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Obama Speaks Out Against Pastor’s Plan to Burn Koran
President Obama said on Thursday that the Florida pastor’s plan endangers American troops and is “contrary to our values” of religious tolerance.
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Union Accuses China of Illegal Clean Energy Subsidies
The United Steelworkers union plans to file a legal case that accuses China of violating World Trade Organization rules by subsidizing exports of clean energy equipment.
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Chicago Journal: Considering Daley’s Exit, With Hope and With Fear
Chicago has felt conflicting emotions since Mayor Richard M. Daley said he’d leave the office he has had since 1989.
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Car Bomb Explodes in Russian Market
At least 15 people died in the attack in the restive North Caucasus region on Thursday.
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War Games
What does it mean that the most popular cultural depictions of America’s current wars are video games?
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Falling Rates Aid Debtors, but Hamper Savers
Those who live off their savings and investments are hit hard by falling interest rates, as corporations borrow cheaply and sit on the cash.
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Iran to Release One of the Detained U.S. Hikers
Iran announced that one of the three Americans jailed for more than a year will be released Saturday to mark the end of Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
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Chinese Advocate Released From Prison, but Confinement Continues
Chen Guangcheng, a blind lawyer, had been imprisoned after challenging government policies that exploited farmers, discriminated against the disabled and brutally enforced China’s one-child policy.
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U.S. Trade Deficit Narrowed in July as Exports Rose
The 14 percent decline in the trade deficit in July should give a lift to overall economic growth.
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A Roof Over Ashe
Why should championship tennis get played amid such gusts and swirls?
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Books of The Times: He Was So Much Older Then
Sean Wilentz’s “Bob Dylan in America” touchingly conveys its author’s nearly lifelong reverence for his subject.
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