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Syria Steps Up Crackdown After Failed U.N. Motion
Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:07:26 PM CST
With efforts in the United Nations failing, the Syrian government pressed on with its crackdown as some opposition leaders said force was their only option.
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News Analysis: White House Continues Push for Change in Syria
Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:01:40 PM CST
Officials are looking for a way to remove President Bashar al-Assad from power, but to do so the United States may have to move beyond diplomatic efforts.
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Egypt Will Try 19 Americans on Criminal Charges
Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:04:11 PM CST
Egyptian authorities on Sunday referred 19 Americans and two dozen others to criminal trials as part of a politically charged investigation that has shaken the alliance between the United States and Egypt.
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Walls Prove No Barrier to Clashes on Streets of Cairo
Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:44:11 PM CST
Security forces erected two walls bisecting streets that had been central battlegrounds between security forces and protesters calling for the end of military rule.
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Tuaregs Use Qaddafi’s Arms for Rebellion in Mali
Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:30:07 PM CST
After fighting for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, hundreds of Tuareg rebels helped themselves to some of his weapons and returned to Mali to continue a longstanding rebellion.
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Palestinians Consider Abbas to Lead Interim Body
Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:44:12 PM CST
According to Palestinian reports, an interim unity government would be led, at least at first, by Mahmoud Abbas, the current president of the Palestinian Authority.
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Memo From Jerusalem: In Israel, Talk of Attacking Iran Transcends Idle Chatter
Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:45:48 PM CST
Few who have spent time with Israel’s decision makers recently have come away believing that the talk of a military assault on Iran is merely a scripted act of public diplomacy.
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Army Colonel Challenges Pentagon’s Afghanistan Reports
Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:17:12 PM CST
After two deployments in Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis says the Pentagon is not telling the whole truth about how the war there is going.
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U.S. Plans a Shift to Elite Forces in Afghanistan
Sunday, February 5, 2012 7:08:13 AM CST
In ending its combat role in Afghanistan a year earlier than expected, the United States will rely more on special forces that hunt insurgent leaders and train local troops, officials say.
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Panetta and Clinton Reassure Europe on Defense
Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:00:44 AM CST
Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to reassure Europe on Saturday that the United States was not abandoning its partners across the Atlantic.
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Hundreds of Deaths as Europe Struggles With Snow Amid an Intense Cold Snap
Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:30:46 PM CST
Extreme cold and heavy snow buried parts of Europe over last few days, claiming hundreds of lives, straining utilities and snarling transportation.
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Protesters Throng Frozen Moscow in Anti-Putin March
Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:10:05 AM CST
A third huge rally was undeterred by the arctic cold or by the near certainty that Vladimir V. Putin will win a six-year term as Russia’s president next month.
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Greek Talks at a Delicate Point, Official Says
Sunday, February 5, 2012 2:14:51 AM CST
The Greek finance minister said that debt talks on a second rescue deal were “on a razor’s edge,” with major issues unresolved ahead of a crucial deadline on Sunday.
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Afghan Suicide Attack Targets the Police in Kandahar
Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:17:11 PM CST
A man blew up his car in a parking lot in the fourth such attempted or successful bombing in Kandahar in less than a month.
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3 Tibetan Herders Self-Immolate in Anti-Chinese Protest
Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:44:39 PM CST
The latest cases bring the total self-immolations by ethnic Tibetans over the past year to 19.
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Historic Status Offers No Protection in Beijing
Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:10:08 AM CST
The demolition of a historic house in the imperial city, once home to famous architects who championed historic preservation, is a cruel blow to conservationists.
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A.N.C. Upholds Suspension of Youth Leader Malema
Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:10:09 AM CST
A party appeals panel upheld the five-year suspension of the firebrand youth leader Julius Malema from the African National Congress Youth League.
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China Fires Officials for Not Reporting Toxic Spill
Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:10:05 AM CST
The spill, which affected 200 miles of the Longjiang River in southern China, was caused by two companies that accidentally released tons of cadmium.
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Egyptian Pipeline Supplying Israel Is Attacked
Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:10:05 AM CST
Saboteurs blew up a pipeline in Egypt that supplied gas to Israel, the 12th such attack in a year, security officials said.
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International Students Pay Top Dollar at U.S. Colleges
Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:03:20 AM CST
At the University of Washington, 18 percent of the freshmen are foreigners, and each pays about three times as much as students from Washington State.
