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Ethical Quandary for Social Sites

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:18 PM PDT

Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube often have to choose: enforce their rules and remove content, or allow material by activists from the Middle East, North Africa and China.

Quake Area Residents Turn to Old Means of Communication to Keep Informed

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:31 PM PDT

A nation where many people were accustomed to instantaneous access to information has reached into the past for more tried-and-true means of communication.

Hunting for Bargains After a Titan’s Fall: Everything Must Go

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:36 PM PDT

A yard sale in Birmingham, Ala., raised $164,000 to help pay off a $2.9 billion judgment against Richard Scrushy, the disgraced former chief executive of HealthSouth.

In Deference to Crisis, a New Obsession Sweeps Japan: Self-Restraint

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:31 PM PDT

With hundreds of thousands of people displaced and many still missing, anything with the barest hint of luxury invites condemnation in post-tsunami Japan.

Russian Site Smokes Out Corruption

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:37 PM PDT

Aleksei N. Navalny has attracted a vast audience with his Web site for investors even as he takes on state-owned companies in his crusade against corruption.

For $1,000, Site Lets Celebrities Say It Ain’t So

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 06:15 PM PDT

A new Web site lets aggrieved people post corrections for $1,000 a year. Luckily, browsing through the posts is free.

Gates and Clinton Unite to Defend Libya Intervention, and Say It May Last Awhile

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:38 PM PDT

The comments by President Obama's two top national security officials offered a striking illustration of the complex calculus involved in imposing a no-fly zone over Libya.

Libyans Call Woman Who Claimed Gang Rape a Prostitute

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:31 PM PDT

Libyan authorities attacked the character and credibility of a woman who claimed that she had been abducted and raped by militia members working for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.

Minsk Journal: In Soviet-Style Belarus, Crackdown Extends to Those Outside Politics

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:59 PM PDT

The repression that started after the December re-election of President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko has now spread beyond opposition leaders to people who had been strangers to politics.

How Gandhi Became Gandhi

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 08:00 PM PDT

Joseph Lelyveld's vivid, nuanced and cleareyed study of Mahatma Gandhi focuses on his role as a social reformer, in both South Africa and in India.

African Tyrant

Posted: 25 Mar 2011 09:35 AM PDT

The journalist Peter Godwin's latest chronicle of the horrors of Zimbabwe under Mugabe.

Week in Review: Radiation’s Enduring Afterglow

Posted: 26 Mar 2011 06:01 PM PDT

Radiation was just another natural marvel. Then we began to mess with it.

DealBook: Is It a New Tech Bubble? Let’s See if It Pops

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 04:27 PM PDT

Some investors are wondering whether a huge influx of Wall Street money spells trouble for the industry again.

Merkel Loses Key German State on Nuclear Fears

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:15 PM PDT

The Green Party is poised to lead a state as voters lash out at Chancellor Angela Merkel's reaction to Japan's crisis.

Syria Tries to Ease Deep Political Crisis

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:31 PM PDT

Syria tried to ease a grave political crisis by blaming gangs for killing 12 people and promising to soon lift a draconian emergency law.

Is it a New Tech Bubble? Let’s See if It Pops

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 12:07 PM PDT

Some investors are wondering whether a huge influx of Wall Street money spells trouble for the industry again.

Clinton and Gates Defend Mission in Libya

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 10:00 AM PDT

The military intervention in Libya has saved perhaps tens of thousands of lives, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday.

Libyan Rebels March Toward Qaddafi Stronghold

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 08:37 PM PDT

Rebels backed by allied warplanes retook a pair of strategic oil towns as they returned to the edge of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's most important bastion of support.

Music: Carving Out a Bold Destiny for Fado

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 07:00 AM PDT

Fado, Portugal's soulful, guitar-based national song style, is experiencing an explosion of new voices and a reinterpretation of a genre that had come to seem hidebound.

Washington’s New Brat Pack Masters Media

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 07:56 AM PDT

Young bloggers have become part of the journalistic establishment in Washington, destination reading for the city's power elite.