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8 gifts for your favorite literature lover
Are you searching for a gift for the bibliophile in your life? Check out these books.
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Bestselling books the week of 1/5/12, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best in independent bookstores across America.
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Nobel Prize in Literature: Winners from the past 10 years
The 2011 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, a notoriously hard to predict award, will be announced on Thursday. Here are the winners from the past decade.
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In Pictures: Europe's love-hate relationship with the Pope
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In Pictures: Athletes turned politicians
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South Korea charges North building missile that could reach US
South Korean officials say they have evidence that North Korea is working on an intercontinental ballistic missile that could reach as far as the United States.
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Top Picks: International light displays, the albums of classical music Grammy nominees, and more
The website Complex provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse into Amazon's warehouses, PBS airs the history of a renowned ballet company, and more.
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8 gifts for your favorite literature lover
Are you searching for a gift for the bibliophile in your life? Check out these books.
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Archaic defamation laws threaten Caribbean media
Defamation laws have been used more in the Caribbean and Latin America than other parts of the world. Some countries are now working to overturn the laws.
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Energy Voices
Despite 'robust' growth, US economy remains 'below potential': OPECOPEC said it anticipated "robust" growth in the U.S. economy when compared to other developed countries, OilPrice.com reports, though "U.S. expansion remains below potential."
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Iran says saboteurs cut power to nuclear site (+video)
It was also disclosed that power to an Iranian enrichment site was also cut off on an unknown date.
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Energy Voices
Does OPEC really have 80 percent of the world's oil? Maybe not.OPEC's oil reserves haven't been independently verified, but there's evidence they've inflated the numbers. Here's why it matters.
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IAEA steps up pressure on Iran with condemnation of its nuclear defiance
Russia and China – reversing earlier stances – joined today in the IAEA's near-unanimous vote expressing 'serious concern' over Iran's nuclear program.
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IAEA forms special Iran nuclear watch group
The International Atomic Energy Agency, part of the United Nations, has created a task force to inspect and investigate Iran's nuclear program.
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Why optimism is low before Iran nuclear meeting: a tent and centrifuges (+video)
Suspicions that a tent was erected at one site to thwart satellite views and reports of more underground centrifuges at another site have lowered expectations for Friday's meeting.
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How do elephants make such low sounds? At last, scientists figure it out.
Elephants produce sounds like humans do, a recent study suggests. But their vocal cords are eight times longer and they can be heard up to six miles away.
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Gustav Klimt: Why some say 'The Kiss' is better than the 'Mona Lisa'
'The Kiss' by Gustav Klimt – the painting shown in Saturday's Google Doodle – may not be as recognizable as the 'Mona Lisa.' But the golden painting may be better.
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Why is Google honoring Gustav Klimt with a golden doodle?
Google's gilded Doodle today honors Austrian painter Gustav Klimt's 150th birthday.
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Stefan Karlsson
Regional differences in unemployment further hinder EU recoveryIt is well documented that there are big differences in unemployment within the European Union. What is perhaps less well known, however, is that dramatic differences in unemployment exist within many euro countries as well.
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Gas prices fall amid lower US retail sales
Gas prices in the US fell less than a penny to $3.539 per gallon overnight Tuesday, dropping 16 cents below gas prices a year ago.
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Terrorism & Security
World powers watch IAEA talks for signs of Iranian flexibility (+video)Today's meeting between Iran and the IAEA to set up a framework to investigate a controversial Iranian military site is also seen as a warmup for Moscow talks later this month.
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Satellite images suggest Iran cleaning up past nuclear weapons-related work
A report by the Institute for Science and International Security says a new image of Iran's Parchin military complex 'raises concerns that Iran is attempting to raze the site prior to allowing an IAEA visit.'
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Assange gets surprise chance to fight another day (+video)
Julian Assange's lawyer won a two-week reprieve to review today's decision by Britain's Supreme Court to deport the WikiLeaks boss to Sweden.
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Unusually good forecast for Iran nuclear talks (+video)
UN nuclear chief Yukiya Amano today announced an agreement with Iran to clear up remaining questions about Iran nuclear weapons work ahead of tomorrow's talks in Baghdad.
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Iran nuclear talks: negotiators cite progress ahead of Baghdad meeting
Two days of UN-IAEA talks in Vienna signal some flexibility on both sides ahead of key nuclear meeting in Baghdad next week.
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Heed Balkan lessons for a fragmenting Syria and revise Kofi Annan plan
Kofi Annan's peace plan is failing to stop violence and ensure a political dialogue in Syria. To avoid a Balkans-like tragedy, an updated plan must include negotiations between Bashar al-Assad's regime and the opposition and deploy armed UN peacekeepers.
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Spacecraft probes bizarre mystery of Saturn's 'weirdest ring' (+video)
NASA's Cassini orbiter has spotted strange objects punching holes in Saturn's outermost ring.
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The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City
From Brooklyn to Philly to Houston: Is the American city of today becoming more like Paris?
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American Idol Top 10 wrestle with Billy Joel and Tommy Hilfiger (+video)
American Idol: The songbook of Billy Joel brought some great performances. But Tommy Hilfiger's debut as Idol image consultant was a bit rocky.
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Worlds Apart
Former US Ambassador to Austria Swanee Hunt writes hauntingly of the "grand intentions and missed opportunities" that prevented us from protecting Bosnians.
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