the US military posture in Asia.
05/28/2009 01:00 am -
Editor's Blog Today's agenda: North Korea's capacity, Palestinian summit, rights in China
05/28/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog Can Moscow stop North Korea's nuclear march?
Russia helped North Korea for decades. But now its influence with the "rogue" nation has waned.
05/27/2009 01:00 am -
The Monitor's View Forecast for climate change bill: cloudy
A buffeted measure passed a House committee last week, but faces more headwinds.
05/27/2009 01:00 am -
Emboldened North Korea pushes neighbors to seek self-defense
South Korea joined a US-led program to block shipments of nuclear material. In Japan, a lawmaker urged first-strike capability.
05/26/2009 01:00 am -
Editor's Blog Today's coverage agenda: North Korea, Sonia Sotomayor, gay marriage
05/26/2009 01:00 am -
With second test, North Korea asserts nuclear-power ambitions
Monday's explosion dashed hopes that the secretive nation is simply building its weapons program as a bargaining chip.
05/25/2009 01:00 am -
Taiwan: Spotlight on the young democracy's judicial system
The country is struggling to handle the politically charged corruption trial of former President Chen Shui-bian.
05/21/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog Chicken Kyiv?
The question of 'What's in a name?' is sometimes a bit tricky.
05/15/2009 01:00 am -
Opinion Shanghai's 2010 Expo: the 'Economic Olympics'
World Expos have been a snooze in the West for decades. But China's first one ever next year will be a wake-up call.
05/14/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog Why China is acting aggressively on swine flu
While its efforts may appear excessive, China is determined to be above reproach in the wake of its failures to address SARS quickly six years ago.
05/12/2009 01:00 am -
Opinion In China, 'truthiness' trumps truth
Twenty years after Tiananmen, I found that even many of my Chinese journalism students didn't even know a pro-democracy movement existed.
05/12/2009 01:00 am -
China quake: From rubble, civil society builds
Volunteerism stands strong one year later – and has even won support from local authorities normally wary of grass-roots movements.
05/10/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog US tries, tries again to revive North Korean talks
US envoy Stephen Bosworth is visiting Beijing, Seoul, and Tokyo, after Pyongyang rejected six-party dialogue and threatened to test another nuclear bomb.
05/10/2009 01:00 am -
China's quake survivors: Counselors offer patience and encouragement
A gargantuan task – some 2 million are said to need psychological care – is complicated by stigmas attached to mental illness.
05/07/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog Lions, tigers, and bloggers! Oh, my!
The Committee to Protect Journalists issued a report on the "10 Worst Countries to be a Blogger" last week, just days before World Press Freedom Day, today.
05/03/2009 01:00 am -
Tiananmen Anniversary: Memory of executed poet resonates
Lin Zhao, who was executed in 1968, challenged history and Mao.
05/01/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog Japan and China making historic amends, one humdrum trip at a time
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso ended a two-day trip to Beijing Thursday. Both countries affirmed their desire to cooperate but avoided troublesome topics.
04/30/2009 01:00 am -
Taiwan wins rare UN invite
With nod from China, it will attend next month's World Health Assembly, but only as an "observer."
04/29/2009 01:00 am -
China, Taiwan ink trade and crime-fighting deals
The longtime rivals signed deals Sunday on boosting cross-strait flights, joint-crime fighting, and financial cooperation, but steered clear of politics.
04/26/2009 01:00 am -
China's green leap forward?
Activists must tread softly to avoid antagonizing Beijing, butthere’s much at stake in this rapidly developing country.
04/23/2009 01:00 am -
US reaches out to Latin America – with help from Spain
Ahead of the Summit of the Americas, Spain has been quietly bolstering a common transatlantic agenda.
04/17/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog International nuclear inspectors leave North Korea
The North had announced their expulsion in response to the UN Security Council's condemnation of its missile launch April 5.
04/16/2009 01:00 am -
Opinion A bold Plan B for North Korea
The US should consider inducing China to topple the Kim regime.
04/15/2009 01:00 am -
For North Korea, sanctions hold little sway
UN condemnation brings vows from North to restart nuclear program, pull out of six-party talks.
04/14/2009 01:00 am
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