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The Lessons of Dubai

South Korean figure skater Kim Yu-na has the lead after the short program, but Japan's great hope, Mao Asada, has a few triple-Axels as weapons

You've won an Oscar! Now what? For these ten actors and actresses...nothing. A look at the worst post-Oscar careers in movie history.

The global middle class is more unstable and less liberal than we thought.

The government’s new austerity measures may prove to be enough—so long as they are fully implementedGEORGE PAPACONSTANTINOU, the overworked Greek finance minister, likens the effort to steer Greece away from economic disaster to “changing the course

After his convalescence, the ailing dictator reimposed his authority—quashing hopes of internal reform and détente with the United States.

A shift in the Earth's axis? Pricier paper? Chile's catastrophic quake is triggering some unexpected consequences

TIME's Belinda Luscombe rates the best and worst of the Oscar gowns

Europe needs a leader, but the likely candidate doesn't want the job.

Postmodern Pastor With Evangelical Christians routinely trashed by the media, it was refreshing to read your positive and evenhanded article on Rick Warren, a humble man...

Use solar power, not firewoodIT MIGHT seem callous in the aftermath of 230,000 deaths in January’s earthquake to talk about the opportunity offered by the rebuilding of Haiti. But merely restoring the most benighted country in the Americas to its previo

The sports may be different in London, but Britain's capital can still learn a lot from the Olympics just finished

What the Marines' battlefield win in a Taliban enclave means for the future of Afghanistan

Two major earthquakes have caused devastation in Haiti and Chile. Is America likely to get hit by a "Big One" anytime soon?

In Vancouver, the 2010 Winter Games began with tragedy. With yesterday's Canada-USA hockey game, they ended with ecstasy. How an unforgettable event topped off a memorable Olympics