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| A poster showing a woman attacked by officers was carried by one of several thousand marchers Tuesday in downtown Cairo. |
Mass March by Cairo Women in Protest Over Abuse by Soldiers
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
The demonstration grew by the minute into an extraordinary expression of anger at the treatment of women by the military police.
The Lede Blog: Video of Egyptian Women's March in Cairo
Republicans in House Reject Deal Extending Payroll Tax Cut
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
The House vote also calls for establishing a negotiating committee so the two chambers can resolve their differences, but the Senate has left town for the year.
The Long Run
For Gingrich in Power, Pragmatism, Not Purity
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Newt Gingrich's years as a House Republican leader created distrust among some conservatives who view him as too much of a pragmatist.
Previous Articles in This Series
The Caucus: Gingrich and Clinton Trade Careful Praise in Fox News Interview
The Caucus: Gingrich Heads to Virginia for Ballot Push
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"Women are being beaten and humiliated in the same streets where they risked their lives for the revolution only a few short months ago."
HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, the secretary of state, on Egypt.
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Readers' photographs of people close to them who died this year.
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Opinion
Campaign Stops
Romney's Three Paths to Victory
By ROSS DOUTHAT
Does Mitt have all the bases covered to win the Republican nomination?
WORLD
U.S. General in Afghanistan Says Troops May Stay Past 2014
By ALISSA J. RUBIN
Lt. Gen. John R. Allen's remarks amounted to the most emphatic signal to date that the United States military intended to secure a presence in the country.
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| North Koreans visited designated mourning sites in Pyongyang on Tuesday to pay their respects to Kim Jong-il. |
North Korea's Tears: A Blend of Cult, Culture and Coercion
By CHOE SANG-HUN and NORIMITSU ONISHI
Scenes of mass hysteria and grief among North Koreans appeared to be part of an official campaign to build support for Kim Jong-il's successor, his third son, Kim Jong-un.
Slide Show: An Outpouring of Grief
Remembering Kim Jong-il, the Sportsman
Former Bishop Will Meet With Irish Abuse Victims
By DOUGLAS DALBY
The church will arrange for victims of clerical sexual abuse in one diocese to meet with the bishop who was in charge when hundreds of abuse complaints were suppressed.
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U.S.
3 Million Could Lose Jobless Pay in Impasse
By ROBERT PEAR
Unemployed Americans are becoming potential hostages to the stalemate over extending a reduction in payroll taxes.
Seeing Terror Risk, U.S. Asks Journals to Cut Flu Study Facts
By DENISE GRADY and WILLIAM J. BROAD
The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity has urged Science and Nature to keep details out of reports that they intend to publish on a highly transmissible form of the bird flu.
Two Earth-Size Planets Are Discovered
By DENNIS OVERBYE
The discovery of Kepler 20e and Kepler 20f may be an encouraging sign that planet hunters would someday succeed in finding other Earth-like planets.
" --- In what amounts to a kind of holiday gift to the cosmos, astronomers from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft announced Tuesday that they had discovered a pair of planets the size of Earth orbiting a distant star. The new planets, one about as big as Earth and the other slightly smaller than Venus, are the smallest yet found beyond the solar system.---" >> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/science/space/nasas-kepler-spacecraft-discovers-2-earth-size-planets.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha23
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BUSINESS
DealBook
E-Mail Clues in Tracking MF Global Client Funds
By BEN PROTESS and AZAM AHMED
Federal authorities have uncovered e-mails that detail the transfers of money in the firm's last days, including transfers that contained customer money, according to people close to the investigation.
Looking to Streamline Airport Security Screenings
By NICOLA CLARK and JAD MOUAWAD
With global air traffic growing about 5 percent a year, industry executives and security experts say a fundamental rethinking of security checkpoints is inevitable.
A Fight to Make Banks More Prudent
By JACK EWING
Regulators want banks to finance their operations with more capital and less borrowed money, but that means less profits and lower bonuses.
Fed Proposes New Capital Rules for Banks
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POLITICS
Remembering '08 Fizzle, Romney Puts Added Emphasis on New Hampshire
By ASHLEY PARKER and MICHAEL BARBARO
The Romney camp zealously has guarded the candidate's lead in the polls from a number of serious threats.
The Caucus: Romney Reworks Stumps Speech, but Keeps Focus on Obama
The Caucus
Gingrich Heads to Virginia for Ballot Push
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
Newt Gingrich is veering off the campaign trail and heading to Virginia on Wednesday with urgent business: get on the ballot there. The deadline for gathering signatures is Thursday.
The Caucus
Vander Plaats Endorses Santorum
By JEFF ZELENY
Two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, Rick Santorum wins a highly coveted endorsement from one of the state's social conservative leaders.
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TECHNOLOGY
Few Options for Lagging T-Mobile
By JENNA WORTHAM and BRIAN X. CHEN
The wireless carrier is struggling, with a dwindling subscriber base, weak finances and no obvious way out after the deal with AT&T was scuttled.
