Friday, October 30, 2009

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Geithner Leads a Fresh Charge on Financial Reform

By MASSIMO CALABRESI / WASHINGTON

In meetings with top bankers, key Capitol Hill players and others, the Treasury Secretary is upping the intensity to push through reform

McMandela? Protecting the Brand of a Legend

By ALEX PERRY / CAPE TOWN

History may belong to the victors. But with Nelson Mandela, everyone apparently wants a piece, from book publishers to art galleries

Why Colombia's Leftist Guerrillas Are Defecting

By JOHN OTIS / LA MACARENA

A large stream of FARC fighters is giving up 'la revolucion,' sometimes dramatically, and trying to re-enter the mainstream

A GOP Civil War in Upstate New York

By KATE PICKERT

The race in the 23rd is no longer about local issues. It's about a Republican Party with little current power inside the Beltway searching for a way out of the wilderness

Also Moving From Iraq to Afghanistan: Blood Platelets

By MARK THOMPSON / WASHINGTON

One of the key combat-medicine innovations of the Iraq war was the use of platelet transfusions to stop bleeding. And as Afghanistan supplants Iraq in U.S. casualties, the military has begun diverting platelets there

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Czech Republic's E.U. Holdout Has Public Support

By Katerina Zachovalova

Czech President Vaclav Klaus remains the lone holdout on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty. He's intent on shoring up support among German-wary voters first

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