"We aren't heading for a revolution in our country, we are already in the midst of one," says the stern, silver-haired churchman as he glances at the acacias and bougainvilleas blooming outside the window of his study. "And by that I mean it's a revolution of ideas, a revolution of our system of values. We are forced -- even if we don't like it -- we are simply forced to join hands and to share power. We can't go on ...

"We aren't heading for a revolution in our country, we are already in the midst of one," says the stern, silver-haired churchman as he glances at the acacias and bougainvilleas blooming outside the window of his study. "And by that I mean it's a revolution of ideas, a revolution of our system of values. We are forced -- even if we don't like it -- we are simply forced to join hands and to share power. We can't go on ...

Call it the Davos of nose, the olfactory Olympics, the Sundance of Scent. On June 5, representatives of more than 50 top fragrance-and-flavor companies will converge at the World Perfumery Congress in Cannes, France, to charm potential customers and herald their latest innovations. Gilles Andrier, CEO of Givaudan, the industry leader, will speak on "The Noses of Tomorrow." The latest robotic smell mixers will be on display. International Flavors and Fragrances , Givaudan's closest rival, will fly in most of ...

This post is in partnership with Worldcrunch, a new global-news site that translates stories of note in foreign languages into English. The article below was originally published in Le Monde. It is a crazy story, one that could have only happened to him: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former head of the International Monetary Fund, whose multiple talents offered the chance to achieve the loftiest goals — yet who was capable of sacrificing it all for the most trivial of pleasures. Magnetic and yet ...

Miamians hate it when media criticism of their city is couched in stale clichs like "Trouble in Paradise" or "Paradise Lost." I agree: it's time to nix the whole "paradise" chestnut, because Miami isn't and never really was paradise. In fact, it was originally a mangrove swamp; South Beach is entirely man-made. Yes, Miami winters are balmy, but have you ever spent an entire summer here? By August you're dreaming of Montreal. But put aside Miami's natural ...

Here is the world in 2050, as imagined by the U.S. Census Bureau: India will be the most populous nation, surpassing China sometime around 2025. The U.S. will remain exactly where it is now: in third place, with a population of 423 million . And declining birth rates in two of the world's most economically and politically influential countries, Japan and Russia, will cause them to fall from their current positions as the 9th and 10th ...

As the antiausterity demonstration in Athens on Tuesday, June 28, devolved into familiar violent, tear-gas-soaked clashes between fringe anarchists and police outside Parliament, Giorgos Rallis shut off his television and stewed quietly about the immense dilemma facing his country. On Wednesday, Greek lawmakers are due to vote on an unpopular austerity bill that includes more tax hikes and a controversial plan to privatize state-owned enterprises, including the Public Power Corporation , where Rallis has worked as a technician ...

Muammar Gaddafi faces a potential war crimes trial at The Hague after the International Criminal Court on Monday issued arrest warrants for the Libyan leader, along with his son Saif al-Islam and his military intelligence chief General Abdullah al-Sanoussi. The warrants allege that all three men were involved in ordering security forces to open fire on unarmed protesters last February, turning a peaceful protest movement into a four-month civil war. The arrest warrants turn the regime's top ...

Asia's disaster has galvanized not just governments and international organizations but millions of ordinary people, who want to give anything from money to mosquito nets to those in need. Here's a list of who's doing what, and how to contact them: AID AGENCIES International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies A major relief provider and one of the few groups helping people trace lost family members. Donations can be made online at www.donate.ifrc.org, www.amazon.com or through these regional offices: Bangladesh: bdrcs@bangla.net India: www.indianredcross.org, tel: ...

Capitalism has never been thought of as an Olympic sport before, so it is a little startling to look up and find that the flag under which the Games will be conducted all over Southern California next summer is the vest from a three-piece suit. In the most remarkable private business deal in the history of free enterprise, patriotism is seeing nationalism, and raising the bet outrageously. "It is akin to patriotism," says Dan Greenwood, a committeeman in the Olympic ...