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Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Status Quo: Gitmo WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama failed two years ago to close the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison, and with Wednesday marking the 10th anniversary of its creation, debate is raging over whether a law he signed will ensure it will stay open for decades to come, jailing even United States citizens. Bomb Kills Iranian Nuclear Expert Guantanamo Bay Today: The Shocking Facts And Figures Rats Attack Paralyzed Hospital Patient In India Teen's Sailing Trip Around The World Nears Completion UK Grants Scotland Powers To Sever Ties From England BLOG POSTS Bill Gates: India Marks a Milestone for Child Health In 2009, India had more polio cases than any other country in the world. But much has changed since then, and this Friday will mark a full year since the last case of wild poliovirus was detected in India. Daniel Wagner: The Demise of the Beijing Consensus Pegging a country's growth to a certain set of policy tools or a certain reserve currency (the U.S. dollar in this case) is equally dangerous. The world is changing fast. John Feffer: Republican Heavy Metal: The Apocalyptics They're like a heavy metal band. Dress them up in black, put some Goth makeup on them, give them a name like The Apocalyptics, and they'd fit right in with the head-banger crowd. After all, it's mostly doom and gloom with the Republican candidates. Bassem Awadallah: The Economics of the Arab Spring The Middle East is certainly not the only region to have witnessed such demographic changes; other emerging market economies have successfully harnessed their youth bulges for development. Why should then the demographic transition in the Arab world be feared? Don Tapscott: 20 Big Ideas for 2012, Part Two What will happen in 2012? In the spirit of the aphorism "The future is not something to be predicted, it's something to be achieved," let me suggest 20 transformations.

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