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World
Calls to End Child Marriages in Malaysia After 12-Year-Old Weds
Activists argued that the minimum age for marrying should be raised to 18. In the Muslim-majority country, children can join in matrimony if permission is obtained from their parents and the Shariah courts.
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World
Figure in Petraeus Scandal Seen Losing Her Post as Honorary Consul
The South Korean government is reportedly set to sack the Florida socialite Jill Kelley as one of its honorary consuls. Ms. Kelley unwittingly touched off a scandal that led to the resignation of David Petraeus as director of the Central Intelligence Agency.Just let it die of its internal flaws. No one will profit.
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U.S.
California: Poisonous Mushroom Soup Kills Another
A fourth person has died from eating a soup made with poisonous wild mushrooms this month at a senior care facility in Northern California.
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World
Tibetan Protesters Injured in Crackdown; Self-Immolations Continue
At least five Tibetans have set fire to themselves in recent days, and at least 20 Tibetan students were injured after security forces cracked down on a large protest in western China.
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Opinion
A Needless Charge for Prison Families
The Federal Communications Commission needs to end the outrageously high rates that private telephone companies charge for phone calls made by prisoners.
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Opinion
Steven Spielberg, Historian
The new film "Lincoln" doesn't just get history right - it advances a novel historical argument.
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N.Y. / Region
Nights of Hurricane Sandy
Metropolitan Diary: A poetic tribute to writing by candlelight after the hurricane cut off electric power.
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World
A Monument to an Adventurer’s Fantasies
The French government is restoring the family home of the author known as Pierre Loti, a site brimming with Ottoman artifacts and featuring an eye-popping second-floor "mosque" of tile and marble.
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U.S.
Lawrence Guyot, Civil Rights Activist Who Bore the Fight’s Scars, Dies at 73
Mr. Guyot was repeatedly jailed and beaten for helping blacks in Mississippi register to vote.
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U.S.
Illinois Sets Election Dates to Replace Jackson in House
A special primary election to replace Jesse L. Jackson Jr. in Congress will be held in February, Gov. Pat Quinn of Illinois announced.
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World
Chinese Censors' Peculiar Movie Reviews
A movie about the bloody overthrow of the despotic Qin dynasty 2,200 years ago was delayed until after the November party congress. But a film noir about the life of a present-day Beijing cop had a smoother passage.
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World
A Parched Jordan Places Hopes in Reservoir
Jordan is betting heavily on a major pipeline, the Disi Water Conveyance Project, despite fears about radioactivity in some sources of its water.
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World
A Conversation With: Devendrakumar R. Desai, Gandhian, Champion of Khadi
Khadi, the fabric popularized by M. K. Gandhi, is finding new buyers in India and being aggressively promoted abroad.
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Technology
A Netflix for Luxury Nail Polish Gives Cosmetics Rental a Try
Two young entrepreneurs in Manhattan are hoping to take advantage of the current fashion craze around high-fashion nail polish and nail art to develop a thriving mail-order business.
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World
Hopes of Home Fade Among Japan’s Displaced
With the slow pace of cleanup efforts, residents of Okuma, a town evacuated in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, have become pessimistic about ever living there again.
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Opinion
A Messy Relationship
My parents are housekeepers. I never expected to date the son of one of their clients..
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