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Tight Race in Iraq Could Mean Weeks of Horse-Trading -
03/11/2010 02:25 PM
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Early election results on Thursday indicated that Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki’s coalition was likely to win a plurality in an exceedingly close race.
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Driven to Distraction: Distracted Driving in Ambulances and Police Cruisers -
03/11/2010 09:10 AM
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Despite efforts to get drivers to stop texting and talking on the phone, police and paramedics use an array of dashboard devices, a boon for their jobs that also presents a clear risk.
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Leaders in House Block Earmarks to Corporations -
03/11/2010 06:33 AM
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The ban, announced by House Democratic leaders, wipes out one of the most lucrative and controversial means of awarding no-bid contracts to private firms.
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Tough Times for Basil Paterson, Father of New York’s Governor -
03/11/2010 11:40 AM
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It has been hard for Basil A. Paterson, a Harlem political power, to watch his son become embroiled in scandal.
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Nigerians Recount Night of Their Bloody Revenge -
03/11/2010 09:30 AM
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This week dozens of herdsmen slaughtered hundreds of people in a brutal act of sectarian retribution in Jos.
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Disease Cause Is Pinpointed With Genome -
03/11/2010 12:14 PM
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It now appears possible to sequence a patient’s genome at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be useful.
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Sports Business: Lots of Memories, and Debris, at Old Yankee Stadium -
03/11/2010 07:24 AM
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So much has been destroyed that it’s hard to feel even a tingle of fuzzy nostalgia for the house that Ruth built and the city is razing.
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Texas Hearing Considers Deeper Conservative Stamp on Textbooks -
03/11/2010 09:30 AM
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Proposed changes to the state’s social studies curriculum would portray conservatives in a more positive light.
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New Strike Paralyzes Greece -
03/11/2010 02:20 PM
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For the second time in two weeks, a general strike closed public services, halting all flights and most transport across the debt-plagued country.
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Biden Appeals to Restart Peace Talks -
03/11/2010 02:31 PM
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. called for no delay in resuming peace talks, after Palestinians said Israel must cancel a settlement project before negotiations can begin.
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Hamas Releases British Journalist -
03/11/2010 02:30 PM
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The British journalist, accused by Hamas of being a security threat, had been held for a month in Gaza.
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World Food Program Won’t Renew Some Somalia Contracts -
03/11/2010 02:48 PM
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World Food Program officials said it would welcome an independent investigation into its Somalia operations after a report that up to half the food aid was being diverted.
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Views of ‘JihadJane’ Were Unknown to Neighbors -
03/11/2010 11:40 AM
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The ex-husband of the woman who called herself “JihadJane” said she “was just like anyone else.”
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