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måndag, november 28, 2011

New York Times today

TOP NEWS

Isolating Syria, Arab League Imposes Broad Sanctions
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR and NADA BAKRI
The group approved a battery of economic sanctions meant to sever most trade and investment from the Arab world, an unprecedented step against a member state.


News Analysis


In Fog of War, Rift Widens Between U.S. and Pakistan
By STEVEN LEE MYERS
After a NATO airstrike killed at least two dozen Pakistani soldiers, actions by the United States and Pakistan reflected a distrust that gets harder to repair with each clash.


Greeks Balk at Paying Steep New Property Tax
By SUZANNE DALEY
Many Greeks, especially those on small fixed pensions, said they simply had no means to pay a new tax, which does not take into account income.


QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"I don't relish the decision, but I don't think people are going to argue that we should keep a float when we are cutting libraries."
MAYOR BOB FOSTER, of Long Beach, Calif., on his city's dropping out of the Tournament of Roses parade.

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