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November 28, 2012

World Dispatches

JERUSALEM Livni’s comeback energizeselection for prime minister Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who appeared to be cruising to re-election a few weeks ago, suddenly appears vulnerable ahead of elections in January. The political comeback of a popular former foreign minister on Tuesday, coupled with the ruling Likud Party’s selection of an especially hard-line slate of […]
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November 28, 2012

Broadway, film producer Martin Richards

NEW YORK — Martin Richards, the Tony Award-winning producer of such Broadway hits as “On the Twentieth Century,” “Sweeney Todd” and “The Will Rogers Follies,” as well as an Academy Award-winning producer of “Chicago,” has died after battling cancer, his publicist said Tuesday. He was 80. Publicist Judy Jacksina said Richards died Monday. The marquees […]
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November 28, 2012

3 arrested after nude protest

The activists disrobe at Speaker Boehner's office to protest possible cuts in HIV programs.
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November 28, 2012

‘Roadshow’ personality dead at 83

Wendell Garrett was known for his appraisals on the PBS series.
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November 28, 2012

Brazil says deforestation level lowest in 24 years

BRASILIA, Brazil — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has dropped to its lowest level in 24 years, the government said Tuesday. Satellite imagery showed that 1,798 square miles of the Amazon were deforested between August 2011 and July 2012, Environment Minister Izabella Teixeira said a news conference. That’s 27 percent less than a year earlier. […]

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November 28, 2012

A ‘significant milestone’ for Chernobyl

Workers raise part of the structure that will block radioactivity as reactor remnants are dismantled.
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November 28, 2012

Protesters determined to topple defiant Morsi

Opponents accuse the Muslim Brotherhood of using election wins to monopolize power.
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November 28, 2012

Samples taken from Arafat’s remains

Tests will be done to determine if the Palestinian leader was killed by radioactive material in 2004.
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November 28, 2012

Suit fights women-in-combat rule

Four service members say the ban on females in ground units unfairly bars them from advancements.
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November 28, 2012

Obama seeks support from American people

The president launches a campaign to galvanize public opinion behind his fiscal plan.