
A Cluster Bomb Killed My Father
It's time to outlaw these dangerous weapons once and for all.

No Chickens or Cricket Bats
The strange list of Indian products you can't import in Pakistan.

5 Key U.S. Cables for Understanding Thailand’s Turmoil
Obtained by Reuters and curated by Andrew MacGregor Marshall.

It’s Not Just the Veil
Technology and globalization have reinvented other traditional Muslim practices in some surprising ways.

40 Years of Foreign Policy
A look back at the last four decades of world affairs.

Someday, Their Prince Will Come
Who's next in line to lead the House of Saud? King Abdullah, 87, is unwell, having recently traveled to the United States for medical treatment, and speculation is heating up about his replacement. Unfortunately, none of the potential candidates is getting any younger either.

Gaming the Electric Car Chase
As the four front-runners sprint around the track, some favorites could end up in the dust.
The Internet Jihad
Zach Chesser's how-to guide.

Books Behind Bars
Countries worldwide have often sought to ban books they find politically inconvenient, religiously awkward, or just plain embarrassing. But for writers like Russia’s Vasily Grossman, who pleaded with the Soviet censors in 1961, "I am physically free, but the book to which I have dedicated my life is in jail," a book's ban means far more than just a dip in sales. Here are some books behind bars today.

Hamilton’s Disciples
A new generation of Obama’s senior officials learned at the feet of the legendary Democrat.
Global Cities Index Methodology
How we compiled the 2010 Index.

Asia Rising
The world's new top ten cities.

Who’s Got the Right Stuff?
How the world's space programs match up.
Land Grab
Redistribuiting wealth by force in Kyrgyzstan.

Hacking in a Nutshell
Selections from a hacker's manifesto and how-to guide written by one of China's preeminent hackers, Peng Yinan.