Demonstrations Whisper of an Arab Spring in Jordan

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/world/middleeast/muslim-brotherhood-demands-military-cede-power.html?scp=1&sq=muslim&st=cse

Muslim Brotherhood Demands Military Cede Power in Egypt

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/world/europe/putin-support-tepid-but-broad-in-industrial-russia.html?scp=3&sq=russia&st=cse

In Area Embodying Putin Base, Dispirited City Voices Tepid Support

The White Underclass, by Nicholas D. Kristof

“The working class is at risk of being locked into permanent poverty.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/opinion/collins-tales-from-the-kitchen-table.html?ref=opinion

Tales From the Kitchen Table, by Gail Collins

“The original don’t ask, don’t tell.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/opinion/impunity-in-port-au-prince.html?ref=opinion

Impunity in Port-au-Prince, by Amy Wilentz

“No democracy unless Duvalier faces justice.”

Egypt’s Premier Vows Not to Yield in Prosecuting 19 Americans

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/business/global/breakthrough-on-austerity-cuts-clears-way-for-greek-deal.html?hp

Breakthrough on Austerity Clears Way for Greek Deal

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/world/africa/libyas-new-government-unable-to-control-militias.html?scp=2&sq=libya&st=cse

Libya Struggles to Curb Militias as Chaos Grows

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/world/middleeast/israeli-union-starts-a-national-general-strike.html?scp=2&sq=strike&st=cse

Contract Jobs Spur Union To Start Strike Across Israel

A Ruling for Equal Rights

“An appeals court strikes down California’s ban on same-sex marriage.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/opinion/what-wikipedia-wont-tell-you.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

What Wikipedia Won’t Tell You, by Cary H. Sherman

“In the online piracy debate, Web rhetoric overwhelmed reason.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/opinion/friedman-freedom-at-4-below.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Freedom at 4 Below, by Thomas L. Friedman

“While the protests are propelled by deep aspirations for dignity, justice and self-determination, such heroic emotions have to compete with other less noble impulses and embedded interests in these societies.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/opinion/to-weaken-iran-start-with-syria.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Iran’s Achilles Heel, by Efraim Halevy

“Don’t attack Tehran; end it’s influence in Syria.”

U.S. Planning to Slash Iraq Embassy Staff by as Much as Half

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/world/middleeast/syria-renews-bombardments-after-us-embassy-closes.html?scp=2&sq=russia&st=cse

Stung by Criticism, Russia Sends Envoys to Syria to Defuse Crisis

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/world/europe/greek-workers-strike-against-new-round-of-austerity.html?scp=5&sq=greece&st=cse

Greece Puts Off Decision on Austerity Moves Amid a Strike Protesting Them

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/world/asia/uttar-pradesh-election-is-window-on-indian-politics.html?scp=3&sq=election&st=cse

Elections in Vast Indian State Are Window on Nation’s Politics

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/world/americas/brazil-limits-haitian-immigration.html?scp=2&sq=brazil&st=cse

Influx of Haitians Into the Amazon Prompts Immigration Debate in Brazil

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/world/americas/american-embargo-on-cuba-has-50th-anniversary.html?scp=2&sq=cuba&st=cse

50 Years After Kennedy’s Ban, Embargo on Cuba Remains

Unity Deal Brings Risks for Abbas and Israel

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/world/americas/ruling-party-in-mexico-picks-woman-as-candidate.html?scp=2&sq=mexico&st=cse

Nomination Paves New Path in Mexico

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/world/europe/conservative-wins-runoff-for-presidency-in-finland.html?scp=2&sq=finland&st=cse

Conservative Wins Runoff for Presidency in Finland

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/us/we-the-people-loses-appeal-with-people-around-the-world.html?scp=2&sq=constitution&st=cse

‘We the People’ Loses Appeal With People Around the World

U.S. Embassy in Syria Halts Operations as Violence Flares

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/world/middleeast/egypt-will-try-19-americans-on-criminal-charges.html?scp=3&sq=egypt&st=cse

Egypt Defies U.S. by Setting Trial for 19 Americans on Criminal Charges

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/world/asia/us-drone-strikes-are-said-to-target-rescuers.html?scp=1&sq=drone&st=cse

U.S. Said to Target Rescuers at Drone Strike Sites

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/technology/06iht-acta06.html?scp=2&sq=intellectua;l&st=cse

A New Question of Internet Freedom

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/world/europe/focus-on-french-economy-fuels-gains-by-national-front.html?scp=9&sq=france&st=cse

Focus on French Economy Fuels Gains by Far Right

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/world/europe/europe-struggles-to-deal-with-cold-and-snow.html?scp=1&sq=europe&st=cse

Hundreds of Deaths as Europe Struggles With Snow Amid an Intense Cold Snap

Is America a Police State?

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http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/bob-burnett/41192/is-obama-a-failed-president

Is Obama a Failed President?

