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U.S. Loses Bids to Supply Jets to India

By VIKAS BAJAJ

The United States lost a hard-fought competition to Europe for an order estimated to be worth $10 billion.

Thai and Cambodian Military Commanders Agree on a Cease-Fire

By SETH MYDANS 12:10 PM ET

However, the Thai Army spokesman said no official deal had been reached on a resolution to a conflict over two stone temples, with 15 dead after seven days of fighting.

A truck driver waited for cargo to be loaded onto his truck at a port in Shanghai.

China’s Exports Perch on Uncertain Truck System

By DAVID BARBOZA 6:35 PM ET

Trucking’s tenuous status in China was underscored by a strike of 2,000 truckers complaining about rising fuel costs and transportation fees.

U.S. Envoy Sees ‘Backsliding’ Of Human Rights in China

By MICHAEL WINES 35 minutes ago

U.S. envoy Michael H. Posner said that in two days of talks, Chinese officials offered few responses to American queries about the conditions of detained activists.

New Census Finds China’s Population Growth Has Slowed

By MICHAEL WINES and SHARON LaFRANIERE 35 minutes ago

China’s population grew more urbanized, educated and older as the country’s growth slowed to almost half the pace of the previous decade, according to 2010 census figures.

Carter Criticizes U.S. for Withholding North Korea Aid

By MARK McDONALD 9:29 AM ET

Former President Jimmy Carter said the refusal to send humanitarian assistance to impoverished North Korea amounted to “a human rights violation.”

Roadside Bomb in Karachi Hits Navy Bus

By SALMAN MASOOD 9:17 AM ET

At least five people were killed when a roadside bomb hit a bus carrying employees of the Pakistan Navy in the southern port city of Karachi, a senior naval officer said.

Japanese Central Bank Cuts Growth Forecast

By BETTINA WASSENER 6:00 AM ET

Forecasting an economic growth rate of 0.6 percent in the current business year, the Bank of Japan left its key interest rate at ultralow levels to support an economy recovering from natural disasters.

Coke has resumed production at the Zao plant in Japan that was damaged last month.

Japan’s Crises Make a Dent in the Bottom Line

By CHRISTINE HAUSER 3 minutes ago

Quarterly earnings statements show that the earthquake and tsunami in Japan have hurt American companies, especially those that do business there.

From Business Day

Renesas’s Naka factory in Japan. Renesas supplies 40 percent of the world market with a crucial car computer chip.

A Japanese Plant Struggles to Produce a Critical Auto Part

By ANDREW POLLACK and STEVE LOHR

Lack of chips from one plant is a reason auto production has slowed in Japan, the United States and elsewhere.

An Internet cafe in New Delhi. New rules require Web sites and service providers to remove some content that officials and even private citizens find objectionable.

India Puts Tight Leash on Internet Free Speech

By VIKAS BAJAJ

New rules allow anyone to demand that Web sites and service providers remove content considered objectionable.

S.&P.; Downgrades Japan's Outlook to Negative

By BETTINA WASSENER

The ratings agency cited the damage from the devastating earthquake and tsunami in March, estimating that reconstruction costs were likely to be as high as ¥50 trillion, or $612.6 billion.

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In Chengdu, Burial Is Also an Economic Rite

As of last month, in the cemeteries of this hilly megalopolis in south-central China, modest burials are in. Fancy tombs are out.

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Briefly Returning to the Nuclear Zone

Residents who lived near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant flocked to the area on Thursday ahead of a midnight evacuation deadline imposed by the government.

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TimesCast | Warnings Written in Stone

Stone tablets along the coast of Japan, some more than six centuries old, are inscribed with warnings about tsunamis.

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The Artist vs. the State

Can there be true artistic freedom without political freedom in China?

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Stanford Debates R.O.T.C.'s Return

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Court Rules Against V.A. on Fiduciaries

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The Endgame in Afghanistan

By JAMES DAO

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

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A school in Sarhad-e Broghil built by Greg Mortenson’s charity

Two Schools in Afghanistan, One Complicated Situation

By EDWARD WONG

The “Three Cups of Tea” author Greg Mortenson’s charitable work, seen up close, suggests the complexity of development work in Afghanistan.

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From the Magazine

The Air-Raid-Shelter Apartments Under Beijing

By EDWARD WONG

Far beneath the teeming city, migrant workers known as “the mouse tribe” make their homes.

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From Books

Two Schools in Afghanistan, One Complicated Situation

By EDWARD WONG

The “Three Cups of Tea” author Greg Mortenson’s charitable work, seen up close, suggests the complexity of development work in Afghanistan.

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A Message of Tolerance, Unrepressed

By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW

Despite indications of rising official censorship in China, an exhibit on the European age of Enlightenment seems to be reaching its intended audience.