New York Times intl News

New York Times intl News

Preserving Manganiyars and Their Indian Folk Music Tradition

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:34 PM PDT

Two young Indians want to widen the audience for the Manganiyars, a hereditary caste of Muslim musicians in the state of Rajasthan whose music is passed down orally.

Israel’s Worries About Egypt Deepen

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:46 PM PDT

With Egypt's deployment of tanks in the Sinai Peninsula and its president's upcoming trip to Iran, Israeli officials are increasingly worried about what has long been a critical regional relationship.

Most New Yorkers Oppose Bloomberg’s Soda Ban

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:49 PM PDT

Six in 10 residents said Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's plan to prohibit sales of large sugary drinks was a bad idea, according to a new poll by The New York Times.

Afghanistan Blames Spies for Insider Attacks

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:26 PM PDT

Afghan officials claimed that foreign intelligence services were behind the wave of killings of Western troops by Afghan forces, a statement directly at odds with NATO's assessment of the crisis.

Well: Weight-Loss Surgery May Prevent Diabetes

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:23 PM PDT

A new study shows that bariatric surgery not only produced sustained weight loss in obese men and women but substantially reduced their odds of developing Type 2 diabetes.

Ban Ki-moon Will Attend Iran Summit Over American and Israeli Objections

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:47 PM PDT

Ban Ki-moon, the secretary general of the United Nations, plans to attend the annual meeting of the 120 countries that are in the Nonaligned Movement, despite American-led efforts to marginalize Iran.

Syria Intensifies Counterinsurgency in Damascus

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:57 PM PDT

"Assad is trying to rule by terror, and it seems clear to me that's the greater of two evils," writes Dan Stackhouse.

Genome Detectives Solve Mystery of Hospital’s K. Pneumoniae Outbreak

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:41 PM PDT

Real-time genome sequencing helped a federal research hospital understand and end an outbreak of a drug-resistant bacterium, Klebsiella pneumoniae, that killed six patients.

In Google’s Inner Circle, a Falling Number of Women

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:25 PM PDT

The search giant's efforts to recruit and promote more women have resulted in more hires, but not in the executive offices.

For Prince Harry, Vegas Exploits Didn’t Stay There

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:41 PM PDT

Photographs published on the celebrity Web site TMZ showed the 27-year-old Prince of Wales naked and cavorting with a naked woman, or women, in a Las Vegas hotel room.

Pussy Riot Was Carefully Calibrated for Protest

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:10 PM PDT

It's been a long time since punk carried a sense of danger, and longer still since it carried the beat of political change.

Many at Fed Ready to Act if Growth Doesn’t Pick Up

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:47 PM PDT

Minutes of the most recent policy meeting are likely to solidify expectations that the central bank will introduce new measures this fall.

Media Decoder: Book Will Describe Raid That Killed Bin Laden

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:31 PM PDT

The book, written under a pseudonym by a member of Seal Team Six, will be published on Sept. 11.

In Vietnam, Growing Fears of an Economic Meltdown

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:50 PM PDT

In Vietnam's major cities, a once-booming property market has come crashing down, adding to an economic slowdown that is being compared to the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

Father’s Age Linked to Autism and Schizophrenia

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:14 PM PDT

Random genetic mutations in children that become more numerous with advancing paternal age may account for as many as 30 percent of autism cases, researchers reported.

Books of The Times: ‘Better Off Without ’Em,’ by Chuck Thompson

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 09:57 AM PDT

Chuck Thompson's new book is a tour of the Confederate States of America, the country he says should be created by the South's secession from the North.

Dozens Dead in Kenya Clashes

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 01:58 PM PDT

About 50 people in a coastal area, most of them women and children, were killed in ethnic clashes that residents said stemmed from a confrontation over land and resources.

Tony Nicklinson Dies; Fought for Assisted Suicide

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 09:29 AM PDT

Tony Nicklinson, paralyzed and unable to speak, died six days after the High Court rejected his request for help in ending his own life. He had refused food since the ruling, according to media reports.

Report Sees Risk of Recession if Budget Stalemate Persists

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 08:51 AM PDT

The Congressional Budget Office forecast that the economic recovery would continue — unless Congress takes no action to stave off tax increases and automatic budget cuts due.

Books of The Times: David Foster Wallace Biography by D. T. Max

Posted: 22 Aug 2012 10:54 AM PDT

In "Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story" D. T. Max traces the career and truncated life of the novelist David Foster Wallace.