Anand Giridharadas: As rich countries enter a new era of scarcity, they can look to India for tips on frugality.
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By JIM YARDLEY
Chinese leaders are facing a new era in which Deng Xiaoping's export-led economic model will contend with unprecedented challenges.
Transition in Washington
By PETER BAKER AND CHARLIE SAVAGE
Lifting a longstanding cloak of secrecy, Bill Clinton disclosed the names of more than 200,000 donors to his foundation as part of an agreement negotiated with President-elect Barack Obama.
The Reckoning
By VIKAS BAJAJ AND DAVID LEONHARDT
In 1997, the U.S. government changed the tax laws on home sales, giving people a new reason to plow more money into real estate, and they did so.
By ALEX BERENSON
Those who profited unwittingly could be forced to give up some of their gains in an alleged multibillion-dollar fraud.
By DAVID E. SANGER, BILL VLASIC AND MICHELINE MAYNARD
A Bush administration official said a managed bankruptcy would be a last resort if an agreement for a voluntary overhaul could not be reached.
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON AND TAREQ MAHER
Iraqi officials confirmed a wave of arrests in what appeared to be a major internal crackdown inside the nation's security apparatus.
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Japan said recovery could be possible in the second half of the business year with the help of stimulus measures.
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East Africa Bureau Chief Jeffrey Gettleman reports on efforts to combat piracy in the Gulf of Aden.
The leader of the East Congalese rebel forces says they aren't responsible for the mass killings in November.
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The pilots from World War II that helped desegregate the military have been invited to Obama's inauguration.
A simple way to improve the health of the poor is to add iodine to salt supply, Nicholas D. Kristof says.
Luxury brands suffer as the downturn bites.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits Pakistan in effort to encourage cooperation with India.
With winter approaching, many newly-returned Afghans are on the brink of desperation in the eastern desert.
While China's working class tighten their belts the middle class is happy to spend money on low ticket items.
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