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Why Cru de Can 't Rise

There may be short-term peaks in oïl priees, but for 200 years now new ideas and

, cheap technology have kept bringing commodities back clown to earth. Page30

THE ISSUE World Affairs

10 Beyond a Christian nation byJonMea(;ham

16 How Gitmo cao ttee Cuba byPatrick Symmes 18 State's new A-team

byAdam Kushner 19 Lula was right

by WalterRussellMead

22 Angst? Nein.

by Stifan Theil 23 How Moscowwon

Moldova by Owen Matthews 24 Photo essay: Italyunburies 28 America's awkward Mrican

ally byJonathan Tepperman Business

30 Cheap ail forever byRuchir Sharma

EXODUS:America)- Christians are declining in their numbers

COVER: PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY GLUEKIT FOR NEWSWEEK

36 Oil is still gold: An interview with Jim Rogers 37 Springtime for the markets

byBarton Biggs

38 Why Saturn couldn't save GM by paulIngrassia Society & The Arts 46 Paintings and pinot

by ManuelaZoninsein 51 Tech togs

by Kiki Von Glinmv

DEPARTMENTS 4 Periscope 5 Perspectives 9 WorldView 53 The GoodLire 56 The Last Word

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