الأربعاء، 14 ديسمبر 2011

Afternoon Update: Rush for Gas Rights Ignites Battles for Control of Land

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Rush for Gas Rights Ignites Battles for Control of Land

By SABRINA TAVERNISE

As energy companies and states push to simplify regulations, some local governments are resisting an erosion of their control.

Putin Ally Resigns as Speaker of Parliament

By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ

A ranking official in Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin's party resigned as speaker of the lower house of Parliament in the wake of allegations of vote fraud.

Beirut Bank Seen as a Hub of Hezbollah's Financing

By JO BECKER

The recently opened ledgers of a bank in Lebanon have offered evidence of a global money-laundering apparatus that funds the group, and an American investigation has suggested the direct involvement of senior Hezbollah officials in the drug trade.

The Pakistanis Have a Point

By BILL KELLER

Sure, they can be infuriating, not to mention duplicitous, paranoid and self-pitying. But you try being a U.S. ally.

Accounts of a Massacre, Saved From Junkyard Flames

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT

Interviews with Marines about the 2005 Haditha killings were among reams of classified documents destined to become an attendant's kindling in Baghdad.

Multimedia

Video: TimesCast | December 14, 2011

A preview of an interview with Mitt Romney; the chairman of Russia's ruling party resigns; and Bill Keller on why the United States must repair relations with Pakistan.

Opinion

Campaign Stops

Ron Paul Rising

By ROSS DOUTHAT

In Iowa, it's not so much Gingrich vs. Romney as Gingrich vs. Paul.

BUSINESS

Poland's Economy Refuses to Follow Its Neighbors

By JACK EWING

Poland outshines much of the euro zone in terms of growth, but business and government leaders wonder how long their country can avoid the pain in Western Europe.

Lines Are Drawn on Legislation Against Internet Piracy

By EDWARD WYATT

Both supporters and opponents of the bills in the House and the Senate are making their cases through well-financed advertising campaigns.

China Imposes New Tariffs on Some Vehicles From the U.S.

By KEITH BRADSHER

The new duties, which apply mainly to sport utility vehicles and large cars, signal an escalation in trade hostilities.

Olympus Restates Earnings, Showing Loss

By HIROKO TABUCHI

The maker of cameras and medical devices filed five years' worth of corrected statements just hours before a Tokyo Stock Exchange deadline that could have seen it delisted.

DealBook

For Groupon, Faint Praise From Many Underwriters

By EVELYN M. RUSLI

Many of the banks that helped prepare Groupon for the public markets are hesitant to buy its shares.

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