Tuesday, April 21, 2009

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South African Election: Why It Matters

By ALEX PERRY / CAPE TOWN

Popular and controversial in equal parts, the African National Congress's Jacob Zuma will win Wednesday's poll and become South Africa's fourth postapartheid President. But the near certainty of that result doesn't mean an election short on intrigue

Civil Liberties Advocates Dismayed at Obama's Recent Moves

By MICHAEL SCHERER / WASHINGTON

His fans on the left are seeing too many instances of the Obama Administration siding with Bush on matters of intelligence and national security

Wall Street's Elite Head to Campus — For Jobs

By STEPHEN GANDEL

Facing high stress and low bonuses, top talent is abandoning Wall Street for the groves of academe

Waterboarding: A Mental And Physical Trauma

By BRYAN WALSH

The news that the U.S. waterboarded one al-Qaeda prisoner at least 83 times and another 183 times has given new energy to the debate over whether U.S. interrogation methods amounted to torture

Paying for College: What to Do With A Tanking 529

By CYBELE WEISSER

If your college savings plan has lost big bucks, you may be tempted to cash it in. Should you?

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By Jay Newton-Small

The Somali pirates shouldn't be worried about becoming "marked men" anytime soon as the cost benefit of flying out to Africa, outfitting a ship and hunting down pirates in international waters promises to be too thin.

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Celebrity/Paparazzi Showdowns

Madonna, a horse, and the paparazzi. It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but it's actually just another in a long list of kerfuffles between Hollywood and the tabloid press

Quotes of the Day

"There is no cloud above my head, there is not even a mist."
JACOB ZUMA,
leader of the African National Congress, dismissing corruption charges ahead of South Africa's elections
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Spain's Costumed Debt Collectors: Final Notice?

By Lisa Abend

In Spain, costumed debt collectors embarrass borrowers into paying back the money they owe. But new proposed legislation could put an end to the tradition of debt collection by humiliation

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