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7 INTERNATIONAL NOTEBOOK Hugo Chàvez's absence spawns cannibalistic power grabs in Caracas. By Boris Mufioz 8 PERSON OF INTEREST
Elon Musk shoots for the stars.
By Tony Dokoupil
9 THE WORLD ON A PAGE
Don't cry for me, Brazil. By Tunku Varadarajan 10 BUSINESS ByRobCox
TECH ByDanLyons SPORTS ByRob Cox 14 SOCIAL DlARIES
Buy a hall team? Invest in art? Financial advice for Mark Zuckerberg. By Rebecca Dana 15 EUROPE
The uncertain fate of the euro zone.
By Rosemary Righter 18 POLITICS
Cali Obama beat back the anti-incumbent fervor? By Paul Begala
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With Europe on the brink, it's London's last waltz. By Niall Ferguson
22 REPORTER AT LARGE Rebekah Brooks's strategy ofvictimhood.
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Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a leading contender for president of Egypt, is supported by hardliners and liberals alike. By Dan Ephron 30 The Mystery of the Multiverse
The latest developments in cosmology point toward the possibility thaï our universe i5 merely one of billions. By Brian Greene .36 The French Connection . Their teacher tried to tell them they were headed for trouble, but high on risk and volatility, the quants of France didn't listen.
By Christopher Dickey
40 The Retorn of the Circassians
Sochi, the site for the 2014 Winter Olympics, is where the Russians dispossessed an entire nation ISO years earlier. The survivaIs' descendants are demandingjustîce.
By Oliver Bullough
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44 FILM How MIB3 almost spun off the rails.
47 THEA TER Underground dramain Russia.
48 MUSIC The coolest Beatle.
51 BOOKS Carlos Fuentes, master storyteller.
52 MANUSCRIPTS The art ofsacredbooks.
56 THE CITY Mark Kurlansky reflects on San Sebastîàn, Spain.
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