Newsweek International back issues from October 2007:
Reality Check.(Giving Globally)(Periscope; REALITY CHECK)(face transplants)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: John Sparks French doctors made history with the world's first successful face transplant in 2005, but only two similar operations have been tried since. One big reason is the belief that the new tissue is likely to be rejected, a view supported ...
Russia Looks East For Allies.(Giving Globally)(Periscope; Strategy)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: Adam B. Kushner When he faces west, Russian President Vladimir Putin strikes a tough-guy pose. He squeezes Europe's gas supply, eggs on a new arms race and shrugs off human-rights concerns. But while the rough stuff gets all the attention, Putin's posture looks quite ...
Mail Call: The Darfur Tragedy.(Giving Globally)(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Readers of Mia Farrow's July 30 interview on Darfur were divided. One wrote, "Mia's cry of the heart must be heeded." Another said, "Darfur is tragic -- but to boycott the Olympics would be unkind, a big mistake." Combat the Chinese Connection Mia Farrow's July 30 ...
Houses of the Hidden.(Giving Globally)(World Affairs)(Christians in North Korea)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: Christian Caryl and B. J. Lee North Korea's Christians face execution for the sin of believing. But their numbers are growing. During the first part of his life in North Korea, Son Jong Nam had it good. As the son of a high-ranking officer in the all-powerful ...
Sartre, Meet Sarkozy.(Giving Globally)(World Affairs)(Nicolas Sarkozy's energizing of the French)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: Christopher Dickey; With Tracy McNicoll and Ginny Power in Paris The French president is exhorting his countrymen to philosophize less and work more. But are the French really too cerebral? Hmm, let's give that some thought. September is the month of La ...
Animosity In The Alps.(Giving Globally)(World Affairs)(xenophobia in Switzerland; Swiss People's Party)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: William Underhill and Tracy McNicoll; With Jessica Au In London In peaceful Switzerland, xenophobia is thriving. The image is simple but striking: three white sheep stand on the Swiss flag, while a fourth -- a black one -- is booted away. The caption: "For ...
Gang Warfare.(Giving Globally)(Photo Essay)(Mara Salvatrucha gang)(Brief article)(Photograph)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: Photographs by Moises Saman Photographs by Moises Saman S-13, the Mara Salvatrucha gang, is one of the most vicious criminal organizations in Central America. It sprang from Los Angeles's Salvadoran immigrant community in the 1970s, traded in guns and crack ...
The Butterfly Effect.(Giving Globally)(Business)(United States's effect on the global economy)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: George Wehrfritz; With Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop in Singapore and Emily Flynn Vencat in London China -- the Other Growth Engine -- was supposed to save the world from U.S. financial woes. It won't. You've probably heard of the butterfly effect -- inspired by ...
The Things They Wore.(Giving Globally)(Fashion)(The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957 exhibit)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: Dana Thomas Celebrating the golden age of couture at the V&A. The war was over. The denizens of Paris and London were ready to dress up again. And an aspiring French designer named Christian Dior knew exactly what they should wear. On February 12, 1947, Dior ...
Recalling Brand China.(Giving Globally)(Commentary)(consumer spending in China)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: William H. Hess; Hess is Global Insight's senior China analyst in Beijing. To solve its export crisis, China needs its own people to buy at home. Months before the latest toy recalls, Beijing propagandists were working overtime to convince the world that ...
So Much For A Mighty Europe.(Giving Globally)(Business)(influence of the United States economy on Europe's)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: Stefan Theil How far down will the financial crisis drag Europe's newly resurgent economy? That's the trillion-euro question in continental capitals last week. It's a bitter moment: after decades of stagnation, Europe was suddenly looking more economically powerful than ...
A Test Lab For China.(Giving Globally)(The Last Word)(Anson Chan)(Interview)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: George Wehrfritz Hong Kong's iron lady is back. As deputy to the last British governor, Chris Patten, and then to Beijing-appointed chief executive Tung Chee-hwa, Anson Chan showed decisive leadership and candor -- particularly on Hong Kong's need for democracy as ...
France Learns How To Say Yes.(Giving Globally)(World View)
Oct 01, 2007; ... We've already turned the page," Bernard Kouchner, France's popular new foreign minister, likes to say. The page in question concerns the tensions between France and the United States, a historic rivalry that reached a peak several years ago over the invasion of Iraq. Now, under the ...
How To Hedge Your Bets.(Giving Globally)(Global Investor)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Long the subject of mystique on Wall Street, hedge funds have gotten plenty of ink in recent years thanks to both their spectacular returns and equally spectacular debacles (think Long-Term Capital Management and, more recently, high-profile subprime victims like Bear Stearns's hedge ...
