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This Week on NOWEducation CityWhile America's reputation in the Middle East is hovering at historic lows, the demand for a U.S. university-branded education has never been greater. This week, NOW travels to the tiny energy-rich nation of Qatar to visit the largest collection of U.S. universities in the Middle East. The schools, including Carnegie Mellon and Georgetown, are warmly embraced and enthusiastically attended by students throughout the region. But is exporting American education a risky endeavor?A Re-energized Electric Car?The Nissan Motor Company has announced plans to sell an electric car by 2010 in the United States and Japan, part of what the automaker says is a strategy to make it the global leader in zero-emission vehicles. In the 1990s, General Motors launched the first modern-day commercially available electric car, the EV1, but the automobile never really took off.More from NOW: Who Killed the Electric Car? & Electric Car Timeline Election Cartoon Caption ContestPut your own words to our brand new May political cartoon for a chance to win a NOW DVD. While you're there, check out winners from previous months.Visit Election 2008 'Toon In Is the U.S. spying on Gitmo lawyers?
In interviews and a court filing, lawyers for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba allege government agents have monitored their conversations with clients, the New York Times reported.Learn more about the hard fight for justice at Guantanamo: NOW: Guantanamo Justice? |
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