Kent DePinto

Kent DePinto appears in the following:

EU Observer has his doubts about "fair and free" Angolan Elections

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Angola underwent first democratic elections in 16 years, but already many feel there is something amiss. Amidst reports that people were bussed in from neighboring Congo to vote, the ...

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In the eye of the storm, it's still a buyers market.

Monday, September 08, 2008

We know the housing market has seen better days, but what if you’re selling homes in a housing market right in the middle of hurricane country? The residents of the Florida Keys are...

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The New Cold What?

Monday, September 08, 2008

Europe is still reverberating from the Georgian conflict as French President Nicolas Sarkozy prepares to visit Russia this week. Edward Lucas from the Economist tells us why we should...

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Pakistani power grab

Friday, September 05, 2008

Weeks of political infighting will come to a head tomorrow as Pakistan votes to elect a successor to former president Pervez Musharraf. Will the Pakistani power vacuum be resolved or...

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Famed psychologist Dr. Philip Zimbardo looks at how heroism can be “democratized”

Thursday, September 04, 2008

From time to time, we do an update of our Hero Reports series -- our highlight of everyday acts of courage. We recently heard about something called the “Heroic Imagination Project.” ...

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Open-source textbooks help make education affordable

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

College kids heading to school are also heading for sticker-shock when they discover the costs of this semester's textbooks. But Rich Baraniuk believes he has a solution: free, collaborative textbooks.

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Weather and politics in the same dinner conversation, for once

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Now that Hurricane Gustav has dashed the momentum leading up to the Republican National Convention, the storm’s ill-timing led us to wonder if there has been a time in history when in...

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Russia, China talk while U.S. condemns decision to recognize breakaway regions

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is holding talks today with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao in Tajikistan. Medvedev says China and four Central Asian republics have expressed unde...

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Why you should care about the price of milk in Skopje

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

US consumers have been paying 5.2 percent more for their food over the past year. So the BBC world service embarked upon a little global experiment to see how much consumers were be...

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Russia bares its teeth by declaring parts of Georgia independent states

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Yesterday Russia further stoked the fire of the Georgia conflict by announcing that is was recognizing the regions of South Ossettia and Abkhazia as independent states. Next, on Th...

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Can't make up your mind about the candidates? Chances are you already have!

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Are you still ambivalent about the presidential candidates? A new study says that, subconsciously, you’re much less torn than you think you are. Test your ambivalence with the U.S. El...

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Debate grows over the over-interpretation and misuse of fMRI scans

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Function MRI, or fMRI, promises to map and discover new patterns of brain activity that were previously inaccessible. But are scientists so caught up in the possibilities of modern ne...

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Post-Olympics Ollie wonders what to watch next

Monday, August 25, 2008

Guest: Ollie Williams, BBC Sports Correspondent

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Madeline Albright, former Secretary of State, on Georgia and Russia

Friday, August 22, 2008

Guest: Madeline Albright, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1993-1997) and Secretary of State (1997-2001).

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Democrats anxious to see Obama settle down with a nice running mate

Friday, August 22, 2008

Every day this week at The Takeaway, we’ve been asking the same question: Is today the day Barack Obama announces his running mate? Obama’s campaign has said the presumptive pair will...

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Russian authoritarianism is fueled by petro-dollars

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Guest: Chrystia Freeland, U.S. Managing Editor for the Financial Times

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The United States walks on eggshells in Georgian diplomacy

Friday, August 15, 2008

Guest: Dr. Gregg Hall, chair of The Department of Political Science at Morehouse College

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's diplomatic strategy for Georgia

Friday, August 15, 2008

Guest: Jonathan Marcus, BBC News Diplomatic Correspondent, in London

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Mixed reports on Russian troops in Gori

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Guest: NATALIA ANTELAVA, BBC correspondent, reporting from Georgia

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Russians say Georgian territorial integrity is “dead issue”

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Guest: Steven Eke, Russian Affairs Analyst for the BBC

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