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China’s Army of Graduates Struggles for Good Jobs
By ANDREW JACOBS
BEIJING — Villagers who will work in China’s factories are in demand, but many college graduates seeking professional jobs find their value plunging.
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By JAMES RISEN
Hajji Juma Khan, described as an Afghan drug lord, was also a longtime informer for the Central Intelligence Agency and other agencies.
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STOCKHOLM — An e-mail sent before the explosions appeared to link them to anger over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
A Bastion of Religion Sees Rise in Secularism
By MICHAEL SLACKMAN
SWIEBODZIN, Poland — Church representatives in Poland have lost authority and credibility, and many Poles are moving toward a more secular view.
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OCUCAJE, Peru — Officials in Peru’s capital, Lima, say that seizures of illegally collected fossils are climbing.
A Massacre Shows Power of Gangs in Rural Russia
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KUSHCHEVSKAYA, Russia — The murders of 12 people in a farm town has become a symbol of how criminal and corrupt bureaucrats often team up to rule rural Russia.
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KABUL — In the Sangin District of Helmand Province, United States Marines have suffered a heavier casualty rate in their first 90 days than the British reported in more than three years.
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Ireland Strives to Rebuild Trust in Its Banks
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DUBLIN — The head of Ireland’s central bank says regulators must be more convincing that the worst will soon be over.
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Israel Says Troops Killed 2 Militants
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JERUSALEM — The army reported that an Israeli soldier was wounded, and two Palestinians were shot dead, at a security fence along the Gaza border.
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Secret Cable Discusses Pfizer’s Actions in Nigeria Case
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A secret cable indicated that information about the Nigerian attorney general was spread through the media to publicly pressure him to drop lawsuits against Pfizer.
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Mexicans Suggest That They Killed a Drug Leader
By DAMIEN CAVE
MEXICO CITY — Nazario Moreno González – one of two main leaders of the La Familia cartel – appeared to have been killed by the Mexican authorities.
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A Race to Capture a Bounty From Shipping
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SAVANNAH, Ga. — East Coast ports are scrambling to become the go-to port once the Panama Canal is widened in 2014.
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In Disentis, an isolated nook of Switzerland, most of the skiing is ungroomed and wild — a ski area served by lifts yet untamed by them.
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James Kaplan on how Frank Sinatra’s swagger has influenced hip-hop.
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Ozawa Illness Shadows Festival He Inspired
The JapanNYC festival is under way, but there is a cloud of uncertainty over the participation of its artistic director, Seiji Ozawa.
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Op-Ed: A Beating On My Beat
After a brutal attack on Nov. 6, Oleg Kahin shares his views on why it is so dangerous to be a political reporter in Russia.
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Biographies of Hedy Lamarr
Two writers made it their mission to resurrect her life and career.
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African literature is better off without another Nobel ... at least for now, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani writes.
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