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10 Days in Tehran: What I Saw At the Iranian Revolution

By JOE KLEIN

The massive protests have shaken Iran's rulers. But that won't make them any easier to deal with

On Agenda, Gays Ask, But Obama's Not Telling

By MICHAEL SCHERER / WASHINGTON

The relationship between the President and his gay and lesbian supporters is growing more complicated as soldiers continue to be discharged from the military for being openly gay

A Health Care Reality Check Slows Congress

By KAREN TUMULTY / WASHINGTON

Coming up with a bill that doesn't add to the deficit is turning out to be even harder than members of Congress thought it would be, and the accelerated, ambitious schedule they had set is slowing down

U.S. Shoots for the Moon, This Time to Stay

By JEFFREY KLUGER

NASA's ambitious new spacecraft, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, will map the moon's surface, looking for suitable future landing sites and a spot to build a lunar base

Is Obama's Financial-Reform Plan Bold Enough?

By JUSTIN FOX

Obama aims to stop the flow of dangerous financial products to consumers and place checks on supersize financial institutions. Overall, though, it's a plan of revisions, not revolution to consumers, and to place some checks on super-sized financial institutions. Overall, though, it's a plan of revisions, not revolution

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Swampland

By SIMON ELEGANT

We Beijingers have been spoiled in the last few months, with many gloriously clear and minimally polluted days. Today we got a rude reminder of how awful the city can still be.

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What to Expect When the Recession Ends

What does the economic world look like when the recession ends? Grim and grimmer

Quotes of the Day

"I can see that avoiding embarrassment has been the key motivating factor of what's been deleted."
HEATHER BROOKE,
Freedom of Information campaigner, noting that the information about British MP's expenses now published online has certain details censored
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Postcard from...

Kabul

Afghanistan's Real Strongmen

By Jason Motlagh

Bodybuilding is all the rage in a society where the state is a little short on muscle

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