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Sign promoting the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing

SPOTLIGHT FEATURE Summer Edition

The Beijing Olympics

Protests and pollution worry organizers as China prepares to host the Summer Games.
Current Events is on a summer break, but our Election Coverage will be updated throughout the summer.

World History Spotlight

Neanderthals Speak!

Scientists have re-created the sounds the ancient hominids may have made.

Issues in World Geography

Zimbabwe: Nineteen days after a presidential election in Zimbabwe, the country and the world still had not learned the results.

The United States: In a 7–2 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that lethal injection does not create an observable risk of severe pain.

Haiti: Riots in Haiti over the rising cost of food in the first two weeks of April led to the firing of the prime minister there.

2008 Presidential Election

INTERACTIVE ELECTION COVERAGE, PODCASTS, and ELECTION COMMENTARY FROM ROBERT DALLEK

View up-to-the-minute election news, photos, and video.

Economics Spotlight

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American History Spotlight

The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

April 4, 2008 marked the 40th anniversary of the shooting of the civil rights leader.