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Monday, May 7, 2012

The Browser daily newsletter [7 May 2012]

7 May 2012

 Best of the Moment

What The Greek Election Tells Us About Europe

Petros Fassoulas | New Statesman | 7 May 2012

People are fed up with policy of austerity that has become dogma across EU. But the election results in Greece and France weren't a move against European unity. They were instead a desperate plea for a change in direction Comments

China And The Politics Of Oil

Jacqueline Deal | Eurasia Review | 5 May 2012

China imports more than half its oil. It doesn't trust the free market to deliver. Like other great powers before it, it wants guaranteed supplies. It hasn't got enough hard power to do the job. So it's using diplomatic strategies Comments

The Maturation Of The Billionaire Boy-Man

Henry Blodget | New York | 6 May 2012

Big profile of Zuckerberg, in advance of Facebook IPO. Was he lucky? Did he have the right idea, at the right time? Yes, on both counts. But he's also a talented leader. A much more impressive man than many are prepared to admit Comments

The Climate Fixers

Michael Specter | New Yorker | 7 May 2012

"Many people see geoengineering as a false solution to an existential crisis—akin to encouraging a heart-attack patient to avoid exercise and continue to gobble fatty food while simply doubling his dose of Lipitor." Are they right? Comments

The Ruins Of Yuanmingyuan

Sheila Melvin | Caixin | 4 May 2012

When British and French forces looted and burned the Chinese emperors' Summer Palace in 1860, they committed one of history's greatest cultural crimes. They destroyed wantonly a paradise of treasures assembled over centuries Comments

Obituary: Michael Sands

Anonymous | Telegraph | 4 May 2012

Nude Playgirl model. Founded celebrity cheesecake bakery in Hollywood. Claimed to be "an undercover operative for various government agencies", including CIA, and to have helped capture Abu Abbas, hijacker of Achille Lauro Comments

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