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Garment Industry Seeks Options After Bangladesh

By KEITH BRADSHER

A search for new locations has taken on greater urgency for Western retailers, whose complex manufacturing needs already shrink the pool of potential locations.

Nigeria’s President Empowers Military in War on Militants

By ADAM NOSSITER

Troops have begun deploying in the wake of President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration of a state of emergency in parts of the north, but critics fear more civilian deaths.

Mandela Fades Amid Battles Over Who Will Claim Legacy

By LYDIA POLGREEN

As Nelson Mandela, 94, grows more fragile, the struggle in South Africa over how he will be remembered, and what he has to pass on, has become increasingly acrimonious.

Japan’s Economy Is Growing at a Robust Pace

By HIROKO TABUCHI

Japan’s economy grew at a rate of 3.5 percent in the first quarter, the first sign that the bold monetary and economic policies of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe were starting to bear fruit.

Smugglers bringing KFC meals into Gaza from Egypt. Palestinians pay about $27 for a 12-piece bucket of chicken.
Wissam Nassar for The New York Times
Gaza City Journal

KFC by Tunnel, Not Too Fast but Satisfying

By FARES AKRAM

Palestinians in Gaza who crave KFC meals must order from across the border in Egypt. The delivery odyssey involves two taxis, a checkpoint and a smuggling tunnel.

Investigation Into Oil Pricing Intensifies
By STANLEY REED

The European Commission is said to have continued to question BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Statoil.

Cambodia Presses U.S. Museums on Antiquities
Prasat Chen temple, which may be the home of some statues being returned to Cambodia and others in legal limbo.
By TOM MASHBERG

Cambodia is asking museums to examine any Khmer antiquities they acquired after 1970 when civil war and genocide gave thieves free range to loot temples.

Early E-Mails on Benghazi Show Internal Divisions
By MARK LANDLER, ERIC SCHMITT and MICHAEL D. SHEAR

Messages showed fierce jostling between the C.I.A.and the State Department on talking points after the attacks.

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Cloning Is Used to Create Embryonic Stem Cells
Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University have successfully used cloning to create human embryonic stem cells by taking skin cells and fusing them with donated human eggs.
By ANDREW POLLACK

Researchers fused skin cells with donated human eggs to create human embryos that were genetically identical to the person who provided the skin cells.

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The Dutch designer Merel Karhof on using the power of the wind to make furniture.

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By TIM McKEOUGH
Kara Mann gazes into a Loukoum lamp by Christophe Côme, $20,000, at Cristina Grajales Gallery in SoHo.

Kara Mann, who overcame a reputation as a ‘Goth designer,’ mixes in the playful with her dark, leathery and metallic themes.

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