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U.S. POLITICS
What Michelle Means
The importance of the first black First Lady
The importance of the first black...
Ted S. Warren / AP
December 1, 2008 issue
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WORLD AFFAIRS
The Medvedev Doctrine
Russia's president has big plans
Russia's president has big plans
Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP-Getty Images
December 1, 2008
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INDIA
The Rise Of The Hindu Right
A sputtering economy is bolstering BJP nationalists
A sputtering economy is bolstering BJP...
Mahesh Kumar A. / AP
December 1, 2008
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CHINA
End of the Boom
Beijing faces its biggest challenge since 1989
Beijing faces its biggest challenge since...
China Photos-Getty Images
December 1, 2008
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BUSINESS
Driven Into the Ground
The world's auto makers are looking for handouts
The world's auto makers are looking...
Michael Probst / AP
December 1, 2008
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THE GOOD LIFE
The Riviera Of The South
With wine and waves aplenty, Uruguay has it all
With wine and waves aplenty, Uruguay...
Courtesy of JHSF
December 1, 2008
THE LAST WORD
Something has to be done--by the leaders of the Congo, the Great Lakes region and the international community.
GLOBAL BUSINESS
Obama harnessed the grass-roots power of the Web to get elected. How will he use that power now?
TECHNOLOGY
Obama harnessed the grass-roots power of the Web to get elected. How will he use that power now?
WORLD AFFAIRS
Natan Sharansky fights to save democracy promotion from the wreck of the Bush administration.
WORLD AFFAIRS
In tough economic times, Gordon Brown's Scottish roots are a blessing.
GLOBAL INVESTOR
PE returns have been spectacular, but getting them has required immense leverage in the form of high-yield debt.
POINT OF VIEW
The average growth of developing nations is likely to revert to the 1980 to 2002 pace of 3.5 to 4 percent.
THE ECONOMY
With the economy worsening and the Bush team adrift, queasy markets are looking to Obama to set the course. But is naming a Treasury secretary enough?
WORLD AFFAIRS
An interview with Jim Walker, who predicted China's slump long before the crisis hit.
HISTORY
Before his Inaugural, FDR craftily dodged attempts to saddle him with Hoover's crisis. What Obama can learn.
POLITICS
He's promised to bring change to Washington, but does Obama's calculus include D.C.'s awful schools?
POLITICS
How do you raise kids in the White House and 'keep them normal,' too?
HUMOR
After visiting the D.C. public school system and two prestigious private institutions, Michelle Obama chose the elite Sidwell Friends for her children. NEWSWEEK imagines how educators might have lobbied the future First Lady.
SOCIETY & THE ARTS
More International Coverage
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We can dramatically reduce greenhouse gases and grow the global economy for less than we think.
GRAPHIC
The NATO Expansion
Bluster to the contrary, Russia's military power is on the wane--dwarfed by the expansion of NATO power and U.S. military troops abroad. Russia's political influence is also declining as NATO expands eastward.
TURNING POINT
It's hard to run away from a military dictatorship. How the world's fastest marathoner found a way.
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