Rally Defying Putin's Party Draws Tens of Thousands
By ELLEN BARRY
Mass protests on the streets of Moscow forced the Kremlin to confront a level of public discontent that has not been seen in Russia since Vladimir V. Putin first became president.
" The demonstration marked what opposition leaders hope will be a watershed moment, ending years of quiet acceptance of the political consolidation Mr. Putin introduced. The leaders understood that for a moment they, not the Kremlin, were dictating the political agenda, and seemed intent on leveraging it, promising to gather an even larger crowd again on Dec. 24."
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Race Reshaped, Rivals Target Gingrich in G.O.P. Debate
By JEFF ZELENY and JIM RUTENBERG
Three weeks before the Iowa caucuses, Newt Gingrich took fire for most of the evening and seemed to relish his new role as the leading Republican candidate in the field.
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| The federal prison in Florence, Colo., has long held terrorists. The justice system has absorbed a surge of terrorism cases since 2001 without the international criticism that Guantánamo Bay has attracted. |
Beyond Guantánamo, a Web of Prisons for Terrorism Inmates
By SCOTT SHANE
An archipelago of federal prisons that stretches across the country houses far more men convicted in terrorism cases than the shrunken population of the controversial prison in Cuba.
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Euro Crisis Pits Germany and U.S. in Tactical Fight
By NICHOLAS BERLIN
— Even as European leaders put together their latest response to the euro crisis last week, a German-American clash over how best to manage a vast financial crisis and put the world economy back on a sound footing was set in stark relief.
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany defied skeptics and laid the groundwork for a deeper union that she said rights the mistakes of the euro’s birth and puts integration on a stable path for the long term. In the process, she forced German fiscal discipline on Europe as the prescription for the ills that afflict the region >> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/world/europe/euro-crisis-pits-germany-and-us-in-tactical-fight.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha22
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