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National Defense April 2006 David Axe	Soldiers, Marines Team Up in `Trailblazer' Patrols The Army and Marine Corps in Iraq are pressing new and adapted systems into service to combat improvised explosive devices. Many of these innovations empower soldiers to tackle the threat without always relying on bomb-disposal specialists.
InternetNews March 23, 2006 Roy Mark	Nigerian E-mail Scam Artists Indicted Dutch authorities are holding the three men pending extradition to the United States for a spam-delivered advance fee scheme that promised large returns for fronting legal costs of a charitable effort.
Reason April 2006 Michael Young	How Did Iraq Go Wrong? In The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq, by George Packer, liberal hawks blame incompetence but sidestep American narcissism.
Fast Company April 2006 Linda Tischler	Al Jazeera's {Global} Mission Can an English-language news network with radioactive DNA actually be good for Brand America? U.S. business better hope so. Al Jazeera International has grander ambitions than to be simply the enfant terrible of the Middle East.
The Motley Fool March 10, 2006 Rich Duprey	Dubai Port Deal Dies With Dishonor Congressional concerns kill the deal of a capable port operator, highlighting the fact that politicians are holding a double standard when it comes to Arab companies.
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Zagha, Nankani & Gill	Rethinking Growth Economists are reconsidering what they really know about economic growth and how to go about formulating global national policies in the absence of reliable models.
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Hausmann, Rodrik & Velasco	Getting the Diagnosis Right A new approach to economic reform: Because across-the-board reforms are politically difficult and have often failed to achieve growth, countries need to figure out the one or two most binding constraints on their economies and then focus on lifting those.
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Leipziger & Zagha	Getting Out of the Rut Applying growth diagnostics at the World Bank -- Creative policymaking enables economies to overcome their deficiencies and generate economic growth. If that were not so difficult, we would have many more success stories.
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Lant Pritchett	The Quest Continues Growth theory: old and new -- After decades of growth research, what can academic economists really say about policy?
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Baily & Farrell	Breaking Down Barriers to Growth Encouraging competition is key to reviving stalled industrial economies.
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