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By ALISSA J. RUBIN and RICK GLADSTONE An unidentified attacker on Tuesday killed former President Burhanuddin Rabbani, the leader of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, whose main responsibility was negotiating a political end to the war with the Taliban. By HELENE COOPER President Obama met Libya's transitional leader for the first time on Tuesday, and extolled what he called the Libyan people's successful struggle to depose Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. By LOUISE STORY and GRETCHEN MORGENSON The conflict-of-interest case involving David M. Becker, the former general counsel of the Securities and Exchange Commission, is being referred to the Department of Justice for a possible criminal investigation. The 6th Floor Blog By CLIFFORD J. LEVY and JULIE DRESSNER How are they doing now? That was one of the most common questions asked by people who read in the education issue of the magazine about our Brooklyn-bred children's four years in a local school in Moscow. Well Blog By ANAHAD O'CONNOR Teenage boys who took part in a smoking cessation program and combined it with exercise were several times less likely to continue smoking than those who received only traditional anti-smoking advice. |
| World Israeli settlers and Palestinians living in and around the Jewish settlement Ariel, on the eve of the Palestinians' bid for statehood in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. Opinion Room For Debate Obama wants to tax the rich. Republicans say he's promoting class warfare. What's the role of tax policy in bridging a wealth gap? |
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By MATT RICHTEL Federal prosecutors said a major online poker site, Full Tilt Poker, was accepting millions of dollars in bets but paying out the money in profits to its executives. By CHRISTINE HAUSER and MATTHEW SALTMARSH Markets brushed off the downgrade of Italian debt and looked for silver linings in the American and European economies. By EDWARD WYATT The Dodd-Frank Act, the sprawling law to address the causes of the financial crisis, is a job killer that should be repealed, Republican presidential candidates say. By BILL VLASIC The United Automobile Workers president said he expects the automakers to follow the model set in previous negotiations with General Motors. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The International Monetary Fund downgraded its outlook for the United States economy through 2012 because of weak growth and concern over Europe's debt crisis. |
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