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With al-Qaida gaining a foothold in Yemen, the country is seen as the next place the U.S. will have to do battle. There are clear similarities between Afghanistan and Yemen: Both are poor countries with weak governments. But unlike Afghanistan's neighbor, Pakistan, Yemen's neighbor is eager to play a cooperative role in U.S. efforts.

Over the next year, we'll reveal profiles of 50 singers who've made their mark internationally and across recorded history. But first, here's an explanation of how we arrived at the 50 who will make the list.

Once seen as a trailblazer whose management techniques, known as the Toyota Way, were a model for others, Toyota has since fallen on tough times — most recently, a recall of 8.5 million vehicles. Its deep problems are ushering a period of soul-searching in corporate Japan.

American Evan Lysacek won the men's figure skating gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics Thursday night, upsetting defending champion Evgeni Plushenko. Lysacek becomes the first U.S. man to win the Olympic competition since Brian Boitano in 1988.

In time-honored tradition, the show went on. Despite the training-run death earlier in the day of a luger from the country of Georgia, the Olympics' opening ceremonies were launched Friday night with a jubilant countdown by the crowd filling Vancouver's BC Place Stadium.

Jane's Fame, Claire Harman's book about the author of Emma and Sense and Sensibility, reveals the gap between her legacy — modest, indifferent to fame and devoted to her characters — and her ambition.

President Obama and his Russian counterpart signed a significant new arms-control deal Thursday that requires both countries to cut their nuclear arsenals by about one-third. The deal, which still has to be ratified by the U.S. Senate and Russia's Duma, comes ahead of major meetings on nuclear materials and proliferation.

While the U.S. economy is moving in the right direction, President Obama says, the recovery still needs help from the federal government, including things like extending unemployment benefits. But his approach is meeting resistance from Republicans -- and some Democrats.

Concerns are increasing over what is seen as a faltering war effort in Afghanistan, and whether the new counterinsurgency strategy will succeed. Eyes are on Gen. David Petraeus to see how — and even if — he revises the plan.

Daniel Roher's film about Russian dissident Alexei Navalny offers intimate, sometimes amazing access to the bravery — and human cost — of opposing a despot.