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02/04 Weather Beaten

Mon Jan 16, 2012 4:00 PM EST

The past year was truly disastrous; 2012 figures to be less so, assuming we stop behaving stupidly

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02/04 Star Gazing

Mon Jan 16, 2012 3:55 PM EST

These four groups are next up for the fame machine

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02/04 My Psychic Powers at Work

Mon Jan 16, 2012 3:52 PM EST

Behold the boldest, most Maya-endorsed predictions you will read for 2012

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Photos: Taiwan Voters Head to the Polls, Re-Elect President Ma

Seeded on Sun Jan 15, 2012 11:38 PM EST (TIME)

Taiwan Re-Elects President Ma, Bolstering Ties to China

Seeded on Sat Jan 14, 2012 6:06 PM EST (TIME)

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Taiwan Goes to Vote:

Seeded on Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:42 PM EST (TIME)

What's at Stake in the Island Nation's Election

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Neither Independence nor Unification

Seeded on Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:58 AM EST (TIME)

With elections looming, Taiwan needs a new way to frame its relations with China

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Exclusive: TIME Meets Taiwan Presidential Hopefuls Ma Ying-Jeou and Tsai Ing-Wen

Seeded on Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:55 AM EST (TIME)

Interview

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Meet Loukanikos, Athens' Protest Dog

Seeded on Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:46 AM EST (TIME)

The stray dog who joined the lines of demonstrators in the Greek capital has become an international celebrity

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01/14 Person of the Year - video + article

Seeded on Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:32 AM EST (YouTube)

Youtube discussion about TIME's Person of the Year. Article is below the video

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01/14 Seasons in a Turbulent Year

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:35 AM EST (TIME)

What follows an Arab Spring, Indignant Summer, Occupied Fall and Russian Winter?

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01/14 Person of the Year

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:26 AM EST (TIME)

Introduction

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01/14 Crazy, Stupid, Cool

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:23 AM EST (TIME)

Yes, he's Canadian. But Ryan Gosling is still the Coolest Person of the Year

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01/07 A Rotten Picture at Olympus

Seeded on Sun Jan 1, 2012 6:01 AM EST (TIME)

The company's scandal may be the most spectacular example yet of the yakuza's infiltration of corporate Japan

01/07 Dying for a Decent Meal

Seeded on Sun Jan 1, 2012 5:56 AM EST (TIME)

China's food-safely scandals strike at the core of its citizens' sense of security

01/07 The Year of the Meltdown

Sun Jan 1, 2012 5:52 AM EST

By Joel Stein It's not that we thought things were fine. It's just that this year there were no fixes to the messes we made--no underwater oil-well caps, no AIG bailouts, no reuniting the island castaways in a church and sending them to heaven.

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12/17 Fortunate Son

Sat Dec 10, 2011 5:33 AM EST

It's really hard being the favorite child. I ought to know By Joel Stein As anyone who knows me would guess, I am my parents' favorite child. Anyone who has met my only sibling, Lisa, however, would be positively sure I am the favorite.

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12./17 When Wenzhou Sneezes

Seeded on Sat Dec 10, 2011 5:28 AM EST (TIME)

China could catch a cold. How a credit crisis in one of the country's most enterprising cities threatens to spread across the entire Chinese economy

12/10 Thought Control

Sun Dec 4, 2011 1:32 AM EST

It's no Jedi mind trick. A former schoolteacher has developed a device that allows you to operate a screen just by concentrating By John Cloud Not long ago, a manager at the Ontario Power Generation (OPG) nuclear plant outside Toronto was completing a routine drill.

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12/10 The Chindian Century

Seeded on Sat Dec 3, 2011 2:07 PM EST (TIME)

With so many of the world's economies in tatters, the combined might of China and India could spearhead global growth in the coming decades. Are they up to the job?

12/10 Ground Control to Major Joel

Sat Dec 3, 2011 2:04 PM EST

Spaceflight was supposed to bring us an alien war, not a bunch of Snoopy pins When I was a kid, I was pretty into outer space.

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12/03 Playing Favorites

Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:06 PM EST

Never mind what your parents told you. They had a favorite child - and if you have kids, so do you. Why it's hardwired into all of us There's sweetness in the lies parents tell their kids, which is a very good thing, since they tell a lot of them.

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12/03 Why Can't the U.S. Learn?

Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:03 PM EST

Education is the engine of social mobility, and it's sputtering.

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12/03 Tales of a Preschool Nothing

Tue Nov 29, 2011 7:48 PM EST

Think applying for college is tough these days? Try being a 2-year-old in L.A. By Joel Stein I always thought having money would mean not waiting in line.

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