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Killing Bares Karzai Clan Feud, And Doubts on Afghan Justice
By JAMES RISEN
A youth’s murder has set off bitter divisions among President Karzai’s relatives in Afghanistan and the United States, with charges of a cover-up by Afghan officials.
A Grudging Accord in Climate Talks
By ANDREW C. REVKIN and JOHN M. BRODER
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Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, spoke at a press conference in Copenhagen on Saturday.
After delays, theatrics and dealmaking, climate talks ended with an agreement to “take note” of a pact shaped by five nations.
In Indonesia, Middlemen Mold Outcome of Justice
By NORIMITSU ONISHI
Indonesia’s network of corrupt law enforcement officials and middlemen has gained national attention, prompting calls for reform of the broken judicial system.
Iran Charges 12 at Prison Over Death of Protesters
By ROBERT F. WORTH
The Iranian authorities acknowledged for the first time that at least three protesters had been beaten to death in prison after the disputed presidential election in June.
Iran Claims an Oil Field It Seized
By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS and SA'AD AL-IZZI
The Iranian government said that an oil field its troops occupied a day earlier was on its side of the border with Iraq.
6 Detainees Are Returned to Yemen
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
Six detainees who had been held for years at Guantánamo Bay were repatriated, in a trial run of a policy that will reduce the number of those held at the facility.
20 Uighurs Are Deported to China
By SETH MYDANS
The United States and the United Nations had urged that the Uighurs not be sent back to China, from which they had fled a government crackdown.
Channeling Sunni Rage Into Clout
By SAM DAGHER
Sunni Arab political action ahead of the coming national elections is far from a concession on their part.
Popes Move Closer to Sainthood
By RACHEL DONADIO
Pope Benedict XVI moved to make two of his predecessors one step closer to sainthood, confirming the virtues of John Paul II and, in a surprise move, those of Pius XII.
Channel Tunnel Service Is Halted as Trains Falter
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Officials blamed weather conditions on the French side of the English Channel for breakdowns in trains from Paris.
Test for a Court as Prosecutors Face Liberia’s Ex-Ruler
By MARLISE SIMONS
Prosecutors in The Hague have begun to cross-examine Liberia’s former president in a new test for trying a former head of state in an international tribunal.
In Industrial Thailand, Health and Business Concerns Collide
By THOMAS FULLER
Villagers successfully took lawsuits to the courts on grounds of pollution, halting billions in industrial projects and stunning foreign investors.
G.I.’s in Iraq Hope to Heal Sacred Walls
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
The United States Army hopes to restore St. Elijah’s Monastery, an ancient site of Christian worship stuck in the middle of a base in northern Iraq.
Slide Show: Rebuilding a Monastery in Iraq
Notes from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other areas of conflict in the post-9/11 era.
In Paris, a Louvre in the Hotel Lobby
By SETH SHERWOOD
While the city has long been celebrated for both its arts scene and its stylish places to stay, the two worlds have recently just started to rub shoulders.
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For India and China, a Climate Clash With Their Own Destiny
By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS
The Copenhagen fault lines can be interpreted not as India and China versus the global rich, but rather China 1800 versus China 1978 versus China 2100.
Obama’s Foreign Engagement Scorecard
By JAMES TRAUB
The Obama administration has engaged with Iran, Russia, Sudan, North Korea. What do we have to show for it?
Climate Change Conversations
Share your thoughts and reply to others’ about the climate change debate and the international conference on global warming being held Dec. 7-18 in Copenhagen.
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Leading Iranian Reformist Speaks to BBC
By ROBERT MACKEY
Despite the threat of arrest by the authorities, the reformist cleric Mehdi Karrobi invited a BBC television crew into his home in Tehran and repeated his claim that male and female opposition supporters were raped in captivity by government agents.
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West Into East
By DANIEL J. WAKIN
Frederic Lezmi is seeking to find the subtle bridge between Central Europe and the Middle East, Daniel J. Wakin reports; moments where the two blend.
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Rebuilding a Monastery in Iraq
The United States Army hopes to restore St. Elijah's Monastery, an ancient site of Christian worship stuck in the middle of a military base in northern Iraq.
South Sudan at a Crossroads
Though a formal vote on its independence is over a year away, the south struggles with conflict and the scars from decades of war.
A Tale of Climate Change
The glaciers that have long provided water and electricity to a part of Bolivia are melting and disappearing.
Letters From 
Modernizing by Leapfrogs and Bounds
By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS
If getting with the global program means sacrificing growth for greenness, it involves similarly wrenching tradeoffs in other spheres - for example, in the relations of parents and children.
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7 Months, 10 Days in Captivity
A series about the Taliban kidnapping of The Times's David Rohde and his two Afghan colleagues.
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