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Mexico City Journal: A Vision of an Oasis Beneath the Sprawl

Posted: 31 May 2011 07:30 PM PDT

Young planners in Mexico City are urging a radical concept to refresh their dusty megalopolis with a ring of water and parks around the city center.

NATO Resumes Airstrikes After Qaddafi Vows to Fight On

Posted: 31 May 2011 06:50 PM PDT

A peace mission to Tripoli by the South African president appears to have failed.

Egypt’s Military Censors Critics as It Faces More Scrutiny

Posted: 31 May 2011 07:07 PM PDT

The military's intervention concerns human rights advocates who worry that such efforts could undermine attempts to bring it under civilian control or investigate charges of corruption.

India and Pakistan Fail to Resolve Glacier Dispute at Talks

Posted: 31 May 2011 06:30 PM PDT

Defense secretaries from both countries failed to deliver a breakthrough on demilitarizing a Himalayan glacier considered the world's highest battlefield.

World Briefing | Middle East: Iraq: Arrest in Killing of Anti-Baathist Politician

Posted: 31 May 2011 06:50 PM PDT

A former member of Saddam Hussein's intelligence service was arrested in the assassination of Ali Faisal al-Lami.

U.S. Reduces Estimates of Homeless in Haiti Quake

Posted: 31 May 2011 07:10 PM PDT

A government report counts fewer people displaced than an international agency had reported.

New Rescue Package for Greece Takes Shape

Posted: 31 May 2011 07:16 PM PDT

The deal being discussed would offer billions of euros in fresh loans in return for accelerated privatization and tougher tax collection measures.

‘Frozen Conflict’ Between Azerbaijan and Armenia Begins to Boil

Posted: 31 May 2011 07:04 PM PDT

Azerbaijan wants to regain control of the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, which is now populated by ethnic Armenians, but the dispute is growing more dangerous.

Status Quo Unopposed in FIFA’s Election

Posted: 31 May 2011 07:05 PM PDT

FIFA's leaders gathered in Zurich with little choice but to re-elect a president weakened by a corruption scandal.

Well: Cellphones Are Linked to Cancer by World Health Panel

Posted: 31 May 2011 03:01 PM PDT

A World Health Organization panel put cellphones in the same category as dry cleaning chemicals and pesticides.

The City at the Center of the E. Coli Crisis

Posted: 31 May 2011 03:35 PM PDT

Hamburg's intensive care units are trying to handle the more than 1,000 people sickened by the bacteria, as officials try to crack a public health mystery.

ArtsBeat: ‘Big Bambú’ Rises in Venice

Posted: 31 May 2011 01:02 PM PDT

The strange sights and sounds — or lack thereof — in Venice as artists and tourists prepare for the city's 2011 Biennale, which opens Saturday.

ArtsBeat: Venice Biennale: Up the Canal Without a Water Bus

Posted: 31 May 2011 11:30 AM PDT

A one-day strike puts a crimp in Biennale activities.

France Marshals G-20 to Combat Rising Food Costs

Posted: 31 May 2011 12:55 PM PDT

The French government is convening a meeting in June to agree on a plan to stem volatility in the price and supply of staple foods, a source of political unrest.

A New York Dog Makes Its Hollywood Debut

Posted: 31 May 2011 07:20 PM PDT

Papaya King has landed in Los Angeles, a city that might be as crazy and competitive about food as New York is.

North and South Sudan Tentatively Agree to Demilitarize Border

Posted: 31 May 2011 02:10 PM PDT

The two sides have agreed to a preliminary arrangement on demilitarizing the border between them, though some officials from both sides immediately expressed skepticism of the deal.

To Much Skepticism, Syria Issues Amnesty

Posted: 31 May 2011 06:50 PM PDT

An announcement by President Bashar al-Assad came at a time of outrage over a video of a tortured boy.

Pakistani Journalist Who Covered Security and Terrorism Is Found Dead

Posted: 31 May 2011 06:50 PM PDT

Syed Saleem Shehzad had been abducted and received threats from Pakistan's intelligence agency.

Chile Military File Suggests Allende May Not Have Killed Himself

Posted: 31 May 2011 10:50 AM PDT

Newly disclosed evidence has cast fresh doubt on the circumstances of the former Chilean president's death.

As China’s Workers Get a Raise, Companies Fret

Posted: 31 May 2011 07:30 PM PDT

The rising labor costs for companies that supply Chinese goods to the West may result in higher consumer prices.