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Milestones in Nation Branding: Kazakhstan to Ditch the Stan?

Feb 9, 2014
Kazakhstan's president is worried the final syllable of the country's name is scaring off tourists and investors; Edward Snowden was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian lawmakers who may have felt slighted by Obama's choice of ambassador to Oslo; and now there is an app for Google Glass that will identify you at a glance. These discoveries and more after the jump.