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Benghazi E-Mails Put White House on the Defensive

Benghazi E-Mails Put White House on the Defensive


Benghazi E-Mails Put White House on the Defensive

Posted: 10 May 2013 07:18 PM PDT

A disclosure of e-mails on Friday showed the White House was more involved in revising talking points about the attack on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, than officials have previously acknowledged.
    


After Malaysia Election, Political Attacks Continue

Posted: 10 May 2013 06:41 PM PDT

Analysts say that the political turmoil since Sunday's national election brings concern of a potentially explosive showdown between the prime minister and the opposition leader.
    


Clothing Retailers Pressed on Bangladesh Factory Safety

Posted: 10 May 2013 06:10 PM PDT

Organizations have been growing impatient because only two companies have signed onto a binding agreement on safety standards for factories in Bangladesh.
    


Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt of Guatemala Guilty of Genocide

Posted: 10 May 2013 06:08 PM PDT

The judge who sentenced former dictator Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt to 80 years in prison said the court was "convinced of the intent to destroy the Ixil ethnic group."
    


New Technology and Risks Enter America’s Cup

Posted: 10 May 2013 06:07 PM PDT

The death of a leading British sailor, the Olympic champion Andrew Simpson, shows how technology and modern danger have found their way into the America's Cup.
    


Privacy Breach on Bloomberg’s Data Terminals

Posted: 10 May 2013 06:04 PM PDT

Bloomberg News confirmed that reporters for its news service used the the company's terminals to monitor subscribers' usage.
    


Woman Rescued in Bangladesh Rubble 17 Days After Collapse

Posted: 10 May 2013 05:44 PM PDT

A woman named Reshma was found gasping but alive in the wreckage of a garment building, and the reaction in Bangladesh was euphoric.
    


The Saturday Profile: Benaki Museum Director Struggles With Budget Cuts

Posted: 10 May 2013 04:45 PM PDT

Angelos Delivorrias has led the Benaki Museum in Athens for almost 40 years. Now, in the face of steep budget cuts, he is fighting to protect what he helped build.
    

Former Guatemala Dictator Rios Montt Found Guilty of Genocide

Posted: 10 May 2013 04:22 PM PDT

A Guatemalan court on Friday found former dictator Efrain Rios Montt guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity during the bloodiest phase of the country's 36-year civil war.
    


West., Tex., E.M.T. Faces Charge of Having Bomb Parts

Posted: 10 May 2013 02:57 PM PDT

Officials would not say whether the case was related to a deadly fertilizer plant explosion in West, Tex., last month, but they opened a criminal inquiry.
    


3 Ultra-Orthodox Men Arrested in Confrontation at Western Wall

Posted: 10 May 2013 02:57 PM PDT

"I stand with these women. When I was at the wall in 2006 I was surprised that I could not stand with my three daughters," writes marjk.
    


Pakistan Orders New York Times Reporter Declan Walsh to Leave

Posted: 10 May 2013 02:21 PM PDT

The New York Times has protested an election-eve expulsion order for Declan Walsh, a veteran correspondent.
    


Obama Makes New Pitch on Health Care Law

Posted: 10 May 2013 02:17 PM PDT

In advance of Mother's Day, President Obama emphasized the benefits for women and outlined specifics about insurance coverage under the law.
    


Dannon Cuts Sugar, Carefully, in Children’s Yogurt

Posted: 10 May 2013 01:53 PM PDT

Dannon cut the sugar in its Danimals Smoothies for children, but it did so with the utmost care to make sure children couldn't taste the difference.
    

Carbon Dioxide Level Passes Long-Feared Milestone

Posted: 10 May 2013 11:06 AM PDT

The amount of the gas in the air has not been this high for at least three million years, and scientists believe the rise portends large changes in the climate and sea level.
    


For Transgender Fighter Fallon Fox, There Is Solace in the Cage

Posted: 10 May 2013 09:50 AM PDT

Fallon Fox is the first openly transgender athlete in mixed martial arts and the most prominent in a professional sport in decades.
    

O.M.D.’s Plot Against Rock

Posted: 10 May 2013 08:41 AM PDT

Thirty-five years ago, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark was certain that the overthrow of the electric guitar was imminent. They still haven't given up hope.
    


Student Loan Debt Is a Drag on the Economy, Too

Posted: 10 May 2013 08:37 AM PDT

The anemic economy has left millions struggling to get ahead. Student debt is making it even harder for many of them, as they delay purchases of things like homes and cars.
    

T Magazine: Rupert Everett Is So Not an American Movie Star

Posted: 10 May 2013 08:30 AM PDT

But what's kept him from becoming a mainstream leading man — the cranky impudence, the lacerating British wit — is precisely what makes him so attractive.
    

Blind Athletes Treat Pole Vault Like Any Other Hurdle

Posted: 10 May 2013 08:30 AM PDT

Aria Ottmueller, 17, and Charlotte Brown, 15, are pole vaulting in their high school state meets this weekend, further redefining the able-bodied athlete.
    

Paul McCarthy, the Demented Imagineer

Posted: 10 May 2013 08:15 AM PDT

Paul McCarthy may qualify as one of the grand old men of the art world, but his vision is perverse as ever — and much, much bigger.
    

In West Texas, a Gathering to Consider the Universe

Posted: 10 May 2013 08:11 AM PDT

In its 35th year, the Texas Star Party drew more than 500 amateur astronomers from across the United States and Canada to gaze together into the vast open skies.
    

‘The Way of the Knife,’ by Mark Mazzetti

Posted: 10 May 2013 07:33 AM PDT

Mark Mazzetti argues that the C.I.A. gave up its traditional functions as it embraced manhunting.
    

Zhu Ling Case Re-emerges, Unleashing Chinese Fury

Posted: 10 May 2013 07:03 AM PDT

Nearly two decades after Zhu Ling was poisoned, her case has electrified the nation with questions about the power of China's political elite in a society where justice remains elusive.
    


U.N Rights Chief Urges Faster Action to End Fighting in Syria

Posted: 10 May 2013 05:51 AM PDT

Navi Pillay, the high commissioner for human rights, said she feared that international outrage had been numbed by two years of conflict.
    


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