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Cablegate Chronicles: The Burmese Crony Soccer League

Cablegate Chronicles: The Burmese Crony Soccer League

A new soccer league promoted by the Burmese regime enjoys a successful launch. More »

Latkes and Doughnuts: 10 Hanukkah Indulgences

Latkes and Doughnuts: 10 Hanukkah Indulgences

Dishes for a holiday that—gasp—encourages you to fry stuff. Potato pancakes, beignets, and low-fat sweet potato fries. More »

The Best Book I Read This Year

The Best Book I Read This Year

Atlantic editors and writers share 22 favorite titles from a year in reading More »

On Our Radar This Week: Tom Brady, Steve Martin, Bing Crosby ...

On Our Radar This Week: Tom Brady, Steve Martin, Bing Crosby ...

A look at the five things we're most excited about watching, reading, browsing, and listening to this week More »

Cablegate Chronicles: Iran's 'Gator Chomp'

Cablegate Chronicles: Iran's 'Gator Chomp'

A Shia cleric comments on the U.S. presence in Iraq. More »

Cablegate Chronicles: Saddam's Execution

Cablegate Chronicles: Saddam's Execution

A description of the death of the Iraqi leader. More »

Cablegate Chronicles: China's Biometric Gait Machine

A Chinese research institute's unusual biometric device. More »

Cablegate Chronicles: How to Really Measure Economic Growth, the Chinese Way

A Chinese official explains how GDP numbers are 'for reference only.' More »

Cablegate Chronicles: Iran's Ninjas

Iran's martial arts masters are being pressured to act as enforcers and assassins, one claims. More »

Cablegate Chronicles: The Internet Habits of Young Shepherds in Iran

Two sources describe the condition of the Kashgai people, a semi-nomadic Turkic minority in Iran. More »

Cablegate Chronicles: Uribe and Chavez Almost Come to Blows

The presidents of Columbia and Venezuela have a heated exchange at an event in Mexico. More »

Cablegate Chronicles: Afghanistan's Dancing Boys

Afghanistan's Minister of Interior (MoI) Hanif Atmar asks the U.S. press to keep quiet on an incident involving foreign contractors purchasing services from young boys More »

Save the Oil for the Menorah: 16 Healthy Hanukkah Recipes

Save the Oil for the Menorah: 16 Healthy Hanukkah Recipes

Braised brisket with root vegetables, duck with dried cherry sauce, and three healthier variations on traditional latkes More »

Cablegate Chronicles: A Yacht for Turkmenistan

The fallout from the Turkmenistani president's acquisition of a yacht More »

Cablegate Chronicles: Escape from Iran

A Los Angeles man gets detained in Iran but eventually makes a harrowing escape to Turkey More »

Cablegate Chronicles: The Rolls Royce and the Kalashnikov

A wealthy leader from the Caucasus takes precautions More »

Cablegate Chronicles: The Oligarch's Wedding, Lunch

A description of a lavish wedding in the Caucasus More »

Cablegate Chronicles: The Oligarch's Wedding, The Setting

A description of a lavish wedding in the Caucasus More »

Cablegate Chronicles: The Secret History of the Chechen War

A State Department official summarizes what really happened in Chechnya. More »

Cablegate Chronicles: Putin's 'Killer Eyes'

A former member of the European Commission reflects on the Russian leader over a dinner of "rubbery fish." More »

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