Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has narrowly survived a no-confidence motion but its still unclear whether he will be able to hold on to his position to help Italy celebrate its 150th birthday in 2011. Will the occasion, which will mark 150 years of a unified Italy, instead see a bitter struggle between north and south? (1)
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Bill Clinton, Steven Chu and K'naan join people from across the world—and Antarctica—to offer their thoughts on what might happen in 2011 More »
The conviction of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former Russian oil tycoon, is a sobering reminder that the Russia of Vladimir Putin is surely a throwback to the bad old days of the totalitarian state. More »
On January 9th, if all goes to expectations, the people of the autonomous southern part of Sudan will vote for independence and the world can look forward to a new country—and the United Nations to a new member state, its 193rd. More »
Will new president, Dilma Rousseff, continue the macroeconomic policies of her mentor and predecessor, Lula da Silva, once she takes office in January 2011? More »
Will 2011 see further economic reforms in Cuba and if so, will those reforms be just a trickle or a counter-revolutionary flood? More »
In 2006 historian Niall Ferguson looked back at our record of hits and misses to mark the 20th anniversary of The World In. More »
The planet's population is hurtling towards 7 billion. But its growth will start to slow More »
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Russians traditionally liked tough leaders, that is why there is a re-surged admiration for Joseph Stalin. And Vladimir Putin is riding that resurgence wave with toughness to spare.
More »Funny how it's the Communists that are selling the capitalists the rope - debt - so the capitalists can commit economic suicide.
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More »Obama can go down in history as a giant of a hero, or he can slide into mediocrity as the Republicans would like him to do.
More »I agree with the man who said, with money you can be miserable more comfortably.
More »Paradox is population is reducing in developed nations(US Europe) where people have reach to good facilities(health and sanitation) but still increasing in areas where Condition is piteous(Africa and part of Asia).
More »It is becoming increasingly clear that asset prices had inflated well beyond the society's ability to afford them
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