Oracle's Results Miss Expectations, and May Foretell Tech Sector Problems
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Slow sales of Oracle's new licensed software surprised analysts and could be an indication that the technology sector is headed for hard times.
Internet Poker Operator Admits Deceit
By REUTERS
Brent Beckley, the co-owner of Absolute Poker, said he had accepted credit cards from players so they could bet on the Internet and that he had disguised the purpose of the payments.
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SPORTS
$20 Million Can Buy Quality Time With Mr. Met
By RICHARD SANDOMIR
The Mets have long-term upsides to offer potential investors, but for those still uncertain, the team's owners have listed some less obvious perks included in a share of the ball club.
Ohio State Receives One-Year Bowl Ban
By PETE THAMEL
In response to the scandal involving players trading memorabilia for tattoos, Ohio State's football program was given a one-year bowl ban and docked nine scholarships.
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| Kim Jong-il and his son and successor Kim Jong-un, second from left, applauding during the inaugural ceremony of the army's sports complex. |
Kim Jong-il, the Sportsman
By JERÉ LONGMAN
The late North Korean leader played a big role in his country's international sporting endeavors. He also bowled a 300 the first time he ever played - according to state-run news media.
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ARTS
Movie Review
'The Adventures of Tintin'
Intrepid Boy on the Trail of Mysteries
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Steven Spielberg's "Adventures of Tintin" brings to computerized life a boy of pluck, ingenuity and derring-do.
Q. & A.: Steven Spielberg
Holiday Movies: The Season of Spielberg
Movie Review - 'Albert Nobbs'
Finding a Safe Harbor in Male Identity
By A. O. SCOTT
Glenn Close's portrayal of Albert Nobbs, a woman disguised as a man in late-19th-century Ireland, is both charming and sad.
The Heart that Beats in Albert Nobbs - Glenn Close on the Film
Movie Review - 'The Flowers of War'
A Shady American in the Nanjing Massacre
By MIKE HALE
In "The Flowers of War," the director Zhang Yimou revisits the 1937 Nanjing massacre in a story narrated by a convent student taking refuge in a church.
A Chinese Epic With Many Back Stories
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NEW YORK / REGION
For Illegal Immigrant, Line Is Drawn at Transplant
By NINA BERNSTEIN
Two brothers' journey to make a kidney transplant happen has taken them to the core of the national impasse between health care and immigration policies.
All 5 Aboard Plane Die as It Crashes on an Interstate in New Jersey
By MATT FLEGENHEIMER
A single-engine plane spun out of control over northern New Jersey and crashed on a busy interstate Tuesday morning, killing all five people aboard.
After Resigning, Tearful Senator Pleads Guilty to Accepting Bribes
By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM
The denouement of the political career of State Senator Carl Kruger, who pleaded guilty to corruption charges, encompasses tales of romance and perhaps even sacrifice.
DINING & WINE
A Macaroni Dish Tough to Unseat
By FRANK BRUNI
No matter how Mom experimented for the holidays, a pasta dish was always a must-have.
Grouper, With All the Trimmings
By SAM SIFTON
A holiday celebration unlike any eaten in the sharp cold of a Brooklyn winter.
Please, Mom, One More Time
By KIM SEVERSON
A wish for a mother's good health includes a desire for another year of her gingersnaps.
EDITORIALS
Editorial
Egypt's Military Masters
As evidenced by the appalling images coming out of Cairo, the increasing violence by the security forces is threatening the nation's revolution.
Editorial
Putting Paychecks at Risk
House Republicans reject a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut and the continuation of unemployment benefits, endangering Americans' income.
Editorial
Who Controls Montana's Rivers?
A state should not be able to collect rent for the use of a riverbed if it did not do so for a century.
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OP-ED
Op-Ed Contributor
How Do You Prove You're an Indian?
By DAVID TREUER
What if members of American Indian tribes were required to possess some level of fluency in their native language or pass a basic civics test?
"--- AMERICA’S first blood quantum law was passed in Virginia in 1705 in order to determine who had a high enough degree of Indian blood to be classified an Indian — and whose rights could be restricted as a result. You’d think, after all these years, we’d finally manage to kick the concept. But recently, casino-rich Indian tribes in California have been using it themselves to cast out members whose tribal bloodlines, they say, are not pure enough to share in the profits.---" >> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/opinion/for-indian-tribes-blood-shouldnt-be-everything.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha212
Op-Ed Columnist
Separation of Newt and State
By MAUREEN DOWD
With his numbers in Iowa sliding, does the ostentatiously Catholic Newt Gingrich have a prayer?
Columnist Page
Op-Ed Columnist
The End, for Now
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
We should finally get some answers about the future for democracy in the Arab world now that U.S. troops have left Iraq.
Columnist Page
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ON THIS DAY
On Dec. 21, 1988, a terrorist bomb exploded aboard a Pan Am Boeing 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people
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