Friday, April 15, 2011

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Region in Revolt
Michael Simon, who worked on targeting for the Barack Obama presidential campaign of 2008, spoke last week to members of the Egyptian Democratic Academy in Cairo.
Andrea Bruce for The New York Times

Michael Simon, who worked on targeting for the Barack Obama presidential campaign of 2008, spoke last week to members of the Egyptian Democratic Academy in Cairo.

A small core of American groups played a bigger role in promoting democracy in Arab states than was previously known.

Libyan Port City Is Filled With Migrants Desperate to Exit

Since February, Misurata has been besieged, stranding thousands between heavy fighting and a harbor that could serve as a departure point.

NATO Showing Strain Over Approach to Libya

Amid divisions over the intensity of the air campaign in Libya, some of the allies are calling for participation by more nations.

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Syrian Government Offers Mixed Message to Protesters

Even as changes such as amnesty for some prisoners were announced, human rights activists said organizers of the protest movement were being detained.

Crisis in Japan
Sadakazu Tanigaki, president of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, and Naoto Kan, Japan's prime minister in June of last year.
Kimimasa Mayama/Bloomberg News

Sadakazu Tanigaki, president of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, and Naoto Kan, Japan's prime minister in June of last year.

The call for Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s resignation ended an uneasy political truce forged after the devastating earthquake and tsunami.

Tokyo Power to Compensate 50,000 Evacuees

TEPCO announced plans on Friday to distribute 50 billion yen, or $600 million, to 50,000 people evacuated because of the accident at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Nuclear Cleanup Plans Hinge on Unknowns

Even before the troubled Fukushima nuclear plant has been brought under control, differing estimates underscore the uncertainties on the eventual cleanup’s timetable.

T.V.A. Considers Improvements for 6 U.S. Nuclear Reactors

The Tennessee Valley Authority is the first American reactor operator to announce safety changes that it is weighing since the nuclear crisis at a Japanese plant last month.

Other World News

Phonetic Clues Hint Language Is Africa-Born

An analysis implies that modern language originated only once, in southern Africa, a surprising finding.

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Somalia, Wobbly on Ground, Seeks Control of Its Airspace

The country hopes to collect millions of dollars in flyover fees if it regains authority over traffic in its airspace, which the United Nations has controlled since 1996.

Landquart Journal

The Game Is American, but the View, Alpine

Soccer is Switzerland’s most popular spectator sport, followed by ice hockey, but fans say that football may be third, though it was introduced less than 30 years ago.

Hamas Says It Found Body of Italian Activist

An Al Qaeda-inspired Islamic group said Thursday it had kidnapped the man and threatened to execute him.

Belarus Officials’ Details on Bombing Raise Questions, Too

The authorities on Thursday released surveillance images they said showed the attacker carrying the bomb that killed 12 people and injured nearly 200.

Hungary Urges Balkan E.U. Entry

The European Union's embrace of the fragile democracies in the Balkans is weaker than at any time in 15 years, Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary said Thursday.

North Korea Prepares to Indict American

An American man is being detained on unspecified charges, North Korean state news reported on Thursday.

Third British Journalist Is Arrested in Phone-Hacking Case

A third journalist was arrested for his role in an expanding case of phone-hacking by reporters at the British tabloid News of the World, police officials said.

Colleagues Rebuke Gaza Report’s Author

Members of the U. N. panel that investigated Israel’s Gaza war two years ago rejected former chairman Richard Goldstone’s retraction of their finding that Israel had deliberately targeted civilians.

Ugandan Opposition Leader Wounded During Protest

Kizza Besigye, a leading opposition figure, was taken to the hospital, where he was treated for a wound to the hand after being hit by what he said was a rubber bullet.

For Many Chinese Men, No Deed Means No Dates

Amid a real estate boom, men are finding themselves lovelorn as women hold out for a mate with property.

China’s Case Against Artist Cites Taxes, Paper Says

Ai Weiwei, an artist detained by China, is being investigated for tax evasion, destroying evidence and distributing pornography, a Hong Kong newspaper says.

Crisis in Japan
Damage From the Japanese Earthquake

Map and photographs of places in Japan that were damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Multimedia

Videos, photographs and interactive features documenting the destruction in Japan after a powerful earthquake and tsunami devastated the country on March 11.

Region in Revolt
From Opinion
Editorial

Stop the Blame Game

Libyan rebels need support from a unified coalition with a strategy for the long haul.

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Room For Debate

China's Scary Housing Bubble

What will happen if China's overheated real estate market goes bust?

A Year at War

The Endgame in Afghanistan

A reporter reflects on the experience of one American battalion and how success and failure go hand in hand.

WikiLeaks Documents
State’s Secrets

Examining U.S. diplomatic cables as a window on relations with the rest of the world in an age of war and terrorism.

Letters From International herald Tribune

For U.S. Workers, Global Capitalism Fails to Deliver

The basic truth about how the world economy is working today is being ignored by most of the politicians in the United States and denied by many of its leading businesspeople.

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