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Newly Built Ghost Towns Haunt Banks in Spain
By SUZANNE DALEY and RAPHAEL MINDER
YEBES, Spain — The wreckage of Spain’s once booming construction industry is everywhere, and much of it sits as bad debt on the books of Spain’s banks.
Cover Blown, C.I.A. Chief Has to Quit Pakistan
By MARK MAZZETTI and SALMAN MASOOD
WASHINGTON — The C.I.A. station chief in Islamabad left after his identity was exposed. Some American officials suspect that Pakistan’s military intelligence agency deliberately blew his cover.
Mexican Leader’s Crime Effort Fails to Advance
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
MEXICO CITY — The Mexican Congress adjourned without moving on President Felipe Calderón’s effort to reorganize police forces and clamp down on money laundering.
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Views That Soccer Can Do Without
By GEORGE VECSEY
The mood and logic swings of FIFA’s president, Sepp Blatter, shown with Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa of Qatar, raise the issue of how soccer’s governing body is run.
Beneath the Dead Sea, Scientists Drill for History
By ISABEL KERSHNER
EIN GEDI, Israel — Scientists are extracting a record of climate change and earthquake history, and their early findings are “changing everything we thought we knew.”
Vatican Shielded Dublin Priest, Inquiry Says
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DUBLIN — The Vatican tried to stop church leaders from defrocking a pedophile priest and relented only after he raped a boy in a restroom, according to an investigation.
Cable Shows Nations Going Easy on Cuba
By MARK LANDLER
WASHINGTON — Many of the world’s leading democracies avoid criticizing Cuba on human rights, content with pomp and photo ops, a leaked document says.
U.S. Official Expresses Confidence in Pakistan
By THOM SHANKER
KABUL, Afghanistan — Visiting Afghanistan, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said progress in Pakistan against insurgents was crucial for progress in Afghanistan.
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For L’Oréal Heiress, the Worst and Best of Times
By DOREEN CARVAJAL
Neuilly-sur-Seine, FRANCE — Mother and daughter reunite to end legal woes in l’affaire Bettencourt.
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U.S. Plays Down Tensions With Yemen
By ERIC SCHMITT
WASHINGTON — John O. Brennan, President Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser, said the occasional quarrels in the fight against terrorism were “healthy” and “a hallmark of true friendship.”
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Ex-Detainee Wants Judge to Dismiss Conviction on Single Count in Bomb Plot
By BENJAMIN WEISER
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani’s lawyers said acquittal on all other charges related to the 1998 American Embassy attacks undercut the guilty verdict on one.
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U.S. Worker Held in Haiti on Kidnapping Charges
By DAMIEN CAVE
MEXICO CITY — A case against a relief worker stems from whether a 15-month-old baby died or was kidnapped at a hospital after the earthquake in January.
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Tests Detect Alzheimer’s Early, but Then Comes a Dilemma
By GINA KOLATA
Since there is no treatment, doctors wonder if they should tell people, years earlier, that they have the disease, or a good chance of getting it.
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From East German Gritty to Artsy
Galleries go more upscale in Berlin’s Mitte, but edgy spots remain.
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Disunion: The South's Happiest Man
South Carolina's wealthiest men meet in Columbia to consider secession.
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‘Decision Points’
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The 43rd president reviews his choices and finds them for the most part good.
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Room For Debate: Leaving Afghanistan
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French Cult Hit Looks at Friendship
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