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China Criticizes U.S. Human Rights Record
Piqued at the annual critique by the U.S. State Department, China has turned the tables and prepared its own assessment of America's human rights record for…
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Running the World Bank
Sebastian Mallaby has an interesting take on the possibility of Fiorina (or Wolfowitz) for the top job at the WB. He argues that appointing a failed private ma…
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Even Hostage Takers Like Roma football
According to the Italian reporter's account, her captors were struck by the concern of an Italian soccer star with the kidnapping: Then an almost funny in…
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Google Has A Blog
Google has a blog! This is a tricky move for a public company, and I would hope that a lawyer is vetting posts to make sure that they comply with securities la…
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Spurring an Arms Race in South Asia
Tom Friedman laments the "pacifist" EU's decision to sell arms to China. He might also lament our own decision to sell arms--including F-16s--to…
Kahle v. Gonzales - Appellee's Brief
The Government's opening brief in the Ninth Circuit. * Publication Type:Litigation Brief * Publication Date:03/05/2005 Download PDF…
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Don't let women do science, and jail men with long ring fingers!
A new study reminds us how we should be extremely careful in interpreting supposed genetic predispositions: How long a man's second finger is relative to h…
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P2P in the wake of the Grokster case
So here is another potential example of an application of P2P systems that might even be helpful from the music industry's perspective.…
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Jennifer Granick talks Hilton Hacking
Time magazine quotes CIS Director Jennifer Granick in this short piece about information security.…
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Bloodsport in a UK prison?
BBC reports on the killing of a 19-year-old Asian man, allegedly because of his race. Mubarek was battered to death by known racist Robert Stewart at Feltham Y…
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Does Japan Need More People?
This second-grade class in Nishiki has only three children. The school will close in 2007. (Photo: Anthony Faiola/Wash. Post) A baby bust in Japan is emptying…
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Name your price for new music
I recently learned about a very cool music website called Magnatune.com. It's really a record lable but, in its words, it's "not evil". Magn…