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Why China's film makers love to hate Japan
HENGDIAN, China - Some directors have merged war dramas with semi-mystical, martial arts action where virtually unarmed Chinese slaughter platoons of hapless Japanese. Tokyo-bashing World War II dramas help underpin the Communist rule – but are raising tensions between East Asia’s giants. Full Article | Slideshow
Insight: In West Bank shadows, repressed Hamas breathes on
DURA, West Bank - In his sparse village home adorned only with framed verses from the Quran, Mohammed Ghannam opens his shirt, pointing silently to his bruised chest.
Hagel calls sexual assault a 'scourge' on military
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called sexual assault a "scourge" as he addressed graduates of the Military Academy at West Point, where a sergeant stands accused of videotaping female cadets in the showers. Full Article
U.S.-Mexico neighbors reach across the fence
NACO, Mexico - As the United States pushes for tighter security along the Mexico border as part of efforts to overhaul immigration laws, residents on either side of the fence in southeast Arizona are taking the unusual step of working to strengthen neighborly ties. Full Article
The sushi indicator: Tuna tells economy's tale
TOKYO - Investors in Japan might keep a close eye on sales of the homely horse mackerel as an early warning of any trouble ahead. Luckily, in the more confident Japan of 2013, tuna remains king. Full Article
Ventures planned for the moon: NASA study
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Corporate researchers may be living on the moon by the time NASA astronauts head off to visit an asteroid in the 2020s, a study of future human missions shows. Full Article
Young faces enliven Kuwait's faded art scene
KUWAIT - After two lackluster decades, Kuwait is experiencing a quiet revival of an arts scene once known as the most avant garde in the Gulf, thanks to a new generation eager to tackle sensitive issues using cutting-edge art forms. Full Article
The reality of a grand Hasidic wedding
JERUSALEM - Coming back home at 5 am, I was just beginning to digest the grand event I was lucky to witness and cover: the wedding of the grandson of one of the most influential spiritual leaders in Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community. Full Article
Freight trains collide in US
May 26 - Two freight trains collide in rural Missouri. Julie Noce reports.
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What war on the press?
The Obama administration's legal battering of the press, while real, hardly rises to the level of war. The leak crackdown - and there has been one - has been mostly on the supply side, in the bureaucracy where the government leakers dwell, and not the demand side in newsrooms. Commentary
Two cheers for the tech industry's goofy energy
It’s easy to dismiss Internet ecosystems as froth, whether in New York or Silicon Valley. Yet optimism and ambition are not just heady. They are essential for constructive change. Commentary
Obama's legacy could be moral, not political
Lately Obama seems like he's playing defense. One possible alternative, hinted at in a recent speech, is that Obama might take advantage of his prestige and moral authority to make the case for stronger American families. Commentary
Changing Assad’s calculus
Even as the international community discusses 'grand strategy,' Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is taking decisive action. Commentary
Some cracks in the technocrat cult
We are living in the age of the technocrats, but there are sound reasons why not to rely mechanically on technocratic solutions. That’s why it is worth reading a new paper by Daron Acemoglu of MIT and James Robinson of Harvard University. Commentary
Lessons of the London butchers
The cases of the butchers of London and the Boston bombers raise an even more fundamental question: What exactly is terrorism? Since 9/11, the central management of al Qaeda’s operation has been defeated and the duty to continue the Islamist fight has passed to individual jihadists. Commentary
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