Teacher's edition.

AuthorRebhun, Elliott
PositionEditorial

We're happy to bring you our annual World Affairs issue, with an up-to-date atlas and almanac that you and your students can use throughout the school year.

In the atlas, six news maps of the world include "Hotspots" boxes with key people and players to watch in 2010. The almanac includes the latest information and statistics from leaders and life expectancy to the percentage of young people for 195 countries. And our two pages of "Snapshots" are filled with charts and graphs on a range of topics--some serious, others fun.

We also have four international feature articles: As the world grapples with the recession, we take a look at the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, which has decided to focus more on its "gross national happiness" than its gross...

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