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By CARL HULSE Representative Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, abandoned the negotiations Thursday, and Republicans said they would not give in to a push by Democrats for new revenue. By THOM SHANKER and STEVEN LEE MYERS The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, said Thursday that President Obama's timetable was more aggressive than he had been prepared to accept. By JOHN F. BURNS French authorities also said that the country would begin its own phased troop pullback, contributing to a growing sense of the tide turning in the Western military commitment to Afghanistan. By ALISSA J. RUBIN and TAIMOOR SHAH Even as many senior Afghan officials echoed President Hamid Karzai, closer to the ground, local leaders and ordinary people expressed fears of civil war. City Room By DANNY HAKIM The majority leader, Dean G. Skelos, said he expected a decision on whether to call a vote at a meeting later in the day. |
| Multimedia The politics behind President Obama's policy on Afghanistan troop withdrawals; a report from Kabul on what's at stake; and the daughter of a Bahraini human rights activist speaks out after he is sentenced to life in prison. Opinion Opinionator | The Score How Jimi Hendrix and Bela Bartok saved a man's life, and why he became a throat-singing composer. |
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By CHRISTINE HAUSER The Dow Jones and other market indexes fell on a combination of slow growth, Europe's debt crisis and the use of oil reserves. By JOHN M. BRODER and JACKIE CALMES To replace some of the oil production lost during the Libya conflict, 60 million barrels will be released, with half coming from America's reserves. DealBook By BEN PROTESS The lawmakers, Republicans and Democrats alike, argue that some proposed rules could force Wall Street's derivatives business overseas. By CHARLES NEWBERY and ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO The effects of Argentina 2001 debt crisis still linger, and the country's default at the time is still keeping it away from the global credit market. By MATTHEW SALTMARSH and STEVEN ERLANGER Initiatives include creating a database on food stocks, a joint international research program on wheat and a "rapid response forum" to address food crises. |
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