To Really Learn, Quit Studying and Take a Test

To Really Learn, Quit Studying and Take a Test
Media Decoder: Buffett Leaves Washington Post Board
Protests erupt in Yemen, president offers reform
The Caucus: In Speech, China’s Leader Offers an Olive Branch
Welsh students' uni places drop
China's Hu upbeat on global economy
S Korea accepts North talks offer
At War: A Year at War: Updates and Questions
Hariri says will try to lead new Lebanon government
China's Hu upbeat on global economy
U.N. human rights experts take up Magnitsky case
Two Officers, Suspect Killed in Miami Shootout
Blackmailers threaten new blasts in Ukrainian town
Sex scandal or private affair?
Vatican 'troubled' by Berlusconi
Blackwater Founder Is Said to Back African Mercenaries
The Caucus: In Speech, China’s Leader Offers an Olive Branch
Ivory Coast Poll Winner Seeks Freeze on Trade
Cyprus peace talks not on verge of deal, U.S. says
Tunisia lifts political party ban

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 12:57 PM PST

Test-taking actually helps people learn, and it works better than repeated studying, according to new research.

Media Decoder: Buffett Leaves Washington Post Board

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 12:46 PM PST

The billionaire investor is leaving his long-held position, but Berkshire Hathaway showed no signs of selling its stake.

Protests erupt in Yemen, president offers reform

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 12:34 PM PST

SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) - Thousands protested in southern Yemen on Thursday to reject political reforms proposed by the government, including a limit on presidential terms, saying they did not go far enough.

The Caucus: In Speech, China’s Leader Offers an Olive Branch

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 12:16 PM PST

President Hu Jintao of China called for closer cooperation with the United States in southeast Asia and the Pacific.

Welsh students' uni places drop

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 12:20 PM PST

The number of Welsh students winning university places is falling, according to latest official figures.

China's Hu upbeat on global economy

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 12:17 PM PST

President Hu Jintao tells US business leaders world is recovering from financial crisis but faces destabilising factors.

S Korea accepts North talks offer

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 05:44 AM PST

South and North Korea agreed to hold high-level military talks weeks after tension between them reached fever pitch.

At War: A Year at War: Updates and Questions

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 11:24 AM PST

In the name of casting a little light onto the more mundane corners of deployed life in Afghanistan, "A Year at War," offers some visual answers.

Hariri says will try to lead new Lebanon government

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 12:55 PM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Caretaker Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Thursday he would try to form a new government next week, defying calls by Hezbollah and its allies for him to stand aside after they brought down his cabinet.

China's Hu upbeat on global economy

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 12:17 PM PST

President Hu Jintao tells US business leaders world is recovering from financial crisis but faces destabilising factors.

U.N. human rights experts take up Magnitsky case

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 11:26 AM PST

MOSCOW - U.N.-appointed human rights experts have agreed to explore the death in pretrial detention of a Moscow lawyer who was arrested after filing accusations of police involvement in a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme, a colleague who has vowed to avenge his death said Thursday.

Two Officers, Suspect Killed in Miami Shootout

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 12:37 PM PST

Two police officers and a suspect died after a shootout erupted in a notoriously crime-ridden section of Miami.

Blackmailers threaten new blasts in Ukrainian town

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 12:08 PM PST

Two explosions damaged a phone booth and a building in eastern Ukraine early Thursday, and the apparent perpetrators promised more blasts if they do not receive a large sum of money, the Ukrainian Security Service said.

Sex scandal or private affair?

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 11:45 AM PST

Allegations that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi paid for sex with a minor have stirred scandal, but not in every quarter. Some say Berlusconi's sex life is none of their business. FULL STORY l REPORT: TEEN ADMITTED SEX

Vatican 'troubled' by Berlusconi

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 11:29 AM PST

The Vatican says it is troubled by the latest allegations against Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi, who is accused of paying a under-age prostitute.

Blackwater Founder Is Said to Back African Mercenaries

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 12:57 PM PST

Erik Prince is secretly backing an effort by a controversial South African mercenary firm to insert itself into Somalia's bloody civil war, Western and African officials say.

The Caucus: In Speech, China’s Leader Offers an Olive Branch

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 11:10 AM PST

President Hu Jintao of China called for closer cooperation with the United States in southeast Asia and the Pacific.

Ivory Coast Poll Winner Seeks Freeze on Trade

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 11:03 AM PST

Ivory Coast's internationally recognized president said Thursday he may lobby foreign governments for sweeping new sanctions to oust a rival who refuses to step down after losing a presidential run-off, a move that threatens to throw the global chocolate business into further turmoil.

Cyprus peace talks not on verge of deal, U.S. says

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 11:10 AM PST

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Rival sides in ethnically divided Cyprus have not made as much progress as hoped in peace talks but there is still hope for a deal, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Thursday.