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Issues | JUST BE CAUSE Sep 30, 2013

Triumph of Tokyo Olympic bid sends wrong signal to Japan's resurgent right

by Debito Arudou

International events undermine Japan's democracy. Shame on the International Olympic Committee for being a party to it.

Lifestyle Sep 30, 2013

A recipe for sanity: water, salt and nothing else

This summer, I spent an hour floating in a 1.21 × 2.4-meter isolation tank filled with tepid salt water in a basement in Manassas, Virginia. Floating in a tank of skin-temperature water saltier than the Dead Sea is said to induce an ethereal, meditative ...

World | ANALYSIS Sep 30, 2013

Kenyan attack aids president's stature, leeway

by Jean Marc Mojon

Until the Nairobi mall carnage, Uhuru Kenyatta was a beleaguered and divisive president. But his own bereavement and new clothes as commander in chief have earned him fresh support — and, some say, a “get out of jail free card” for the International Criminal ...

Crime Sep 30, 2013

Australia central bank subsidiary in Hussein link

The Reserve Bank of Australia on Monday admitted that staffers from a subsidiary had visited Iraq at the height of U.N. sanctions after it was accused of attempting to strike an illegal deal with Saddam Hussein. A joint investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Corp. ...

Offbeat Sep 30, 2013

Student eating way through college

A U.S. university student is eating his way through school — competitively. Computer engineering student Eric Dahl now ranks third in the world of competitive eating as determined by All Pro Eating rankings. Dahl has earned more than $18,000 in prize money or merchandise ...

Science & Health | Focus Sep 30, 2013

Law may lead to disparities

by Zachary A. Goldfarb

Half a century ago, the creation of Medicare and Medicaid was a triumph of American egalitarianism. Within a decade, the United States went from a country where 1 in 3 people lacked health insurance to a nation where just 1 in 10 went without ...

Asia Pacific | Focus Sep 30, 2013

Troop command top issue as Hagel visits South Korea

Sixty years after the end of the Korean War, the United States and South Korea still cannot agree on who should take charge if another war breaks out with the communist neighbor to the north. For years, Washington has been trying to persuade the ...

Science & Health Sep 30, 2013

China kids know the logos used for smokes

Nearly nine in 10 children in China can identify a cigarette logo, according to a U.S. study out Monday that measured tobacco recognition among typical 5- and 6-year-olds in various countries. The study in the journal Pediatrics covered six nations — Brazil, India, Nigeria, ...

World Sep 30, 2013

Scholars shed light on 'Jerusalem of the North'

Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius, was once a thriving Jewish cultural hub before Nazi Germany wiped out the “Jerusalem of the North” and killed off most of the country’s Jews. Now individuals and state institutions alike are trying to revive the memory of this Jewish heritage ...

Tech Sep 30, 2013

Fake online reviews face court cases and big fines

by Rob Lever

Fake online product reviews have been around for years, fueled by unscrupulous marketers seeking to boost sales. But a recent crackdown by authorities in New York could be the shock needed for the online sector to clean up its act. The New York state ...

Crime Sep 30, 2013

Fear still rules the lives of Newtown survivors

by John Christoffersen

A few nights after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, David Posey heard a strange noise in his house and went upstairs to check on his son. The little boy, who had just seen his teacher and a first-grade classmate gunned down, was ...

Science & Health Sep 30, 2013

'Yellow brick road' may lead to lost pirate booty

He calls it “the yellow brick road” because it is literally sprinkled with gold dust. This road runs along Cape Cod’s shifting seafloor, and undersea explorer Barry Clifford believes it leads to undiscovered treasure from the wreck of the pirate ship Whydah. Two weeks ...

Politics & Diplomacy Sep 30, 2013

Abbott visits Jakarta for refugee talks

Australia’s new Prime Minister Tony Abbott began a visit to Indonesia on Monday for talks on his tough refugee policies, which have sparked anger in Jakarta, as his government faced criticism over a boat sinking that left dozens dead or missing. Abbott laid a ...

Politics & Diplomacy Sep 30, 2013

Austria coalition scrapes majority; far right gains

Austria’s two main political parties looked Monday to have little alternative but to continue their unloved “grand coalition” for another five years after just scraping together a majority in elections. This is unless the conservatives attempt a repeat of their 2000 coalition with the ...

Science & Health Sep 30, 2013

Slow start expected for system

The White House is downplaying expectations for the first day of the Affordable Care Act’s insurance marketplaces. In recent weeks, senior administration members have begun predicting that there will be relatively few takers on Tuesday, when tens of millions of Americans will, for the ...

Social Issues Sep 30, 2013

India's plan for 'women-only' spaces welcomed, criticized

In the months since a gruesome gang rape riveted India, a “women-only” culture has been on the rise, with Indians increasingly seeking out women-only buses, cabs, travel groups and hotel floors. One city is preparing to open a women-only park. And in November, the ...

Science & Health Sep 30, 2013

Glitches, logistical problems plague exchanges

by Sarah Kliff

Buying health insurance will be as easy as purchasing a plane ticket or shopping on Amazon, President Barack Obama has promised. Maybe, but perhaps not on Tuesday — the day when millions of Americans are supposed to be able to start buying coverage under ...

Science & Health Sep 30, 2013

Obama's health plan set for launch — ready or not

Starting Tuesday, an estimated 50 million Americans who do not have health insurance are to start signing up for coverage as the core of President Barack Obama’s overhaul takes hold. Subsidies will be available to help those with lower incomes pay for insurance. And ...

Social Issues Sep 30, 2013

Russia anti-gay law casts shadow over Sochi Olympics

by Kathy Lally

Let other mayors fret about potholes, taxes and sewers. This is an Olympic city, and here is the jeans-clad mayor striding into his office on a recent afternoon, fresh from a landslide, and not the electoral kind. When Sochi won the 2014 Games, life ...

World Sep 30, 2013

Nigerian gunmen kill students as they sleep

Suspected Islamic extremists attacked an agricultural college in the early hours of Sunday morning, gunning down dozens of students as they slept in dormitories and torching classrooms, the school’s provost said — the latest violence in northeastern Nigeria’s ongoing Islamic uprising. The attack, blamed ...

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