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Love is universal, but methods for finding it differ from culture to culture. Today, most Saudi relationships begin with the help of internet networking sites, cell phones or servants who act as intermediaries. In a society that strictly prohibits contact between the opposite sexes, let alone open displays of affection, starting any relationship relies on immense trust and some amount of daring....

The economic system of capitalism certainly creates pools of wealth, and economists, corporate leaders and others debate how to distribute such pools to aid the world’s poor. Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft who has since moved into philanthropy that funds basic education and health services in developing nations, argues for “creative capitalism,” by raising recognition of corporate...

Host nations often welcome new immigrants and attempt to accommodate cultural differences in many ways. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams takes that one step further: He suggests that some Muslims in the UK do not relate to the British legal system and adds that adopting parts of Islamic Sharia law, for example on marital or financial matters, may “help maintain social cohesion,” reports...