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Fortune 500: Top 10 companies in 2013
Fortune has released its annual list of the largest corporations in the United States, and there were a few notable changes in this year’s group. Here are the Top 10.
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The 25 best movie musicals of all time
The American Film Institute picks the best song-and-dance stories ever put on film.
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Chechnya: How a remote Russian republic became linked with terrorism
The main suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing are two brothers from Chechnya, a Russian republic that has been the scene of cyclical revolts and brutal crackdowns for the past 200 years.
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Thomas Jefferson: 16 quotes on his birthday
Here are 16 quotes to mark the birthday of American founding father Thomas Jefferson.
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3 of spring's most anticipated novels
From the latest novel by Pulitzer Prize-winner Elizabeth Strout to a new novel by legendary author James Salter, this fiction roundup includes some of spring's most anticipated titles.
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Legalization of drugs spreads in Latin America. Will the US follow?
The 'war on drugs' has failed, some Latin American leaders say. But legalization of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, and other narcotics may not curb violence.
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Austrians shudder, Hungarians cheer as frontiers fall
Rich nation recoils at influx of impoverished neighbors.
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Bin Laden seeks to sway German election, Obama debate on Afghanistan
The new Al Qaeda tape, attributed to Osama bin Laden, coincides with a US policy debate on the Afghan war and a new poll showing the German race tightening.
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World's first shark sanctuary set to open in Palau
The tiny Pacific nation is fighting to protect more than 130 species fighting extinction in the Pacific Ocean.
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Palin resurfaces with speech in Asia
Former VP candidate Sarah Palin gave her first talk since resigning as Alaska governor in Hong Kong, raising speculation she wants to improve her foreign policy image and run again in 2012. Audience reactions ranged from 'bizarre' to 'beat all expectations.'
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Thousands of European workers rally against sale of GM's Opel
The sale of Opel to a Russian-Canadian consortium has prompted allegations that Germany's Merkel sweetened the deal to retain jobs at the expense of other Europeans.
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Britain removes some hurdles to assisted suicide
New guidelines on assisted suicide clarify conditions under which those who help someone die are likely to avoid prosecution.
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Iran's Ahmadinejad questions Holocaust, calls for friendliness
Ahead of his speech at the UN Wednesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad said President Obama should consider the benefits of befriending Iran.
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Terror plot: a failed replay of London and Madrid?
Up to a dozen others may be involved in the alleged bomb plot, officials say. Police nationwide were told Tuesday to look out for suspicious activity at subway stations and stadiums.
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At the G-20: Pittsburgh, the former 'Steel City,' has chance to shine
Pittsburgh will show a green, high-tech face to its G-20 guests.
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Opinion: EU President Barroso: Europe will push its values at G-20 summit
The world needs a system of governance that's neither unregulated nor stifled.
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The coming ebook reader flood
The Amazon Kindle ignited an ebook reader industry and created many rivals for itself.
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Why Europe welcomes US missile defense shield decision
German analysts say this gives the US and Europe more leeway in negotiations with Russia, and give Poland a ‘healthier’ foreign policy.
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Opinion: A smarter way to sanction Iran
'Crippling sanctions' on the oil sector wouldn't work. But the US Treasury Department can deal Tehran a significant financial blow using existing laws.
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The Monitor's View: Europe, don't go wobbly on Afghanistan
Pressure is building in Germany, which faces elections Sunday, and elsewhere to withdraw troops. Leaders such as Angela Merkel must explain the grave risk of a cut-and-run strategy.
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Sri Lanka under fire for lack of Tamil reconciliation
After defeating the Tamil Tigers this spring, the country has delayed the return of more than 250,000 displaced Tamils, citing concerns about mines and potential terrorists.
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Funeral for Italian soldiers: turning point for troops in Afghanistan?
The Taliban killing of six soldiers in Kabul prompts calls for withdrawal. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said there will be no pullout of Italian troops.
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When doves fly: World celebrates International Day of Peace
From the releasing of doves in Kabul, Afghanistan to a massive concert in Havana, people around the world are marking the special day.
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Why does McChrystal need more troops for Afghanistan?
McChrystal's battlefield assessment, leaked Sunday, says that the US will likely fail in Afghanistan if his mission doesn't get more resources.
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The Year That Changed the World
Two decades later, a journalist remembers the rapid crumbling of European communism.
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Obama, Gates defend move to scrap Bush missile shield
President Obama and defense secretary Robert Gates fired back at conservatives and security hawks who have decried the decision as a dangerous capitulation to Russia.
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Will NATO missile defense idea have 'mutual benefit' for US, Russia?
Proposal for partnership follows Obama's decision to nix a missile shield based in Europe.
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Missiles in Iran that still worry Obama and the West
The Shahab-3 and Sejil-2 have shorter ranges than missiles the European defense shield was meant to thwart.
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Severe drought affects 1.3 million in Syria
More than 800,000 people have lost their livelihoods in a four-year dry spell exacerbated by climate change and rising food prices. Almost half of them live in urban makeshift camps.
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Ahmadinejad says he won't rule out an Iran nuclear bomb
Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's comments coincide with report that IAEA withheld evidence about Iran's nuclear weapon capabilities
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