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Timeline: Kenya's post-election path
08/05/2008 01:00 am -
Key players in Kenya's peace deal
08/05/2008 01:00 am -
Africa's elders seize a leading role
In January, one of Africa's most stable democracies was violently ripping itself apart. How was it saved? In a four-part special report, the key players tell what happened.
08/05/2008 01:00 am -
Games spur little progress on human rights
The Olympic Committee and China linked the Games to reforms that have gone unfulfilled.
08/05/2008 01:00 am -
Olympic torch – and U.S. cyclists in masks – arrive in Beijing
China tries to choreograph a happy ending to its troubled international tour.
08/05/2008 01:00 am -
Essay: Special agents at the Olympics
Diplomatic Security Service helps keep games safe.
08/05/2008 01:00 am -
Philippines' peace accord blocked
The Supreme Court prevented the signing of a territorial accord between the state and MILF, a rebel group, Monday. Opponents had called the deal unconstitutional.
08/05/2008 01:00 am -
Italy moves to boost flagging job market
But critics say the bill, set to be approved Tuesday, is emblematic of what's wrong with Italy's whole economy – one of the least productive among industrialized nations.
08/05/2008 01:00 am -
Russia's other Olympic powerhouse – in parliament
In a controversial bid to gain support, the ruling United Russia party has bolstered its ranks with eight Olympic medalists, a popular singer, and a prima ballerina from the Bolshoi Ballet.
08/05/2008 01:00 am -
Bombing suggests Al Qaeda remains a threat in Algeria
Counterterrorism efforts by the Algerian government and the US are failing to stem terrorism in the region.
08/05/2008 01:00 am -
U.S. Marines ordered to remain in Afghanistan
The US and NATO struggle to maintain troops even as the Taliban reclaim southern and eastern Afghan provinces.
08/05/2008 01:00 am -
USA
08/05/2008 01:00 am -
World
08/05/2008 01:00 am -
Solzhenitsyn: exiled then exalted in Russia
The Nobel Prize-winning writer gave voice to millions imprisoned in Stalin's Gulag. He died Sunday.
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08/05/2008 01:00 am -
Now more than ever, Olympic teams go multinational
Increasingly, athletes are switching national alliances – sometimes for money, but also for better training opportunities or a chance to compete in a sport that’s too saturated with talent back home.
08/04/2008 01:00 am -
An Olympic lift to U.S.-China relations
May the Games help break down walls of fear.
08/04/2008 01:00 am -
Life, not just sport, requires an Olympic spirit
The struggles we face daily call for a heroic response.
08/04/2008 01:00 am -
Sixteen Chinese policemen dead in grenade attack
08/04/2008 01:00 am -
Fatah, Hamas rift widens amid new violence
The Palestinian factions fought Saturday in the worst internal violence since Hamas's Gaza coup.
08/04/2008 01:00 am
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