From the Economist: ASK someone to write down all the differences between China and rural Georgia and his hand will fall off before he’s halfway done. So let us restrict ourselves to the vista: cranes, skyscrapers, spanking new rail networks and smog: China. Barbecue restaurants, red clay and trees:

I stumbled across this very interesting news article: Pay Pal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel has given $1.25 million to an initiative to create floating libertarian countries in international waters, according to a profile of the billionaire in Details magazine. Thiel has been a big backer of

From Namibia's statement at the DSB meeting where the Seal Products panel was established for the Norwegian compaint (DS401): 68. Namibia also wished to turn to some specific seals concerns, which highlighted the importance of trade in seal products for Namibia.  The seal population in Namibia had grown

The Institute for Transnational Arbitration has issued a call for papers for its First Annual Winter Forum, to be held February 2-3, 2012, in San Francisco: THE INSTITUTE FOR TRANSNATIONAL ARBITRATION 1st Annual Winter Forum SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA INTERCONTINENTAL MARK HOPKINS SAN FRANCISCO February 2-3, 2012 CALL FOR PAPERS In

From USA Today: Almost four months after the March 11 tsunami destroyed their home, Kazuko Abe moved her family of four into temporary housing in July. "It doesn't matter to me who built the houses, I just wish they could have been quicker," said Abe, 66,

From the IELIG: The International Economic Law Interest Group (IELIG) is pleased to announce its inaugural "Safe Spaces Roundtable" for junior scholars. The Safe Spaces Roundtable will provide junior scholars with detailed feedback from more senior colleagues on early drafts of their work. The Roundtable will be closed

From Reuters: A U.S. company plans to ask the Obama administration for help in recovering more than $230 million it says it is owned by the government of Argentina, an attorney for the company said on Monday. Stephen Kho, a lawyer with the Akin Gump law firm, said it