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By ALAN COWELL and STEVEN LEE MYERS Security forces continued to bombard areas of Homs for a 20th day, as a United Nations panel said "gross human rights violations" had been ordered by the Syrian authorities. By MARK LANDLER Confronted by the political perils of rising gas prices in an election year, President Obama gave a speech in Florida making the case for efforts to wean the United States off imported oil. By MICHAEL BARBARO Rick Santorum faced criticism on Thursday over his frank acknowledgement that he had voted for No Child Left Behind even though the bill went against his personal beliefs. By ELLEN BARRY Amid recent antigovernment protests, Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin called voters to "unite around our country" less than two weeks before the election. By ALISSA J. RUBIN and GRAHAM BOWLEY Protesters took to the streets in at least eight provinces on Thursday, as the Taliban called on people to take up arms against foreign and Afghan troops. |
| Multimedia The United Nations accuses Syria of human rights violations | An interview with a member of the Syrian opposition | Mitt Romney fights to retain the lead in Michigan. Opinion The Loyal Opposition By ANDREW ROSENTHAL At the CNN debate in Arizona, the Republican contenders dodged a question about birth control, and accused the president of attacking religious freedom. |
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By NICOLA CLARK The Dutch carrier KLM and others are testing programs to allow ticket-holders to upload details from their online profiles and use that data to choose seatmates. By STEPHEN CASTLE Contractions seen in Italy and Spain led the European Commission to lower its growth forecast for the entire currency bloc. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wall Street moved higher after a report showed continued improvement in the United States labor market. DealBook By JULIA WERDIGIER The Royal Bank of Scotland posted a bigger-than-expected loss for 2011 after it took write-downs on the value of its Greek bond holdings and had to compensate some customers who were wrongly sold insurance. By STEPHANIE NOVAK As austerity measures are enacted in Europe, governments are taking steps to reduce their expenditures on medicines. |
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