In Southern Sudan, New Nation Begins 'From Scratch'

The people of Southern Sudan have voted to secede from the north in July. Now comes the hard part: building a new state after decades of war. The U.S. and other countries are helping. But with little infrastructure, "they are ... starting from scratch in many ways," aid worker Bill Hammink says.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/02/01/133374383/in-southern-sudan-new-nation-begins-from-scratch?ft=1&f=1004

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EPA Cries Over Spilled Milk

Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Despite the old saying, "Don't cry over spilled milk," the Environmental Protection Agency is doing just that. We all understand why the Environmental Protection Agency was given the power to issue regulations to guard against oil spills, such as that of the Exxon Valdez in Alaska or the more recent BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But not everyone understands that any power given to any bureaucracy for any purpose can be stretched far beyond that purpose. Receive news alertsIn a classic example of this process, the EPA has decided that, since milk contains oil, it has the...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/02/01/spilled_milk_108727.html

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New Car Technology Tells Tailgaters To Back Off

Ford is working with other major automakers to turn vehicle-to-vehicle communications technology into a basic safety feature of every car. The wireless technology sounds an alarm to alert drivers if they or another car pose a threat on the road.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/01/31/133374309/new-car-technology-tells-tailgaters-to-back-off?ft=1&f=1003

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Why Egypt Is Making China Very Nervous

Gordon Chang, Forbes
"The new wave of color revolutions has broken through Tunisia and swept into Egypt this year," states The Global Times, a Chinese Communist Party newspaper, in an editorial released today.  "Western-style democracy appears to be spreading, yet the affected countries are not comparable with Western society"”these new revolutions are more controversial than those that happened in East Europe after the Cold War."

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/01/31/why_egypt_is_making_china_very_nervous_249700.html

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