Saturday, November 14, 2009

Saturday's Top News: Obama in Southeast Asia: Mending Fences in a Key Region

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Obama in Southeast Asia: Mending Fences in a Key Region

By HANNAH BEECH

The future president spent part of his childhood in Indonesia, the largest country in the region. But the U.S. has been an absentee friend for a while

Now It's Official: There Is Water on the Moon

By MICHAEL D. LEMONICK

A month after a lunar mission smashed into the surface of the moon, analysis of the impact shows the presence of water on the moon, NASA scientists say

In a Malaria Hot Spot, Resistance Grows to a Key Drug

By CHRISTOPHER SHAY / HONG KONG

A dangerous new malaria strain has taken hold on the Thai-Cambodia border. Can an ambitious new plan to bring cheaper, better drugs to malarial countries like Cambodia stamp out the world's third deadliest disease before it's too late?

FHA: Housing's Safety Net Begins to Fray

By BARBARA KIVIAT

The Federal Housing Administration backs nearly a third of all new mortgages. But its cash is dwindling, and its losses are mounting fast. Is another bailout in the cards?

London Museum Asks Public What to Pitch

By GAELLE FAURE / LONDON

The University College London is preparing to purge its 250,000-item museum collection. But instead of doing it behind closed doors, the university is asking the public to weigh in

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Postcard from Minneapolis

By Harriet Barovick

In a pioneering Minnesota charter school, you don't have to be Chinese to get a head start in Mandarin. Saying ni hao to language immersion in the heartland

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