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12Jan2010

1. Newspaper articles are too long

2. Photo gallery: Kings of Africa

3. Mainland China hosts first Gay pageant

4. Were Homo Erectus sailors?

5. Sushi etiquette

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I’m an Assistant Professor of Political Science & Economics at Yale. I use field work and statistics to study poverty, political participation, the causes and consequences of violence, and policy in developing countries. [Read more]

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