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Syria Escalates Crackdown as Tanks Go to Restive City

BEIRUT — The army deployed tanks in Dara’a on Monday, according to accounts by human rights activists, who said that at least five people had been killed.

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Syrian Crisis Tests the Mettle of Its Autocratic Ruler

CAIRO — Bashar al-Assad, who has long encouraged hopes for a less repressive Syria and then dashed those hopes, is at a decisive moment.

NATO Strikes Qaddafi Compound

TRIPOLI, Libya — NATO appeared to escalate its air war, while pro-Qaddafi forces renewed their shelling of Misurata.

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Taliban Help Hundreds Escape via Prison Tunnel

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — The Taliban staged a bold prison break in Afghanistan, freeing at least 476 political prisoners, officials said.

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The Guantánamo Files

A trove of classified documents opens a window on the prison, nearly 10 years after its establishment.
Files Offer New Insights Into Detainees

Classified assessments of detainees at Guantánamo Bay prison obtained by The Times give the fullest public picture to date of the prisoners held there.

Flawed Evidence for Assessing Risk

Analysts sometimes released detainees wrongly judged a minimal threat and held others who were no threat.

Interactive Feature: The Guantánamo Docket

Documents related to the 779 people who have been sent to the Guantánamo Bay prison since 2002.

A Note to Readers: The Background

The articles published today are based on more than 700 classified files on past and present detainees at the Guantánamo Bay prison.

Libyan, Once a Detainee, Is Now a U.S. Ally of Sorts

DARNAH, Libya — A former prisoner at Guantánamo is now a leader of the NATO-backed Libyan rebels.

As Acts of War or Despair, Suicides Rattle a Prison

The threat of suicide is a tactic frequently discussed by the captives and a constant fear for their captors.

A Statement by the United States Government

The Pentagon’s press secretary and a U.S. ambassador respond to the publication of documents concerning the Guantánamo Bay prison.

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In Galleon Case, Spotlight on Rajat Gupta

The jury in Raj Rajaratnam’s insider trading trial has heard much about Rajat Gupta, once one of the world’s most respected businessmen.

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India Arrests Former Chief of Commonwealth Games

NEW DELHI — Investigators said they had uncovered irregularities in the awarding of contracts for the international sporting event.

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English-Language Press Flexing Its Muscles in Eastern Europe

KIEV, Ukraine — English-language newspapers in the former Soviet states deliver hard-hitting news and assert free-press ideals in a way their local counterparts do not.

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Palestinian Police Kill Israeli Visiting West Bank Holy Site

JERUSALEM — The Palestinian police shot and killed one Israeli and wounded four others early Sunday after the Israelis surreptitiously visited a Jewish holy site inside a Palestinian-controlled area.

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Libyan Rebels Say They Have Control of Misurata

BENGHAZI, Libya — The rebels say they drove government forces out of the western city, though shelling has continued, while the government says that its forces withdrew while a cease-fire is being negotiated.

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Haitians Forced Out of Tents to Homes Just as Precarious

PORT-AU-PRINCE — More than half of the Haitians driven into camps by the 2010 earthquake have moved out, but most of them appear to have been forced out or to have left to escape crime and living conditions.

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Well-Connected Evacuees of Texas Wildfire Turn to Internet

MINERAL WELLS, Tex. — A blog has been set up to share information among people forced to flee from an affluent vacation community.

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