Published: Feb 21, 2012
SOWETO, South Africa — Shortly after Michel Sidibé became executive director of the United Nations ’ AIDS prevention agency, a court in Senegal sentenced nine gay men, all AIDS educators, to eight years in prison for “unnatural acts.” In one of his first moves as the new chief of U.N.AIDS , Mr. Sidibe flew to Senegal
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Published: Feb 20, 2012
In a trial that featured lurid and clinical details of a rape at the Plaza Hotel , a different sort of story line emerged: the tremendous wealth and opulent lifestyle of an unnamed Saudi prince. A member of the prince’s entourage was accused of raping one of two women who fell asleep in his hotel bed after a night of bar hopping in January
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Published: Feb 18, 2012
In a crucial step toward the ultimate approval of new oil drilling off the North Slope of Alaska, the Interior Department on Friday tentatively approved Shell’s plans for responding to a potential spill in the frigid Arctic waters. Shell still needs to cross several more regulatory barriers before it will be
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Published: Feb 15, 2012
NEW YORK — Linda Sarsour and Faiza Ali are two people who keenly felt the recent controversy over the film, “The Third Jihad,” which had been shown to some police officers attending a 2010 counterterrorism course offered by the New York City Police Department . Some Muslim leaders in New York protested against the film and said it
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Published: Feb 15, 2012
WASHINGTON — China ’s next leader, Xi Jinping , may never have heard of American Superconductor Corporation before he arrived here Monday, but by the end of his visit United States officials hope to make the small Massachusetts wind-energy company an object lesson in the impact of Chinese trade secret theft on American business. Senator
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Published: Feb 15, 2012
NEW YORK -- Linda Sarsour and Faiza Ali are two people who keenly felt the recent controversy over the film, ''The Third Jihad,'' which had been shown to some police officers attending a 2010 counterterrorism course offered by the New York City Police Department. Some Muslim leaders in New York protested against the film and said it would encourage
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Published: Feb 15, 2012
WASHINGTON -- China's next leader, Xi Jinping, may never have heard of American Superconductor Corporation before he arrived here Monday, but by the end of his visit United States officials hope to make the small Massachusetts wind-energy company an object lesson in the impact of Chinese trade secret theft on American business. Senator John Kerry,
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Published: Feb 12, 2012
PHILADELPHIA BETSEY STEVENSON and Justin Wolfers might sound like almost any upscale couple. They have impressive degrees and serious careers and the social markers that go with them. They have one child, but there are two strollers, a Bugaboo and a Bob baby jogger, parked in the front hall of their stylish home here. Their daughter, Matilda, who
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Published: Feb 12, 2012
Readers debate whether a new primary and voting system proposed by a letter writer would improve how we elect a president. The Letter To the Editor: Every four years a handful of the same old states effectively pick party nominees for president, voting earlier and earlier with campaign spending mattering more and more. The parties should winnow
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Published: Feb 12, 2012
About the Best Sellers: These lists are an expanded version of those appearing in the February 12, 2012 print edition of the Book Review, reflecting sales for the week ending January 28, 2012. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers
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