Proud As A Peacock.(Giving Globally)(The Good Life; Fashion)(feathers in clothing and accessories)(Buyers guide)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: Jesse Ellison Talk about birds of a feather sticking together. This fall, ostrich, pheasant and even pigeon feathers are popping up on jackets, gowns, handbags and necklaces. The look can be bold and bright or sweetly ephemeral. Prada adorns a sleeveless ...
Four Hours in Reims.(Giving Globally)(The Good Life; 4 HOURS IN)(France)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: Lorna Shaddick An hour's TGV ride east of Paris, the center of champagne also offers dazzling Gothic architecture and a lively cafe culture. VISIT the city's celebrated Gothic cathedral, St-Remi, a UNESCO World Heritage site where 25 French kings -- from Louis ...
Hot Spot: Selous Safari Camp, Tanzania.(Giving Globally)(The Good Life; HOT SPOT)(Brief article)(Hotel review)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: Ginanne Brownell For those stalking the Big Five -- lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants and buffalo -- in the Selous Game Reserve, the Selous Safari Camp is ideal for roughing it in high style (selous.com). * Ambience: After a bumpy landing at the local ...
Maximalist.(Giving Globally)(The Good Life; MAXIMALIST)(customized laptops by Tulip Ego)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Here's one laptop you won't want to leave on the train. Tulip Ego custom-designs its notebooks, using rare materials and plenty of jewels. This model is made of sharkskin, ...
A Railroad Car Of One's Own.(Giving Globally)(The Good Life; Travel)(Directory)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: Cara Tabachnick Reminiscent of a bygone era of cigar smoke and three-piece suits, vintage railroad cars have been restored to their former glory with art deco interiors, private bathrooms and five-star chefs. For about $7,000 a day, these cars can be hitched to passenger ...
Greening The Seas.(Giving Globally)(The Good Life; Boats)(Lagoon's hybrid yacht)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: John Sparks A sailing yacht is a paradox. In theory, it's the greenest sort of watercraft, powered by the ultimate renewable resource. But as anyone who has ever been becalmed in midocean knows, when the wind won't take you where you need to go, the only choice is to ...
The New Red Zone.(Giving Globally)(Periscope; IMMIGRATION)(refugees in Malta)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: Barbie Nadeau The waters of Pretty Bay in Malta are dotted with bobbing tourists and something new: refugee vessels from North Africa. Since joining the European Union in 2003, Malta has attracted the largest illegal immigrant minority in Europe, totaling 8,000 or 2 ...
By The Numbers.(Giving Globally)(Periscope; BY THE NUMBERS)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Abu Dhabi's $1.35 billion purchase of a 7.5 percent stake in the Carlyle Group shows how governments are emerging as the world's richest private investors. 875 Value in U.S. billions of Abu Dhabi's investment fund, the largest so-called sovereign fund in the world ...
Perspectives.(Giving Globally)(Perspectives)
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: QUOTATION SOURCES: AP, GLOBE AND MAIL, AP, AFTENPOSTEN, AFP, DAILY NEWS "All the fundamentals point to Canada right now." Stephen Butler, director of foreign-exchange trading at Scotia Capital, after the Canadian "loonie" rose to equal the U.S. dollar for the ...
States In Shock.(Giving Globally)(Periscope; BOOKS)(The Shock Doctrine)(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: Barrett Sheridan In 2004, Sri Lanka's government barred thousands of fishermen from returning to their seaside homes after the Asian tsunami, citing safety concerns. Yet new upscale hotels on the same beaches were allowed to stay in business. Was the official concern for ...
Not Ellis Island.(Giving Globally)(Periscope; ARCHITECTURE)(immigration offices in Florida)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: Arian Campo-Flores When Rodolfo Acevedo arrived in Florida from his native Argentina, the immigration offices where he waited with his paperwork struck him as neither functional nor friendly. Not much has improved since then, but now Acevedo's Boca Raton-based ...
The War Comes Home.(Giving Globally)(Periscope; On Screen)(In the Valley of Elah)(Movie review)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: David Ansen Tommy Lee Jones may have the most eloquently ravaged face in current movies, and his journey in Paul Haggis's "In the Valley of Elah" is a tough, mournful one. When he learns that his soldier son, just back from Iraq, has gone missing, he opens his own ...
