Turkey learns it doesn't own its anthem's copyright after German group tries to profit from performance. Turkey's "cancer villages" may hold key to saving North Dakota citizens from similar fate. Globalization's greatest feat yet: babies with continent-spanning biological beginnings.
Ivory Coast's globally acknowledged new president governs from hotel while previous president won't budge. Week's events in round-up include Berlusconi facing two "awkward" no-confidence votes. Berlusconi says ousting him would create a "crisis in the dark." Friedman: I&
U.S. companies hold onto cash--reserves are at their largest share since 1959. Students protesting tuition fees in London attack car carrying Prince Charles. In the tradition of kid diplomats, 13-year-old peacemaker has already protested at Tiananmen. "It sounds silly, but this is a serious problem.
History is filled with stories of convent rebellion and nuns plotting escape. Concert pianist pays tribute to the teachers, games, and charades that paved the way for his creativity. Zoos fight the business mindset in hopes of saving ugly animals too. Research suggests being too clean can result in depression.
Before and after Deepwater Horizon, several serious spills and close calls on offshore rigs hinted at potential disaster. The web is..."a corporate sphere that tolerates public speech." Anti-Wikileaks attacks place Twitter, Facebook in unenviable positions. With Bush 41's support, Senate will likely pass nuke
As it turns out, some suicide bombers aren't ideological martyrs, but just depressed kids. America's leading terrorist expert is a 31-year-old who garnered all his expertise from the web. If you want to be an expert deceiver, master the art of self-deception. Professor
Yoko remembers the tea maker. The apartment was always uncluttered and tasteful. Sharing the Dakota with John Lennon. Icelander Kristinn Hrafnsson, the probable new spokesperson for Wikileaks, wants more leaks, less drama. Still no check from WikiLeaks to help with the law fees for the Army private suspected of leaking
Mammoth discrimination suit against Walmart could cost the corporation billions, change the course of class action. Michelle Rhee takes her education battle nationwide, eager to reduce unions to irrelevancy. In Germany's battle for TV ratings, a contestant is accidentally run over by his father on a bet. But
German parliament not ready to drop case of German citizen dying in U.S. drone attack. Attorney overseeing BP and Sept. 11 funds pegs $3 million for a miner as "standard operating procedure." Increasingly, park rangers' biggest threat in the wild is a human with a gun
China ready to spend $511 billion on 245 nuclear reactors--buy expertise and tech now, avoid imports later. Iran claims ability to produce yellow-cake uranium. Israeli spooks high-fived news of "the Chief's last hit" on an Iranian nuclear scientist. North Korea's propagandists
