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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

Why no major business can ignore the world's fastest-growing economy.

Why gay couples have more equality and less tension at home--but still split up more often than straight pairs

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

While a confrontation carries domestic political risks for both sides, their differences over Jerusalem could sabotage peace efforts

Low-end factories are no longer the future, and the cost of doing business is rising.

He has been on the list for more than 10 years, originally wanted for allegedly orchestrating the bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Though the official FBI bin Laden poster lists his...

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