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Top 5 weather apps
Rain, shine, snow, or sleet, our top 5 weather apps can help you make the most of whatever weather you’re up against.
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10 Mom myths: 'Because I Said So': Ken Jennings busts myths your mother told you
Here are 10 of "mom myths "from Jennings' new book in which he questions family wisdom.
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'Paterno': 8 stories from the biography
Biographer Joe Posnanski charts the life of the late Joe Paterno in his new book.
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Japan: One year after Fukushima nuclear disaster, 4 repercussions
The March 11, 2011 Japan earthquake was one of the world's worst earthquakes. It triggered a tsunami, flooding, landslides, fires, and a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
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In Pictures It's Mardi Gras time all over the world!
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The Monitor's View A flood flows to the heart
Empathy and economics connect people near and far to the Midwest floods.
06/19/2008 01:00 am -
Aid efforts begin to gather momentum in Burma (Myanmar)
More workers are being allow in, but some who have been in cyclone-affected areas say bureaucracy is impeding access to victims.
05/31/2008 01:00 am -
World's top envoy entreats Burma (Myanmar)
United Nations chief Ban Ki Moon arrived Thursday and hopes to meet Burma's leader Gen. Than Shwe today.
05/23/2008 01:00 am -
A Protestant town's 'conspiracy of good' in Vichy France
As the French education ministry revisits Holocaust curricula this month, advocates say Chambon-sur-Lignon's story would be 'revolutionary' for schoolchildren.
05/14/2008 01:00 am -
Burma (Myanmar): An unbending junta still blocks aid
The military regime views foreign aid workers as potential spies or activists' allies.
05/12/2008 01:00 am -
Junta in Burma (Myanmar) presses ahead with vote, rebuffs most aid efforts
Critics say the junta's May 10 constitutional referendum is meant to enshrine military rule. Pledges of assistance continued to grow Friday.
05/09/2008 01:00 am -
Greece, flooded by refugees, under fire for asylum policies
The UN refugee agency last week harshly criticized Athens for poor treatment of asylum seekers – a majority of whom are from Iraq and Afghanistan.
04/24/2008 01:00 am -
Opinion End the community service sham
You don't have to go to a village in the Himalayas to get into college.
03/28/2008 01:00 am -
Is life for Iraqis improving?
Five years after the US invasion, some see flickers of hope.
03/19/2008 01:00 am -
World
03/11/2008 01:00 am -
World
03/04/2008 12:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Second day of violence may trigger Israel-Hamas escalation
A series of rocket attacks have spurred calls in the Israeli government for an invasion of Gaza.
02/29/2008 12:00 am -
Art, love, and one giant war
Pat Barker's 'Life Class' examines the place of art in a shaken world.
02/26/2008 12:00 am -
Art, love, and one giant war
Pat Barker’s life class examines the place of art in a shaken world.
02/25/2008 12:00 am -
Burma's junta promises democracy, but most are wary
The government's surprise announcement to hold a constitutional referendum is being met with deep skepticism.
02/21/2008 12:00 am -
A Congo warlord – arrested for crimes against humanity – explains himself
Our correspondent remembers Mathieu Ngudjolo as 'disconcertingly reasonable.'
02/15/2008 12:00 am -
Chad refugees head home after failed rebel coup
Tens of thousands of Chadians fled when rebels stormed the capital earlier this month. They're returning cautiously.
02/14/2008 12:00 am -
Iran sees less threat in exiled MKO militants
Some 100 members of the Iranian antiregime group have left a holding camp in Iraq in recent weeks. Iran says amnesty offer holds.
02/11/2008 12:00 am -
Reporters on the Job
02/11/2008 12:00 am -
Kenya talks focus on easing violence
The country's two political rivals agreed to help ease distribution of humanitarian aid, but not to a power-sharing government.
02/08/2008 12:00 am -
U.S. woman abducted in Afghanistan. Taliban responsible?
Aid worker helped women set up their own businesses in southern city of Kandahar.
01/28/2008 12:00 am -
Namibia turns to world for answers on missing soldiers
Relatives of 'disappeared' fighters hope the International Criminal Court will investigate.
01/24/2008 12:00 am -
World
01/23/2008 12:00 am -
Colombian leftist guerrillas free two high-level hostages
A deal brokered by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez could pave the way for the liberation of dozens of others being held in rebel camps.
01/11/2008 12:00 am -
Kenyans forced to flee violence find ways to cope
Plans for key talks toward a political solution to Kenya's post-election crisis fell through Tuesday. Meanwhile, 250,000 have been displaced by ethnic violence.
01/09/2008 12:00 am
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