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Lonely at the Top: Spend time with Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, and you discover how he uses a light touch--plus a lot of U.S. firepower--to keep the warlords at bay and his country united.(World) (Time)

'Now showing ...' ongoing and upcoming jewelry exhibits: ancient Egypt and Gothic England ... Colonial America and the age of Art Deco--these are among the historical eras whose jewelry is being celebrated by museums across the country and around the world.(Heritage)(Calendar) (Jewelers Circular Keystone)

Once-powerful warlord is shunted aside; Badsha Khan's ouster helps strengthen the Afghan central government. But other warlords throughout the country may hold firm.(WORLD) (The Christian Science Monitor)

For refugees, an exit narrows; At a time when the world's refugee population is near all-time highs, the United States is raising the hurdles refugees must clear to enter the country and lowering the maximum number it will admit.(NEWS) (Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN))

Indonesia's peace starts at the top; Popular support for the new president and his VP, selected yesterday,.(World) (The Christian Science Monitor)

Manjaco rulers after a revolution. (Africa)

Royal women on three continents.(Princess Isabel of Brazil: Gender and Power in the Nineteenth Century)(The Begums of Bhopal: A Dynasty of Women Rulers in Raj India)(Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece)(Book Review) (Journal of Women's History)

Rulers and residents: British relations with the Aden Protectorate, 1937-59. (Middle Eastern Studies)

From blood to public office: constituting bureaucratic rulers in Colonial Malaya. (Journal of Southeast Asian Studies)

Charismatic queens of Southern Asia: Anthony Reid traces some surprising precedents for the many recent women rulers in South and Southeast Asia. (History Today)

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