 AP Photo Ten events and trends that were overlooked this year, but may be leading the headlines in 2013. TAGGED: United Arab Emirates, Iran, Persian Gulf, Africa, oil, Cyprus, Moscow, Hong Kong, Guinea worm, inuits, Brazil, Pakistan, IndiaRECOMMENDED ARTICLES| Visiting the Gulf monarchies over the years, I have heard numerous tales of merciless exploitation, denunciations of the overpaid and idle native citizens and grievances about the near- total absence of anything resembling the... more ›› |
| This past summer, as the Syrian economy began to unravel and the military pressed hard against an armed rebellion, a Syrian government plane ferried what flight records describe as more than 200 tons of "bank notes" from... more ›› |
| A so-called pacification initiative drives out drug gangs and helps bring in development, but other types of crime have risen. more ›› |
| Criminal networks distort the most important sources of change: globalization, technology, open markets, regional cooperation, and democracy. In a context of weak institutions, persistent inequalities, and high levels of... more ›› |
| The world’s medicine supply is under attack. From Pakistan, where 120 patients died of a fake heart medicine, to the United States, where 32 patients are dead and hundreds are hospitalized due to contaminated steroids,... more ›› |
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