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World
China Aims to Abolish Goals for Arrests and Convictions
The Communist Party has demanded an end to secretive performance benchmarks for the police, prosecutors and courts, state-run news media said.Business Day

Russia Presses Ahead With Plan for Gas Pipeline to Turkey
In the face of European Union opposition to the South Stream pipeline project, Gazprom is moving to an alternate route.World
Taliban Fissures in Afghanistan Are Seen as an Opening for ISIS
The long absence of the movement’s reclusive leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, appears to be driving discontent within the ranks of the Afghan Taliban.I am not going to worry about it.
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Technology

Take-Along Chargers That Pack Power
The right external accessory can double the battery life of your mobile device and offer an option when an electrical outlet isn’t available.Sports

Faithful Knicks Fans May Deserve a Medal. But a Refund?
A Knicks fan says the team should lower ticket prices or learn from Broadway, where theatergoers are compensated when major stars cannot appear.N.Y. / Region
2 Yemeni Men Are Charged With Conspiring to Attack American Soldiers
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said that Saddiq Al-Abbadi ambushed American convoys in Iraq, and that Ali Alvi fought for the Taliban in Afghanistan where American forces were stationed.Technology

Google and Fidelity Put $1 Billion Into SpaceX
Google and Fidelity have invested in the rocketry company founded by Elon Musk, in part to further Google’s goal of extending the Internet’s reach through satellites.Opinion

Inequality in the Air We Breathe?
It’s hard to imagine anyone, with a straight face, proposing to openly burn millions of pounds of explosives near, say, Manhattan or Seattle.Food

Reinventing the Pig, and Causing Pain
Several experiments on pigs at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Nebraska have caused injury, pain and premature death.Opinion

After PTSD, More Trauma
I was a veteran who needed therapy. What I got was another kind of battle.World
Israeli Government Watchdog Investigates Military’s Conduct in Gaza War
The announcement by the state comptroller was Israel’s latest effort to head off an International Criminal Court inquiry into its actions in the war last summer with Hamas.Opinion

Smart Guns Save Lives. So Where Are They?
We protect our cellphones with a PIN or a fingerprint, so why not do the same with firearms?World

Charges and Clashing Interests Mar Selection of a Cabinet for Afghanistan
Ethnic groups are fighting over representation, one candidate is wanted by Interpol, and one dropped out because he could not provide enough jobs to his would-be supporters.Opinion
Solitary-Confinement Limits
Jocelyn Ronda, a doctor caring for adolescents, writes that “the new policy in New York City should serve as a model for reform in juvenile justice systems in other states.”Science

Extreme Migration: Geese Hug the Himalayas
Scientists have discovered that bar-headed geese stay close to the terrain on their round trip, allowing them to avoid thin air.Real Estate
$1,050,000 Homes in Dallas, Oregon and Maine
This week’s properties include contemporaries in Dallas and Oregon and a farmhouse in Maine.Opinion

Your Annual Checkup
Doctors and patients debate an assertion that the yearly exam is “basically worthless.”false

A Long Haul to the Top of El Capitan
John Branch, a sports reporter, describes chronicling the 19-day climb of Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson.Business Day
Fallout Builds From Ruling on Insider Trading
A court’s reversal of two insider trading convictions has been the equivalent of dropping a big rock into a calm lake as the waves spread to other cases, Peter J. Henning writes in the White Collar Watch column.The Upshot

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