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4 LETTERS NEWS B EAST 6AME~CANNOTEBOOK
Schadenfareed: plagiarism and the lynch mob.
By Tunku Varadarajan
7 INTERNATIONAL NOTE BOOK Graft or guanxi? A bribery probe casts a spotlight on an ancient Chinese term.
By Melinda Liu
8 PERS ON OF INTEREST
ln Egypt, a crucial changing of the guard, and a new hope for America. By Christopher Dickey 9 WORLD ON A PAGE
Korea's tainted tycoon; France's bikini politics.
By Tunku Varadarajan 10 BUSINESS ByRobCox
EDUCATION By Lizzie Crocker ART By Blake Gopnik 12 REPORTER AT LARGE ln Ecuador, a friend for Julian Assange.
By Mac Margolis 15 CONFLICT
Americans need to wake up to attacks on U.S.
Muslims. By Peter Beinart 16 NEWS GALLERY
Riot gear in Moscow; world on tire.
FEATURES
20 Why Obama Must Go
The president has broken his promises.
Romney-Ryan's path to prosperity is our only hope. By Niall Ferguson
26 Stop the Slaughter in Syria Now!
lt's time for the world to drop its alibis, follow the Libyan example, and act to end the killing.
By Bernard-Henri Lévy 32 The Real Indiana Jones
Forrest Fenn has hidden a million dollars' worth of his treasure-and he wants you to tind it. By Tony Dokoupil
38 A Cafe for the Ages
A symbol of continuity and perseverance, this Swiss patisserie in Cairo has served nobility and revolutionaries coffee and cakes.
By Vivian Salama 42 Brides for Sale
How human traffickers are cashing in on the Chinese market for North Korean women-and how some victims escape.
By Melanie Kirkpatrick
OMNIVORE
48 BOO KS David Foster Wallace was buoyed by Jonathan Franzen, destroyed by Mary Karr, greatest novels.
51 WI N E The world's most unusual regions.
52 SPORTS Riopreps for the 2016 Games.
54 PHOTOGRAPHY China's vision of Tibet.
56 THE CITY Abdo Khal reflects on Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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