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U.S. Drone Strike Kills 6 in Pakistan, Fueling Anger

U.S. Drone Strike Kills 6 in Pakistan, Fueling Anger


U.S. Drone Strike Kills 6 in Pakistan, Fueling Anger

Posted: 06 Sep 2013 12:36 AM PDT

While the number of American drone strikes has declined recently in Pakistan, many politicians want the drone attacks to end completely.
    






Plan at G-20 Is to Tighten Global Rules on Taxes

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 09:01 PM PDT

The Group of 20 summit meeting is expected to enact new laws that would tighten rules on multinational companies that use subsidiaries to legally avoid paying taxes.
    






Deference to a Revered Record in Japan Is Going, Going ...

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 07:50 PM PDT

As Wladimir Balentien closes in on a single-season home run record of 55, first set by Sadaharu Oh, many fans are now rooting for Oh's record to fall, a development that once seemed unthinkable.
    

DealBook: A New Divestment Focus: Fossil Fuels

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 07:34 PM PDT

Concern over global warming has spurred students to dust off investment choice as a weapon in their campaign. But whether it will be as effective this time is another matter.
    

In an Unsettled Cambodia, Preparing to Confront the Government

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 06:52 PM PDT

Opposition leaders, citing reported irregularities in July elections, plan a peaceful protest for Saturday, but the government is portraying the effort as an attempt to instigate riots.
    






Pentagon Is Ordered to Expand Potential Targets in Syria With a Focus on Forces

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 06:21 PM PDT

The Obama administration is now talking about using aircraft to strike specific targets, as intelligence indicates the Syrian government has moved troops and equipment.
    

News Analysis: White House Looks to Syria Vote as Rudder for Rest of Term

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 06:02 PM PDT

President Obama and his team see Congress's action, either approval or rejection, as a guidepost that goes well beyond the question of an attack on Syria.
    






A Japanese Social App Contacts New Shores

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 05:55 PM PDT

Line, which has hundreds of millions of users in Asia and parts of Europe and Latin America, is beginning a push into the United States.
    

Mayoral Run by Putin Critic Vexes Kremlin

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 05:20 PM PDT

Aleksei A. Navalny's improbable campaign for mayor of Moscow has exposed disarray in President Vladimir V. Putin's carefully constructed political system.
    

Israel Backs Limited Strike Against Syria

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 05:00 PM PDT

For Jerusalem, the status quo in Syria seems preferable to either a victory by President Bashar al-Assad's government or a strengthening of rebel groups.
    

Murray Loses Cool and, Soon, the Match

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 03:08 PM PDT

Ninth-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka defeated the defending United States Open champion, Andy Murray, in the quarterfinals. For Wawrinka, it was a breakthrough victory.
    






Brutality of Syrian Rebels Posing Dilemma in West

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 02:28 PM PDT

Many Syrian rebels have adopted some of the chillingly ruthless tactics of the government, raising the prospect that a military strike could strengthen extremists.
    






Egypt’s Interior Minister Survives Assassination Attempt

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 01:31 PM PDT

Egyptian security officials said a powerful bomb ripped through a convoy of cars carrying the minister, Mohamed Ibrahim, raising fears of a turn toward terrorist violence.
    






Kuwaiti Sheik’s Influence in Olympic World Grows

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 01:27 PM PDT

Sheik Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah has quietly become one of the most powerful people in global sports, yet remains largely overlooked outside Olympic political circles.
    

Australia’s Premier Faces Bleak Predictions on Eve of Elections

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 01:18 PM PDT

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is battling widespread forecasts of a defeat in federal elections on Saturday that would end his party's tumultuous years in power.
    

New U.S. Envoy to U.N. Strongly Condemns Russia

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 01:00 PM PDT

The ambassador, Samantha Power, in her first extensive public remarks on Syria, said Russia was holding the Security Council hostage in taking action.
    

Movie Review: ‘Salinger,’ a Documentary by Shane Salerno

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 12:25 PM PDT

The documentary "Salinger," about the author of "The Catcher in the Rye," seeks to tear down the fortress of privacy he erected around his life.
    






N.S.A. Able to Foil Basic Safeguards of Privacy on Web

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 12:03 PM PDT

The National Security Agency has secretly circumvented or cracked much of the digital scrambling that protects global commerce, e-mails, phone calls, medical records and Web searches.
    






DealBook: Russian Tech Giant Sells Facebook Shares for $525 Million

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 11:36 AM PDT

The Russian Internet company Mail.ru has sold its remaining stake in Facebook for about $525 million, benefiting from a strong rebound in its share price.
    






ArtsBeat: Hollywood Goes Global in Toronto Film Festival Offerings

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 11:11 AM PDT

The growing willingness to cast non-American actors may partly be a business decision, but it also points to the changing character of awards-season cinema.
    

In Gut Research’s Latest Advance, Bacteria From Thin Humans Can Slim Mice Down

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 11:10 AM PDT

Mice exposed to gut bacteria of overweight humans become overweight, while those exposed to the microbiomes of thin humans lose weight, a new study found.
    

Opposition Lawmaker Arrested in Treason Plot in South Korea

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 10:43 AM PDT

The lawmaker, Lee Seok-ki, who is affiliated with the far-left United Progressive Party, became the first South Korean politician arrested on the criminal charge of plotting treason.
    






3 Cities in Running for 2020 Olympics Have Shortcomings

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 10:07 AM PDT

All three candidate cities to host the 2020 Summer Games — Istanbul, Tokyo and Madrid — presented risks ahead of Saturday's vote.
    






Across a Border, Iraqis See Replays of Past and Fears for Future

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 10:00 AM PDT

As the debate over military action in Syria has unfolded in the West, Iraqis see the fate of the two countries as inextricably intertwined.
    






European Central Bank Chief Tamps Down Optimism

Posted: 05 Sep 2013 09:28 AM PDT

Mario Draghi's remarks, made after the bank held rates steady, were unexpectedly pessimistic and could dampen hopes that the euro zone is finally on the mend.
    






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