(3.14.2005)
Chinese Premier: We'll Mess With Taiwan If We Want, and Government Will Continue to Control the Economy, Too 
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New Book Says Hitler Almost Had a Nuclear Bomb But German magazine Der Spiegel says it's all imagination and no evidence 
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India as World Superpower Newspaper article talks about it on a 20-year time horizon.
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China Gets More Belligerent About Taiwan Vote of 2,896 to 0 (with two abstentions) should be the first sign this was a Communist move. "Anti-Secession Law" provides for "non-peaceful means" to resolving the Taiwan question. 
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Java Flaw Could Make Firefox Open IE So even if one were using Firefox for the security benefits it offers, a security hole due to Internet Explorer remains 
(3.14.2005)
Abu Sayyaf Prisoners in Philippines Kill Guards, Then Get Killed Themselves 
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Domestic Dispute: Whose Has Better Soil, Illinois Or Iowa? 
(3.14.2005)
Canadian Airline Does a Huge Belly-Flop Jetsgo was selling tickets at 11:00 Thursday night...and ceased flying at midnight
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Saudi Uproar Over Women's ID Cards In order to have ID cards, they have to be photographed. That means unveiling, which angers the religious hard-liners.
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Korean Newspaper Says Japanese "Neocons" Are Turning Their Backs on Korea Given the long Japanese occupation of Korea, there are still lingering hard feelings
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Only a Psychotic Dictator Makes Schoolchildren Hike 250 Miles "To Learn From His Lofty Intention" North Korea still hasn't gotten over dead dictator Kim Il Sung, if their absurd propaganda agency is to be believed. Freedom can be messy, but it sure isn't as stupid as that. 
(3.14.2005)
Huge Pro-Democracy Crowds Gather in Lebanon 11,000 people formed a huge human flag of Lebanon. The crowds are both large and sometimes very attractive, with nearly a million anti-Syrian protesters showing up in Beirut. China's government news agency called the crowds "anti-Syrian", but curiously didn't happen to use the word "democracy" in its report. No coincidence there. 
(3.14.2005)
How to Become a Bodyguard Sure, it's from a stupid men's magazine. Still cool. And a touch sadly relevant given the shootings of this past week.
(3.14.2005)
Apu and the Kwik-E-Mart Effect The Simpsons character is a South Asian who runs a convenience store. Chicago Fed research says that, yes, Indians and Pakistanis are disproportionately likely to own and operate convenience stores. Study finds that Cuban, European, Northeast Asian, Middle Eastern, and Indian and Pakistani immigrants are self-employed at a higher rate than people born in the US. Also finds that the stereotypes about what types of businesses they own (Vietnamese nail salons, Korean restaurants, Mexican construction businesses, and Indian convenience stores) actually hold true. |
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