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Mideast peace hopes rekindled
feature Secretary of State Hillary Clinton struck a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a 90-day freeze on Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank.
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Koreas on hair-trigger alert
feature South Korea’s top intelligence official said there was “a high possibility” that North Korea would soon launch a fresh attack on the South.
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WikiLeaks’ trove of diplomatic secrets
feature Julian Assange published 251,000 U.S. diplomatic cables on his whistle-blower website, revealing secret information that ranged from the serious to the titillating.
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GOP takes statehouses, too
feature Republicans gained governorships in at least 10 states previously led by Democrats.
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The pope under fire
feature The wave of sexual-abuse scandals rocking the Roman Catholic Church has reached the Vatican.
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Mexican drug war hits home
feature Mexico’s brutal drug lords crossed a new line when they gunned down a pregnant U.S. consulate worker and her husband in Ciudad Juárez.
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A new airport screening regime
feature Airport security personnel will now mine real-time intelligence and tap into databases that contain information about passengers who have previously aroused suspicion.
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Americans hiring and spending again
feature Encouraging reports on consumer spending and jobs indicated that an economic recovery is truly underway.
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Sectarian violence rocks Iraq
feature More than 100 Iraqis were killed and hundreds injured in a weeklong wave of violence.
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A failed bomb plot revives terrorism fears
feature Authorities captured a would-be terrorist 53 hours after he allegedly attempted to detonate a makeshift bomb in an SUV parked in New York City’s Times Square.
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The case against Goldman
feature The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Goldman with failing to disclose a conflict of interest when it sold a complex financial security called Abacus.
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The ash that grounded Europe
feature Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano shot thousands of tons of ash 30,000 feet into the air, creating a cloud of tiny, sand-like particles that could damage airplane engines.
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Benefits for 9/11 rescue workers
feature President Obama signed legislation providing federal health benefits and damages to rescue workers who were sickened by toxic dust and fumes while responding to the attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Video scandal fells Navy skipper
feature Capt. Owen P. Honors was relieved of his command of the Enterprise after revelations that he had produced lewd videos and broadcast them to sailors on the aircraft carrier's closed-circuit television.
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