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The 50 Best Websites of 2009

By ADAM FISHER

There are a few familiar names, but our annual list of the best of the web is packed with dynamic new sites to make your online life more efficient — or just more fun

Five Questions for the CIA IG's Interrogation Report

By BOBBY GHOSH / WASHINGTON

The declassified CIA Inspector General's report on the Bush Administration's interrogation program is expected to answer some of the pressing questions that remain over the agency use of coercive techniques on terror detainees

A Florida Culture-War Circus Over Rifqa Bary

By TIM PADGETT / MIAMI

Florida's latest domestic spectacle concerns a 17-year-old runaway from Ohio who claims her Muslim parents back home will kill her for converting to Christianity

Tensions Rise in Post-Election Afghanistan

By JASON MOTLAGH / KABUL

In the days since millions of Afghans braved Taliban threats at the polls, President Hamid Karzai and his leading challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, have waged their own offensive, trading accusations of fraud and impending victory

HIV-Positive Kids Shunned From Vietnam School

By MARTHA ANN OVERLAND / HANOI

When a group of HIV-positive orphans arrived at the gates of An Nhon Dong Elementary School in Ho Chi Minh city, parents who had been informed ahead of time about the new arrivals grabbed their children and fled

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By MICHAEL SCHERER

In the summer of 2004, the Bush White House asked its Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge to add three sentences to his announcement of an elevated terror threat alert for key U.S. cities.

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The 50 Best Websites of 2009

There are a few familiar names, but our annual list of the best of the web is packed with dynamic new sites to make your online life more efficient — or just more fun

Quotes of the Day

"He wants you to relax and have a good time. Take some walks on the beaches. Nobody's looking to make any news."
White House Spokesman BILL BURTON,
to reporters flying to Martha's Vineyard, where the Obamas are taking a week's vacation
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How the Virgin Mary Survived Sri Lanka's Civil War

By Amantha Perera

The Catholic feast of the Assumption took on special meaning on the island nation as pilgrims once again could travel to a shrine to the mother of Jesus

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