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In embracing a victims-and-villains explanation of the recession, Americans are missing important lessons about the future of the U.S. economy.

It is the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation and a highly successful democracy. How did Indonesia do it?

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Trees brighten city streets and delight nature-starved urbanites. Now scientists are learning that they also play a crucial role in the green infrastructure of America’s cities.

After 20 years of nation-building in the Balkan countries, a big payoff may be in sight. But it will still be a long time before the United States can declare victory and pull out.

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Behind the rise of Mahatma Gandhi was a little-recognized team of followers he carefully recruited including his secretary, Mahadev Desai.

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Like many other countries, the United States is buried under a pile of mounting debt. Tunneling out will mean making some tough choices that can’t be put off much longer.

What if a man who is sentenced to die claims to have evidence of his innocence? Common sense cries out for the case to be tried again, but important legal principles say otherwise.

A simple Google query leads a Web wanderer to discover an unexpected narrative in the Internet’s cascades of information.

In many respects, Chinese success is a win-win game.

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