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Petraeus urges more time for Afghanistan
feature General David Petraeus warned of civil war if American forces fail to roll back the Taliban, and he hedged on a scheduled July 2011 pullout of U.S. troops.
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Pakistan under water
feature The U.N. has asked for $460 million in international aid, saying the crisis in Pakistan eclipses the 2004 tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and the Haitian earthquake combined.
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Gay marriage is off again
feature Gay marriages were put on hold in California again, when the appellate court in San Francisco stayed a lower court’s ruling allowing same-sex marriages to go forward.
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Obama challenges the car companies
feature President Obama signed an executive order allowing California and other states to set greenhouse-gas emission standards tighter than federal limits.
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Obama signs stimulus law
feature President Obama signed into law a $787 billion stimulus package designed to reverse the momentum of a deepening recession.
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President Obama’s fresh start
feature After a stirring inaugural address, President Barack Obama immediately starting changing the nation's direction by meeting with advisors to discuss the drawdown of troops from Iraq and by ordering a suspension of military prosecutions at Guant
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Israel pulls out of Gaza
feature The conflict in Gaza ended with Israel and Hamas each declaring a unilateral cease-fire and with each claiming victory.
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Crisis moves from Wall Street to Main Street
feature President Bush said he was open to taking additional steps to stimulate the flagging economy, amid new indications that the U.S. is sliding into a deep recession.
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Israel moves to the right
feature The worst sign of Israel's rightward lurch is the rise of the ultra-nationalist Israel Is Our Home party of Avigdor Lieberman.
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The year in review
feature A month-by-month log of the year's events
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End-of-year quiz
feature Here are 32 questions to test your knowledge of current affairs.
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GOP’s triumph puts health-care bill in doubt
feature Health-care reform was left at death’s door after voters in Massachusetts elected Republican Scott Brown to fill the remainder of the late Ted Kennedy’s U.S. Senate term.
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The race to save lives amid Haiti’s chaos
feature More than a week after a massive earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince and much of the surrounding countryside, millions of Haitians still lacked food, water, and medical care.
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Health reform advances with Democratic deal
feature Senate Democrats moved closer to passing health-care reform after reaching a compromise on publicly financed insurance plans.
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