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From The Economist One of the longest leases of power in the post-war era looks likely to end on August 30th. In Japan's curiously genteel election campaign, opinion polls indictate that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is heading for defect. This would almost be good for Japan. The LDP, in power almost without interruption... 

From Wall Street Journal Chip Goodyear's resignation as CEO-designate of Singapore state-owned investment fund Temasek last month may have done more good for taxpayers in the city-state than his five-month tenure. For the public ruckus his abrupt departure caused is empowering Singaporeans to demand more transparency about how... 

By Michael Freedman from Newsweek Why is it that increasingly shrill right-wing attacks on Barack Obama almost invariably cast him as a nasty European? Last July, Rush Limbaugh, the radio pundit with almost 15 million weekly listeners, said Obama's comments on the campaign trail reveal he "would prefer to be running for president...