The private equity industry has come under scrutiny as Mitt Romney’s Republican rivals have attacked his record at the investment firm Bain Capital.

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As Romney Advances, Private Equity Becomes Part of the Debate

BANGKOK — A court in Thailand sentenced a U.S. citizen to two and a half years in prison Thursday for defaming the country’s royal family by translating excerpts of a locally banned biography of the king and posting them online. The verdict is the latest so-called lese majeste punishment handed down in the Southeast Asian kingdom, which has come under increasing pressure at home and abroad to reform harsh legislation that critics say is an affront to freedom of expression. Read full article > >

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Thai court sentences American citizen to 2.5 years in prison for defaming monarchy

Mr. Bloomberg, who is known to bristle when his actions come under scrutiny, may be forced to answer, under oath, tough questions about his campaign spending.

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City Room: Bloomberg to Testify at Trial of John Haggerty

Extra troops and police are sent to a Rio shantytown after soldiers patrolling the streets come under fire from suspected drug traffickers, Brazilian officials say.

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Gunfight erupts in Rio shantytown

Government plans to replace the House of Lords with a largely elected second chamber come under sustained attack from peers of all parties.

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Peers attack Lords reform plans

Government plans to replace the House of Lords with a largely elected second chamber come under sustained attack from peers of all parties.

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Peers attack Lords reform plans

Wyre Davies looks around a nature reserve outside Tripoli that has come under Nato attack.

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VIDEO: Was Gaddafi’s golf buggy Nato target?

United Nations experts in Ivory Coast come under fire while trying to investigate reports of a violation of the arms embargo.

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UN team attacked in Ivory Coast

Anti-government protesters in Tripoli come under heavy gunfire, latest reports say, as Libyan TV shows Colonel Gaddafi addressing a large crowd.

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Tripoli protesters ‘under fire’

The Committee to Protect Journalists, based in Manhattan, has been busy lately as reporters have come under attack in places like Egypt and Bahrain.

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NYC: A Guardian for Reporters, Worldwide

As library budgets come under pressure, businessman Ben Reynolds and photographer Frances Ross explain how their local libraries helped them embark on their careers.

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How libraries gave me my break

Pensions for workers could soon come under the kind of scrutiny that led to the demise of private pensions.

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High & Low Finance: Truth and Consequences on Public Pensions

Though her predecessor Condoleezza Rice did it, too, Hillary Clinton is likely to come under intense scrutiny for her decision to enlist U.S. diplomats to spy on high-ranking U.N. officials, a secret unearthed in yesterday’s massive WikiLeaks document…

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Can Hillary Survive WikiLeaks?

We have all known people (some of whom we may be related to, or voted for) who act as if they’re the sole expert on a topic. Churchill described them well: “They won’t change their minds and they won’t change the topic.” The personality trait that drives their adamant, rigid certainty doesn’t come under the radar of mainstream media – not even during elections when we should be most vigilant of its presence. read more

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Beyond a Shadow of Doubt: Political Certainty in Uncertain Times

The Chechen parliament has come under attack, with reports of fatalities, Russian news agencies say.

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Chechen parliament ‘under attack’