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Top Ten Players in Iran's Power Struggle

By TONY KARON

The conflict in Iran is a complex struggle for power within Iran's ruling establishment, and a battle over the country's direction. Here's a Who's Who of the players that may determine Iran's future in the unfolding drama

Getting a Checkup in Aisle Three

By KATE PICKERT

More and more people are seeing their care provider in the same place they shop for groceries and shampoo. Is this good medicine?

The Future of Fannie and Freddie: Chief Says Government Ownership Is Bad

By STEPHEN GANDEL / WASHINGTON

James Lockhart, who heads Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, says assessing borrower risk is clearly not a job for government and should be left to the private sector

Having it Both Ways on a Public Health Plan

By KAREN TUMULTY

The key committee chairmen put out an outline today of their approach to health care reform, and there's one thing they want you to know about it

Why Some Animals (and People) Are Gay

By JOHN CLOUD

Two researchers at UC Riverside have assembled an exhaustive overview of same-sex behavior in animals. But does it shed any light on human sexuality?

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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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1989: The Year that Changed the World

From the Berlin Wall to the Web, from Tiananmen Square to a moment in South Africa, from an oil spill to a banned book — TIME's Summer Journey issue looks back on a year of both hope and despair that transformed our planet forever

Quotes of the Day

"To those who simply criticize without offering new ideas of their own, I have to ask, What's your answer? "
BARACK OBAMA,
on critics of his health-care plan
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Postcard from...

London

Battling Extremism with Education

By Thomas K. Grose

A new government scheme uses Koranic scripture to teach young Muslims good citizenship. How British madrassas are battling extremism with education

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