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China Announces 12.2% Increase in Its Military Budget for 2014

China Announces 12.2% Increase in Its Military Budget for 2014


China Announces 12.2% Increase in Its Military Budget for 2014

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 09:20 PM PST

China announced that it was increasing its military budget for 2014 to almost $132 billion. The expansion is being closely watched by other nations in the region and by the United States.






C.I.A. Employees Face New Inquiry Amid Clashes on Detention Program

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 08:25 PM PST

An inquiry into the conduct of agency employees began after lawmakers complained that the C.I.A. was improperly monitoring the work of staff members of a Senate committee.






Chinese Officials Seek to Shift Attention From Rampage

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 08:20 PM PST

Days after knife-wielding assailants killed 29 people and injured 143 at the train station in Kunming, Chinese authorities appeared eager to change the subject.






A New Magazine for Fans of the Vatican’s Biggest Star

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 08:00 PM PST

An Italian publisher known for celebrity gossip promises respectful weekly coverage — plus a poster — of Pope Francis in Il Mio Papa (My Pope).






Obama’s Budget Is a Populist Wish List and an Election Blueprint

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 07:17 PM PST

President Obama called for ending tax breaks to pay for new spending, instead of cutting the budget, but Republicans are unlikely to go along.






Surabaya Journal: Pointing Fingers Over Heavy Death Toll at an Indonesian Zoo

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 07:16 PM PST

The municipal zoo in Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city, where more than 100 animals have died since last summer, has drawn calls for its closing.






California Driver’s License Program Hits an Unexpected Hurdle

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 06:39 PM PST

Some immigrants who are in the country illegally are reluctant to apply for the licenses, fearing that the government might use the documentation to establish their identities and deport them.






News Analysis: No Easy Way Out of Ukraine Crisis

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 06:25 PM PST

White House officials are weighing their options, knowing that reversing the occupation of Crimea would be difficult, if not impossible, in the short run.






Putin, Flashing Disdain, Defends Action in Crimea

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 06:19 PM PST

President Vladimir V. Putin's remarks on the political upheaval in Ukraine were aimed at both international and domestic audiences.






Some Who Fled Cuba Are Returning to Help

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 05:55 PM PST

Many of the first Cubans to leave after Fidel Castro took over are coming back, reuniting with the island and partnering with Cubans in direct new ways.






Australia Puts Green Credibility to the Test

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 05:50 PM PST

Critics say Australia's new conservative government, in wooing investment, has exposed parts of the country's fragile environment to danger.

Injections Providing Protection Against AIDS in Monkeys, Studies Find

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 05:26 PM PST

Versions of already approved drugs kept the monkeys infection-free for weeks, and researchers hope that a dose every three months could work in humans.

Emerging, but No Longer a Mother Lode of Profits

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 05:24 PM PST

A number of multinational corporations have recently blamed turmoil in emerging markets for dents in their bottom lines.

Crimean Premier Says Ukrainian Military Units Have Started to Surrender

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 05:21 PM PST

The prime minister of the autonomous region, Sergei Aksyonov, said most Ukrainian military units on the peninsula had pledged allegiance to his pro-Russia government.






Federal Judge Rules for Chevron in Ecuadorean Pollution Case

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 03:17 PM PST

The oil company had sued a Manhattan lawyer leading the pollution case and his associates on fraud and conspiracy allegations.

N.S.A. Director Says Snowden Leaks Hamper Protection Against Cyberattacks

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 02:57 PM PST

Gen. Keith B. Alexander said that the disclosures by Edward J. Snowden had slowed the effort to protect the country against cyberattacks on Wall Street and other civilian targets.

Chinese Designers to the Fore

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 02:36 PM PST

With her forthcoming book, Gemma Williams hopes to make the West aware of a new generation of fashion creatives from China.

At Disney, a Celebration That Was a Long Time Coming

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 02:23 PM PST

Walt Disney Animation won its first Oscars on Sunday for "Frozen," and with them a new lease on life after a difficult transition to computer-aided filmmaking.






City at Halfpipe King’s Feet

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 01:56 PM PST

Leaving behind paparazzi in Zurich, Iouri Podladtchikov, the Olympic gold medalist known as I-Pod, recently visited Manhattan.






A Miami Congressman Adamantly Defends Isolating Cuba

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 01:43 PM PST

Representative Mario Díaz-Balart says American policy toward Cuba should focus on human rights, not on using private enterprise to move Cuba away from dictatorship.






Convoy With NATO Supplies Is Attacked in Pakistan

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 12:29 PM PST

A government official said that one driver was killed and two others were wounded when gunmen opened fire in the Khyber tribal region on Tuesday.






The Lede: Latest Updates on Ukraine Crisis

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 11:38 AM PST

Follow dispatches from Times correspondents and firsthand accounts of events on the ground posted on social networks by bloggers and journalists in Crimea and other parts of Ukraine.






U.S. Seeking to Keep ‘Potentially Inflammatory Topics’ Out of Terrorism Trial

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 11:36 AM PST

As jury selection continues in the trial of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, the government asked the judge to bar the defense from referring to topics such as national security.

Gunmen Kill 7 in Attack on Iraqi Government Building

Posted: 04 Mar 2014 10:44 AM PST

The attack in Samarra, north of Baghdad, left 35 people wounded and five assailants dead in a two-hour battle with police.






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