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[Trudy Rubin] We mustn’t initiate a Libya no-fly zone

Mar 14, 2011

As Libyan rebels are pushed back by the forces of the mad Col. Moammar Gadhafi, we’re all rooting for the underdog. Even though we know little about the rebels and their leaders, we assume they’d be...
[Yang Sung-chul] ‘Long march’ lies ahead for Sino-American affairs

Mar 14, 2011

Amid the unprecedented earthquake and tsunami tragedy in Japan, and Moammar Gadhafi and other dictators’ bloody last gasps to cling to power in the Middle East, the global power dynamics, too, are re...
[Editorial] Judicial reform

Mar 13, 2011

In February last year, the ruling Grand National Party and the main opposition Democratic Party agreed to resume efforts to reform the judiciary and the prosecution, a project that was promoted by la...
[Editorial] Quake in Japan

Mar 13, 2011

A Herculean rescue and recovery operation is under way in Japan following Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami. The quake, which hit Japan’s northeastern coast, measured 9.0 in magnitude, the ...
Beware risks ‘on the cloud’ in e-mail accounts

Mar 13, 2011

Tens of thousands of Gmail users had a rude shock recently when they logged in only to find all their messages had vanished. Google has restored their e-mail from tape backup by this week, but the in...
Harmony-breaking words from a U.S. official

Mar 13, 2011

The assemblies of Okinawa Prefecture and two cities in the prefecture ― Naha and Urasoe ― on Tuesday unanimously adopted resolutions protesting comments by a U.S. official that allegedly disparaged t...
[William Pesek] Prada gets my $1,500 as poor can live in envy

Mar 13, 2011

In the annals of fashionable timing, Prada SpA’s trip to Asia deserves a mention. It’s blowing off Milan and taking the largest initial public offering of a family-owned Italian company since 2006 t...
[Shlomo Ben Ami] Saving the Egyptian revolution

Mar 13, 2011

TEL AVIV ― Revolutions throughout history have proven to devour their children. Their final outcomes are seldom congruent with their prime movers’ intentions. Too frequently, revolutions are hijacked...
[Eric Jackson] Steve Jobs’s hottest app may be succession plan

Mar 13, 2011

Apple Inc. suffers from a Steve Jobs discount, and it’s not fair. Ever since Jobs, the chief executive officer, disclosed that he had a rare form of pancreatic cancer in August 2004, Apple’s stock h...
[Annette Heuser] Gadhafi’s end depends on one power stepping up

Mar 13, 2011

The turmoil in much of the Arab world has grown into more than a regional protest by peoples seeking to overthrow repressive regimes. Successful uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt have spurred demonstrat...
[Brigitte Granville] Targeting the targeters in controlling inflation

Mar 13, 2011

LONDON ― Speaking in the happier economic times of 2005, Mervyn King ― then, as now, governor of the Bank of England ― stressed the importance of entrenching public expectations of stable, low inflat...
It’s not time to tap the strategic oil reserve

Mar 11, 2011

Whenever gasoline prices spike, it’s a pretty good bet that politicians are going to propose tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. This time around, the talk started with Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M...
[Editorial] Price stability

Mar 11, 2011

The Bank of Korea raised its benchmark rate from 2.75 percent to 3 percent on Thursday. On the same day, President Lee Myung-bak promised a shift in policy from growth to price stability. It was bett...
Polarization likely to only worsen

Mar 11, 2011

Individualism is dead. That’s the stark take-away from an analysis of U.S. congressional voting records by the National Journal. Since 1982, the National Journal has combed congressional votes on k...
[Joseph E. Stiglitz] Mauritius miracle of social welfare

Mar 11, 2011

NEW YORK ― Suppose someone were to describe a small country that provided free education through university for all of its citizens, transportation for school children, and free health care ― includi...