Displaying youthful vigor, Henrique Capriles sprang from his campaign van in the center of this farm-belt town on a recent day, leading his followers on a sprint along narrow streets. Teenage girls mobbed him, mothers wanted to talk about better schools, and unemployed workers asked about jobs. And some even told him: You look like Hugo Chavez did in 1998, the way you energize your followers. Read full article > >

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The biggest New York City hotel operators have agreed to a contract that will give workers, among other things, security devices that would summon help if hotel staff encounter danger in a guest’s room.

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IN THE FALL of 2010, the Obama administration acknowledged a shocking truth: From 1946 through 1948, officials working in Guatemala for the U.S. Public Health Service conducted tests on some 5,100 unwitting individuals and deliberately infected at least 1,300 with sexually transmitted diseases. None of the victims — who included prisoners, soldiers, the mentally ill and commercial sex workers — consented to this barbaric treatment. At least 83 people died, and many suffered permanent damage. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: The U.S. must do more for Guatemala over STD study

Moments after the energetic Madonna entertained fans during the halftime show at Sunday's Super Bowl, millions of television viewers got an emotional jolt back into reality. Amid the close-up shots of factory workers and Midwest families, were there political undertones in Chrysler's Super Bowl ad?

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Politics buried in Eastwood’s ad?

Egyptian investigating judges on Sunday referred 43 NGO workers, including 19 Americans, to trial before a criminal court for allegedly being involved in banned activities and illegally receiving foreign funds, security officials said.

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Egypt Sends 43 NGO Workers to Trial Over Funds

Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry wins praise for his honesty and openness about his agency’s failure to develop a well-functioning retirement system for federal employees. But he shouldn’t count on that lasting long. Read full article > >

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Retired federal workers wait for system fix

But Beijing doubts rescue of kidnapped workers.

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Sudan: 14 Chinese Freed

The Sudanese military said on Monday morning that it freed 14 kidnapped Chinese workers who were captured over the weekend by Sudanese rebels.

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Sudan Says It Has Freed 14 Kidnapped Chinese Workers

Since it began a decade ago , the federal government’s massive investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks has been plagued by missteps and complications. Investigators initially focused on the wrong man, then had to pay him a nearly $6 million settlement . In 2008, they accused another man, Bruce E. Ivins, who killed himself before he could go to trial. Read full article > >

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Justice Dept. takes on itself in probe of 2001 anthrax attacks

JACMEL, HAITI — A couple of rumpled aid workers were sucking down a Sunday morning beer at the Hotel Florita here when the minister of tourism rolled to the curb, followed by the interior minister with body guards toting AR-15s, and then the star of the show, New York fashion designer Donna Karan of DKNY. Read full article > >

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Haiti dreams of tourism revival

The Washington Monument will probably remain closed until well into next year as workers repair earthquake damage, officials said Thursday. The repairs on the shuttered monument are unlikely to start until late summer at the earliest, the National Park Service said. Read full article > >

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Washington Monument to remain closed until next year

With 16 people still listed as missing after a cruise ship capsized near an Italian island, rescue workers searched the luxury liner on Sunday for survivors and found three.

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Death Toll Rises to 6 in Italian Cruise Ship Accident

Labour leader Ed Miliband defends his party’s decision to support a pay freeze for public sector workers, despite union criticism.

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Some New Yorkers, among them musicians and night workers, seek the quiet of dim, dark apartments.

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Dark New York Apartments That Aren’t for Vampires Only

Unions accuse Labour of failing to speak up for “ordinary people” after Ed Balls indicates it will support a pay freeze for public sector workers.

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