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Pope Benedict XVI To Resign, Citing ‘Advanced Age’
Pope Benedict XVI will resign on Febraury 28 at 8pm Rome time.
The E.U. Budget: Champions of Austerity Win a Big Battle–for the Most Part
Sleep-deprived EU leaders adopt a vastly reduced 2014-2020 budget that leading European parliamentarians vow to send back.
One Year Out, Russia Is Already Stockpiling Snow for the Sochi Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi are just 365 days away, and President Vladimir Putin is ensuring everything is under control. Even the weather.
The Magdalene Laundries: Irish Report Exposes a National Shame
They were the forgotten women of Ireland, kept under lock and key, forced to clean and sew, and to wash away the sins of their previous life while never being paid a penny. Some stayed months, others years. Some never left. They …
Why the Europeans Don’t Really Want an E.U. Budget Deal
Three months after failing to reach agreements on whether to slash or bolster the E.U. budget, leaders gather in Brussels to find their positions still far apart
The Big Prison By the Sea: Will Its Captives Change Turkey’s History?
The massive complex at Silivri holds prisoners from a six-year old campaign against supposed plotters against the Islamist-leaning government. The situation has helped grow a right-wing opposition movement
France’s Mali Mission: Has al-Qaeda Already Been Defeated?
Despite the French army’s rapid progress in pushing al-Qaeda-linked extremists to the nether regions of Mali, officials in Paris say full elimination of jihadi militias in the Sahel is more than unlikely
Putin’s Commissar to Protect Russian Orphans — from Americans
An interview and profile of the official in charge of Moscow’s policy — and why he believes American adoptions could be a plot to depopulate Siberia
Richard III’s Bones: Should One of History’s Losers Be Redeemed?
Archaeologists claim to have found a slain king’s body — but for centuries, Richard III has skulked in the shadows of the English imagination, a debased villain guilty of the worst crimes
The U.S. Embassy Bombing in Turkey: The Unusual Suspects
A Marxist group that sympathizes with Syria claims responsibility for the bombing of the U.S. embassy in Ankara
France’s Next Move: With Mali’s Islamists on the Run, Time to Talk to the Tuaregs
With France preparing to hand its anti-Islamist intervention in Mali to forces from neighboring states, Paris now encourages Malian leaders to negotiate with Tuareg rebels who teamed up with Islamists to dominate the north.
Patriot Missiles Arrive in Turkey: How They Affect the Syria Equation
While many Turks are protesting the presence of NATO patriot batteries, one border city and its environs enjoy a measure of relief at the deployment