TEL AVIV — A recent installment of the popular Israeli satirical television show “A Wonderful Country” captured the public mood here regarding a possible strike on Iran and its consequences: a mix of resignation and gallows humor. Read full article > >

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Israelis seem resigned to a strike on Iran

KABUL — A second day of violent protests spread across Afghanistan’s capital Tuesday, as demonstrators directed their anger at Western embassies and military installations, railing against the incineration of a pile of Korans at a NATO base on Monday night. Read full article > >

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Afghan protests over Koran burning spread on second day

A day after NATO officials rushed to apologize for the burning of Korans, U.S. Embassy officials were on lockdown and hundreds of Afghans were marching on a NATO camp near Kabul.

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Koran Burning in NATO Error Incites Afghans for 2nd Day

The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission struggled to get accurate reports on the nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi plant last year, transcripts show.

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Transcripts Show U.S. Confusion Early in Japan Nuclear Crisis

Three years after Chris Brown’s guilty plea to assaulting Rihanna, the two are appearing on each other’s songs in an attempt to change the narrative around their careers.

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Critic’s Notebook: Rihanna and Chris Brown Appear on Each Other’s Songs

U.N. nuclear officials conceded failure on Tuesday after an extraordinary, two-day visit to Iran yielded no progress in clearing up allegations about the country’s pursuit of nuclear weapons technology. Read full article > >

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IAEA mission to Iran ends in failure

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Adele Flashes Middle Finger at Brit Awards

Back when Comcast was doing the Washington Stations of the Cross — while on its journey to a majority stake in NBCUniversal 2.0 — the cable behemoth made “voluntary public interest commitments” to launch 10 minority-owned independent networks over eight years. Read full article > >

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Comcast to launch networks by Diddy, Magic Johnson

Back when Comcast was doing the Washington Stations of the Cross — while on its journey to a majority stake in NBCUniversal 2.0 — the cable behemoth made “voluntary public interest commitments” to launch 10 minority-owned independent networks over eight years. Read full article > >

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Comcast to launch networks by Diddy, Magic Johnson

Transcripts of phone conversations in the days after last year’s tsunami in Japan, released Tuesday by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, show an early sense of urgency, as well as confusion, about the emergency at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor complex. Read full article > >

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NRC Fukushima transcripts show urgency, confusion early on

A 12.76-carat pink diamond, reportedly Australia’s largest, is being cut and polished after it was unearthed in Western Australia.

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Pink diamond found in Australia

During this extended period of cloudy federal employee horizons comes a wee bit of sunshine, the story of a worker who took on Uncle Sam and won. But it took her more than a decade to do it. As the federal workforce endures a two-year freeze on basic pay rates and faces a possible increase in pension payments and as new employees will have to contribute more to their retirement program, Barbara Murchison has reason to smile. Read full article > >

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Federal worker prevails in discrimination case against Social Security

VIERA, FLA. – The traces of fresh blue and black ink peeked out from under the athletic tape wrapped around Wilson Ramos ’s left wrist. Ramos squatted behind a plate Tuesday morning, his first act during the first organized workout for Washington Nationals pitchers and catchers. Each time Ramos stabbed at a pitch, the ball nestled softly in his catcher’s mitt, and the tattoo on his forearm moved, ever so slightly, closer toward his heart. Read full article > >

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Nationals’ Wilson Ramos is putting his kidnapping behind him

New York State lawmakers on Tuesday announced a bill to ban the sale of shark fins, an expensive ingredient in a traditional Chinese soup.

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Bill in Albany Would Ban Sale of Shark Fins

On July 12, 2007, during a long, hot mission, American soldiers searched houses in a ruined maze of a neighborhood in east Baghdad. The largely routine effort came to a violent conclusion: An Apache helicopter circling overhead spotted several men carrying weapons. The chopper stalked the targets, then opened fire. Among the 11 killed were a Reuters photographer and his driver. Among the wounded were two young children. Read full article > >

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‘Incident in New Baghdad’: What happened in Iraq?