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U.S. Rescuers May Have Killed Briton Held by Taliban

The American command in Afghanistan had said that the aid worker was killed by her captors, but Prime Minister David Cameron said that a grenade may have killed her.

Company Head Arrested Over Sludge Torrent in Hungary

The managing director of the company whose reservoir unleashed a flood of red sludge last week has been arrested, Hungary’s prime minister announced.

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3 Share Nobel Economics Prize for Labor Analysis

Peter Diamond, Dale Mortensen, Christopher Pissarides won for work that helps explain mismatches in the employment market.

Britain Opens Inquest Into 2005 London Attacks

The inquest into the suicide bombings that killed 52 people began on Monday after more than five years of delay.

Midterms
Chris Coons is the Democratic candidate running for the Delaware Senate seat once held by Vice President Joe Biden.
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With O’Donnell as Foil, Coons Plays It Safe

In the Delaware Senate race, Chris Coons’s campaign frames his Republican opponent in a deadpan manner.

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Paladino Defends Remarks on Homosexuality

Carl. P. Paladino, the Republican candidate for governor, said he did not believe the remarks made him a bigot.

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The West Virginia Senate race; culture in a Brazilian slum; early retirement.

France Arrests Rwandan Over Congo Atrocities

The man is believed to lead a group involved in a terror campaign in which thousands have been killed and raped.

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Microsoft Unveils New Windows Phones

Microsoft introduced the final details of its new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7.

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Innocents Caught In a Web Of Intrigue

“Our Kind of Traitor,” John le Carré’s bullet train of a new thriller, is part vintage John le Carré and part Alfred Hitchcock.

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Undiscovered Treasures

Some of the best art in Europe is hiding in plain sight.

 

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In Bilbao, It’s Not Just the Museum

There’s a whole new Bilbao Effect taking place in the city’s restaurants.

From a Mysterious Mansion to a Ralph Lauren Store
From a Mysterious Mansion to a Ralph Lauren Store

The eccentric heiress Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo never lived in the grand home she built on Madison Avenue and 72nd Street in 1898, which is now a store.

Frozen in Time, a Palace Worthy of the Packard

Frozen in Time, a Palace Worthy of the Packard

What began as the premier Packard dealership in Dayton, Ohio, then lay dormant for decades, is now a center for all things Packard.

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Good C.E.O.’s Are Insecure (and Know It)

Good C.E.O.’s Are Insecure (and Know It)

Howard Schultz of Starbucks sees everyone’s level of insecurity as a potential strength. “The question,” he says, “is how are you going to use it?”

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