A top girls’ school is planning a “failure week” to teach pupils to embrace risk, build resilience and learn from their mistakes.

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Top girls learn value of failure

Egypt began three days of official mourning Thursday after at least 73 people were killed in a soccer brawl that underscored the government’s failure to re-establish order.

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Clashes in Egypt as Mourners Unleash Fury Over Soccer Melee

Federal investigators have concluded that supervisors at Dover Air Force Base retaliated against four civilian whistleblowers after they reported missing body parts and other failures at the mortuary that handles America’s war dead. Read full article > >

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Dover mortuary whistleblowers suffered retaliation, say investigators

Santorum calls Obama a “colossal failure.”

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Candidates Discuss Foreign Policy

The failure of an Arab League mission and a government as defiant as its opposition is in disarray have thrust Syria into what increasingly looks like a protracted and chaotic conflict.

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Syria, in Deep Crisis, May Be Slipping Out of Control

By this stage of the GOP race, when the votes start tumbling in and the lesser players start tumbling out, we have read most of what there is to know about the six men—and they are indeed now all men—who aim to become the Republican nominee. We’ve read about their political successes and failures. We’ve learned about their families and their backgrounds. We know the quirky tidbits of their lives: Rick Santorum briefly lobbied for the World Wrestling Federation. Ron Paul doesn’t wear his seat belt . Newt Gingrich has an odd fascination with zoos . Read full article > >

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The GOP candidates’ best leadership traits

The failure to qualify for the Republican primary ballot in Virginia poses several problems for Newt Gingrich’s campaign.

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Gingrich’s Ballot Miss Could Shake Voters’ Confidence

Russia’s recent poor launch record continues with yet another Soyuz rocket failure.

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Another Soyuz rocket launch fails

Hemophilia B is the first well-known disease to appear treatable by gene therapy, a technique with a 20-year record of almost unbroken failure.

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Hemophilia B Gene Therapy Breakthrough

In the disaster that remains of the supercommittee’s failure to achieve a budget compromise may lie some seeds of life for the Democrats. As Ed points out , Republicans, uncharacteristically, are opposing a tax cut, specifically an extension of a cut in the employee share of payroll taxes. If they push this position, President Obama will have a field day as they step into his trap. Read full article > >

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Obama’s trap for Republicans

Republican presidential candidates and conservative action groups are already spending heavily on television advertising aimed at casting President Obama as a failure.

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Television Attack Ads Aim at Obama Early and Often

Former England boss Martin Johnson defends his regime following leaked reports into their World Cup failure.

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Johnson defends World Cup regime

Former England boss Martin Johnson defends his regime following leaked reports into their World Cup failure.

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Johnson defends World Cup regime

Democrats are unanimous in charging that the debt-reduction supercommittee collapsed because Republicans refused to raise taxes. Apparently, Republicans are in the thrall of one Grover Norquist, the anti-tax campaigner, whom Sen. John Kerry called “the 13th member of this committee without being there.” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid helpfully suggested “maybe they should impeach Grover Norquist.” Read full article > >

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The Grover Norquist tax myth

Rob Andrew admits English rugby has hit “rock bottom” following the leak of damning reports into their World Cup failure.

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RFU has hit rock bottom – Andrew