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What kind of an eater are you?

From locavores to femivores, to fast food junkies and punk domestics, here are 11 labels for every kind of person at the dinner table.
Immigration reform 101: How does Senate plan address four big questions?

After months of closed-door negotiations, the Senate’s bipartisan “Gang of Eight” offered a legislative summary of its proposal for comprehensive immigration reform. Here is how the Senate gang handled the four hottest immigration flashpoints.
10 influential authors who came to the US as immigrants

These 10 immigrant authors have all made significant contributions to US literature and culture.
Top 3 threats to the United States: the good and bad news

The annual Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community is out this week, a widely-anticipated report compiled by the nation’s intelligence agencies. Here is the good and bad news about the top three threats facing the United States, according to an unclassified version of the report.
Valentine's Day: 12 classic love stories

Here's our list of 12 of literature's greatest love stories.

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War-torn Somalia braces for fresh violence amid shaky peace accord

Failed talks and the killing of yet another aid worker highlight the growing humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa.
Where does giving fit in?

A Christian Science perspective on daily life.
Zimbabwe: Power-sharing talks end in stalemate

Southern African leaders push for a resolution to the crisis fearing, region-wide consequences.
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Study: Climate change to produce extreme rains

A new study observes a link between warmer temperatures and more intense downpours.
After two months of discord, finally a handshake

In January, one of Africa's most stable democracies was violently ripping itself apart. How was it saved? In Part 4 of a four-part special report, the key players tell what happened.
Calls for France to rethink its Africa role

A Rwandan report this week charged Paris with complicity in the 1994 genocide.
Spain, Italy: Two tactics for tackling illegal immigration

Italy is using state of emergency powers, while Spain has introduced measures that include paying jobless immigrants to go home.
Queen Rania takes to Web to break stereotypes of Arabs

Jordan's first lady launched a YouTube page in March to begin a dialogue between Arabs and Westerners.
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Opinion: Stop the 'war' on terror

Calling it a 'war' is a boon to terrorist recruiters.
Conservationists uncover 'mother lode' of gorillas in Africa

A census in the north of the Republic of the Congo has discovered 125,000 previously uncounted western lowland gorillas, more than doubling the previous estimated worldwide population of the great ape subspecies.
Key players in Kenya's peace deal
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.
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.
Inky incident

The ink pens I'd given the village children ended up bringing school to a halt.
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.
Bush OKs $48 billion for AIDS as famine looms

Critics decry slashing of agricultural aid as US tries to balance competing foreign relief priorities.
Auteur? Shop your movie to the ‘soc-net’ set

Indie filmmakers plug into Web’s social networking sites to find finance, distribution, and feedback.
Opinion: In Sudan, stability or civil war?

The answer can be found in the dusty village of Abyei.
The Monitor's View: The (democratic) ties that bind

A lesson from events in Serbia and Zimbabwe is that democratic freedoms matter.
A water pump for the people

Inventor Martin Fisher designs easy irrigation tools for African farmers.
Reaching beyond racism

A Christian Science perspective on daily life.
Why your happiness matters to the planet

Surveys and research link true happiness to a smaller footprint on the ecology.
"Where the Wild Things Were"

A world free from predators would not be idyllic.