ATHENS — Homeward bound after the Trojan War, Odysseus of Greek myth had to pick a path through seas harboring a monster with six heads and a whirlpool that digested ships whole. Now, whether modern Greece exits the euro — potentially triggering global economic turmoil in the process — depends on the tough choices of Ivi Moreti and her 11 million countrymen. Read full article > >

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World on their shoulders, Greeks face epic choice

SEOUL — For much of the previous decade, South Korean leaders encouraged private companies to do business with the authoritarian North, seeing the joint ventures as a chance for both profitmaking and peacemaking. But South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has used a series of increasingly aggressive measures to cut off those deals, in the process forcing South Korean companies into bankruptcy and leaving business executives bitter about Seoul’s policy U-turn. Read full article > >

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South Korea’s businesses pay the price for Lee’s tough policy toward the North

Lawyers for the five men charged complained that the process was rigged to lead to the execution of their clients.

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Lawyers Say Hearing for 9/11 Defendants Was Rigged

Japan begins the process of shutting down its last nuclear reactor, leaving the country without any nuclear power for the first time since 1970.

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Japan closes last nuclear reactor

The Blue Knights consortium seeking to gain control of Rangers says it is “stepping back” from the process.

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Blue Knights steps back from Gers

NBC has completed its investigation into the mishandling of the police dispatcher’s conversation with George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin case . And the process ends with a finding of error, plus an apology. Here is the statement just issued by the network: Read full article > >

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NBC issues apology on Zimmerman tape screw-up

Mary Ellen Mark has been shooting with the 20×24 Polaroid Land Camera for about 15 years. In an interview about “Prom,” her new book, she talked about the process.

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Egypt’s liberal MPs walk out of a vote to choose a panel drafting a new constitution over fears Islamists will monopolise the process.

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Egypt liberals boycott panel vote

Established nonprofit schools in New York are more likely to hold off until junior year, while some newer for-profit schools begin the process in ninth grade.

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College Hunt Starts Earlier at New N.Y.C. Private Schools

More than two full months into the presidential nominating season, Rick Santorum’s campaign still has little of the slickness that many presidential campaigns exhibit by this time in the process.

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Santorum Sticks to a Bare-Bones Style

General Manager George McPhee has never been shy about making moves to try to improve the Washington Capitals at the trade deadline. In fact, he considers it part of the process in trying to put together a team that will play its best hockey in the spring. Read full article > >

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NHL trade deadline: For Capitals, no news might mean bad news

True democracy is not created overnight. Society must be ready for democratic mechanisms. The majority of the population must feel they are citizens and be ready to devote attention, time and effort to participating in the process of government. Read full article > >

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My vision for a better Russia

Facebook will begin the process of becoming a publicly-listed company this week, valuing the social networking site at between $75bn and $100bn, reports suggest.

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Facebook ‘prepares to go public’

A British woman tells how she escaped the Costa Concordia cruise ship after it ran aground and lost her husband’s ashes in the process.

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Widow lost ashes in ship ‘chaos’

The man suspected of slashing young women’s buttocks as they shopped at Fairfax County shopping malls last year has been arrested in Peru, police said Saturday. Authorities said they did not have any details of the arrest but confirmed that Johnny D. Guillen Pimentel, 40, was in custody in Peru and that police were “just starting the process of working with federal and international authorities to return him back to Fairfax County,” said Officer Shelley Broderick, a Fairfax County police spokeswoman, in a statement. Read full article > >

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Suspected mall slasher arrested in Peru