Allies Restrict Airstrikes on Taliban in Civilian Homes
By ERIC SCHMITT
Attacks on militants who hide in private dwellings, including a NATO strike that Afghan officials say killed 18 civilians, have increased tensions with the United States.
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Candidates in Mexico Signal a New Tack in the Drug War
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD and DAMIEN CAVE
Pedro Pardo/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Mexican soldiers standing by the site where three dismembered bodies linked to drug violence were found in Acapulco in March.
The contenders for Mexico’s presidency have promised to shift its antidrug strategy toward reducing violence there rather than blocking the flow of drugs to the United States.
Associated Press
Syrians looked at the remains of a destroyed military tank on the outskirts of Idlib.
Syrian Forces Shell Cities as Opposition Picks Leader
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Government forces attacked rebel strongholds across the country while the main opposition group in exile, the Syrian National Council, chose a new Kurdish leader.
Assad’s Response to Syria Unrest Leaves His Own Sect Divided
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Some Alawites have been frustrated that security forces have not crushed the opposition, while others say President Bashar al-Assad is pushing the sect to the brink of civil war with Sunni Muslims.
Spain’s Premier Steps Up, With Caveats for Europe
By RAPHAEL MINDER
Central to any solution to the European debt crisis will be the role played by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy of Spain, although he is known for playing both sides of an issue.
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In Europe, Banks Borrowing to Stay Ahead of the Tide
By LANDON THOMAS Jr.
The intervention in Spain will do little to address a weakness common to Europe’s financial institutions: an addiction to outside loans that provide day-to-day financing.
As Troop Hospital Closes, a Question of What Will Replace It
By THOM SHANKER
No debate over matching the military’s shrinking budget to its mission is more heartfelt than the order to replace the premier overseas hospital for grievously wounded troops.
Russia Arrests 5 in Inquiry on Protest
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Russian authorities are examining clashes between protesters and riot police at a demonstration on May 6, the day before Vladimir V. Putin’s inauguration for a third term as president.
Hundreds Protest Screening of Pro-Pinochet Film in Chile
By PASCALE BONNEFOY
At least 10 people were arrested in the protests over the screening of “Pinochet,” a sympathetic look at the dictator’s rule. Pinochet loyalists held their own rally outside the theater.
Casper Hedberg for The New York Times
Eric Isberg, a high school student, tweeted from a National Day celebration on Wednesday in his hometown, Trollhattan.
Under a government initiative, each week a different citizen is entrusted the country’s Twitter account, @Sweden, to post at will.
Crisis in Myanmar Over Buddhist-Muslim Clash
By THOMAS FULLER
President Thein Sein announced the measure for the coastal state of Rakhine after at least 17 people were killed this month in violence between Buddhists and Muslims.
Kenyan Government Official Killed in Air Crash
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
George Saitoti, who had been serving as the internal security minister, died with five others when the helicopter descended into a forest west of Nairobi.
New Generation of Ethiopians March Toward Dream of Acceptance in Israel
By ISABEL KERSHNER
Second-generation Ethiopian-Israelis say they are still struggling to be accepted as Israeli, and are distancing themselves from the grateful passivity of their parents.
War May Be Ending, but Fight Isn’t Over for Soldiers in Remote Afghanistan
By GRAHAM BOWLEY
Back home, attention has shifted elsewhere, but for soldiers at an Afghan outpost, the battle is a tough day-to-day reality.
Affirming Slowdown, China Reports Second Month of Scant Economic Growth
By KEITH BRADSHER
Growth in industrial production, retail sales and investment in fixed assets like factories and office buildings was little changed from April.
Violence Hits Brazil Tribes in Scramble for Land
By SIMON ROMERO
Growth in remote regions has produced a fight over land in which leaders of the indigenous Guarani people have been killed, leaving a stain on Brazil’s rise as an economic powerhouse.
Kosuke Okahara for The New York Times
John Washington is part of a small community of descendants of Western settlers on Chichi Jima, where his great-great-grandfather, Nathaniel Savory, arrived in 1830.
A Western Outpost Shrinks on a Remote Island Now in Japanese Hands
By MARTIN FACKLER
A small community of “Westerners” — descendants of 19th-century settlers — is shrinking in Chichi Jima, as young people leave the isolated Japanese island, a 25-hour ferry ride from Tokyo.
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Dying for Land
Tensions run high between indigenous Guarani people and ranchers in southern Brazil after violence has flared over land rights.
Tracking Europe's Debt Crisis
The latest economic and policy developments from countries in the euro zone.
A Conversation with Peña Nieto
An excerpt of an interview with Enrique Peña Nieto, the former governor of Mexico State who is the frontrunner ahead of the July 1 presidential election in Mexico.
From the Magazine
French Women Worry About Getting Fat, Too
By SUSAN DOMINUS
An American diet company is trying to convince the French that portion-controlled boeuf bourguignon is not just another assault on their culture.
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Rousing the White House on Syria and Sudan
By NICHOLAS KRISTOF
Readers comment on my column arguing that the Obama administration has been behind the curve lately on Syria and Sudan.
Op-Ed Contributor
The Euro’s 11th Hour
By STEVEN RATTNER
The top priority for the flagging euro zone is to fix the disastrous design flaw in which the 17 members agreed to a common monetary policy without coordinating their budgets and regulations.
Notes from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other areas of conflict in the post-9/11 era.
Out of War, a Symphony
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After Article on 'Kill List,' Rumors Fly Fast
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June 8, 2012
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Dates to Watch Before the U.S. Election
By ALBERT R. HUNT | BLOOMBERG NEWS
There are some foreseeable milestones that will help shape the outcome of the Nov. 6 U.S. presidential election.
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