Bahrain’s king asked for an investigation of the country’s protests and crackdown, a complicated task with the goal of promoting healing and charting a way forward.

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Bahrain Nervously Awaits Revolt Report’s Findings

In a speech to both houses of the British Parliament, President Obama declared that the trans-Atlantic alliance between America and the United Kingdom will remain strong and indispensable to the goal of a more peaceful and prosperous globe. (May 25) Read full article > >

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Obama says U.S., U.K. relationship is enduring

Sidney Lumet, the director of such film classics as 12 Angry Men, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, The Verdict, and Network, passed away Saturday morning in Manhattan at the age of 86 from lymphoma. “While the goal of all movies is to entertain,” Lumet once…

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Director Sidney Lumet Dies

In the field of connectomics, the goal is to find how memories, personality traits and skills are stored.

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In Pursuit of a Mind Map, Slice by Slice

If the goal of the education documentary Waiting for “Superman” was to start a conversation, director Davis Guggenheim has just scored the best audience he could have hoped for. Guggenheim, along with five students featured in the film, will meet with…

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Obama to Meet With "Superman" Director