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In Myanmar, Karen Rebels Deny Signing a Cease-Fire
Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:49:58 PM CST
The defiant stance of the rebels’ leadership appears to be a significant setback for the government’s efforts to end ethnic and civil conflicts that have divided the country for decades.
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The Hard Way Out of Afghanistan
Sunday, February 5, 2012 2:37:20 AM CST
Winding down the war means pushing deeper into Taliban country every day.
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The N.B.A. Is Missing Its Shots in China
Friday, February 3, 2012 3:56:40 PM CST
China loves basketball. But as American players — and the N.B.A. itself — have discovered, the country has its own rules.
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A Reinvigorated Rebellion
Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:31:36 PM CST
After fighting for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi as he struggled to stay in power, Tuareg rebels helped themselves to sophisticated weaponry before returning to Mali.
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Karen Rebels Remain Defiant
Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:50:06 PM CST
In the hills that make up the homeland of the Karen minority in Myanmar, tensions persist between rebels and government troops.
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Frigid Temperatures Claim Lives of Children in Kabul
Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:08:22 AM CST
At least 22 children have died in camps in Kabul in the past month, including 14 at the Nasaji Bagrami camp.
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Protesters Continue to Clash With Police
Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:14:45 AM CST
Rock-throwing protesters fought riot police officers through clouds of tear gas near Egypt’s Interior Ministry, on a second day of clashes triggered by the deaths at a soccer riot in Port Said.
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Lens Blog: Guatemala: Eternal Spring, Eternal Tyranny
Thursday, February 2, 2012 4:00:20 AM CST
As Guatemala brings genocide charges against a former military leader, Jean-Marie Simon prepares to reissue her seminal book of photographs from that country's bloodiest era.
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At War Blog: Winter at an Afghan Refugee Camp: 'Is It Sugar From God?'
Sunday, February 5, 2012 3:35:39 PM CST
At first they were happy and played in the snow, until they saw it was so cold and it was a dangerous sugar for them. A sugar from the sky, but it kills.
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At War Blog: An Officer and a Whistle-Blower
Sunday, February 5, 2012 2:30:33 PM CST
An Army colonel has written a scathing report saying senior officers in the Pentagon have issued exaggerated reports of progress in the war in Afghanistan.
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At War Blog: Name the Cluster Bomb, an Update
Thursday, February 2, 2012 7:08:08 PM CST
After a day of comments from readers via e-mail, Twitter and Facebook, questions still remain about cluster bombs in Libya. Who made the dual purpose improved conventional munition bombs, when and where?
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The Lede Blog: Violence in Syria Prompts Protests at Embassies
Saturday, February 4, 2012 1:27:48 PM CST
In London, New York and other cities, demonstrators rallied after reports of mass killings in the city of Homs, Syria.
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The Lede Blog: Scenes of Violence in Syria Ahead of U.N. Vote
Saturday, February 4, 2012 9:18:14 AM CST
Activists say at least 200 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in the Syrian city of Homs amid a barrage of mortar shells and heavy machine gun fire that began Friday night.
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The Lede Blog: Activists Document Street Battles in Cairo
Saturday, February 4, 2012 8:45:16 AM CST
Amid reports that the Egyptian police, firing tear gas, birdshot and live ammunition, killed at least four demonstrators on Friday, bloggers filed a series of vivid reports.
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India Ink: Newswallah: Long Reads Edition
Saturday, February 4, 2012 11:09:43 PM CST
Top magazine and long-form articles this week.
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India Ink: Newswallah: Bharat Edition
Saturday, February 4, 2012 4:08:55 AM CST
Top stories from across India this week from the regional press.
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India Ink: Newswallah: Bollywood Edition
Saturday, February 4, 2012 2:12:00 AM CST
Weekly round-up of news from the Bollywood industry.
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Editorial: Truth on Trial in Spain
Saturday, February 4, 2012 9:59:00 PM CST
Prosecuting Judge Baltasar Garzón for digging into Franco-era crimes is an offense against justice and history.
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Letter From Washington: Obama Team Showing Signs of Hubris
Sunday, February 5, 2012 1:10:06 PM CST
National political campaigns are cyclical, and after an especially good cycle, the Democratic president is due for some down time.