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Former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung Dies at 85

By BILL POWELL AND STEPHEN KIM

Kim Dae Jung, who died August 18 of heart failure in Seoul at age 85, was not the father of democracy in South Korea, but he was its consolidator

Supreme Court's Davis Ruling Raises New Death-Penalty Questions

By DAVID VON DREHLE

In ordering a lower court to re-examine Troy Davis' claims of innocence, the Supreme Court has reignited the question of how far the courts must go to ensure that an innocent man is not executed

New REITs Scramble to Scoop Up Distressed Mortgage Assets

By JANET MORRISSEY

The real estate bust has impoverished many, but now some investors are hoping to make a triple-digit return

Can Geoengineering Help Slow Global Warming?

By BRYAN WALSH

If we geoengineered the earth into a mess with our uncontrolled appetite for fossil fuels, maybe we have to geoengineer our way out of it

Is Britain's Health-Care System Really That Bad?

By EBEN HARRELL / LONDON

Opponents of Obama's health-care reform plans have been using Britain's National Health Service to warn against the dangers of socialized medicine. But how does the NHS work — and how well?

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"His accomplishments and aspirations to achieve democratization and inter-Korean reconciliation will long be remembered by the people."
South Korean President LEE MYUNG-BAK,
on former president Kim Dae-Jung, who died Tuesday at the age of 85
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A Week After Typhoon, Taiwan Rescues Continue

By Natalie Tso / Cishan, Taiwan

With 35,000 people still stranded after Typhoon Morakot battered the island last week, Taiwan's government is trying to make up lost time for a sluggish response to the deadly storm

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