Where Are You?(Giving Globally)(The Technologist; Mobile Phones)(global positioning systems in mobile phones )
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: Benjamin Sutherland For only $2.99 a month, Sam Altman says he can "increase our depth of vision." Altman's Mountain View, California, company, loopt, recently inked a deal with the mobile-phone carrier Sprint that will enable a GPS cell phone to track the current ...
Biofuel Forests.(Giving Globally)(The Technologist; Conservation)(environmental impact of palm oil production)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: Patrick Falby Most of the world's palm oil comes from Southeast Asia, and now demand is skyrocketing -- thanks in part to its use in biofuels. Global production went from 4.5 million tons in 1980 to 20.9 million tons in 2000, and is expected to rise to 30.4 million by ...
In science fiction,.(Giving Globally)(The Technologist)(electron and positron meeting together)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Byline: Patrick Falby if matter meets antimatter, the result is mutual annihilation, and usually the end of the universe. Scientists at the University of California, writing in the journal Nature, recently managed to get an electron and a positron (an ...
Periscope: Rule of Law.(Periscope)
Oct 08, 2007; ... Byline: John Sparks David Ansen Tara Weingarten Kurt Soller John Sparks No Longer Quite So Supreme The legal empire of the United States is in retreat, too. Last month's EU court ruling against Microsoft is just the latest exhibit. Antitrust law is an American ...
Mail Call: An Unequal Society.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 08, 2007 ... Our Aug. 6 report on the "new" U.A.E. left readers dissatisfied. "Success in business isn't enough to create a great nation," wrote one. Another said, "Unfairness, injustice and anger are being grown there." The Real Middle East Your Aug. 6 cover story, "The New ...
The Sexiest Companies You've Never Heard Of.(Business)
Oct 08, 2007; ... Byline: Mac Margolis and Rana Foroohar; With Joseph Contreras in Monterrey and Quindlen Krovatin in Beijing Street-tough multinationals from poor nations are growing far faster than Western rivals, signaling a major shift in wealth and power. Not so long ago, big ...
Big Egos Rising.(Business)(chief executive officers as celebrities )
Oct 08, 2007; ... Byline: Joseph Contreras Emerging-market CEOs used to play it quiet. Now some are embracing capitalist celebrity, flaunting their winnings in the public eye. Most CEOS favor pinstripes and French cuffs. Not Yevgeny Chichvarkin. Last year, when the brash Muscovite ...
The Monks' Uprising.(World Affairs)(Myanmar)
Oct 08, 2007; ... Burma's holy men turn on an unpopular regime that has long depended on them. It started, as revolutions often do, over issues of bread and butter. In mid-August, enraged by a doubling of the state-set fuel price, thousands of Burmese took to the streets. Then the unexpected ...
Warsaw On The Thames.(World Affairs)(Poles in the United Kingdom)
Oct 08, 2007; ... Byline: William Underhill; With Jessica Au in London Poles are heading to Great Britain and Ireland in unprecedented numbers. Politicians are close behind. It's campaign season in Poland, with a closely fought national election this month. So why was opposition leader ...
Trouble on the Black Sea.(World Affairs)(Sochi, Russia)
Oct 08, 2007; ... Byline: Anna Nemtsova and Owen Matthews The site of the 2014 Olympics offers the hallmarks of the new Russia: big money and international intrigue. From the dance floor of the Plotform nightclub, late on a sultry Saturday night, downtown Sochi looks a lot like Cannes ....
The End Of Impunity.(World Affairs)(Alberto Fujimori's corruption case)
Oct 08, 2007; ... Byline: Joseph Contreras; With Jimmy Langman in Santiago and Lucy Conger in Lima The case of Alberto Fujimori suggests that other rogue heads of state will face consequences for their actions. After nearly two years under house arrest in Santiago, Chile, former ...
An Emergency In Art.(Culture)(From Words to Pictures: Art During the Emergency exhibit in Singapore)
Oct 08, 2007; ... Byline: Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop An exhibit in Singapore reveals the different ways paintings can be used to promote a political cause. The Malayan emergency, a term used by the British colonial government to describe its guerrilla war with the Malayan Communist Party ...
Restrain The Riffraff.(World View)(Wang Qishan's plan for Beijing, China)
Oct 08, 2007; ... Byline: Melinda Liu; With Jonathan Ansfield in Beijing Beijing's rising-star mayor clamps down on public displays of excess ahead of the 2008 Olympics. Nobody can pinpoint just when conspicuous consumption took over Beijing; in the course of the past decade, high-end ...
