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| Two Sudans Edge Closer to Brink in Oil Dispute |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| Sudan and South Sudan are seizing tankers, shutting down wells and imperiling the tenuous, American-backed peace that has held — just barely — between the two countries after decades of war. |
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Author: By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN |
Category: South Sudan |
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| Disgruntled Greeks Start 48-Hour National Strike |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| The tumult came as Prime Minister Lucas Papademos threatened to eject from his fragile interim coalition government any ministers who objected to the country’s new austerity deal. |
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Author: By NIKI KITSANTONIS |
Category: Greece |
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| Greeks Reach Deal on Austerity to Meet Condition of Bailout |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| After days of talks, Greek political leaders reached a deal Thursday to support a package of harsh austerity measures demanded by Greece’s financial backers in return for a bailout. |
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Author: By RACHEL DONADIO |
Category: European Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010- ) |
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| In Europe, Stagnation Is the New Normal |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| The Greek debt deal opens the door to new uncertainties in Europe, which could once again revive the crisis atmosphere. |
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Author: By LIZ ALDERMAN and LANDON THOMAS Jr. |
Category: European Sovereign Debt Crisis (2010- ) |
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| Blasts Rock Aleppo as Dozens More Are Reported Killed in Syria |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| Explosions in the northern city of Aleppo targeted security units on Friday, state media reported, as Syrian forces were said to be laying siege to the central city of Homs. |
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Author: By NEIL MacFARQUHAR |
Category: Syria |
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| In Rare, Blunt Speech, Saudi King Criticizes Syria Vetoes |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| The king of Saudi Arabia inserted himself directly into the Syria crisis on Friday, castigating Russia and China for vetoing a United Nations Security Council resolution. |
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Author: By RICK GLADSTONE |
Category: Saudi Arabia |
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| Germany Expels Four Syrian Diplomats in Spy Case |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| As tensions mounted between Western nations and Syria, Germany said on Thursday that it had ordered the expulsion of four staff members from the Syrian Embassy. |
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Author: By NICHOLAS KULISH and ALAN COWELL |
Category: Syria |
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| Muslim Brotherhood Demands Military Cede Power |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| The call by the formerly outlawed Islamist group moved Egypt one step closer to a long-anticipated confrontation between the ruling generals and the Islamist-dominated Parliament. |
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Author: By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK |
Category: Egypt |
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| Jordan Protests Suggest Whisper of an Arab Spring |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| King Abdullah II has long faced critics among liberals in the cities, but recent protests among tribes outside of the urban areas present a new challenge. |
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Author: By STEPHEN FARRELL |
Category: Jordan |
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| Maidenhead Journal: ‘Charlie Bit My Finger’ Video Lifts Family to Fame |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| A 2007 video of a boy chomping on the finger of his brother has been viewed 417.6 million times, making it the most successful noncommercial video in YouTube history. |
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Author: By SARAH LYALL |
Category: YouTube.com |
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| Russia Convicts Engineer of Passing Secrets to U.S. |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| Vladimir V. Nesterets, an engineer at a space facility, was sentenced to 13 years in prison on Friday for giving classified information to the C.I.A, according to Russian officials. |
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Author: By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ |
Category: Russia |
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| Afghans Say Informant Misled NATO, Leading to Airstrike on Children |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| A village where eight children reportedly were killed this week was struck based on information provided by an informant who meant to mislead the French troops who control the area. |
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Author: By ALISSA J. RUBIN and JAWAD SUKHANYAR |
Category: Afghanistan |
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| Pakistan Supreme Court Rejects Yousaf Raza Gilani’s Appeal |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| The high court on Friday rejected an appeal by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani against contempt charges, escalating a tense standoff between the judiciary and the ruling party. |
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Author: By SALMAN MASOOD |
Category: Gilani, Yousaf Raza |
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| Myanmar Arrests Monk Freed From Prison in January |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| A prominent Burmese monk who was released from prison last month was arrested again Friday in Yangon, according to a group that tracks political prisoners. |
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Author: By THOMAS FULLER |
Category: Myanmar |
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| Hamza Kashgari, a Saudi Writer, Detained in Malaysia Over Twitter Posts |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| A Saudi Arabian writer who flew to Malaysia amid calls for his execution after he posted messages considered blasphemous will likely be repatriated, authorities said. |
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Author: By LIZ GOOCH and J. DAVID GOODMAN |
Category: Asylum, Right of |
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| Amid Maldives Turmoil, Mohamed Nasheed, Former President, Calls for Elections |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| The former Maldives president, Mohamed Nasheed, repeated charges on Friday that he was forced from power and called for early elections to be held. |
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Author: By VIKAS BAJAJ and SRUTHI GOTTIPATI |
Category: Nasheed, Mohamed |
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| Children Killed in NATO Airstrike, Afghan Leader Says |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan ordered an inquiry into an airstrike that he said killed eight children in the country’s east. |
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Author: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
Category: Civilian Casualties |
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| Drone Kills Pakistani Militant, Official Says |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| A prominent Pakistani militant commander was killed in an American drone strike at a house in North Waziristan. |
