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What Afghan Election Result is Best for the U.S.?

By TONY KARON

Karzai has frustrated Washington, but his opponents are untested. Regardless of who the next president is, Washington's priority is on reforming the way Afghanistan is governed

Top 10 Health-Care Reform Fight Ads

From the left and the right, our television screens are saturated with arguments for and against President Obama's health-care reform effort. Here's a check up on the summer's hottest, and most jarring, health-care reform commercials

Twittering Over JetBlue's All-You-Can-Jet Pass

By SEAN GREGORY

JetBlue's unlimited travel deal has earned the brand some buzz. Not to mention strange customers

The GOP Has Become a Party of Nihilists

By JOE KLEIN

The irrational attacks on health-care reform show what the GOP has become: a party of nihilists

Journey to North Korea, Part II: The Packrat Dictatorship

By TOMAS VAN HOUTRYVE

In the second story in his three-part TIME.com series, Van Houtryve describes the surveillance he was subjected to and the bizarre majesty of the mausoleum of Kim Il Sung

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By Michael Scherer

Has there ever been a politician blogger who can create such a fuss with each posting?

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Top 10 Health-Care Reform Fight Ads

From the left and the right, our television screens are saturated with arguments for and against President Obama's health-care reform effort. Here's a check up on the summer's hottest, and most jarring, health-care reform commercials

Quotes of the Day

"It is too easy to contract out work that you don't want to accept responsibility for."
SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN,
reacting to the report that in 2004 the CIA enlisted Blackwater's help in a secret program to kill top al-Qaeda operatives
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Cishan

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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