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Benjamin Carlson - April 5, 2012 06:00

HONG KONG — After Beijing-tainted elections, Hong Kong sends a heartening message: the rule of law still reigns here.

Ecuador indigenous protest mine 3 29 2012

Simeon Tegel - March 30, 2012 06:00

QUITO — Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa was once the toast of environmentalists around the world after his government adopted a groundbreaking new constitution that recognized “the rights of nature.” But now, he finds himself accused of hypocrisy as his bid to push through a huge $1.77 billion open-pit copper mine in the Amazon has aroused the wrath of the country’s powerful indigenous minority. full story

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