U.S. Charges Chinese Army Personnel With Cyberspying
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
The Department of Justice charged five people in the People’s Liberation Army in connection with stealing secrets from firms like Alcoa, United States Steel and Westinghouse.
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A Jihadist’s Face Taunts Nigeria From the Shadows
By ADAM NOSSITER
Nigeria has claimed to have killed Abubakar Shekau in the past, but the Boko Haram leader’s emergence in a video of kidnapped girls has brought attention to his long record of ferocious violence and harsh rhetoric.
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AstraZeneca Rejects $119 Billion ‘Final’ Offer by Pfizer
By CHAD BRAY
AstraZeneca on Monday rejected Pfizer’s latest — and, according to the American pharmaceutical giant, final — takeover bid.
At F.B.I., Change in Leader Didn’t Alter Focus on Terrorism
By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT
Nine months into his tenure as F.B.I. director, James B. Comey says that he underestimated the threat the United States still faces from terrorism.
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Harsh Conditions at N.Y.U.’s Abu Dhabi Site
By ARIEL KAMINER and SEAN O’DRISCOLL
Workers who built New York University’s new campus said they faced grim conditions, in contrast to the university’s pledges to treat them fairly. Above, workers at their home.
Kremlin Announces Ukraine Pullback, but NATO Doesn’t See It
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
President Vladimir V. Putin has ordered troops to leave border areas, according to a statement from the Kremlin, but NATO’s secretary general said he had seen no sign of movement.
In the Northeast, Glass Ceilings in Statehouses
By JONATHAN MARTIN
Machine politics, unions and persistent prejudice have helped keep women from governorships.
Note to Olympic Sailors: Don’t Fall in Rio’s Water
By SIMON ROMERO and CHRISTOPHER CLAREY
Guanabara Bay, the venue for the 2016 sailing and windsurfing events, is so foul that a biologist called it “a latrine” and a sailor said he had encountered bodies.
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Day 2: Lifelines and Fault Lines Along I-35
A day-by-day journey up Interstate 35 continues with a look at the private bus companies that expanded in the 1990s to take advantage of the wave of immigrants heading north from Mexico.
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DNA Analysis Exposes Flaws in an Inexact Forensic Science
By CLYDE HABERMAN
Instances of wrongful imprisonment revealed the flaws of microscopic hair analysis, a staple of forensics for years.
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A Vote for Ukrainian Freedom
If we are to foil Putin’s plan to subjugate our country, the success of this election is vital, writes Yulia V. Tymoshenko, a former prime minister of Ukraine.
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Walden Media, PG Filmmaker, Seeks Studio Partners Across Cultural Divide
The socially conservative entertainment company that produced the “Chronicles of Narnia” trilogy is now seeking to collaborate with more risqué partners.
Editor’s Exit at The Times Bares Tensions
It is one thing to gossip or complain about your boss, but quite another to watch her head get chopped off in the cold light of day, David Carr writes.
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