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Afghan Government Faces Cash Crunch, I.M.F. Says

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan government is supposed to cover less than half its own bills this year, yet achieving even that modest goal is proving an unexpected challenge, Afghan and Western officials said. A confidential assessment of Afghan finances by the International Monetary Fund said the potentially severe cash crunch was caused by widespread [...]

Gerry Adams says ‘brother confessed’

Liam Adams

22 April 2013 Last updated at 08:36 ET Liam Adams denies allegations that he sexually abused his daughter Aine Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has told a court his brother, Liam Adams, admitted sexually abusing his daughter. Liam Adams is accused of sexually abusing his daughter Aine, who has waived her right to anonymity. He [...]

N Korea says US ‘behind hack attack’

A North Korean soldier at the border village of Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas, 13 March 2013

15 March 2013 Last updated at 02:18 ET Tension has escalated on the Korean peninsula following the 12 February nuclear test Continue reading the main story Anxiety in South over rhetoric How potent are the threats? Will sanctions persuade or provoke? China’s delicate balancing act North Korea has accused the US and its allies of [...]

2 Afghan Sisters, Swept Up in a Suicide Wave

Bryan Denton for The New York Times Noor Ahmed Gul in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, at the graves of his sisters, Nabila, 17, and Fareba, 25, who killed themselves. MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — On the surface, the Gul sisters seemed to have it all: they were young, beautiful, educated and well off, testing the bounds of conservative Afghan [...]

9 snow day adventures

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Amy Thornton from Crozet, Virginia, woke at eight in the morning and found her three young children huddled together on the living room couch, playing with their Kindle. “A snow day is like this little stolen moment. Stolen from routine and rat-race,” she said. “The highlight was getting to all play together, making memories.” Lyndsey [...]

CDC says ‘nightmare bacteria’ a growing threat

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can kill patients, especially those too weak to fight back. One expert believes that unless we combat these new organisms we are close to returning to pre-antibiotic era mortality rates.

Federal officials warned Tuesday that “nightmare bacteria” — including the deadly superbug that struck a National Institutes of Health facility two years ago — are increasingly resistant to even the strongest antibiotics, posing a growing threat to hospitals and nursing homes nationwide. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at [...]

A 2,000-Page Lubricant for Keystone XL

WASHINGTON — The State Department issued a revised environmental impact statement for the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline on Friday, which makes no recommendation about whether the project should be built but presents no conclusive environmental reason it should not be. The lengthy document also draws no conclusions on whether the pipeline is in the United [...]

Apple could unveil iPhone Mini this summer, says analyst

Lance Whitney

Launched in China, a lower-cost iPhone might triple Apple’s potential market share in the country, says a Morgan Stanley analyst. February 19, 2013 5:50 AM PST Is an iPhone Mini due out this year? (Credit: CNET) An iPhone Mini priced at $ 330 in China would provide a healthy shot in the arm to Apple’s [...]