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Author: By ISMAIL KHAN and DECLAN WALSH |
Category: Drones (Pilotless Planes) |
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| Israeli Negotiators Report Progress in Strike Talks |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| A two-day-old general strike in Israel, revolving the role of non-union contract workers, has shut ports, government offices, some banks, museums and parts of hospitals. |
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Author: By ETHAN BRONNER |
Category: Israel |
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| India Explores Economic Opportunities in Iran |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| India has already eclipsed China as Iran’s No. 1 petroleum customer, subverting efforts by the United States to persuade other countries to find non-Iranian sources for their energy needs. |
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Author: By RICK GLADSTONE |
Category: Iran |
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| As Police Strike in Brazil, Carnival Could Be a Danger |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| Brazil, faced with a police strike that apparently contributed to a spike in killings in the northeast, is bracing for similar strikes in Rio de Janeiro during Carnival. |
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Author: By SIMON ROMERO |
Category: Bahia (Brazil) |
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| Mexico Seizes 15 Tons of Methamphetamine |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| The Mexican authorities seized 15 tons of the drug in pure powder form, an amount that could be broken down to 13 million doses worth $4 billion. |
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Author: By DAMIEN CAVE |
Category: Mexico |
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| Baltasar Garzón, Prominent Rights Judge, Convicted in Spain |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| Baltasar Garzón was found to have overstepped his authority in a wiretapping case and ordered suspended from the courts for 11 years. |
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Author: By RAPHAEL MINDER and MARLISE SIMONS |
Category: Garzon, Baltasar |
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| Putin Support Tepid but Broad in Industrial Russia |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| A working-class city in Russia embodies support for Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin, though it seems to be based mostly on an absence of options. |
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Author: By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ |
Category: Russia |
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| South Korea’s Assembly Speaker, Park Hee-tae, Resigns Over Bribery Scandal |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| Park Hee-tae, a six-term legislator, said he wanted to take “all responsibility” for the scandal, which has thrown President Lee’s governing party into further disarray. |
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Author: By CHOE SANG-HUN |
Category: Hee-tae, Park |
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| Indonesia Confronts Drug Use Among Pilots |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| The recent arrest of a pilot for Lion Air on suspicion of possessing crystal methamphetamine raised fresh concerns about the airline industry's safety and security standards. |
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Author: By SARA SCHONHARDT |
Category: Indonesia |
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| Mystery of China’s Missing Crime Fighter Deepens |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| In the latest twist of an increasingly bizarre story, China announced Thursday that a top Communist Party official spent a full day in the United States consulate in the western city of Chengdu. |
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Author: By IAN JOHNSON |
Category: Wang Lijun |
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| World Briefing | Asia: China: 2 Tibetans Reported Killed in Self-Immolation Protest |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| Chinese security forces shot and killed two Tibetans on Thursday who had been involved in antigovernment protests, the American broadcaster Radio Free Asia reported. |
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Author: By RICK GLADSTONE |
Category: Immolation |
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| World Briefing | Europe: Romania: Government Voted In |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| Parliament approved a new government on Thursday whose leader promised to keep the austerity measures the country imposed but also to raise public-sector salaries as soon as he can. |
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Author: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
Category: Romania |
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| World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Plotters Are Sentenced |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| Nine Islamic militants who pleaded guilty to planning terrorist attacks on a wide variety of targets, including the London Stock Exchange, were sentenced to lengthy jail terms on Thursday. |
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Author: By JOHN F. BURNS |
Category: Sentences (Criminal) |
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| World Briefing | Europe: France: Former Sarkozy Aide Faces Investigation in Bettencourt Affair |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| Éric Woerth, a former aide to President Nicolas Sarkozy will be formally investigated on suspicion of influence peddling and concealing illegal political financing, a French court said. |
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Author: By SCOTT SAYARE |
Category: Woerth, Eric |
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| World Briefing | Africa: Libya: Syrian Diplomats Ejected |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| Libya has given Syria’s chargé d’affaires and his staff in Tripoli 72 hours to leave the country, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. |
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Author: By REUTERS |
Category: Transitional National Council (Libya) |
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| Dozens More Die in Syrian Violence, Activists Say |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| The embattled Syrian city of Homs remained under siege for a sixth day Thursday with residents throughout the city cowering in their homes and medical supplies dwindling. |
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Author: By NEIL MacFARQUHAR |
Category: Syria |
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| World Briefing | Africa: Somalia: Rebels Join Al Qaeda |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| The Somali militants known as the Shabab have formally joined Al Qaeda, according to a video translation released Thursday of a message from Al Qaeda’s leader, Ayman al-Zawahri. |
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Author: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
Category: Shabab |
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| World Briefing | Middle East: Egypt: 18 Border Guards Abducted |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| Bedouin tribesmen kidnapped 18 Egyptian border guards in the Sinai along the Israeli border on Thursday, security officials said. |
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Author: By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS |
