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Saturday, January 11, 2014

World

Devyani Khobragade, an Indian diplomat, and her father, Uttam Khobragade, left, were escorted on Friday at a state guesthouse in New Delhi.
Reuters

Devyani Khobragade, an Indian diplomat, and her father, Uttam Khobragade, left, were escorted on Friday at a state guesthouse in New Delhi.

Devyani Khobragade’s return to India represented a possible resolution of a case that has harmed the United States’ ties with New Delhi.

Central African Leader’s Exit Sets Off Rejoicing in the Streets

Michel Djotodia, the Central African Republic’s president, quit under pressure after regional leaders held him responsible for failing to halt continuing sectarian violence in the country.

Negotiators Move Closer on Iran Nuclear Pact

Iran asserts that all disagreements have been resolved, though its negotiating partners don’t go so far.

U.S. Says Iran Won’t Attend Peace Talks on Syria

American officials say Iran has made no effort to use its influence to get the Syrian government to cease bombing and allow humanitarian aid.

The magazine Closer published an article and photos that it said documented meetings between President François Hollande and an actress, Julie Gayet.
Remy De La Mauviniere/Associated Press

The magazine Closer published an article and photos that it said documented meetings between President François Hollande and an actress, Julie Gayet.

President François Hollande condemned a glossy French tabloid, Closer, for publishing pictures it says show that he had met with a French actress.

In Blow to Peace Effort, Israel Publishes Plans for New Housing in Settlements

A Palestinian negotiator called the plan for 1,400 units in East Jerusalem and the West Bank a “slap” to a peace deal.

Premier Urges Award for Boy Who Halted Pakistan Attack

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif issued his recommendation amid growing calls to honor the teenager, who was killed this week by a suicide bomber dressed in a school uniform.

U.S. Advisers Sent to Help Somalia Fight the Shabab

Three military advisers were deployed to Somalia last month to help provide logistics, planning and communication assistance to forces combating the Islamic militant group.

People drank Chang beer at a bar in Udon Thani, Thailand, in January.
Adam Ferguson for The New York Times

People drank Chang beer at a bar in Udon Thani, Thailand, in January.

Voters in rural Thailand have begun boycotting the popular Singha beer brand because of its affiliation to the leader of antigovernment protests.

Seven Injured in Thai Protest Shooting, Military Chief Fears Escalating Violence

Gunmen opened fire on anti-government protesters in Bangkok early Saturday.

Fire Destroys Hundreds of Homes in Ancient Tibetan Town

The fire broke out in Dukezong in Yunnan Province, which has cast itself as an inspiration for the mythic Shangri-la.

World Bank Is Criticized for Honduran Loan

The bank’s ombudsman delivered a stinging review of a loan to a palm-oil company engaged in a violent conflict with poor farm workers over land in Honduras.

A Guillotine in Storage Bears Signs of a Role in Silencing Nazis’ Critics

The Bavarian National Museum has provisionally identified a guillotine as the one the Nazis used to execute Sophie and Hans Scholl, who led the White Rose resistance to Hitler.

Americans Traveling to Winter Games Cautioned

The State Department issued a travel advisory cautioning Americans planning to travel next month to Sochi, Russia, that terrorists have threatened to attack the Games.

The Saturday Profile
Toiling to Bring Rwanda Genocide Suspects to Justice

Alain Gauthier and his wife, Dafroza, have spent 13 years collecting evidence against Rwandans living in France whom they suspect of having participated in their country’s 1994 genocide.

Listening Post
White House, in Gates’s Telling, Restrained Clinton

In former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates’s account, Hillary Rodham Clinton fares better than the president or vice president.

Multimedia
A New Age for African Artists

With the expectations of democracy and liberated by the Internet, the Kenyan artist collective Just a Band has found an international audience for its mix of entertainment and political content.

Afghanistan’s Child Hunger Crisis

Hospitals around the country have been swamped by a wave of malnourished children in the past year, but the causes are unclear.

Lens Blog
Palestinian Pleasures

Instead of relying on familiar tropes to capture the contemporary Palestinian experience, Tanya Habjouqa chose to focus on the pleasure and the humor rather than the suffering.

Watching Syria's War
Bodies of Executed Prisoners Discovered at Qaeda Base

Rebel fighters who seized a facility in Aleppo used by the Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and Syria on Wednesday discovered the bodies of prisoners who appeared to have been killed before the group’s retreat.

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