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Just how isolated is North Korea? 6 facts to consider
North Korea's outlook has earned it the title of the 'hermit kingdom.' The country is both cut off from the wider world and intensely focused on its neighbors.
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European debt crisis: Seven basics you need to know
Will this crisis ever be over?! Eurozone nations seem to be fighting endless battles to address fears about government finances. The worry is that unsustainable national debt loads will result in default, a financial panic, or a costly repair effort. Here's what you need to know about the problem and possible ways forward.
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Epsilon security breach: 5 signs it's only the tip of the iceberg
This week millions of e-mail addresses were reported stolen from Epsilon, a firm that supplies e-mail marketing to BestBuy, Disney, and many others. Here are five more emerging targets for precision attacks:
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People-powered democratic revolts - do they last?
Analyzing a selection of political revolutions - successful and not - around the globe since World War II
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 12/31
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Global News Blog
With a mouse click, an expat casts his French vote, from Beijing
France is only the second country in the world to allow Internet voting in a national election, allowing citizens like the Monitor's Peter Ford to exercise their democratic right in the heart of Beijing.
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Russia should be rewarded with NATO membership
Russia should be on the agenda for NATO summit in Chicago this weekend. In spite of recent tensions, the historically fractured relationship between Russia and NATO is the most ripe for transformation. Obstacles like missile defense and Eastern Europe can be resolved.
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Global News Blog
Summit canceled as Ukraine isolation deepens over treatment of Tymoshenko
Ukraine was slated to host a summit this week, but with a dozen European leaders boycotting in protest of Kiev's treatment of Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukraine opted to cancel it instead.
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Breivik wants freedom or death in Norway massacre
The accused killer said that the maximum of 21 years he could face in prison is "pathetic."
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Stefan Karlsson
How Sweden busted Estonia's economy
Sweden's economic slowdown is affecting exports from Estonia in yet another example of how a weak economy in one country can drastically affect others.
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Backchannels
The chutzpah of Rupert Murdoch's Sun
Murdoch's tabloid The Sun is under pressure over phone hacking and bribing cops. A deputy editor decries a 'witch hunt' that shows the British press is less free than ex-Soviet states.
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Kim Dotcom, Megaupload founder, joked of hacker past
Kim Dotcom, once convicted of insider trading, sent introductory e-mails to neighbors joking that he could help them with insider trading and tax fraud. Kim Dotcom went on to point out he had since reformed and started Megaupload.
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Just how isolated is North Korea? 6 facts to consider
North Korea's outlook has earned it the title of the 'hermit kingdom.' The country is both cut off from the wider world and intensely focused on its neighbors.
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Pakistan cuts supply lines, but US has options
The US military had begun shifting its Afghanistan logistics network away from Pakistan and toward Central Asia even before the latest tensions between Washington and Islamabad.
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European debt crisis: Seven basics you need to know
Will this crisis ever be over?! Eurozone nations seem to be fighting endless battles to address fears about government finances. The worry is that unsustainable national debt loads will result in default, a financial panic, or a costly repair effort. Here's what you need to know about the problem and possible ways forward.
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Global News Blog
Estonia's rise, encapsulated in a piano's history
A piano of Estonian origin, bearing the country's name, was popular in the Soviet Union but lost its prestige when the empire collapsed. A young pianist is now reviving its image.
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Global News Blog
Estonians commemorate independence to the tune of a 25,000-strong chorus
Estonia's Singing Festival, which happens every five years, has become a symbol of the country's triumph over domination, oppression, and hardship.
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Stefan Karlsson
The economy is not a zero sum game
One country's economic success does not have to come at the expense of others
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Could NATO's Libya mission be its last hurrah?
With the austerity gripping Europe and a new generation of leaders not shaped by cold-war politics, NATO's future is increasingly in question.
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Stefan Karlsson
What's the better austerity: more cuts or more taxes?
Each side can point to examples. But one key is the reaction of the population.
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How Estonians became pioneering cyberdefenders
Three hundred cybersecurity experts are in Estonia this week for an international conference on cyberconflict. They want to know what Estonians know.
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Atheist confab in Ireland comes as Europe confronts religion in public life
The first World Atheist Convention this weekend in Dublin comes at a time when Islam, the pope, and blasphemy are front and center in Europe.
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Why Estonia may be Europe's model country
The world's first cyberstate embraced austerity without whining even though its Soviet-era memories are still fresh.
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Skype's journey from tiny Estonian start-up to $8.5 billion Microsoft buy
Jaan Tallinn, one of the founders of Skype, explains how Estonia's post-Soviet gusto helped give rise to a company that revolutionized online communications.
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Mother's Day: What are the best and worst countries for mothers?
Mother's Day provides an opportunity to look at the quality of life for mothers around the world. A recent study from Save the Children looks at data ranging from maternal mortality to education.
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FBI set to kill secret-stealing Russian 'botnet.' Is your computer infected?
The FBI has seized control of a Russian cybercrime enterprise, but to kill it completely, officials may ask to rip some malware out of your computer. US diplomatic secrets could be at stake.
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Germany, Austria open doors to EU's migrant workers
Germany and Austria became the last two EU members to lift labor market restrictions on workers from Eastern Europe on May 1.
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Epsilon security breach: 5 signs it's only the tip of the iceberg
This week millions of e-mail addresses were reported stolen from Epsilon, a firm that supplies e-mail marketing to BestBuy, Disney, and many others. Here are five more emerging targets for precision attacks:
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Editor's Blog
Computers vs. humans: the electronic brains are the vulnerable ones
In fact and fiction, we worry about menacing computers like HAL of '2001.' But the rise of cyber threats show how vulnerable the super brains really are.
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The new cyber arms race
Tomorrow's wars will be fought not just with guns, but with the click of a mouse half a world away that will unleash weaponized software that could take out everything from the power grid to a chemical plant.
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