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Outsmarting Sactions

by Mindy Belz

Cover Story | A 6-year-old United Nations program-"smart sanctions"-designed to punish Saddam is giving the Iraqi tyrant imaginative ways to punish his own people

[http://www.worldmag.com/2002/08/outsmarting_sactions]

In this issue: "Tools of a tyrant," Aug. 10, 2002

Features

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Do Nothing Congress

by Tim Graham

I'm from the do-nothing Congress, and I'd like your vote

[http://www.worldmag.com/2002/08/do_nothing_congress]

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Plunging to a new low

by Mindy Belz

Terrorism |  Jerusalem blast where "Jews, Muslims, and Christians study together" stuns campus community; one American tells WORLD: "Everyone is trying only to cope"

[http://www.worldmag.com/2002/08/plunging_to_a_new_low]

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'More trouble than it's worth'

by Lynn Vincent

Child Sexual Abuse |  Districts that allow Planned Parenthood in their schools may get swept up in that organization's legal troubles stemming from its failure to report abuse

[http://www.worldmag.com/2002/08/more_trouble_than_it_s_worth]

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"It's about liberty"

by Tom Jipping

A speech the president should give

[http://www.worldmag.com/2002/08/it_s_about_liberty]

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The go-to guy

by Bob Jones

Do-nothing Senate |  Gumming up the president's agenda in Congress? No sweat. For Tom Daschle the best offense is a good defense. But will the voters reward his hard work? As…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2002/08/the_go_to_guy]

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Top News

by Tim Graham

This Week |  The Top 5 news stories as measured by coverage in The Washington Post, USA Today, and NBC Nightly News from July 24 to 30

[http://www.worldmag.com/2002/08/top_news]

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Digging journalists

Mine Saga |  When it comes to the faith angle, few reporters even know the questions to ask

[http://www.worldmag.com/2002/08/digging_journalists]

Dispatches

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The Buzz

by The Editors

MINE SAGA | When it comes to the faith angle, few reporters even know the questions to ask

[http://www.worldmag.com/2002/08/the_buzz]

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In Brief

News highlights from around the world

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Quotables

Mammals helping mammals in Massachusetts. Headline in the Austin American-Statesman above a story about volunteers rescuing beached whales on Cape Cod. What…

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Quick Takes

A tool for self-defense Guns reduce violence, argues columnist Paul Craig Roberts, and the evidence supporting this thesis grows. He notes a new book from…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2002/08/quick_takes_0]

Reviews

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Kid's Novels

by Eoin Colfer, Gail Carson Levine, Louis Sacher, Natalie Babbit, George Selden

Notable Books |  Five children's novels that Hollywood will soon turn into movies

[http://www.worldmag.com/2002/08/kid_s_novels]

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Sweden's shame

by Gene Edward Veith

Culture |  Liberal Sweden, supposedly a land of tolerance, is about to make criticism of homosexuality a crime

[http://www.worldmag.com/2002/08/sweden_s_shame]

Notebook

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Flash Traffic

by Joel C. Rosenberg

Flash Traffic |  Political Buzz from Washington

[http://www.worldmag.com/2002/08/flash_traffic_0]

Voices

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Quick summer reads

by Joel Belz

But these three little books deserve a lot of attention

[http://www.worldmag.com/2002/08/quick_summer_reads]

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Mailbag

On the books issue It was a great encouragement to pore through your books special issue (July 7/13). Special thanks for Gene Edward Veith's analysis of the…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2002/08/mailbag_0]

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A cloud that changed history

by Marvin Olasky

Like rain, the second atom bomb fell on the just and the unjust

[http://www.worldmag.com/2002/08/a_cloud_that_changed_history]

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Gone fishing?

by Andrée Seu

Competition in the political arena is a calling, too

[http://www.worldmag.com/2002/08/gone_fishing]

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