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3 priorities for Pakistan's new government
After 14 years, Nawaz Sharif is back at the helm in Pakistan. The nuclear-armed country faces a welter of problems, from terrorism to tensions with Afghanistan, India, and the United States. To move Pakistan forward, Mr. Sharif must focus on three priorities.
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11 practical or unusual books for professional – and aspiring – writers
Here are 11 useful titles for anyone hoping to make a living through the written word.
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Sylvia Plath: 10 quotes on her birthday
These 10 quotes mark what would have been the 80th birthday of American poet Sylvia Plath.
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London 2012 Olympics: 5 best venues
The sports are the centerpiece of the London 2012 Olympics, but where they take place has been a big part of the spirit of the Games. Here are five of London's best and loudest venues.
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World rankings: top 10 universities around the globe
Britain's leading higher education publication, The Times Higher Education, today released its 2012 reputation rankings for universities worldwide. Here is a list of the top 10.
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Report: Hackers could access US weapons systems through vulnerable chip
A pair of cybersecurity researchers say an encrypted chip used by the military and nuclear power plants has a secret 'backdoor' that can be hacked. It could be a wakeup call for the industry.
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Horsehair helps locate the origins of domestication
A new study points to the area made up of Kazhakstan, Russia and Ukraine as the region that was home to the first domesticated horses.
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Reader recommendation: 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
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Look who's saving the world: BRICS pump up foreign aid
The so-called BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — are upping their foreign assistance by leaps and bounds at a time when traditional donors’ aid budgets are frozen.
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World rankings: top 10 universities around the globe
Britain's leading higher education publication, The Times Higher Education, today released its 2012 reputation rankings for universities worldwide. Here is a list of the top 10.
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Sword of the Spirit, Shield of Faith
British academic Andrew Preston offers a crisply written account of the historic intersection of religion and US foreign policy.
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Latin America Monitor The perils of 'car culture' in Brazil
From high costs, to heavy traffic, to lagging safety regulations, cars have become a 'quality-of-life problem in many cities,' writes guest blogger Greg Michener.
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Latin America Monitor Is Brazil about to experience a second golden age of immigration?
New immigration policies in Brazil might soon open the door to fast-track visas for skilled workers. My own experience indicates just how badly reform is needed.
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NASA able to observe a long time ago, in newly found galaxies far, far away
Researchers used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to find five tiny but bright galaxies clustered together 13.1 billion light-years from Earth.
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Turkey and Iran carve up a ruptured Arab world
Many analysts say the Middle East is the focus of a geopolitical power struggle between the United States and Iran. That misses the primary thread of events – namely, the ongoing soft partition of the Arab republics between Turkey and Iran, with Turkey the stronger power.
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Ancient City of Angkor may have been ruined by drought
The great city of Angkor in Cambodia, first established in the ninth century, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, the major player in southeast Asia for nearly five centuries.
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Latin America Monitor Brazil's bright economy clouded by low productivity
Brazil performs poorly on productivity measures in part because of high tariffs.
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Sky apples stun English motorists
Sky Apples? Motorists in England were pelted by apples falling from the sky, and were left to speculate as to the cause.
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Why deforesters could soon have freer rein in the Amazon
Despite overwhelming support among the Brazilian public for harsh measures against illegal deforesters, Brazil's Congress looks set to loosen deforestation restrictions instead. Why?
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PepsiCo’s i-crop system could save farmers precious water
I-crop, a web-based program now undergoing tests, helps farmers reduce water waste by combining weather data and underground probes.
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Acronyms and demonyms: Name that country!
The Monitor's language columnist makes a surprising discovery about Pakistan.
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With Qaddafi dead, Libya must repay its backers with a 'peace dividend,' not favors
Now that Qaddafi is dead and Sirte is captured, Libyans can repay those countries who helped in his ouster not through kickbacks or development contracts, but by establishing a stable, democratic, economically open future for Libya. That's the real 'peace dividend.'
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Why were Brazil’s booming banks not able to avert a workers strike?
Despite the fact that Brazil's banks boomed while the world’s banks reeled amid global economic turmoil, strikers just caused havoc in the industry for three weeks. Blogger Greg Michener offers three hypotheses for 'what gives.'
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Mighty Brazil: an overinflated image?
Brazil has performed well, writes guest blogger Greg Michener, but its leaders' swagger reflects an immodesty unmerited for a country as susceptible to the winds of change as Brazil.
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Brazil fights corruption at home as it signs Open Government Partnership with the US
Today, Brazil formally unveils its plans for the multi-country initiative, a timely move as ministers are sacked and people take to the streets to demand more transparency.
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Hemingway's Boat
From global acclaim to suicide: Paul Hendrickson examines the three final decades of Ernest Hemingway.
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Brazilians march against corruption to mark independence day
Despite a rash of recent corruption scandals in Brazil, bright spots are appearing, including today's 'March Against Corruption' in support of President Rousseff’s efforts to clean up the capital.
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The world's top universities in 2011
For the second year in a row, the United Kingdom’s University of Cambridge topped America’s Harvard University in the annual QS ranking of the world’s top universities. Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a UK-based higher education consulting firm, released its much-anticipated list of the top 300 today. Academic reputation – a subjective assessment – accounts for 40 percent of the score that determines where schools end up on the rankings. You can get a closer look at the methodology here. This year’s top 10 dropped American universities Princeton and California Institute of Technology in favor of two other leading US schools. You can check out last year’s top 10 here and explore why QS’s rankings caused such a stir.
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Economic future for Libya brighter than in Tunisia, Egypt
Libya has immense petroleum wealth, a small population, and an ability to attract foreign investment. But the international community must see that Libya's interim Transitional National Council follows its 'road map' to an accountable and transparent new government.
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Brazil's freedom of information law under threat
President Dilma Rousseff has not been shy about sacking ministers accused of corruption, but with no freedom of information law, progress will be limited.
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