Writer of Times Op-Ed on Racism in Cuba Loses Job

Writer of Times Op-Ed on Racism in Cuba Loses Job
In Many Capital Cases, Less Culpable Defendants Receive Death Peanlty
U.N. Says Aid for Syria Refugees Is Running Out
Detecting Shift in Beijing, U.S. Makes Its Case on North Korea
DealBook: JPMorgan Campaigns to Keep Dimon in 2 Top Jobs
Iran Says It Offers New Plan for Nuclear Program
World Briefing | Africa: Mali: France Proposes Permanent Force
DealBook: UBS Aided Purchase of Stake in Chinese Insurer
German Officials Welcome Offshore Tax Havens Leak
U.S. and Japan Agree on Returning Okinawa Land
North Korea Advises Evacuation of Foreign Embassies
Scott Brown Hints at Another Senate Race — in New Hampshire
China Escalates Response to Avian Flu Outbreak
Hiring in U.S. Tapers Off as Economy Fails to Gain Speed
This Land: With an Act of Kindness, a Delaware Lady Vanishes
Judge Orders F.D.A. to Make Morning-After Pill Available Over the Counter for All Ages
U.N. Agency Suspends Food Aid After Protest in Gaza
Munsan Journal: South Koreans at North’s Edge Cope With Threat of War
Tensions With North Korea Unsettle South’s Economy
Buddhist-Muslim Tensions Spread as Detainees Die in Indonesia

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 08:38 PM PDT

The New York Times stood by the preparation of an opinion piece that Roberto Zurbano wrote before being removed from his post as an editor of a Cuban publishing house.

In Many Capital Cases, Less Culpable Defendants Receive Death Peanlty

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 07:08 PM PDT

Cases in which a defendant with less involvement in a crime or guilt draws the harshest sentence are not uncommon in Arizona, and elsewhere around the country.

U.N. Says Aid for Syria Refugees Is Running Out

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 06:41 PM PDT

A Unicef official says that with 1.25 million Syrians registered as refugees, "the needs are rising exponentially and we are broke."

Detecting Shift in Beijing, U.S. Makes Its Case on North Korea

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 06:23 PM PDT

The Obama administration, seeing signs of Chinese frustration toward Pyongyang, is pressing China to crack down or face more of an American military presence in Asia.

DealBook: JPMorgan Campaigns to Keep Dimon in 2 Top Jobs

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 05:55 PM PDT

Board members are making an unusual effort to persuade investors that JPMorgan Chase's chief, Jamie Dimon, should keep his chairman title amid fallout from a trading loss.

Iran Says It Offers New Plan for Nuclear Program

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 05:41 PM PDT

Pyongyang's nuclear-arms bombast and the cautious foreign response are hanging over resumed negotiations between Iran and the six big powers in unsettling ways.

World Briefing | Africa: Mali: France Proposes Permanent Force

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 04:49 PM PDT

France has proposed keeping a permanent force of 1,000 French troops to fight armed Islamist militants in the region, the foreign minister said.

DealBook: UBS Aided Purchase of Stake in Chinese Insurer

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 04:47 PM PDT

A Swiss banking company's $5.5 billion loan resolves a mystery over how the Charoen Pokphand Group bought the stake without financing from the state-run China Development Bank.

German Officials Welcome Offshore Tax Havens Leak

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 03:54 PM PDT

Berlin hopes the disclosures will provide leverage in its effort to fight international financial systems that make it easy for the wealthy to hide their money

U.S. and Japan Agree on Returning Okinawa Land

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 03:39 PM PDT

The agreement on a new timetable for handing over a Marine airfield and other military bases could help solve an issue that has strained America's ties with its largest Asian ally.

North Korea Advises Evacuation of Foreign Embassies

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:23 PM PDT

North Korea suggested some countries might want to evacuate their Pyongyang embassies, a move analysts dismissed as a new way of raising tension.

Scott Brown Hints at Another Senate Race — in New Hampshire

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 01:05 PM PDT

While another Senate run in Massachusetts is out for now, Scott Brown says he might challenge Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat who is up for re-election next year.

China Escalates Response to Avian Flu Outbreak

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 12:36 PM PDT

The government warned people to avoid live poultry and slaughtered more than 20,000 birds at a wholesale market in Shanghai.

Hiring in U.S. Tapers Off as Economy Fails to Gain Speed

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 10:07 AM PDT

Employers added only 88,000 jobs in March, a pace of growth too sluggish to make a big dent in the backlog of idle workers. The jobless rate dipped to 7.6 percent from 7.7 percent.

This Land: With an Act of Kindness, a Delaware Lady Vanishes

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 08:56 AM PDT

When two girls in Delaware wanted a ride and Margaret E. Smith, 89, obliged, their journey became a frightening encounter along the way.

Judge Orders F.D.A. to Make Morning-After Pill Available Over the Counter for All Ages

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 08:54 AM PDT

A federal judge's ruling, the latest turn in a decade-long fight, lifts the requirement for girls under 16 to obtain a prescription for the most common morning-after pill.

U.N. Agency Suspends Food Aid After Protest in Gaza

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 05:54 AM PDT

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency in the Gaza Strip stopped food distribution and other services for refugees indefinitely, an official said Friday.

Munsan Journal: South Koreans at North’s Edge Cope With Threat of War

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 03:00 AM PDT

Some residents of Munsan, South Korea, which sits on the edge of the tense border with the North, have learned to accept the dangers, and try to focus on enjoying their daily lives.

Tensions With North Korea Unsettle South’s Economy

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 02:27 AM PDT

The Seoul stock market fell Friday, and General Motors said it was making contingency plans for its workers amid a torrent of threats from North Korea.