Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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Threat Assessment: When Protesters Bear Arms Against Health-Care Reform

By MARK THOMPSON / WASHINGTON

Protesters opposing health-care reform are arming themselves with more than facts when President Obama comes to town. That may be legal, but it makes the job of protecting the President a lot harder

The U.S. Mission in Afghanistan Creeps Back to Nation-Building

By BOBBY GHOSH / WASHINGTON

When the new Administration took ownership of the conflict in Afghanistan, it narrowed the goal there to defeating al-Qaeda. But U.S. objectives are steadily becoming more ambitious and risky

Why Does Obama Keep Flip-Flopping on Gay Marriage?

By JOHN CLOUD

The President is proving not to be deft in handling the unhappiness of his once fervent gay constituency

Health Reform Without Cost-Cutting Isn't Worth It

By MICHAEL GRUNWALD

The Obama political team has concluded that cost inflation is not the way to sell health-care reform. But reform won't be worth selling if it doesn't include real cost restraints

Burma's Monks Carry On Democratic Fight

By HANNAH BEECH / SITTWE, BURMA

In devoutly Buddhist Burma, Aung San Suu Kyi's latest sentencing has ignited speculation that this time, the ruling junta has gone too far — and that religious harmony has been disturbed

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By Michael Scherer

Howard Dean, the former head of the Democratic National Committee, and an outspoken advocate for the public option, works for a lobbying firm with ties to the drug industry

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"I think one way you can view the violence is an effort by the Taliban to intimidate people from actually voting."
Secretary of State HILLARY CLINTON,
on a bloody bank siege in Kabul on the eve of Afghanistan's presidential elections
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A Week After Typhoon, Taiwan Rescues Continue

By Natalie Tso / Cishan, Taiwan

With 35,000 people still stranded after Typhoon Morakot battered the island last week, Taiwan's government is trying to make up lost time for a sluggish response to the deadly storm

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