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Eric Draper/Associated Press In 2000, the Weekly World News reported its phony space alien’s endorsement for George W. Bush. By CATE DOTY In Ed Anger’s America, Vanna White is the perfect role model for Sarah Lee, Mr. Anger’s overweight daughter. Latino immigrants…

Bonniers Hylen/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images By MERVYN ROTHSTEIN Ingmar Bergman, the “poet with the camera” who is considered one of the greatest directors in motion picture history, died today on the small island of Faro where he lived on the Baltic coast of Sweden,…

Jul 26th 2007 From The Economist print editionWorries about a population explosion have been replaced by fears of decline Getty Images  Get article backgroundTHE population of bugs in a Petri dish typically increases in an S-shaped curve. To start with, the line is flat because the colony is…

Jul 26th 2007 | MOSCOW From Economist.comRussia’s opposition is feeble, floundering and fading AFP  Get article backgroundAT A recent gathering of Other Russia, a loose coalition of liberals, nationalists and communists who oppose President Vladimir Putin, a pro-Kremlin youth group lit…

By DONALD GREENLEES HONG KONG, July 27 — Stock markets across Asia suffered one of the worst falls of the year Friday as contagion spread from Wall Street. By midafternoon some market indexes in the region were down by more than 4 percent as investors deserted riskier assets. Among…

Jul 19th 2007 From The Economist print editionIran's leaders think a nuclear weapon could rejuvenate their tired revolution. How can they be stopped? Getty Images  Get article background“THE Iranian regime is basically a messianic apocalyptic cult.” So says Israel's once and…

Bare Feet, Sand Stairs and Isolation to Suit a Prince Guillaume Bonn for The New York Times A guest tests the waters at Mike’s Camp on Kiwayu Island. Reached by a two-hour flight from Nairobi, Kiwayu draws occasional celebrities but not many tourists. By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN…

By MICHIKO KAKUTANI So, here it is at last: The final confrontation between Harry Potter, the Boy Who Lived, the Chosen One, the “symbol of hope” for both the Wizard and Muggle worlds, and Lord Voldemort, He Who Must Not Be Named, the nefarious leader of the Death Eaters and…

1.) Fine : This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up. 2.) Five Minutes : If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around…

By MOTOKO RICH Frustrating perhaps the most elaborately orchestrated marketing machine ever mobilized for a book, photographs of what appeared to be every single page of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the breathlessly awaited seventh and final installment in the series…