Green.view: Finger on the spot
Fly Title: Green.view Rubric: Deciding what to save Location: WHEN a house is on fire, most people find the initial decisions about what to save quite easy. Humans (and by tradition women and...
View ArticleSo tumble ivory towers
THE halls of academia hardly form a protected enclave these days. Bad news continues to pour in about shrinking endowments and budget shortfalls. One day, Harvard loses about $8 billion, roughly the...
View ArticleTurmoil in Madagascar: I'm king of the...oops
Issue: The return of economic nationalism Fly Title: Turmoil in Madagascar Rubric: The putsch that wasn’t Location: johannesburg Main image: AFPThe adoration of Rajoelina The adoration of...
View ArticleThe waste industry: A load of rubbish
Issue: The bill that could break up Europe Fly Title: The waste industry Rubric: What’s wrong with policies on waste, and how to get them right Location: Main image: Corbis Corbis AT POPE'S...
View ArticleMalagasy misery
Fly Title: Rubric: The worsening political crisis in Madagascar has prompted the army to step in Location: The confrontation between the hard-line president, Marc Ravalomanana, and the young mayor...
View ArticleMadagascar: An odd way to change a government
Issue: How China sees the world Fly Title: Madagascar Rubric: How a president came to be ousted by a mayor Location: Antananarivo Main image: APAll done quite legally, they say All done quite...
View ArticleAgriculture: Green shoots
Issue: How China sees the world Fly Title: Agriculture Rubric: No matter how bad things get, people still need to eat Location: Hong Kong Main image: eyevine eyevine AT A time when much of the...
View ArticleMadagascar and Africa: A coup that is not yet irreversible
Issue: Learning the hard way Fly Title: Madagascar and Africa Rubric: The island’s new leader has yet to consolidate his power Location: Johannesburg SWORN in as Madagascar's president on March...
View ArticleWater: Sin aqua non
Issue: A world without nuclear weapons Fly Title: Water Rubric: Water shortages are a growing problem, but not for the reasons most people think Location: istanbul Main image: Panos Panos THE...
View ArticleLand deals in Africa and Asia: Cornering foreign fields
Issue: Good news from India Fly Title: Land deals in Africa and Asia Rubric: The Chinese and Arabs are buying poor countries’ farms on a colossal scale. Be wary of the results Location: Main...
View ArticleYoungest national leaders: Who's your daddy?
Fly Title: Youngest national leaders Rubric: The youngest political leaders around the world Location: THIS week reports emerged from North Korea suggesting that Kim Jong Il wants his youngest son...
View ArticleMalagassy stalemate
Fly Title: Rubric: Until Madagascar's tortuous politics is sorted out, donors are unlikely to open their wallets Location: The African Union has suspended mediation efforts in Madagascar after a...
View ArticleGreen.view: Extinct and unmourned
Fly Title: Green.view Rubric: A database of endangered creatures fails to list those most at risk Location: ONE of the problems facing nature conservationists is that they often have little idea...
View ArticleMadagascar and regional diplomacy: Coups can still pay
Issue: Obama's war Fly Title: Madagascar and regional diplomacy Rubric: A diplomatic compromise keeps a coup-maker happily in power Location: Johannesburg WHEN Andry Rajoelina, a former mayor of...
View ArticleInternational: The Madagascar model
Fly Title: International Rubric: Conflicts over natural resources will grow Location: Main image: fake_0.jpg In the world's earliest written legal code, dating from 1790BC, Hammurabi, the king of...
View ArticleFeeding the world: If words were food, nobody would go hungry
Issue: Dealing with America's fiscal hole Fly Title: Feeding the world Rubric: Investment in agriculture is soaring. So, worryingly, is distrust of markets and trade Location: rome Main image: AP...
View ArticleMonitor: The many voices of the web
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Bombs away Fly Title: Monitor Rubric: The internet: New combinations of human and computer translation are making web pages available in foreign languages...
View ArticlePolitics in Madagascar: The coup that wasn't
THE beautiful Indian Ocean island of Madagascar has had its fair share of violent political turmoil. Since gaining independence from its French colonial masters in 1960, five successive presidents have...
View ArticleMadagascar's politics: A coup-maker turns president
TWO years after a military coup in Madagascar, condemned by the world, that brought André Rajoelina to power, the boyish former disc jockey has been confirmed as the Indian-Ocean island's president by...
View ArticleGuitars and the law: Guns N’ Rosewood
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Ten years on Fly Title: Guitars and the law Rubric: Confusing environmental rules harm more than guitarmakers Location: NASHVILLE Main image:...
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