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AskMen.com	Puerto Rico: No More Monkeys Residents of Puerto Rico are stunned that its government has tentatively approved a plan to import and breed thousands of primates for sale to U.S. researchers.
Fast Company December 2009 Ryan Blitstein	Which Poverty-Fighting Policies Work? J-PAL Has the Answer A global league of economists called J-PAL is deploying its experimental methods and one all-powerful asset -- data -- to explain human behavior, change how we help the poor, and try to save the world.
Fast Company December 2009	J-Pal's Most Provocative Inquiries J-PAL members hope their findings will inspire smarter anti-poverty policy. Here, a look at some of their most provocative inquiries.
Fast Company December 2009 Anne C. Lee	Freeze: The Antarctic Treaty Turns 50 On the first of December 1959, 12 nations signed a pact freezing territorial claims and banning military activity in Antarctica. Here's a tour.
BusinessWeek November 12, 2009 Roberts & Engardio	China's End Run Around the U.S. As more free-trade deals exclude America, Beijing could dominate a new Asian trade bloc.
BusinessWeek November 4, 2009 Stanley Reed	Why Oil Majors Are Coming Back to Iraq Global oil companies are finding it harder to resist the huge volume of crude in Iraq, but their change of heart could increase tensions in OPEC.
Chemistry World October 21, 2009 Ned Stafford	Trillions for CCS to fight climate change Without carbon capture and storage, the International Energy Agency says that costs associated with cutting greenhouse gas emissions to 2005 levels by 2050 are likely to be 70 per cent higher.
AskMen.com	Putting The "State" In Empire State Critics of China's communist government, including several supporters of Tibet, are protesting plans to light the top of New York's Empire State Building to China's 60th anniversary.
Lucire September 20, 2009	Gisele Bundchen is UNEP's new goodwill ambassador A lot of celebrities are hopping on the environmental bandwagon, and Bundchen is the latest.
Wired Nicholas Thompson	Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine The technical name was Perimeter, but some called it Mertvaya Ruka, or Dead Hand. It was built 25 years ago and remained a closely guarded secret.
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