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Fed at full strength for first time since 2006 as Stein sworn in
WASHINGTON -- Jeremy C. Stein was sworn in Wednesday as the seventh member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, putting the panel at full strength for the first time since before the Great Recession hit. Stein, a Harvard economics professor and...
Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Entertainment Events, Federal Reserve, U.S. Senate
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Salon's charges of CIA ties to the Paris Review? Read skeptically
Jacket CopyA new and fascinating story in Salon makes connections between The Paris Review and the CIA -- and goes a little too far.... -
Egypt presidential race gets new twist: Mubarak-era figure surges
CAIRO — The race for Egypt's president is tightening as a surge by a former prime minister has raised fresh conspiracy theories that remnants of deposed leader Hosni Mubarak's regime are angling for power.
The first round of voting begins...Tags: Religion and Belief, Politics, Hosni Mubarak, Judges, Entertainment Events
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François Hollande: France's new 'Monsieur le Président'
World NowFrancois Hollande is sworn in Tuesday as France's new president. Hollande, who succeeds Nicolas Sarkozy, is France's first president from the Socialist Party in 17 years.... -
Rule of law? Not in China
The "deal" for Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng to leave China for legal study in the United States is not without pitfalls, but other outcomes could be worse. Even if Chinese authorities honor the promises apparently made to U.S. officials to let him...
Tags: Lawyers, Politics, China, Communist Party, Civil Rights
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Carlos Fuentes, 83, has died
Jacket CopyThe writer Carlos Fuentes has died in Mexico City at age 83. This week an interview was published in which he said he'd just finished a novel - and started a new one.... -
Open petition calls for Chinese leader's resignation
World NowIn the latest challenge to China’s embattled national security czar, a group of retired Communist Party officials in western China has released an open petition calling for his resignation.... -
LéaLA celebrates Spanish-language books this weekend
Jacket CopyThis weekend is the second annual LeaLA, a celebration of Spanish-language literature connected to the famed Guadalajara Book Festival.... -
Carlos Fuentes, Latin American literary giant, dies in Mexico
World NowThe prize-winning writer Carlos Fuentes, modern Mexico’s greatest novelist and indefatigable author of screenplays, stories and often-scolding commentaries, died Tuesday at a hospital in Mexico City. He was 83.... -
Carlos Fuentes dies at 83; Mexican novelist
If Carlos Fuentes could have invented the perfect character to star in one of his novels, he might have come up with a protagonist named Carlos Fuentes. That character would be a glamorous global citizen who was born in Panama as a diplomat's son, then...
Tags: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Communist Party, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment Events, Literature
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Hail to the 'not now' president
If you're looking for a two-word summary of how the administration is approaching some key foreign policy issues, from Iran to Syria, there's no better description than "not now." Barring some unexpected turn that forces the president's hand, there...
Tags: Republican Party, Iran's Nuclear Program, Politics, Osama bin Laden, Israel
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Letters: In defense of Jimmy Carter
Re "Romney's jab misses the mark," Editorial, May 4 I have been troubled by Mitt Romney's apparent need to make snide remarks about others, including Jimmy Carter. President Carter did many things that we still benefit from: the Camp David accords; the...Tags: Entertainment Events, Mitt Romney, Jimmy Carter
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