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Opinion 4 ways to prevent natural disasters from becoming human tragedies
The catastrophic impact of climate change – especially on the developing world – is not inevitable. Here are four cutting-edge tools to anticipate and minimize the damage from natural disasters.
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Olympic moms: 13 mothers compete for Team USA
The “Celebrating Moms” series of commercials by Proctor & Gamble during Olympic coverage is a tear-jerking ode to sacrifices mothers make to support their kids’ athletic careers. But what about athletes who are mothers, themselves?Elite athlete moms have the same run-of-the-mill work/life balance as the rest of us. But these 13 Olympic moms do put parenting – both its challenges and rewards – in a new perspective.
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Briefing Five reasons to care about the Sudan - South Sudan conflict
Fighting between South Sudan and its rival, Sudan, could restart a 20-year civil war that claimed the lives of millions. It could also affect the price Americans pay for car fuel, China’s ability to keep its economy growing, and the stability of the region. Here’s a few reasons to pay attention to the fighting in Sudan.
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Somalia: A timeline of change in a troubled country
Here is a timeline of changes, intervention, and mediation in 5 bite-sized bits.
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Famous US Special Forces operations
Here are six of the most famous successful American special operations missions in recent memory.
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Why Arab leaders embrace Sudan's indicted president
At the Arab League summit Monday, the UN secretary general condemned Sudan's expulsion of humanitarian aid groups in response to the ICC arrest warrant for Bashir.
03/30/2009 01:00 am -
The Weight of a Mustard Seed
A journalist examines the life of an Iraqi general to understand why good people serve evil regimes.
03/24/2009 01:00 am -
Greens take a cue from financiers
Environmental ‘derivatives’ encourage creative, proactive conservation.
03/18/2009 01:00 am -
The trash of life is Elias Sime's art
Ethiopian artist draws deeply on his local culture and love of community to tell stories with found objects.
03/13/2009 01:00 am -
World
02/26/2009 12:00 am -
World
02/04/2009 12:00 am -
Moderate Islamists take on hard-liners in battle for Somalia
Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, a moderate, was elected president last week by Somalia's transitional parliament. But hard-line militant Islamists are fighting to take over the country.
02/03/2009 12:00 am -
Global News Blog We're baaaaack: Islamists take over in Somalia
01/15/2009 12:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Islamist militias clash in Somalia as Ethiopian troops withdraw
As 3,000 Ethiopian soldiers depart, militia groups are battling to take more control from the weak transitional government.
01/12/2009 12:00 am -
Piracy raises pressure for new international tack on Somalia
The world is not willing to allow this strategic nation to remain ungoverned. Can a coordinated effort create a stable government?
01/06/2009 12:00 am -
Malta: Africans' way station to the EU
Island nation struggles with a flood of illegal migrants bound for Europe.
12/29/2008 12:00 am -
Major foreign policy test awaits Obama in Somalia
Ethiopia confirmed this week that it will pull troops out of the troubled nation, a move that experts worry could allow the country to fall into the hands of Islamist insurgents.
12/24/2008 12:00 am -
Pursuit of Somali pirates to get hotter
UN allows antipiracy forces to chase them onto land, attack them by air. But Security Council seems unprepared to address the instability that makes Somalia a 'failed state.'
12/18/2008 12:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Ethiopian troops launch major offensives against Islamist insurgents in Somalia
The action raises questions about whether troops will withdraw, as planned, by the end of the year.
12/10/2008 12:00 am -
Financial crisis may worsen food crunch it eclipsed
Although commodity prices for a wide range of crops have fallen by as much as 50 percent from record highs in June, the financial crisis is expected to make food shortages dramatically worse.
12/02/2008 12:00 am -
World
12/01/2008 12:00 am -
I decide to attend the opera, with Raisinets and bonbons.
Live performances of the New York Metropolitan Opera are beamed into movie theaters across the country, offering audiences ways to experience high culture at low prices. But is it the same as live or is it just Memorex?
12/01/2008 12:00 am -
Chapter & Verse A hero devoted to getting books to Ethiopia's children
11/22/2008 12:00 am -
Who are Somalia's pirates?
A Monitor Q&A reveals who's behind the modern-day pirates, how they got so good at taking ships, and what's being done to stop them.
11/20/2008 12:00 am -
Arms race, uneasy peace in Sudan
In the south, the parliament voted to double its budget to cover military spending, and the north spent 20 percent of its budget on the military.
11/12/2008 12:00 am -
World
11/04/2008 12:00 am -
Game to take on domestic violence
Students in Vermont work on the game for a UN project. Possible users? Cape Town youths.
10/19/2008 01:00 am -
Horizons Why people like cars with 'angry faces'
10/09/2008 01:00 am -
Sierra Leonean designer redefines African couture
For modern urban women hopping a bus or grabbing a cab, the head wrap and billowing fabric are literal stumbling blocks.
10/08/2008 01:00 am -
Once They Hear My Name
Korean-American adoptees talk about their experiences growing up in a predominantly Caucasian world.
09/30/2008 01:00 am
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