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Monitor Articles for December 31, 2009
Airport security: two alternatives to full-body scanners
Is Janet Napolitano to blame for Flight 253 security failure?
Airline attack could delay release of Yemenis at Guantánamo
Democrats seek to shorten primaries, rein in superdelegates
Mortgage interest rates rise, set to climb higher in 2010
New Year's name game: '00s were the 'Downhill Decade'
CIA agents killed in Afghanistan were in Taliban's backyard
Unemployment claims drop to lowest level in more than a year
Blue moon 2009: a New Year's Eve rarity
2020 preview: Oscar winner Barack Obama? Defense Secretary Stephen Colbert?
Mongolia: a democratic breakthrough?
Peacocks become a colorful problem in Florida
Afghanistan war: Suicide attack highlights Taliban reach
US behind the scenes of Yemen terrorism fight
Is power in Afghanistan returning to ethnic fault lines?
Eco-renovation
House renovation: How to cope with cold weather
House renovation: How to cope with cold weather
New year's new laws target texting, trans fats, and more
Ten best movies of the decade
The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond: movie review
No more power lines?
Not Tiger Woods: Important stories from 2009 you may have missed
China book market: As e-books grow, they get pirated, too
The White Ribbon: movie review
Red and green in the garden
In reversal, Egypt allows some foreign activists to enter Gaza
The Unguarded Moment
Chinese novelist Mian Mian sues for piracy – by Google
In Israel, embattled Sderot comes back to life after rocket barrages of Gaza war
Ten predictions for the 2010 economy
A New Year’s resolution: Don’t accept US decline
Pakistan raid on hospital kills Arab and Sudanese militants
A bird-friendly garden needs good shrubs
Horizon of hope
Predictions 2010: Six ideas that will shape the world