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Monday, April 2, 2012

The Browser daily newsletter [2 Apr 2012]

2 April 2012

 Best of the Moment

The God Of Gamblers

Evan Osnos | New Yorker | 2 April 2012

"By 2006 Macau's casino revenues had surpassed those of Las Vegas, until then the world's largest gambling town. Today, the quantity of money passing through Macau exceeds that of Las Vegas five times over." Here's how it happened Comments

Revenge Of Wen Jiabao

John Garnaut | Foreign Policy | 29 March 2012

Another big take on the ructions at the top of China's Politburo. Portrays clash between Wen and Bo Xilai as culmination of intra-Party struggle between reformists and leftists going back 30 years, to Deng Xiaoping's time Comments

Deflecting Asteroids

Gregory Matlof | IEEE Spectrum | 29 March 2012

Significant asteroid collisions may be extremely rare but could be devestating to life. So best have a plan to protect the planet. Enter physics professor Gregory Matlof, whose research focuses on celestial engineering Comments

Who Killed Alexander The Great?

James Romm | History Today | 27 March 2012

"Like the death of Stalin, to which it is sometimes compared, the death of Alexander poses a mystery that is perhaps insoluble but nonetheless irresistible." Murdered by his generals? Died of natural causes? Or poisoned by his wife? Comments

Letter From Guatemala

Aaron Shulman | LA Review Of Books | 29 March 2012

5,000 women murdered since 2000. Only 2% of cases get to court. Abuse of women probably worst in Central America, which is saying something. A 36-year civil war ended in 1996, culture of violence still part of everyday life. Comments

Bodybuilding And Nation-Building

Adam Curtis | BBC | 27 March 2012

A typically weird and wonderful Curtis blogpost, lavishly illustrated with video and all but uncategorisable. Here is your chance to discover the links between yoga, Barbara Cartland, and the modern history of Iraq Comments

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