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15 best books of 2012 – nonfiction
Here are the Monitor's picks for the 15 best nonfiction books of 2012.
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An Indian Romeo disappears while seeking his Pakistani Juliet
One man's sudden disappearance after looking for the woman he met online highlights how difficult it can be for Pakistanis and Indians to bridge cultural and legal hurdles to unite.
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In first trip abroad, Chinese premier visits India
In an effort to expand economic cooperation and resolve a border dispute, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in India Sunday, his first trip abroad since taking office in March.
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Chapter & Verse 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers' will become a London stage play
'Behind the Beautiful Forevers' by Katherine Boo won the 2012 nonfiction National Book Award and received almost universal critical praise.
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Could India's polio eradication success story be a model for its other health issues?
A large, unprecedentedly coordinated campaign in India has eradicated polio. If no new cases are recorded by the end of this year, India will be officially considered polio-free.
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Are Indian-Pakistani relations in jeopardy after prisoner death?
A Pakistani prisoner in an Indian jail was attacked and seriously injured in a tit-for-tat assault one day after the death of an Indian man in a Pakistani prison.
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'Midnight's Children' tells Salman Rushdie's story of a pair of Indian boys switched at birth
'Midnight's Children' sustains the magical tone of Rushdie's novel at first, but the plot eventually gets bogged down.
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Editor's Blog After the Marathon bombings: a new resolve
The globalization of ideas via the Internet, air travel, and migration is profoundly affecting the world. In once-isolated communities, exposure to the new and different can prompt a reaction of anger, fear, even terrorism. But the tide of freedom and human dignity is immensely more powerful -- and ultimately unstoppable.
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Survivors found trapped in collapsed Bangladesh factory
Forty survivors were found trapped in room in the garment factory that collapsed yesterday in Bangladesh.
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Global News Blog How a Quaker missionary from Philly became India's Johnny Appleseed
Samuel Evans Stokes spent years trying to persuade his neighbors in the Himalayas to grow apples, giving away plants freely until locals took to apple farming and Indians took to Red Delicious.
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Pakistan's Musharraf slips treason charges, but is held incommunicado
Pakistan's caretaker government has refused to bring treason charges against the detained former military leader, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, saying it was beyond its mandate.
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Global News Blog After shipwreck, Costa Concordia gets the musical treatment
The 2012 Costa Concordia cruise ship sinking is the loose inspiration for a new Bollywood-style musical to be filmed in Italy this summer.
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Terrorism & Security Militant attack in Kashmir shatters years of calm
The armed separatism of the 1990s had largely faded away, but a peace accord never followed. Frustration had been mounting in recent weeks over an execution and an expansive policing law.
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Sardines in India latest indicator of how your food is on the move
Mumbai’s new sardine bounty is an example of how warmer temperatures may be redrawing the world’s geographic distribution of food with potential implications for what and how we eat.
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Difference Maker Indira Johnson places intriguing sculptures to create dialogues on peace
Dozens of giant Buddha heads emerging around Chicago are meant to be a catalyst for conversations about peace in troubled neighborhoods.
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Terrorism & Security Hyderabad: Indian government warned of impending terrorist attack
The Indian government said that it had received intelligence indicating an attack was in the works, and informed local police in several cities, among them Hyderabad, two days before the bombing.
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India to investigate Hyderabad bomb blasts, eyes the Indian Mujahideen ... again (+video)
But as India investigates the Hyderabad bomb blasts, analysts are highlighting India's past failure to crack terrorism cases.
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Global News Blog India on high alert: Twin bike bombs kill at least 11 in southern Indian city of Hyderabad
The explosions, which injured scores of market goers, come amid ongoing tensions in India over its recent execution of convicted terrorist Mohammad Afzal Guru.
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British PM David Cameron begins India trade trip as graft scandal erupts (+video)
Cameron's trip underlines how Europe's debt-stricken states are competing to tap into one of the world's fastest-growing economies. But Friday India said it wanted to cancel a $750 million deal for a dozen helicopters made by an Anglo-Italian company due to bribery claims.
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Afzal Guru execution prompts clashes, leaving three more dead in Kashmir
Despite a curfew, clashes broke out in India-controlled Kashmir as locals protested against what they consider the wrongful conviction of Mohammed Afzal Guru in an attack on India's Parliament in 2001.
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Latin America Monitor Where's the most expensive McDonald's Big Mac in the world?
Clue: It's also homeplace of the world's cheapest gas.
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Indian execution sparks protests, accusations of politics
India today executed Mohammad Afzal Guru, a convict in the 2001 terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament.
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Global News Blog What the Dalai Lama said about the India rape case at the Jaipur Literature Festival
The Dalai Lama made his first ever appearance at Asia's biggest literary festival and was promptly pressed by reporters about the Delhi rape case.
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Mumbai sentencing: American gets 35 years, judge calls him 'terrorist'
David Coleman Headley, a US citizen of Pakistani heritage, conducted surveillance for the Mumbai attackers. In light of his cooperation with investigators, prosecutors did not seek the death penalty.
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Indian Army chief warns Pakistan not to tempt retaliation in Kashmir
India's Army chief said today that his troops would honor a cease-fire in Kashmir, but that they would 'be aggressive and offensive in the face of provocation and fire' from Pakistan.
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Can India and Pakistan ease tensions after recent flareup?
Analysts worry that recent violence along the line that divides disputed Kashmir could develop into the worst crisis in relations since the Mumbai attacks of 2008.
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