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Airport bombing shakes Russia
feature A suicide bomber killed 35 and injured more than 100 in an attack on Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport.
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Health-care law takes a big hit
feature A federal judge in Florida ruled that the Affordable Care Act is “void” because it unconstitutionally forces Americans to buy health insurance.
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The standoff in Wisconsin
feature Wisconsin’s state government remained paralyzed over Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to curtail state employees’ collective-bargaining rights.
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End-of-year quiz
feature Here are 32 questions to test your knowledge of the year’s events.
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Egypt’s women rise up
feature Thousands of women demonstrated in Tahrir Square after video footage showed soldiers beating and stripping female protestors.
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Payroll tax cut in limbo
feature House Republicans unexpectedly rejected a bipartisan Senate compromise that would have extended the tax cut for two months.
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The implications of Kim Jong Il’s death
feature Will North Korea's new leadership continue the bellicose path of Kim Jong Il or try to improve relations with its neightbors and with it own people?
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The year in review
feature A month-by-month account of 2011
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Euro zone on the verge of catastrophe
feature To avert an economic meltdown, European leaders began negotiating for a stronger fiscal and political union, one with authority over each of the 17 member nations’ budgets.
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Pakistan’s fury at the U.S.
feature NATO's attack against two Pakistani army posts near the Afghan border has further inflamed relations between the Pakistan and the U.S.
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No deal on deficit reduction
feature The panel of six Republicans and six Democrats did not even come close to a solution that both parties could swallow.
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Putin stung at the polls
feature Russian voters stripped Putin's United Russia party of 77 seats in the Duma, and were it not for electoral fraud, more would have been lost.
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Fragile signs of economic recovery
feature Employers added 120,000 jobs in November, which helped bring the unemployment rate to its lowest level in two years.
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Cutbacks on mail delivery
feature The U.S. Postal Service needs to restructure and cut costs to avoid bankruptcy.
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