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The GOP's Initial Tactic on Sotomayor: Play for Time

By JAY NEWTON-SMALL

Obama's new Supreme Court nominee offers nothing but political land mines for the opposition party.

Fleeing the Taliban, Millions of Pakistani Refugees in Limbo

By OMAR WARAICH / SHEWA ADDA, PAKISTAN

As Pakistan's military and the Taliban fight in the north, an estimated 2.4 million Pakistanis have been displaced, marking a refugee crisis on a scale comparable to the mass flight from Rwanda in the 1990s

Prop 8 Upheld in Court, Gay Marriage Proponents Turn to Politics

By MICHAEL A. LINDENBERGER

California's high court upholds a ban but allows 18,000 marriages that took place to stay legal. Now activists are planning to take the issue back to the ballot box

The Decline and Fall of General Motors' Empire

By JOSEPH R. SZCZESNY

A review of the long and troubled road of the company that was once the symbol of American economic dominance

Where's the Beef?: Ghent Goes Vegetarian

By EBEN HARRELL

In an effort to curb climate change by cutting down on meat consumption and to promote healthy eating, the Belgian town of Ghent has declared every Thursday Veggie Day

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Where's the Beef?: Ghent Goes Vegetarian

By Eben Harrell

In an effort to curb climate change by cutting down on meat consumption and to promote healthy eating, the Belgian town of Ghent has declared every Thursday Veggie Day

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