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New York Times intl News

James Gandolfini Is Dead at 51; Tough-Talking Mob Boss in ‘Sopranos’

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 06:46 PM PDT

The Emmy Award-winning actor who shot to fame on the HBO drama "The Sopranos" as a hard-living crime crime boss.
    

Turkish Liberals Turn Their Backs on Erdogan

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 05:34 PM PDT

For an urban elite, including some protesters, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's response to demonstrations has led to a final break that began with his intimidation of the news media.
    

WikiLeaks Says It Is Working to Negotiate Asylum in Iceland for Snowden

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 05:16 PM PDT

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, said the legal and practical obstacles are under review by Edward J. Snowden's lawyers and supporters.
    

Italian Praised for Saving Jews Now Seen as Nazi Collaborator

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 04:11 PM PDT

Information about a man celebrated for saving Jews is being removed from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in light of evidence that the tales may be untrue.
    

Flooding Damages Lourdes, French Holy Site

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 04:28 PM PDT

Visited by nearly six million Christian pilgrims every year, the site is turning to the faithful for financial relief after storms inundated the celebrated grotto and vast subterranean church.
    

Deal to Cut Bank Secrecy Stalls in Swiss Parliament

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 02:54 PM PDT

Lawmakers said they were open to alternatives, but for now rejected a plan that would allow Swiss banks to share account data with U.S. tax officials.
    

Matter: A Homely Rodent May Hold Cancer-Fighting Clues

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 10:11 AM PDT

Naked mole rats produce a compound that appears to render them immune to cancer, and researchers say the discovery may lead to treatments for humans.
    

Fast-Spreading Virus Under Inquiry in Saudi Arabia

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 02:06 PM PDT

An international team found that a person can get sick 5.2 days after being exposed to the MERS virus, which has infected 64 people in eight countries.
    

Optimistic Fed Outlines an End to Its Stimulus

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 05:50 PM PDT

Policy makers, more confident about the recovery, said they intended to reduce their monetary stimulus program later this year if unemployment continues to decline.
    

Nadal Made a Dangerous Fifth Seed at Wimbledon

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 12:11 PM PDT

Rafael Nadal, a two-time Wimbledon champion, could face top-seeded Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Roger Federer or David Ferrer as early as the quarterfinals.
    

Militants Attack U.N. Compound in Somalia’s Capital

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 10:31 AM PDT

The Shabab claimed responsibility for the assault in Mogadishu, which government officials said left at least 15 people dead, including 7 attackers.
    

Monsanto Executive Is Among World Food Prize Winners

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 10:10 AM PDT

Robert Fraley of Monsanto shares the prize with two other scientists prominent in the field of genetically modified crops.
    

HPV Vaccine Is Credited in Fall of Teenagers’ Infection Rate

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 05:36 PM PDT

The prevalence of dangerous strains of the human papillomavirus, a principal cause of cervical cancer, has dropped by half in the last decade, officials say.
    

Obama Preparing Big Effort to Curb Climate Change

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 10:03 AM PDT

Officials said President Obama would announce new policy initiatives in the coming weeks, including the first limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants.
    

On Soccer: Altidore’s Scoring Surge Energizes U.S. Soccer Team

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 09:08 AM PDT

Jozy Altidore finally seems to be fulfilling his potential for the national soccer team, scoring four goals in the last four games after not scoring internationally since 2011.
    

Eat: The Perfect Scallop, Raw or Cooked

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 02:00 AM PDT

A dozen simple scallop recipes — grilled or straight out of the shell.
    

Obama Says Surveillance Helped in Case in Germany

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 05:17 PM PDT

Chancellor Angela Merkel seemed to confirm the president's comments on the controversy, which has followed him on his diplomatic trip abroad.
    

For Many Filipinos, Jobs and the Good Life Are Still Scarce

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 02:26 PM PDT

The Philippines has the fastest-growing economy in East Asia. But unemployment is still rising and the number of people in poverty has barely changed in six years.
    

Reception for Obama Is More Sober Than in 2008

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 03:18 AM PDT

President Obama's arrival in Berlin was greeted with far less fanfare than when he gave a speech as a candidate in 2008.
    

The Price of Loyalty in Syria

Posted: 19 Jun 2013 02:00 AM PDT

Members of the Alawite sect are caught between support for their own increasingly brutal leaders and a rebellion that may want to wipe them off the map.