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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Price of Life
“A World Enslaved” author E. Benjamin Skinner recorded the following conversation inside a brothel in Bucharest, Romania. Listen as a pimp offers Skinner and his translator a handicapped, suicidal girl in exchange for a used car.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Recession Felt Around the World
In an era of globalization, no country is immune when the United States falls onto hard times. Here’s a look at how economies elsewhere will fare.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Gross National Contempt
What do Charles de Gaulle, Pope John Paul II, and Arthur C. Clarke have in common? They all openly knocked nationalism. But their VIP status doesn’t make them right. A quick reality check reveals that they deeply misunderstood the virtues of nationalism.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 FPTV: How to Break a Terrorist
How do you make a terrorist talk? Veteran FBI interrogator Jack Cloonan has broken some of al Qaedas toughest operatives. In this special interview with FP, he shares some of his methods for making a terrorist tell all.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 List: The World’s Worst Poaching Markets
What happens when ancient tradition collides with rampant, black-market capitalism? For certain endangered species, the rise of a Chinese middle class could be a death sentence.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Photo Essay: The World Celebrates Valentine’s Day
Whether you see it as a day for romance or a marketing ploy, there’s no denying that what began as a Christian festival has grown into a global phenomenon. Herewith, a few scenes from Valentine’s Day around the world.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Seven Questions: What’s the Matter with Kenya?
Kenya was supposed to be Africa’s development success story. But a disputed election has brought reality crashing down, with blood in the streets and widespread reports of ethnic cleansing. John Githongo, a former corruption czar in the office of President Mwai Kibaki, explains why the West got Kenya so wrong.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Three Paradoxes of the Financial Crisis
Is the global financial system headed for a meltdown? From Nobel Prize-winning economists to captains of industry, the world’s top experts are united by a common answer: We don’t know. Understanding three key paradoxes about the economic crisis can reveal the path to clarity.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Gross National Contempt
What do Charles de Gaulle, Pope John Paul II, and Arthur C. Clarke have in common? They all openly knocked nationalism. But their VIP status doesn’t make them right. A quick reality check reveals that they deeply misunderstood the virtues of nationalism.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The List: The World’s Best Places to Be an Immigrant
Throughout the developed world, countries are tightening up border security, building fences, and raising citizenship requirements. But there are still a few places left that are willing to say: “Give us your huddled masses.”
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Seven Questions: Primary Lessons
It was supposed to be all but over by now. But American voters had other ideas, and the 2008 primary season is entering uncharted waters. Andrew Kohut of the Pew Research Center peers through the fog to tell us what happened on Super Tuesday—and where the race goes from here.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Make OPEC Blink
Every day, more of the world’s oil comes from a secretive gang of countries that couldn’t care less about your gasoline bill. Here’s how consumers can fight back.
