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Bush Covers Up Climate Research

Paul Harris September 21, 2003
In an investigation by journalists at the British weekly Observer, emails and internal memos have been uncovered that implicate President Bush's administration in deliberately covering up scientific evidence that links oil and gas emissions to global warming. For years environmental scientists have been warning of global warming, but the Bush administration has always insisted that the...

Attackers United by Piety in Plot to Strike Troops

Anthony Shadid September 20, 2003
Cassettes of a Syrian cleric, whose violent words used to be outlawed under Saddam Hussein's secular regime, sell freely on the post-war streets, and - more frighteningly - there's a growing audience willing to listen. Islamic extremism, which is denounced by most religious leaders as against the peaceful precepts of true Islam, is becoming increasingly appealing to angry Iraqis who...

Whatever Will Be Will Be Free on Internet

Steve Lohr September 20, 2003
After Napster, the first Internet music sharing network, was closed down by the recording industry three years ago, people in the industry were expecting some peace, but they were wrong – new software such as KaZaA and Morpheus, even better designed, emerged and were soon on computers across the globe. Now the recording industry has decided to make individual file sharers its targets. This has...

Indian Techies Out, Teachers In

Siddhharth Srivastava September 18, 2003
American tech workers have been claiming that Indian immigrants are stealing their jobs ever since the tech bubble of the 1990s burst. Amidst this controversy, the fact that Indians are increasingly filling American teaching positions has widely gone unnoticed. With a shortage of instructors to the tune of over 700,000, however, this influx of professional labor is far more welcome. Indeed,...

Majority of 20s, 30s Wish to Emigrate

Hong Seo-rim September 18, 2003
More and more young adults in South Korea are looking to relocate to Canada, America, Australia and elsewhere. This potentially massive emigration would seriously damage the Korean economy and lead to even greater political instability. Citing better educational possibilities, less unemployment, and more opportunities elsewhere, young Koreans are frustrated with the lack of possibilities within...

China Joins the Global Economy - Part Two

Deborah Davis September 17, 2003
In part one of this 2-part series, David Zweig explained the processes by which China joined the global economy. In part two, China scholar Deborah Davis discusses the prospects for China's continued economic growth. While incomes have improved and everyone's boat has risen, Davis says, so has the country's once-low income inequality. Increased differences in wealth, as well as...

Field of Tears

Jonathan Watts September 16, 2003
Although we cannot know whether Lee Kyung-hae intended to die when he stabbed himself in the heart at last week's WTO meeting in Cancun, people in his hometown see him as a hero who would have given his life to bring attention to the plight of South Korean farmers displaced by trade liberalization. Once a successful farmer and advocate of modern farmer techniques – he even received an award...