New York Times intl News

New York Times intl News

Shanghai Schools’ Approach Pushes Students to Top of Tests

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 07:09 PM PST

Discipline helps explain why the city's students outperformed those from about 65 other countries.

Policing of Clothes in Sudan’s South Reflects a Culture Clash

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 06:58 PM PST

Attacks on women wearing Western clothing have been an unwelcome reminder that cultural norms and freedoms in southern Sudan are still up for debate.

Disappearances With Reported Ties to Pakistan Worry U.S.

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 07:13 PM PST

The Obama administration is alarmed by reports that thousands of political separatists and Taliban insurgents have disappeared into the hands of Pakistan's security forces.

Books of the Times: In Europe, Mixing Union and Diversity

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 03:29 PM PST

A collection of short stories by writers from Georgia to Liechtenstein, in and out of the European Union.

News Analysis: Europe Seems to Stick to Same Economic Strategy

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:10 PM PST

European policy makers are offering more of the same in terms of an economic strategy, despite two years of financial and economic turmoil.

Cambodian Art Emerges From Horrors of a Murderous Past

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 02:36 PM PST

Slowly but surely, Cambodia's visual art scene has come out from behind the shadow of the Pol Pot era.

The Female Factor: Working (Part-Time) in the 21st Century

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 06:30 PM PST

Part-time work in the Netherlands has turned from being the prerogative of women with little career ambition into a powerful tool to attract talent in a competitive labor market.

Bloomberg Takes Blame for Response to Snowstorm

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 11:43 AM PST

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg pledged to have every street plowed by Thursday morning and then to figure out why the cleanup was inadequate.

In China, Gang-Run Rare Earth Mines Face a Crackdown

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 07:13 PM PST

Rogue mining operations in southern China produce an estimated half of the world's supply of the most valuable rare earth minerals.

In China, Car Buyers In a Backup

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:40 PM PST

One uncertainty in the global auto industry is how much longer Beijing will allow China's remarkable sales boom to continue.

Police Arrest 5 in Danish Terror Plot

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:50 PM PST

Officials said that an attack against a Danish newspaper that published cartoons of Muhammad was "imminent."

Denmark Arrests Four in Terror Plot

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:35 AM PST

The four were suspected of planning an "imminent" terror attack against a newspaper that printed the controversial Prophet Muhammad cartoons.

Suicide Bombers in Iraq Kill Police Commander

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 11:20 AM PST

Three suicide bombers attacked a police headquarters in Mosul, killing a top police commander, a prominent figure who had escaped previous assassination attempts.

Bombers Attack Police Headquarters in Iraqi City

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 03:37 AM PST

Three suicide bombers attacked Iraq's federal police headquarters in Mosul, killing the top police commander, a prominent figure who had escaped previous assassination attempts.

Rising Rivers Prompt Evacuations in Australia

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 10:35 AM PST

The military flew out a town's population of 300 people by helicopter in eastern Australia, bringing the total evacuated to over 1,000.

DealBook: Share Rules Could Push Facebook Offering

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 09:02 AM PST

A surging shadow market in the privately held shares of Facebook could spur the company to go public.

Advertising: Selling the World on Russia (Leaving Out the Spies)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 09:03 AM PST

Ad agencies work closely with the inner circle of Russia's government — a blending of "Mad Men" and Kremlin apparatchiks.

The Radiation Boom: A Pinpoint Beam Strays Invisibly, Harming Instead of Healing

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:31 AM PST

A fast-growing form of radiation therapy injures patients when its pinpoint beam is allowed to spread too far.