New York Times intl News

New York Times intl News

Political Memo: Mitt Romney, After Debate Success, Shows Softer Side

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 07:07 PM PDT

The Mitt Romney on display this week was looser and more relaxed, offering a counter to his reputation as a data-driven technocrat.

Dick Costolo of Twitter, an Improv Master Writing Its Script

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 07:24 PM PDT

A comic's heart beats inside Dick Costolo, the nonconforming chief executive of Twitter who may well hold the key to the company's success.

Scant Drug Maker Oversight in Meningitis Outbreak

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 07:01 PM PDT

The rising toll has cast a harsh light on the loose regulations that legal experts say allowed a company to sell an unsafe drug to pain clinics.

British Gardeners Battle Over Peat, for Bogs’ Sake

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 06:48 PM PDT

While many gardeners regard the partially decomposed plant matter as an elixir, environmentalists say taking peat from centuries-old bogs disturbs vital ecosystems.

Citing U.S. Fears, Arab Allies Limit Aid to Syrian Rebels

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 07:14 PM PDT

Officials in Saudi Arabia and Qatar said they were withholding heavier weapons in part because of worries by the United States that they could end up in the hands of terrorists.

Americans Join Pakistan Convoy to Protest Drone Strikes

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 06:28 PM PDT

The convoy is billed as a "peace march" to demand an end to American drone strikes, which opponents say kill innocent civilians and breed militancy.

French Police Kill a Man During Antiterrorism Raid

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 02:50 PM PDT

The operation was part of a series of raids across France stemming from the investigation into a grenade attack last month on a Jewish market near Paris, police and judiciary officials said.

Bo Xilai’s Former Wife Reveals Paranoid Side of a Once-Powerful Chinese Family

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 06:42 PM PDT

The former wife of Bo Xilai spoke of the end of her marriage to an idealist, showing the web of entanglements among China's "red nobility."

Judges in Morocco Lead Sit-In Calling for Autonomous Judiciary

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 11:53 AM PDT

About 1,000 judges in Morocco participated in a protest Saturday in which they deplored conditions and corruption.

Slow-Burning Rebellion Against Chile on Easter Island

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 06:59 PM PDT

Inspired by other parts of Polynesia that have obtained political autonomy or are seeking independence, leaders of the Rapanui people are mounting a rebellion against Chile.

Extradited Muslim Cleric and 4 Other Terrorism Suspects Appear in American Courts

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:23 PM PDT

Abu Hamza al-Masri and two other men appeared in Federal District Court in Manhattan, and two others faced a judge in New Haven on Saturday after being extradited from Britain.

News Analysis: A European Union of More Nations?

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 03:25 PM PDT

The euro zone crisis has accelerated calls for independence from the richer regions of member countries, angry at having to finance their poorer neighbors.

The Caucus: For Democrats and Obama, a Record Haul in September

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:24 PM PDT

President Obama and his party shattered the election cycle's fund-raising record with a $181 million t0tal for September, Mr. Obama's campaign said on Saturday.

New Zealand’s Hobbit Trail

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 11:36 AM PDT

With the first of three Hobbit movies about to be released, New Zealand is preparing for the next wave of Tolkien tourists, from the hills of the Shire to the peaks of Mordor.

Scientists in Washington State Adopt Tiny Island as Climate-Change Bellwether

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 06:53 PM PDT

A married team of scientists, their mentor and a rotating cadre of graduate students have been observing disturbing declines in wildlife on the tiny island of Tatoosh in Washington State.

Political Islam and the Fate of Two Libyan Brothers

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 07:13 PM PDT

One brother, after 16 years in Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's prisons, is a lawmaker. The other became Al Qaeda's No. 2 and was killed in an American drone strike in Pakistan.

Turkey Again Fires on Syria After Shell Landed on Its Side of Border

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 07:13 PM PDT

For a fourth consecutive day, Turkey fired artillery into Syria after another Syrian shell landed on the Turkish side of the two countries' increasingly tense border.

Pope’s Butler Sentenced to 18 Months for Stealing Documents

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 12:04 PM PDT

The court found the butler, Paolo Gabriele, guilty of theft and remanded him to house arrest.

‘The Yellow Birds,’ by Kevin Powers

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 03:17 AM PDT

In this debut novel a young soldier goes to battle in Iraq and has trouble adjusting once back home.

Romney Claims of Bipartisanship as Governor Face Challenge

Posted: 06 Oct 2012 08:05 AM PDT

Mitt Romney's record as governor of Massachusetts appears considerably less burnished than he suggested in the first presidential debate.