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Experts See Chance to Rescue Haiti From Failure

M. Morris — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:37:53 CST

With conditions in Haiti worsening, some experts in international development see an upside: an opportunity for the physically fractured nation to reform its economy and even its notoriously corrupt government. "National disasters, as awful as they are, you want to seize those moments, use that awful, awful opportunity, to strengthen...

Suharto Leaves Complex Legacy

Jane Yager — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:20:54 CST

The death of Suharto, Indonesia's ferociously anti-communist dictator for more than 30 years, leaves islanders ambivalent: On the one hand, he created economic prosperity; on the other, he enriched himself and his cronies, and brutally suppressed opponents, leaving hundreds of thousands imprisoned or dead. "He was 50% good and 50%...

Bush Asks Congress to Double AIDS Effort

Sam Gale Rosen — Wed, 30 May 2007 06:53:10 CDT

President Bush wants to double the funding of a U.S. program that battles the global AIDS crisis. Bush will ask Congress today to commit $30 billion over the next five years after the current program expires in 2008. The extra cash could save the lives of 1.5 million...

Kim Jong-Il Ate My Giant Bunnies!

Sam Gale Rosen — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:24:57 CDT

Karl Szmolinsky sent giant rabbits to North Korea to alleviate hunger, and Kim Jong-Il ate them. The German rabbit farmer suspects that the twelve "German Grey Giants" he sent to the country were eaten at a birthday banquet for the dictator instead of being used in a breeding program as...