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# April 21, 2014 | Vol. 183 No. 15April 21, 2014 |  
Vol. 183 No. 15

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April 21st, 2014 | Vol. 183, No. 15 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific

Issue date

April 21, 2014

Location

Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific

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## Table of Contents

BusinessIdeasScienceU.S.World

### Business

[Business](/section/business/)

### Silicon Valley Goes to the Beach

Powered by video and fed by stars, a startup boom in west Los Angeles is giving California a second high-tech mecca

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### China's Growing Debt Problem

A new hurdle for the world’s second largest economy

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Why Obama Hit Pause

An Iran deal may be possible. Getting Israelis and Palestinians to make peace may not be

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### Make Like a Panda

Chinese conservationists are going undercover to help prepare captive-born bears for release into the wild

### U.S.

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### The Rise of Fake Pot

Sold openly in stores, popular with kids and unpredictably dangerous, synthetic pot is just around the corner

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Unholy Choices

Christians in the middle east find themselves at a crossroads in a region rocked by war and revolution

[World](/section/world/)

### Crisis in Caracas

Why the world must pay attention to the turmoil in Venezuela—and how it can end the chaos

[World](/section/world/)

### Canada's Ghosts in the Machine

A new art project brings old Vancouver back to life

[World](/section/world/)

### The Other Threat to Rwanda

Two decades after the genocide, the country's leaders must learn to embrace political dissent

[World](/section/world/)

### 10 Questions with Pelé

The Brazilian soccer legend talks about his favorite goal, the World Cup and why he’d be even better today 

[World](/section/world/)

### Out of Sight


April 21st, 2014 | Vol. 183, No. 15 | Asia, Europe, Middle East, and Africa, South Pacific

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