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Marina Abramovic Is Putting Her Name on a Center in Hudson, N.Y.

Marina Abramovic Is Putting Her Name on a Center in Hudson, N.Y.


Marina Abramovic Is Putting Her Name on a Center in Hudson, N.Y.

Posted: 19 Oct 2013 06:34 PM PDT

Marina Abramovic's fame since her 2010 MoMA show has engendered mistrust and perhaps envy from fellow performance artists. Now she's building an institute with her name on it.


DealBook: Tentative Deal Hands JPMorgan Chase a Record Penalty

Posted: 19 Oct 2013 06:13 PM PDT

The penalty would cap weeks of heated negotiating and underscore the extent of the JPMorgan Chase's legal woes, people briefed on the talks said.


Swap Frees Lebanese Held by Syrian Rebels in Exchange for Turks

Posted: 19 Oct 2013 05:00 PM PDT

Lebanese citizens held by Syrian rebels were freed under the deal, as were Turkish pilots kidnapped by Lebanese gunmen.


Authors Accept Censors’ Rules to Sell in China

Posted: 19 Oct 2013 04:05 PM PDT

Western writers often face a difficult choice: accept a censor's heavy hand or bypass the world's biggest market.


Aid to Pakistan to Resume as Tension With U.S. Eases

Posted: 19 Oct 2013 02:05 PM PDT

The United States plans to unfreeze more than $1.5 billion in assistance to Pakistan that was blocked because of tension between the two nations.


France Says Deportation of Roma Girl Was Legal

Posted: 19 Oct 2013 01:13 PM PDT

The French government said the controversial expulsion of a 15-year-old Roma girl with her family was legal but could have been conducted with more sensitivity.

Venezuela Releases Oil Research Ship

Posted: 19 Oct 2013 11:40 AM PDT

The Houston company that chartered an oil research ship seized by Venezuela's navy a week ago in disputed waters said the vessel and its crew had been released.


News Analysis: Are the Roma Primitive, or Just Poor?

Posted: 19 Oct 2013 11:30 AM PDT

After centuries of persecution and living on the fringes of society, can the Roma ever integrate into Western Europe?


Policing Village Moral Codes as Women Stream to India’s Cities

Posted: 19 Oct 2013 10:38 AM PDT

As young Indian women leave rural homes to finish their education in cities, they balance their new freedom against the social norms of their villages back home.

Suicide Blast in Somalia Kills 15, Police Say

Posted: 19 Oct 2013 08:46 AM PDT

The Shabab, the militant Somali Islamist group, claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on Saturday at a cafe in western Somalia, near the border with Ethiopia.


In Latest Snag, Police Block Maldives Vote For President

Posted: 19 Oct 2013 08:43 AM PDT

Election commission officials said they could not carry out the planned vote because the police had surrounded their offices and would not allow personnel to do their work.

Argentine Commuter Train Slams Into Station, Again

Posted: 19 Oct 2013 07:25 AM PDT

An Argentine commuter train slammed into the end of the line Saturday morning at the same station in Buenos Aires where 52 people were killed in a similar crash last year. This time there was no immediate report of deaths, but at least 80 people were injured.

Bomb Near Syrian Capital Kills 16, Activists Say

Posted: 19 Oct 2013 06:36 AM PDT

Syrian rebels assaulted a checkpoint in a pro-government suburb of Damascus on Saturday, setting off a suicide car bomb that killed 16 soldiers, activists said.


‘Ebony and Ivy,’ About How Slavery Helped Universities Grow

Posted: 19 Oct 2013 05:01 AM PDT

In "Ebony and Ivy," Craig Steven Wilder, an M.I.T. historian, takes a broad look at the role of slavery in the growth of America's earliest universities.


Policing the Amazon

Posted: 19 Oct 2013 04:23 AM PDT

Government authorities are working hard to fight the illegal timber trade.


Texans Stick With Cruz Despite Defeat in Washington

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 06:29 PM PDT

Senator Ted Cruz's defiance in Washington has only bolstered his standing in his home state, illustrating the growing political divide between Texas and the rest of the nation.

Corruption in Peru Aids Cutting of Rain Forest

Posted: 18 Oct 2013 06:20 PM PDT

The World Bank estimates that 80 percent of Peru's logging exports are illegally harvested, a problem compounded by bribery and obstacles to prosecution.

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