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Coalition Routs Taliban in Southern Afghanistan
By CARLOTTA GALL
A buildup of American and Afghan forces, along with use of a highly accurate mobile rocket, seem to have forced many insurgents to flee strongholds in Kandahar Province.
Battle Lines Forming in Clash Over Foreclosures
By GRETCHEN MORGENSON and ANDREW MARTIN
Courts are expected to be flooded with cases as homeowners fight lenders trying to foreclose without proper mortgage records.
Efforts to Prosecute Blackwater Are Collapsing
By JAMES RISEN
Nearly four years after the investigations into the Blackwater Worldwide personnel accused of murder in Iraq and Afghanistan began, the cases are falling apart.
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"There are so many questionable aspects to this thing it’s scary."
REBEL A. COLE, professor of finance and real estate at DePaul University, on banks’ handling of mortgages.
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Sloane Crosley on real estate envy, and why it is one of the pillars of New York City life. |
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Europe Is Turning Its Back on Keynes’s Cure for Recession
By LANDON THOMAS Jr.
In the land of his birth, John Maynard Keynes’s view that deficit spending is crucial to avoiding a long recession has lately been willfully ignored.
Sarkozy Strengthens Moves Against French Protesters
By STEVEN ERLANGER and ALAN COWELL
President Nicolas Sarkozy tried to reassert authority, as many gas stations were left dry by the blockades set by protesters against the pension plan.
Britain Plans Deepest Cuts to Spending in 60 Years
By SARAH LYALL and ALAN COWELL
The plan imposes drastic reductions in benefits and public sector jobs as the country seeks to free itself of crushing debt from the global financial crisis.
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Climate Change Doubt Is Tea Party Article of Faith
By JOHN M. BRODER
Those who support the Tea Party movement are considerably more dubious about the existence and effects of global warming than the American public at large.
Rival Gives Frank Some Unflattering New Steps
By ASHLEY PARKER
The 15-term House incumbent is the latest target of a producer and writer best known for his viral Internet political ads.
Obama Tries to Shore Up the Party Base With a Western Campaign Swing
By HELENE COOPER
The president sought out black and female voters in California, Oregon and Washington.
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