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Six countries where Edward Snowden could get asylum
Edward Snowden, the contractor identified as the source of leaks about the US electronic surveillance program, may face extradition to the US wherever he goes. Here are six places that have proven that extradition to the US isn't easy.
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Opinion 4 ways Obama should work with US business to combat China’s cyberspying
If the US wishes to stop this Chinese economic cyber-espionage, a true public-private partnership is needed. Here are four ways President Obama should work with US business to combat Chinese cyberspying.
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What kind of an eater are you?
From locavores to femivores, to fast food junkies and punk domestics, here are 11 labels for every kind of person at the dinner table.
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Bestselling books the week of 5/12/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Briefing China's growing military might: top 4 concerns for the Pentagon
The US Department of Defense is carefully monitoring the growth of China’s military. These four items are currently at the top of their list.
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US rejoins UN’s human rights forum
Bush had shunned it as an ineffective dictators' club. Obama's team pledges to work from within to 'improve' it.
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 -
The Monitor's View Sticker shock in acting on global warming
A House climate-change bill is watered down as its price goes up. Is that leadership?
05/12/2009 01:00 am -
Editor's Blog Today's news agenda: the pope, Uighurs, Somalia, and young entrepreneurs
05/12/2009 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 Quake count: How China's death toll of schoolchildren adds up
The government said Thursday that 5,335 students died in last year's earthquake – just 6 percent of the total victims.
05/07/2009 01:00 am -
Obama's defense budget shifts focus to Afghanistan and Pakistan
The administration also ends accounting practices that kept war funding from public scrutiny.
05/07/2009 01:00 am -
Editor's Blog Today's briefing: Pakistan's struggle, China after the quake, and the health of the US economy
05/07/2009 01:00 am -
Discoveries Fledgling radio observatory gets first out-of-this-world glimpse
05/07/2009 01:00 am -
Mexico City returns to normal as swine flu restrictions fade
Restaurants and offices reopened Wednesday. High school and university students return to school tomorrow.
05/06/2009 01:00 am -
The Monitor's View The Obama doctrine: Charm enemies, arm-twist friends
For a friendly foreign leader, a visit to the White House can be a visit to the woodshed.
05/06/2009 01:00 am -
The New Economy Which perma-bear's now bullish? (Hint: Grantham.)
05/06/2009 01:00 am -
The Age of the Unthinkable
Keeping the US truly safe, argues a journalist, requires us to radically rethink our sense of safety.
05/06/2009 01:00 am -
Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
More Ray Charles brilliance on a new CD, an auction for 'Battlestar Galactica' fans, 'Roxanne' out on Blu-ray, and more.
05/06/2009 01:00 am -
Global News Blog South Korea: Korean food goes global
05/05/2009 01:00 am -
The Monitor's View A yellow light for electric cars
Advocates of next-gen cars need to remember that there's no free lunch.
05/05/2009 01:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Nepal's prime minister resigns in battle for control of Army
Maoist leader steps down in the country's worst crisis since a peace deal in 2006 ended more than a decade of civil war.
05/04/2009 01:00 am -
Australia cites China, India, as reasons for a major military buildup
Prime Minister Rudd proposes $72 billion in new spending. US military can't protect it, say analysts.
05/03/2009 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 -
Already pummeled by recession, airlines now must deal with concerns about flu
Airplanes themselves are safe, experts say, but flights to Mexico have been cut. Drug cartel violence is an issue too.
05/02/2009 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 -
For China, a reverse brain drain in science?
Beijing woos some of its best expatriate scientists. US should act, some say.
05/01/2009 01:00 am -
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
05/01/2009 01:00 am -
Why North Korea is ratcheting up its sharp rhetoric
Pyongyang may fulfill a vow to conduct another nuclear test, analysts say. It may also be testing US response.
04/30/2009 01:00 am -
Swedish court secures ex-Guantánamo Uighur's asylum quest
Adil Hakimjan, the first freed Guantánamo prisoner to be granted asylum in Europe, says he is 'very happy.' President Obama called Friday for seven of the 17 remaining Uighurs at the prison to be released.
04/30/2009 01:00 am
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