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| Obama Speaks Out Against Pastor’s Plan to Burn Koran President Obama said on Thursday that the Florida pastor’s plan endangers American troops and is “contrary to our values” of religious tolerance. |
| Union Accuses China of Illegal Clean Energy Subsidies The United Steelworkers union plans to file a legal case that accuses China of violating World Trade Organization rules by subsidizing exports of clean energy equipment. |
| Falling Rates Aid Debtors, but Hamper Savers Those who live off their savings and investments are hit hard by falling interest rates, as corporations borrow cheaply and sit on the cash. |
| New Schools in South Africa Serve the Underserved As many public schools have failed a post-apartheid generation of children, a budding movement is increasingly searching for alternatives. |
| War Games What does it mean that the most popular cultural depictions of America’s current wars are video games? |
| Court Dismisses a Case Asserting Torture by C.I.A. A sharply divided appeals court dismissed a lawsuit involving the C.I.A.’s “extraordinary rendition” program. |
| Chicago Journal: Considering Daley’s Exit, With Hope and With Fear Chicago has felt conflicting emotions since Mayor Richard M. Daley said he’d leave the office he has had since 1989. |
| Blair Memoir a Hit, Despite a Few Hard Knocks Some people may dislike the former prime minister, but that is not stopping record sales of his book. |
| Chinese Advocate’s Confinement Continues After Release From Prison Chen Guangcheng, a blind lawyer, had been imprisoned after challenging government policies that exploited farmers, discriminated against the disabled and brutally enforced China’s one-child policy. |
| U.S. Trade Deficit Narrowed in July as Exports Rose The 14 percent decline in the trade deficit in July should give a lift to overall economic growth. |
| A Roof Over Ashe Why should championship tennis get played in amid such gusts and swirls? |
