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No Morsel Too Minuscule for All-Consuming N.S.A.

No Morsel Too Minuscule for All-Consuming N.S.A.


No Morsel Too Minuscule for All-Consuming N.S.A.

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 11:03 PM PDT

The National Security Agency finds itself under intense pressure after disclosures of spying on allies and rivals alike, but it defends the wide net it casts.


That Other Big Afghan Crisis, the Growing Army of Addicts

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 09:40 PM PDT

A new report underscores a growing crisis in the city of Herat: one in every five households contains at least one drug user.


Stick Figures and Stunted Growth as Warring Syria Goes Hungry

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 08:48 PM PDT

Across Syria, a country that long prided itself on providing affordable food to its people, efforts to ensure basic sustenance appear to be failing, and millions are going hungry.


Gérard de Villiers, 83, French Spy Writer, Dies

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 07:34 PM PDT

Mr. de Villiers was a French popular novelist whose long-running spy-thriller series, S.A.S., sold more than 100 million copies.


At Least 55 Die as Rival Sects Clash in Yemen

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 07:15 PM PDT

The death toll in four days of clashes in northern Yemen rose, one of the clans said, as the government tried to broker a cease-fire in a region that is largely outside its control.


Briefly, Myanmar’s ‘God’s Army’ Twins Reunite

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 07:09 PM PDT

As children, Johnny and Luther Htoo were followed by hundreds of guerrillas in Myanmar. Today, their greatest accomplishment may be that both are still alive.

At Los Angeles International Airport, Two Lives Collide in a Fatal Instant

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 06:28 PM PDT

Federal agents combed the airport for clues about a man wielding an assault rifle who killed a Transportation Security Administration officer on Friday.


Two French Journalists Are Kidnapped and Killed by Gunmen in Mali

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 03:34 PM PDT

Two reporters for Radio France Internationale had been interviewing a leader with a separatist group in Mali's unstable desert north. Their bodies were found with their throats slit.


China Aims to Fully Mute Dalai Lama

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 12:56 PM PDT

China aims to stamp out the voice of the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, by making his words inaccessible to Tibetans by any means, a top official said.


China’s Economic Surge Has Roots Before Deng, Book Finds

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 12:39 PM PDT

The empress dowager is presented as neither the cruel despot nor the easily manipulated ruler that the Communist Party and other critics have long portrayed.


Japanese Civil Servant Runs Marathon for Fun, Not Profit

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 12:11 PM PDT

Some Japanese marathoners have broken away from their corporate teams to compete against the best in Chicago, London, New York and other races.


Pakistani Taliban Gather to Select Successor to Leader Killed in U.S. Drone Strike

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 10:14 AM PDT

Four candidates are thought to be in the running to succeed Hakimullah Mehsud, in an opaque process rived with tribal rivalry and personality-driven tensions.


China Trying to Stem Attacks by Patients on Their Doctors

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 09:07 AM PDT

The turn to violence appears to be driven by factors that include the expense of treatments, which can bankrupt families.


How Anna Chakvetadze, Rising Star at 20, Became a Retiree at 26

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 09:04 AM PDT

At age 26, a rising Russian tennis star was forced to deal with an unthinkable prospect — retirement — after a violent robbery and a crippling back injury.


344,000 Minivans Recalled by Honda for Brake Problem

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 08:15 AM PDT

The recall, like an earlier one in March, is to fix a problem in the vehicle's computer that could result in unexpected braking.

Russian Service, and With Please and Thank You

Posted: 02 Nov 2013 01:28 AM PDT

Russian companies are carrying out elaborate training that is producing a new generation of service employees who are customer-oriented.


This Little LED of Mine

Posted: 01 Nov 2013 06:25 PM PDT

The common complaint about compact fluorescent lights, the harsh glow, may have an energy-efficient answer, especially as LED bulbs fall under $10 each.

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