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| Features  Interview: The 'Shadow Elite,' WikiLeaks, And Living In A 'Dangerous Era' Janine Wedel is a professor of public policy at George Mason University and author of the book "Shadow Elite: How The World's New Power Brokers Undermine Democracy, Government, And The Free Market." RFE/RL's Christopher Schwartz speaks with her about how the whistleblowing web entity WikiLeaks opposes today’s “new powerbrokers” by dangerously mirroring them. More  China Overtaking Japan As World's Second-Largest Economy Figures released by the Japanese government indicate that China has replaced Japan as the world's second-largest economy, after the United States. More  Petraeus Casts Doubt On Pullout General David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, has warned that it may be impossible to fulfill President Barack Obama's goal of withdrawing American troops starting in July 2011. More  Afghan Man, Woman Stoned To Death Officials in northern Afghanistan say a man and a woman were publicly stoned to death by the Taliban over an alleged love affair. More  HRW: Kyrgyz Government Partly Responsible For June Violence In a new report, the New York-based group Human Rights Watch (HRW) finds that some Kyrgyz government forces helped facilitate attacks on ethnic Uzbek neighborhoods in the violence in southern Kyrgyzstan in June. The group also criticizes the government for "lacking the will" to conduct a thorough and fair investigation into the clashes. More  Analysts: Impact Of Russian Drought, Fires Will Be Offset Russia-based analysts say the economic impact of this summer's destructive fires and drought will be offset by government spending and higher oil prices. More  Chris De Burgh, Mikheil Saakashvili, And 'Russian Vodka' After the meeting Saakashvili and Ghimpu visited an open air concert of the British singer Chris de Burgh. More Rap Against The Machine The face of the state for most citizens is the police. And when a hip 25-year-old rapper and a 56-year-old Russian everyman reach the same conclusion -- that the police are out of control -- it is a pretty good sign that the state has a big problem on its hands. More |
