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Ex-Russian Oil Tycoon Is Convicted Again

MOSCOW — Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky was found guilty Monday on embezzlement charges in a case seen as a sign of the Kremlin’s control of the justice system.

Huge Blizzard Snarls Travel in U.S. East Coast

A monster two-day blizzard caused the cancellation of more than 1,400 airline flights in the New York area.

Letter Bomb Defused at Greek Embassy in Rome

ROME — Police believed the bomb was the work of the anarchist group that sent two similar packages last week.

TimesCast: Digging Out

The blizzard in the Northeast; Pakistani women working in the service sector; American football in Israel.

Flashy Office Space, Advertising India’s Allure

SIRUSERI, India — India appears to be at the point where office buildings are meant to help advertise the nation’s arrival on the world stage.

Humanities 2.0
The Masses Help Scholars Transcribe Manuscripts

A project in London is using crowd-sourcing to transcribe 40,000 unpublished manuscripts of Jeremy Bentham.

A wedding party in a snowy park in Pyongyang, whose residents are the nation’s privileged.
Visitors See North Korea Still Stunted by Its Isolation

PYONGYANG, North Korea — A carefully monitored visit to North Korea offered hints of why its leaders might be eager to resume international aid and trade.

Latest News From Asia
British Police Charge 9 on Terror Offenses

LONDON — Nine men arrested in police raids a week ago have been charged, police said Monday.

Latest News From Europe
At Least 14 Killed in Second Bombing of Iraqi Compound

BAGHDAD — The attack on a government compound in Anbar province followed recent large-scale arrests of suspected members of al-Qaeda.

Latest News From the Middle East
Helping the Environment, Healing a Region

KISANGANI, Congo — The University of Kisangani in the Congo has started a master's course on sustainable management of the environment, which officials hope will also help the war-torn country in its push for peace and progress.

Latest News From Africa
Conflict Over Squatters Divides Argentina

BUENOS AIRES — As squatters, mostly immigrants, have moved onto public lands in Argentina’s capital, local residents have protested, at times violently.

Latest News From the Americas
Target Cancer
Dr. Roger Lo removing a tumor that he hopes will help researchers find drugs to treat relapsing cancer patients.
Enlisting the Dying for Clues to Save Others

LOS ANGELES — Researchers are increasingly relying on the very patients a new class of cancer drugs failed to cure.

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Deepwater Horizon’s Final Hours

Interviews, sworn testimony and statements from crew members show that the oil rig should have weathered the well blowout in April, but every one of its defenses failed.

Gadgets Bring New Opportunities for Hackers

As Web-ready devices proliferate, consumers may run into new scams that play off the products’ features.

2010: The Year in Pictures

A selection of the best photographs of the year.

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