A military force set up by the African Union to track down notorious Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony is being launched in South Sudan.

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African force set up to hunt Kony

President Joseph Kabila’s guards shot opposition protesters, killing 14, ahead of Monday’s election, a human rights group says, as the first official results are released.

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Kabila guards ‘shot protesters’

A woman was fatally stabbed Tuesday afternoon in an alley behind a Northeast Washington recreation center, possibly during a domestic dispute, D.C. police said. Officers were called to the 1200 block of Morse Street and found a 42-year-old woman with stab wounds near the Joseph H. Cole Recreation Center, just after 3 p.m.officials said. Police took one man into custody near the scene. Read full article > >

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Woman fatally stabbed near D.C. recreation center

Philadelphia organized-crime leader Joseph Ligambi, the “boss” of La Cosa Nostra, was arrested Monday by the FBI and charged with extortion and witness tampering. Ten others, including “underboss” Joseph Massamino, were arrested and indicted on some 50…

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Philadelphia Mob Boss Arrested

Grammy-award winning songwriter Joseph Brooks has died of an apparent suicide, New York police said Sunday. The songwriter, whose biggest hit was 1977′s “You Light Up My Life,” was awaiting trial on charges that he molested a woman in 2009. In January,…

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“As much as I didn’t want to kill him, I had to kill him,” Joseph C. Massino said of the 1999 death of Gerlando Sciascia.

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Ex-Mob Boss Tells Jury, Calmly, About Murders

Letter in response to Geoffrey C. Ward’s review of Joseph Lelyveld’s “Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India.”

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Letters: Great Soul

Writing in Vanity Fair, economist Joseph Stiglitz reminds us that, as crowds across the Middle East decry kleptocratic elites, a dramatic social transformation has taken place in the United States. . . .

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SCOTT HORTON—Stiglitz on the One Percent Nation

Cory Joseph’s mother did not have to persuade him to shovel snow. The basketball goal was part of the driveway in their Major Oaks neighborhood in Toronto.

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No Stranger to Pipelines, Texas Builds One to Canada

The takeaway from the Alexander Wang, Joseph Altuzarra, Daryl K and Prabal Gurung collections.

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New York Fashion Week: Fashion Review: The Best Amid the Blur

A 20-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of the murder of Joseph Cummins on Merseyside last month.

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Man arrested over street shooting

During New York Fashion Week, designers like Joseph Altuzarra must dazzle the press, satisfy retailers and answer their critics — and do it all over again a few months later.

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New York Fashion Week: Another Season, Another Show

These clever and oblique short stories, written over three decades, highlight the breadth and diversity of Joseph McElroy’s vision.

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Topological Fiction

Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, who is deeply unpopular among Democrats in Connectictut, has decided not to run for a fifth term.

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City Room: Lieberman Won’t Run for New Term in Senate

Senator Joseph Lieberman will not seek re-election in 2012, according to a person informed of his decision who spoke to The New York Times. He is set to announce his future plans on Wednesday. Lieberman, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats,…

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Lieberman Won’t Run Again