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High-technology drones and surveillance: How the US tracks terrorists

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The United States employed state-of-the-art technology to hunt down Osama Bin Laden that gives a view into the state of the modern military.
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World No Tobacco Day: Does it help people quit smoking?

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The dangers of tobacco and cigarettes are very well known, but people all over the world continue to smoke. Will World No Tobacco Day make a difference?
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Oprah Winfrey's worldwide influence

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Oprah Winfrey's talk show is aired in about 150 countries, and it's been the model of scores of talk shows around the world.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn's rape charges and the future of the IMF

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New York Police boarded a plane and arrested IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn on sexual assault charges. The future direction of the IMF is in question.
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Learning from the global poor

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People have many misconceptions surrounding the global poor. Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee are destroying those misconceptions.
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Impact of global events on oil prices

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How the crisis in Japan and protests throughout the Middle East are raising the price of oil, and hurting the American economy.
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The global front line of carbon tax

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Australia has become a battleground over taxing carbon, pitting conservatives against liberals in a fight over climate change.
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Investing in catastrophes

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A market for so catastrophe bonds is growing in the United States as natural disasters become more frequent and more severe.
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How protests take down dictatorships

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Popular protests in places like Egypt and Libya are still about convincing the country's elites.
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Why Libya can scare the economy

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The fighting in Libya has many in the financial markets scared. Further unrest could threaten the US economic recovery.
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