Friday, February 4, 2011

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Articles most frequently linked to by bloggers as determined by Blogrunner.com

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Middle EastFebruary 2, 2011

Mubarak Stays in Power in Egypt, but Won't Run Again

President Hosni Mubarak's vow to step down in the fall was not enough for the hundreds of thousands who poured into Tahrir Square.

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Middle EastFebruary 3, 2011

Reporters in Egypt Under Broad Assault

The Egyptian security forces were rounding up foreign journalists and human rights workers, witnesses said.

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Middle EastFebruary 2, 2011

Yemen's Leader Pledges Not to Seek Re-election

President Ali Abdullah Saleh announced on Wednesday that he would not stand for reelection in 2013 or try to hand on power to his son, news reports said.

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Middle EastFebruary 3, 2011

Mubarak's Allies and Foes Clash in Egypt

Clashes continued into Thursday morning as the government unleashed provocateurs on protesters.

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Middle EastFebruary 3, 2011

U.S. Rift With Egypt's Mubarak Alters Mideast Calculus

Swift and dramatic changes in Cairo are altering the American administration's foreign policy agenda.

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Middle EastFebruary 3, 2011

Egyptian Government Web Site Shut Down by Hackers

The online group Anonymous said it brought down the sites of the Ministry of Information and President Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party in support of the antigovernment protests.

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policyFebruary 3, 2011

Officials to Weigh Free Birth Control Under Health Law

The Obama administration is examining whether the new health care law can be used to require insurance plans to offer contraceptives and other family planning services to women free of charge.

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politicsFebruary 3, 2011

In Book, Donald Rumsfeld Recalls Bush's Early Focus on Iraq

Known and Unknown, former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's memoir of his political career, mixes the policy and the personal.

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opinionFebruary 3, 2011

The Man With the Snow Job

We are snowed in and sick of bad weather. Let us look for a dumping place for all of our bad vibrations.

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policyFebruary 3, 2011

Senate Rejects Repeal of Health Care Law

A bid by Republicans to repeal a sweeping overhaul fails, but they say they will keep trying.

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personaltechFebruary 3, 2011

Verizon's iPhone Doesn't Drop Calls

The Verizon iPhone will become available on Feb. 10. Does ATT have anything to worry about?

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Middle EastFebruary 2, 2011

Arab World Faces Its Uncertain Future

The Arab world is watching a moment in Egypt that suggests it will never be the same again.

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usFebruary 2, 2011

After Video Expos, Planned Parenthood Fires Employee

A clinic manager caught advising an apparent sex trafficker how to get medical care for underage prostitutes loses her job.

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usFebruary 2, 2011

Hospitals Weigh Bans on Videos of Birth

In some hospitals, safety and legal issues cross paths with parents intent on documenting their child's birth.

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Middle EastFebruary 3, 2011

Muslim Brotherhood Steps In, but Future Role Is Uncertain

The Muslim Brotherhood is growing more assertive, and analysts are unsure what it means for Egypt.

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opinionFebruary 3, 2011

Get Ready for the Muslim Brotherhood

How secular democrats could stop the Brotherhood from taking power and imposing Shariah.

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GardenFebruary 3, 2011

On the Upper West Side, 200 Square Feet and Room to Swivel

A Bulgarian immigrant finds thrift and ingenuity go a long way in a tiny apartment.

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opinionFebruary 3, 2011

Watching Thugs With Razors and Clubs at Tahrir Sq.

President Obama owes the democracy protesters being attacked in Egypt and our own history and values a much more forceful statement deploring the recent crackdown.

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opinionFebruary 3, 2011

Egypt's Bumbling Brotherhood

The Muslim Brotherhood, which so scares the West, has been shut out of the revolution through its own incompetence.

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politicsFebruary 3, 2011

Early Maneuvering on Possible Shutdown

Democrats are moving preemptively to frame the budget battle on their terms to deter the Republicans from pushing for spending cuts and to hold them accountable if things go off the rails.

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New York RegionFebruary 3, 2011

Smoking Ban Approved for New York Parks and Beaches

The City Council backed the most significant expansion of New York's antismoking laws in years.

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