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Good Reads: From Google鈥檚 secret lab, to Japan鈥檚 economy, to the end of alimonyThis week's round-up of Good Reads includes Google's lab, a reporter's tale of kidnapping, Japan's plan for revitalization, an undercover meat inspector, and a challenge to alimony.
Putin: Russian hasn't sent S-300 missiles to Syria, won't to preserve 'stability'President Putin's statement to EU leaders seems to put an end to often contradictory Russian and Syrian stories about whether the Assad regime would get the weapons.
'Blade Runner' Pistorius, media darling and party-goer, has murder trial postponedThe Pistorius trial was delayed until August 19 to allow the prosecution more time to sort evidence. Leading judge calls news coverage 'scandalous.'聽
Tiananmen still taboo in China after all these yearsMore than two decades on, some young people don't even know the significance of the day the Chinese police ended a massive student protest, killing hundreds, perhaps thousands of young people.
Looking to lessons learned from past floods as rain drenches central EuropeThousands have been evacuated across central Europe as heavy rains and swollen rivers threaten to flood cities and towns. Many are taking preventive steps based on experiences from 2002 floods.
Protest emerges even in a far-flung corner of TurkeyAll along the protest march in Antakya, people lining the road cheered on the protesters and hung off balconies, shouting their support or clapping.听- Magnitude 6.3 quake jolts a vigilant Taiwan, kills twoLocated along the so-called ring of fire, Taiwan has prepared for shakes like today's with earthquake construction codes.
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi speaks outAung San Suu Kyi surprised many this week when she was uncharacteristically critical of the Mynamar government's much-lauded reforms.
Is Indonesia still a model of religious tolerance?Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received a religious tolerance award last night, infuriating critics who say he has failed to stop a wave of attacks on religious minorities.
Meet Russian television's newest personality: Larry KingThe legendary television interviewer has signed a deal with Russia's English-language, Kremlin-backed television station to appear on a new show, 'Politics with Larry King.'
Was the stabbing of a soldier in France a copycat attack?French authorities have arrested a suspect in the stabbing of an on-duty soldier in Paris, an attack that mirrors the recent killing of a soldier on the streets of London.
Move over 'ugly American,' China's tourists are in townAfter a young Chinese boy defaced an ancient Egyptian temple, it looks like the 'ugly American' that some Europeans and Latin Americans love to hate is about to get a run for his money.
Good Reads: From a Disney makeover, to unethical work conditions, to refusing US aidThis week's round-up of Good Reads includes a "Barbie-fied" Disney princess, the most selfish generation, the lack of consumer awareness, expelling USAID, and long-form journalism.
Frustration and mirth as the EU almost bans olive oil bottles from its restaurantsWith much of Europe mired in recession and high unemployment the European Union turned its attention to issue of olive oil fraud.
Gerard Depardieu goes to Chechnya to film next movieDepardieu and actress Liz Hurley are paying a visit to Chechnya to make a movie, in what appears to be an effort to remake the former war zone's international image.
Kremlin 'outraged' by electoral fraud... in Eurovision song contestAllegations of voter fraud in Russia are nothing new. But this time it's the Kremlin making them.
Good Reads: From writer鈥檚 block, to edible insects, to an unexpected nuclear leaderThis week's roundup of Good Reads includes a remedy for writer's block, a call to eat insects, a growing culture of sharing, countering the false perception of Europe's decline, and a nuclear Kazakhstan.
Campaigner against gay marriage in France kills himself in Notre DameThe protests against the legalization of same-sex marriage in France has been surprisingly passionate and may have included yesterday's suicide in the symbolic heart of French Catholicism.
Don't let strangers in, even in ParisWhen a man in work clothes showed up at her door, the Monitor's Europe bureau chief let him inside. But fortunately, he didn't get a chance to pull off a well-known Parisian scam.
Germany's uncomfortable role as Europe's 'economic police'Since World War II, Germany has preferred to stay out of international leadership roles. But the eurocrisis has put the country at Europe's head 鈥� with all the criticism that entails.
