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Trucking in the U.S.A.: Where the Accent is Russian
Immigrants from the old Eastern bloc seem to be clustering around the trucking industry, bringing with it a set of cultural and legal problemsTIME.com: Top Nation and US stories
Hillary Clinton’s Role in Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
After a notable absence, the Secretary of State has been a very visible presence at the current negotiations. Will it pay off? .TIME.com: Top World Stories
Religious Minorities Suffering Worst in Pakistan Floods
Amid the catastrophes, the country's religious minorities are under assault -- and one group has allegedly been denied official assistanceTIME.com: Top World Stories
Arizona Legal Defense Fund Finds Out-of-State Donations
Both Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's legal defense fund and Sheriff Joe Arpaio's campaign are being supported by contributions from outside the stateTIME.com: Top Nation and US stories
Why Israelis Don’t Care About Peace with Palestinians
Israelis feel prosperous, secure -- and disengaged from the peace process with the Palestinians. Is that wise? .TIME.com: Top World Stories
France Steps Up Roma Deportation Despite E.U. Criticism
Piqued by protest at home and abroad following its anti-Roma campaign, France's conservative government steps up expulsions -- and risks splitting the ruling rightTIME.com: Top World Stories
Boxer vs. Fiorina: California Senate Race a Dead Heat
The candidates for Senator are equally combative, and both are dependent on one group of voters for victory: independentsTIME.com: Top Nation and US stories
The ‘Titanic’ Discovery: A Brief History
25 years ago, Robert Ballard discovered the most famous shipwreck in all history. TIME takes a look at what has happened since .TIME.com: Top Nation and US stories
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The Last Secrets of the Forbidden City Head to the U.S.
Though Beijing's Forbidden City has been open to the public for decades, parts of it remained off-limits. This month a new exhibition of artifacts from behind the gates heads to U.S. .TIME.com: Top World Stories
Thailand’s Opposition Red Shirts Balk at New Army Chief
Thailand's opposition movement expressed fears Friday over the appointment of General Prayuth Chan-ocha as the new commander of the Royal Thai ArmyTIME.com: Top World Stories
Psychics and Fortune Tellers Being Regulated to Reduce Fraud
More communities are trying to crack down on fraudulent practices of seers, fortune tellers and other spiritualistsTIME.com: Top Nation and US stories
Obama Unpopular Ahead of Midterms: Will the GOP Benefit?
Nine weeks before the midterm elections, Barack Obama finds himself on the wrong side of the polls. Where did all that adoration go -- and is a Republican sweep next? .TIME.com: Top Nation and US stories
Tony Blair in ‘A Journey’: On U.S. Leaders Bush, Clinton
In an essay exclusively adapted for TIME from his new memoir, A Journey, Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair reflects on the U.S. Presidents he has known and worked with -- and on their country .TIME.com: Top World Stories
Obama’s Iraq Speech: Reactions from Iraqi Politicians
After President Obama's Iraq speech, most Iraqi politicans are taking a wait-and-see approach to Washington's long-term intentionsTIME.com: Top World Stories
Study: Young, Single, Childless Women Earn More Than Men
Study: Women are earning more money than their male peers -- but only if they're young, single and childlessTIME.com: Top Nation and US stories
Ugandan Guerrillas in the Lord’s Resistance Army Fight in Sudan
Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army is supposed to be on the run and desperate. Why, then, has it spread its terror to even more countries? .TIME.com: Top World Stories
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Israel: Now, More than Ever, Fascinated By Netanyahu
No one really thinks much will come out of the direct talks with the Palestinians but, when the issue is Bibi, up come visions of Gorbachev -- and Nixon in ChinaTIME.com: Top World Stories
Middle East Leaders Set Bar Low in Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
Nobody expects the Mideast talks to yield a two-state solution, because that's not their aim. But more temporizing will not help Abbas survive politically .TIME.com: Top World Stories
Game conservation in Africa: Horns, claws and the bottom line
Governments have mostly failed to protect Africa’s wildlife. But other models— involving hunters, rich conservationists and local farmers—are showing promise .
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Campaign Kickoff
A historic election season has already begun, and our coverage of it will be unrivaled in its scope, depth and insightTIME.com: Top Nation and US stories
‘The Only Just Way Is Two States for Two Peoples’
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, author of the new memoir A Journey: My Political Life, speaks to TIME about being prepared for office, the Iraq war and hopes for Middle East peaceTIME.com: Top World Stories
White House Peace Talks: Will Mitchell Find Success?
For President Obama's Middle East special envoy, George Mitchell, it has taken 18 months to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit down for peace-process talks.TIME.com: Top Nation and US stories
The FCC’s War on TV Curse Words: Misguided and Tiresome
In this age of cable TV and the Internet, it makes no sense to obsess over what appears on a few broadcast television stationsTIME.com: Top Nation and US stories
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How Weather Reporters Stay Safe While Covering Hurricanes
Hurricane Earl swept through the Eastern seaboard on Sept. 2, swirling up the North Carolina coast with winds well over 100 m.p.h. but never making landfall. TIME wants to know: How do reporters work in the middle of a hurricane? .TIME.com: Top Nation and US stories
German Banker’s Anti-Immigration Book Riles the Nation
A new anti-immigration book by a director on the board of Germany's central bank has outraged the nation -- and has critics calling for his jobTIME.com: Top World Stories
The future of the internet: A virtual counter-revolution
The internet has been a great unifier of people, companies and online networks. Powerful forces are threatening to balkanise it .
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Tony Blair’s Memoirs: Admiring Bush and Ignoring Brown
In the memoir A Journey, Tony Blair's revealing account of his time as British Prime Minister, he writes about his friendship with George W. Bush and what he really thinks of Gordon Brown, and makes no apologies for going to war in Iraq .TIME.com: Top World Stories
Obama’s Iraq Speech: Reactions from Afghanistan
President Obama's Oval Office address indicated that the Iraq withdrawal would lead to more forces for Afghanistan. But Afghans only see an eventual withdrawal from their own troubled country .TIME.com: Top World Stories
After U.S. War in Iraq, Iran Gains Political Influence
Analysis: Even as the U.S. remains the supreme military power in Iraq, Iran has more influence over Iraqi politics .TIME.com: Top World Stories
How I Learned to Love Farmed Salmon
Yes, high-tech aquaculture like genetically modified salmon sounds spooky, but it might just save the worldTIME.com: Top Nation and US stories