When Love Is Gone.(Arts)(Hector Babenco's The Past)(Interview)
Oct 08, 2007; ... Byline: Mac Margolis Hector Babenco's new film has him thinking about strong women, weak men and his Argentine past. Over the past three decades, film director Hector Babenco has been all over the map. Born in Argentina, he makes his home in Brazil and shoots in ...
All About My Drama.(Theater)(All About My Mother)(Theater review)
Oct 08, 2007; ... Byline: Ginanne Brownell; With Sophie Grove An Almodovar film is adapted for the stage. Far more plays have been turned into successful films than vice versa. Recently Alan Bennett's drama "The History Boys" was made into a critically acclaimed film starring Richard ...
David Miliband: A Good Genie Is Afoot.(The Last Word)(Interview)
Oct 08, 2007 ... It was a busy week for David Miliband, Great Britain's youthful new foreign secretary . On Tuesday, the 42-year-old addressed the Labour Party conference, acknowledging the successes and "scars" from 10 years of Labour government and saying that Britain must strengthen its links with the ...
China Learns.(World View)(helping with maintaining international order)
Oct 08, 2007; ... The Power Play In China, history tends to get politicized. Visitors to a Tang-dynasty museum outside Xian, for example, are treated to a carefully controlled message. The Tang era (A.D. 618 to 907) is described as China's golden age, a heyday of elegance and commerce. A plaque ...
It's Not The Asian Century.(Global Investor)
Oct 08, 2007; ... Byline: Ruchir Sharma; Sharma is head of co-head of global emerging markets for Morgan Stanley Investment Management. In economic and financial circles, the mere mention of Asia these days typically conjures up images of booming growth, surging consumer spending, rapidly ...
Charming.(The Good Life; Jewelry)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
Oct 08, 2007; ... Byline: Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop In ancient times, people wore charms around their wrists to ward off evil spirits. Today they're much more popular as expressions of personality. And forget simple hearts or ballet slippers; the latest charms are tiny and elaborate works of art. ...
Four Hours in Dublin.(The Good Life)(Ireland)(Brief article)
Oct 08, 2007; ... Byline: David Bardeen More than pints and pubs, this historic city hugging the banks of the Liffey is a riotous mix of galleries, shops and restaurants. Shop along bustling Grafton Street, a pedestrian thoroughfare lined with high-end shops. Enjoy performances by the ...
Giuseppi's Wine Bar Mellieha, Malta.(The Good Life)(Restaurant review)(Brief article)
Oct 08, 2007; ... Byline: Barbie Nadeau In a buffet-heavy country where food is hardly the strong point, this gem, run by local celebrity chef Michael Diacono (Malta's answer to Jamie Oliver), is by far the island's best eatery. Ambience: With only 14 tables spread over two floors of ...
High-End Hybrids.(The Good Life; Automobiles)(Brief article)
Oct 08, 2007; ... Byline: Laura Brunts If luxury hybrid sounds like an oxymoron, you haven't seen the latest models. Both Audi and Mercedes-Benz plan to launch models for the 2008 season: Audi will start production of an SUV with a solar-panel sunroof and Mercedes-Benz will introduce a "mild ...
A Fabulous Fall.(The Good Life; Fashion)(Buyers guide)(Brief article)
Oct 08, 2007; ... Byline: Anna Kuchment It's time to hit the stores in search of those few items that will help you look hot as the weather cools. THE GOOD LIFE asked Faran Krentcil, editor of fashionista .com, what to buy: Long leather gloves. "They look so chic, and they're a great ...
Perspectives.(Perspectives)
Oct 08, 2007 ... Byline: Quotation sources, top to bottom: Detroit Free Press, New York Times, Reuters, AP, BBC "I don't know how I'm going to feed myself." University of Washington student R. J. Bollard, noting that buying the best-selling videogame Halo 3 had left him with 73 cents ...
Iphone Epidemic?(The Technologist)(preventing mobile phone viruses)
Oct 08, 2007; ... Byline: Emily Flynn Vencat; With Sophie Grove In London SECURITY The phenomenal visibility of Apple's iPhone may spell the end of the cell-phone industry's age of innocence. Mobiles have been largely immune to the viruses and other "malware" now inflicted on PCs at ...
Robotics: Feeling Good.(The Technologist)(pre-touch sensing in robots)(Brief article)
Oct 08, 2007; ... Byline: Patrick Falby Robots can assemble cars, serve meals and defuse bombs, but they also tend to be clumsy. Move a salt shaker even slightly just before a robot tries to pick it up, and the machine could very well knock it over instead. Intel, the semiconductor maker, says it ...
