GUANGZHOU, China — The unexpected decline in export orders at the Canton Fair is seen as a relatively significant sign of trouble for the overall Chinese economy because it coincides with steeply rising wages and higher rents for factory space.
ATHENS — There were few signs that any party could form a governing coalition as the prospect of the country leaving the euro zone loomed large.
PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy’s party must consider allying itself with the far right or holding to the center and hoping against further losses.
MANILA — As independent filmmakers break away from the country’s formulaic movie productions, a Philippine film is getting a first-ever release in North America.
MADRID — Some of the nation’s largest and healthiest financial institutions are fretting about the potential impact of a rescue. Above, Emilio Botín of Santander.
HAVANA — Cuba’s success in limiting the epidemic stems partly from harsh early tactics and universal basic health care. Above, an AIDS treatment sanitarium near Havana.
CAIRO — A deferential tone has been adopted, even as the generals say they expect to keep much of their autonomy and influence after their pledged handover.
Many of the world’s leaders present at the 2009 G-20 Summit have been ousted from office, caused by recession and voter anger directed at incumbents.
WASHINGTON — Officials said a bomb seized in April was a new, more sophisticated device and intended for a passenger to wear.
MOSCOW — Vladimir V. Putin took the oath of office for the third time Monday, as Russian police attempted to stamp out a second day of protests in Moscow.
BAGHDAD — A court has ordered the release of the last detainee handed over to Iraqi custody by the U.S. military, citing insufficient evidence to prosecute him.
BALTIMORE — Pathologists took up the question of what contributed to the death of the Soviet leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin at the age of 53.
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Photographs from Russia, France, Greece and Germany.
The author has never been more scared than she was as she waited for her 10-year-old daughter to make it out of the anti-Putin protests.
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Nicolas Sarkozy transformed how France thinks of the presidency, just as he altered what America thinks of the French.
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“Cold War,” a 24-part CNN series first shown in 1998, will be released on DVD.
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