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http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/jmadison/41181/progressive-democrats-now-and-then

Progressive Democrats, Now And Then

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http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/robert-parry/41205/return-of-cheneys-one-percent-doctrine

Return of Cheney’s One Percent Doctrine

Politics and the Supreme Court

“Big legal cases may influence the 2012 election, but politics forcefully shaped the cases.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/sunday-review/the-2016-election-already-upon-us.html?ref=opinion

The 2016 Election, Already Upon Us, by David Leonhardt

“After November, Obama will no longer be the future of his party. In Hillary Clinton, a front-runner who says she prefers fading into the background.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/facebook-is-using-you.html?ref=opinion

Facebook is Using You, by Lori Andrews

“Your digital self can make it difficult to get credit or insurance.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/the-death-of-the-cyberflaneur.html?ref=opinion

The Death of the Cyberflaneur, by Evgeny Morozov

“The Internet was once a place for playfulness and spontaneity. Then came Facebook.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/sunday-review/europe-moves-to-protect-online-privacy.html?ref=opinion

Should Personal Data Be Personal?, by Somini Sengupta

“Unlike the United States, European countries are passing laws to keep private data private.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/bruni-mitts-muffled-soul.html?ref=opinion

Mitt’s Muffled Soul, by Frank Bruni

“There’s too much reticence about Mitt’s Mormonism.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/kristof-after-recess-change-the-world.html?ref=opinion

After Recess, Change the World, by Nicholas D. Kristof

“The Web is putting power in unusual hands. Dr. Seuss would have approved.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/friedman-russia-sort-of-but-not-really.html?ref=opinion

Russia: Sort of, but Not Really, by Thomas L. Friedman

“What will Putin do next?”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/dowd-the-great-mans-wife.html?ref=opinion

The Great Man’s Wife, by Maureen Dowd

“What comes after a reality wife and a trophy wife?”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/douthat-the-medias-blinders-on-abortion.html?ref=opinion

The Media’s Abortion Blinders, by Ross Douthat

“Siding with Planned Parenthood and ignoring half of America.”

Protests Over Soccer Match Riot Continue in Egypt

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/world/middleeast/egypt-will-try-19-americans-on-criminal-charges.html?hp

Egypt Will Try 19 Americans on Criminal Charges

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/world/europe/tens-of-thousands-protest-putin-in-moscow-russia.html?scp=2&sq=russians&st=cse

In Biting Cold, Protesters Pack the Center of Moscow

Protests Over Soccer Match Riot Continue in Egypt

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/world/middleeast/syria-homs-death-toll-said-to-rise.html?hp

Deadly Attack on Syrian City Adds to Push for U.N. to Act

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/us/fbi-admits-hacker-groups-eavesdropping.html?scp=5&sq=hackers&st=cse

F.B.I. Admits Hacker Group’s Eavesdropping

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/technology/eu-backs-delay-in-googles-privacy-policy.html?scp=2&sq=google&st=cse

E.U. Presses Google to Delay Privacy Policy Changes

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/world/europe/putin-aide-promises-significant-changes-in-russian-political-system.html?scp=2&sq=putin&st=cse

Putin Aide Says Foreign Hands Are Behind Protests

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/world/africa/un-says-famine-in-somalia-is-over-but-risks-remain.html?scp=2&sq=somalia&st=cse

U.N. Says Somalia Famine Has Ended, but Warns That Crisis Isn’t Over

Police Kill 4 Protesters as Egyptians Unleash Fury Over Soccer Riot Deaths

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/world/middleeast/gaza-protesters-throw-slippers-at-un-chief.html?scp=2&sq=gaza&st=cse

Protesters in Gaza Throw Shoes and Sticks at U.N. Chief

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/world/middleeast/effort-to-rebrand-arab-spring-backfires-in-iran.html?scp=7&sq=iran&st=cse

Effort to Rebrand Arab Spring Backfires in Iran

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http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/187ba8da-4cc8-11e1-8b08-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1lGMINQMA

Secrecy Shrouds ‘Super PAC’ Funds in Latest Filings

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/indiana-becomes-right-to-work-state.html?scp=2&sq=indiana&st=cse

Indiana Governor Signs a Law Creating a ‘Right to Work’ State

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/washington-state-senate-passes-gay-marriage-bill.html?scp=2&sq=washington&st=cse

Washington State Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/politics/for-gop-pipeline-is-central-to-agenda.html?scp=1&sq=pipeline&st=cse

For G.O.P., Pipeline Is Central to Agenda

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/business/energy-environment/three-states-tell-insurers-to-disclose-responses-to-climate-change.html?scp=3&sq=three&st=cse

Three States to Require Insurers to Disclose Climate-Change Response Plans

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http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/low-level-marijuana-arrests-rise-for-seventh-straight-year/?scp=3&sq=marijuana&st=cse

Marijuana Arrests Rose in 2011, Despite Police Directive

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/uproar-as-komen-foundation-cuts-money-to-planned-parenthood.html?scp=1&sq=uproar&st=cse

Uproar as Breast Cancer Group Ends Partnership With Planned Parenthood

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/nyregion/indian-point-fire-safety-plan-rejected-by-regulators.html?scp=8&sq=indian&st=cse

Agency Rejects Indian Point Fire Safety Plan

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/us/company-firm-banned-in-effort-to-protect-foreign-students.html?scp=1&sq=company&st=cse

Company Banned in Effort to Protect Foreign Students From Exploitation