Mail Call: An Article of Faith?(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 15, 2007 ... Readers of our Aug. 13 report on global warming were evenly split. One said, "It's a masterpiece -- to be read by all presidential wanna-bes and voters." Another wrote, "Global warming has become a religion." A third claimed, "The U.S. energy lobby is accountable for the damage done." ...
Seeking Center Ground.(World Affairs)(Tony Blair's politics)
Oct 15, 2007; ... Byline: Stryker McGuire; With Sophie Grove In London Tony Blair seems to have disappeared from British political life. But his unique brand of politics lives on. Where's Tony? The search for former British prime minister Tony Blair hasn't been enshrined in a ...
The Longest Shadow.(World Affairs)(Francisco Franco's legacy)
Oct 15, 2007; ... Byline: Sarah Wildman Spain's failure to overcome its past says much about the state of the nation today. Not long after he took office in March 2004, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero created a commission charged with the treacherous task of ...
A Stressful Situation.(World Affairs)(limiting sick leave for mental burnout in Sweden)
Oct 15, 2007; ... Byline: Karin Rives Plans to rein in sick leave spur a backlash in Sweden. By all rights the Swedes should be just thrilled with their lot. A year ago they voted into office the first non-Socialist government since the early 1990s, and they promptly cut taxes and ...
Rwanda Turns Off.(World Affairs)(repression and the economy in Rwanda)
Oct 15, 2007; ... Byline: Silvia Spring; With Scott Johnson in Kigali Growing repression threatens an economic boom. Outsiders could be forgiven for thinking these are the good days in Rwanda. Thirteen years after a civil war killed some 800,000 citizens, the country's reconstruction ...
The Oligarchs Go On Safari.(Business)(Russian and Chinese businesses trade with Africa)
Oct 15, 2007; ... Byline: Owen Matthews; With Karen MacGregor In Durban Russians take their place alongside the Chinese in a battle for resources to fuel their growing empires. Late on a Friday night at the Simba Saloon in downtown Nairobi, music by the Kenyan pop sensation the Boomba ...
The Year of Miracles.(Science)(genetic research)
Oct 15, 2007; ... The year 1905 was an annus mirabilis, or miracle year -- A rare historical moment in which key flashes of insight suddenly made the field of physics take off in new directions. That was the year Albert Einstein presented four papers that turned the conventional wisdom about how the ...
Dreaming Of Checkmate.(Society and the Arts)(playing chess in Africa)
Oct 15, 2007; ... Byline: Scott Johnson Chess is catching on across Africa and beginning to produce some formidable players. Kasparov, beware. Amon Simutowe learned chess by reading magazines. He was the Zambian national champ by the time he was 14. But a series of dazzling victories ...
The 10 Hottest Nerds.(Science)(biologists)(Interview)
Oct 15, 2007 ... The revolution in physics in the 20th century rested disproportionately on the accomplishments of a handful of scientists (Albert Einstein comes to mind) who supplied key insights at just the right moments. The current explosion of discoveries in the biological sciences is no different ....
A Cautionary Tale.(Movies)(Lust, Caution)(Movie review)
Oct 15, 2007; ... Byline: David Ansen Ang Lee's opulent new period melodrama is filled with explosive elements that never fully ignite. Ang Lee's "Lust, Caution" begins in Japanese-occupied Shanghai in 1942, on the day a long-simmering plot to assassinate a powerful Chinese ...
Confronting Sexual Themes Head-On.(Movies)(Ang Lee)(Interview)(Brief article)
Oct 15, 2007; ... Byline: Andrew Huang Andrew Huang From "The Wedding Banquet" (1993), about a gay Taiwanese man in New York who feigns marriage to satisfy his parents, to "Brokeback Mountain," Lee, 52, has never shied away from difficult themes or bold sexuality. "Lust, Caution" is ...
Gen. Martin Luther Agwai: Force Dejection.(The Last Word; Last Word)(Interview)
Oct 15, 2007; ... Byline: Silvia Spring Gen. Martin Luther Agwai might have the toughest job in Africa. As commander of the new joint United Nations-African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in Darfur, the former head of Nigeria's armed forces will lead the 26,000-strong force that will be deployed ...
A Ticket To Ride.(The Good Life; Travel)(horseback riding destinations)(Directory)
Oct 15, 2007; ... Byline: Sana Butler Forget simple trail rides. Horse lovers now have more options than ever for equestrian holidays, including herding cattle, learning polo or show jumping. British ex-lawyer Ruth Taggart and her husband spent a decade scouring the globe for the best ...