Category: Kidnapping |
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| The Texas Tribune: In Texas Border Town, Drawing a Line on Coal for Mexico |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| Residents worry that a partnership of Mexican and American coal companies will cause problems for their town. |
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Author: By JULIÁN AGUILAR |
Category: Coal |
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| Neighborhood Joint | Astoria: At the Egyptian Coffee Shop, Hookah Smoke and Mideast News |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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| At the Egyptian Coffee Shop in Astoria, Queens, the self-proclaimed “first hookah lounge in America,” news reports from home do not get in the way of a good smoke. |
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Author: By ALEX VADUKUL |
Category: Egyptian-Americans |
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| Lens Blog: Samuel Aranda's Photo From Yemen Wins the Photo of the Year |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| Samuel Aranda had to slip into Yemen carefully as he covered last year's unrest. His patience was rewarded today when one of his images was chosen Photo of the Year by World Press Photo. |
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Author: By KERRI MACDONALD and DAVID FURST |
Category: 2012 World Press |
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| WORLD: TimesCast | Greeks Reach Austerity Deal |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| The agreement among political leaders in Greece is expected to unlock the bailout funds needed to avoid a default next month. |
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| In Tripoli, a Temporary Home for the Displaced |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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| At a refugee camp in Tripoli, more than 1,000 people displaced during the war in Libya are caught between warring factions: Misuratans, who blame them for aiding Colonel Qaddafi’s assault on their town, and militias from Benghazi and Zintan, who are trying to hold both Tripoli and the camp. |
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| A Turning Point for Tijuana |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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| The people of Tijuana, Mexico, are of two minds on the demolition of the infamous prison La Ocho and the future of a city that was known for its vice. |
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| At War Blog: Pentagon to Loosen Restrictions on Women in Combat |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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| The Pentagon announced on Thursday that women would be formally allowed to take on dangerous jobs closer to the front lines. |
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Author: By THE NEW YORK TIMES |
Category: United States Defense and Military Forces |
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| At War Blog: What We Are Reading: Women Under Siege |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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| A new Web site focuses on how rape and sexual violence are used as a tool of war. |
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Author: By C. J. CHIVERS |
Category: War Crimes |
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| At War Blog: Keeping Marriage From Becoming a Casualty of War |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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| A military wife confronts the possibility of divorce and looks back on the signs of strain and the options available for help. |
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Author: By HEATHER SWEENEY |
Category: divorce |
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| The Lede Blog: Tracing the Weapons of Bashar al-Assad |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| An expert weighs in on the effort to crowd-source the weaponry being used against the Syrian city of Homs. |
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Author: By C. J. CHIVERS |
Category: Homs |
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| The Lede Blog: Crisis in Syria Looks Very Different on Satellite Channels Owned by Russia and Iran |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| While video recorded by Syrian activists seems to have the ring of truth for many observers watching the crisis unfold in cities that are largely off-limits to foreign reporters, the conflict looks quite different to viewers of satellite channels owned by the governments of Syria's allies, Russia and Iran. |
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Author: By ROBERT MACKEY |
Category: Free Syrian Army |
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| The Lede Blog: Searching for Political Clues in China's Social Media Censorship |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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| Observers looking for clues about the fate of one of China's most famous mob-busting security officials are watching how the Chinese authorities have, or have not, censored social media posts on the subject. |
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Author: By J. DAVID GOODMAN |
Category: China |
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| India Ink: Image of the Day: February 10 |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| Archbishop Desmond Tutu poses with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh. |
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Author: By THE NEW YORK TIMES |
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| India Ink: Sparkly Ganesh Trumps Snowfall on Upper East Side |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| Bali is an inspiration for jewelry designer Amrita Singh's first home collection. |
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Author: By SHIVANI VORA |
Category: de la Renta, Oscar |
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| India Ink: Crowds Gather for Maldives Ex-President Nasheed |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| Clapping supporters surround home of leader who said he was forced to resign at gunpoint. |
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Author: By THE NEW YORK TIMES |
Category: Nasheed, Mohamed |
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| Op-Docs: ‘The Island President Deposed’ |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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| The filmmaker Jon Shenk presents a portrait of Mohamed Nasheed, the first democratically-elected president of the Maldives and an environmental activist, who was deposed on Feb. 7. |
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Author: By JON SHENK |
Category: Maldives |
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| Op-Ed Contributor: Impunity in Port-au-Prince |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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| Haiti’s culture of impunity must end with the prosecution of Jean-Claude Duvalier. |
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Author: By AMY WILENTZ |
Category: Haiti |
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| Currents: Two Classes Divided by a Kitchen Door |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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| In America today, restaurants are some of the last places where the educated elite mingle with the working class. |
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Author: By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS |
Category: United States |
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