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Congress kicks the can
US Senate, Washington, DC 20016, USA But we've also had some better-than-expected fiscal news, and that has taken the pressure off Congress. Last month, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that this year's deficit will amount to a mere $642 billion, down 24% from its earlier forecast of $845 billion. And Standard & Poor's has even upgraded the federal government's ...
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Russias family values experiment
The Kremlin has just issued a 12-year plan to address Russia's demographic crisis - that is, its high mortality rate and low birthrate. Buoyed apparently by a recent rise in the birthrate - 1.9 million Russian children were born in 2012, compared with 1.2 million in 1992 - the country has announced that it will give bonuses to families that have more than two children and will provide ...
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Morrison Evgeny Morozov Internet Cassandra
Evgeny Morozov, 27, originally from Belarus, is the author of a new book called "To Save Everything, Click Here." Above: Morozov recently participated in a debate at ...
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Op-Ed Columnist Of Rats and Hit Men
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Editorial The Taliban Agree to Talk
The Taliban, more used to lobbing mortars and laying improvised explosive devices on the battlefields of Afghanistan, used a televised address in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday to declare their interest in a negotiated peace agreement. After nearly three years of stumbling starts, the announcement counts as a breakthrough of sorts. Given ...
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Op-Ed Columnist Postcard From Turkey
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Editorial Details on Spying Not More Assurances
Battered by weeks of criticism about surveillance abuses, President Obama has embarked on a reassurance offensive. The spy programs have been used narrowly, he said on ...
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Op-Ed Contributors How to End the Stalemate With Iran
THE stunning election of a pragmatic former Iranian nuclear negotiator, Hassan Rowhani, has offered the Obama administration a once-in-a-lifetime chance to end the atomic stalemate with Iran. In the West, Mr Rowhani is widely seen as a turbaned politico from inside the establishment. One of us has worked for him directly, as his deputy in nuclear talks. The other has conducted research ...
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Op-Ed Contributor Our Genes Their Secrets
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Op-Ed Contributor Surviving the Next Gulf Oil Spill
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Editorial Reading is fundamental
ENJOY the summer break, but don’t forget to pick up a book - often. Summer is a good time to help the very youngest kids hold onto basic literacy skills. Tweens and teens can curl up with a book without fear of having to write a report about it. A collective "hooray" echoing around Puget Sound signals the end of the school year, but the prospect of students falling ...
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Editorial Quit paying salary of SPD union president
The city of Seattle’s contract with the Seattle Police Officers’ Guild should be reopened, as soon as it is signed, to end paying the president’s ...
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Letter Unpaid Internships
To the Editor: An unpaid internship the summer after freshman year of college was one of the most valuable experiences of my life. I developed useful skills, built my résumé and learned I loved working for nonprofit public interest groups. Because of that summer, I applaud Judge William H. Pauley ...
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Letter Unpaid Internships
To the Editor: An unpaid internship the summer after freshman year of college was one of the most valuable experiences of my life. I developed useful skills, built my résumé and learned I loved working for nonprofit public interest groups. Because of that summer, I applaud Judge William H. Pauley ...
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Letter Unpaid Internships
To the Editor: An unpaid internship the summer after freshman year of college was one of the most valuable experiences of my life. I developed useful skills, built my résumé and learned I loved working for nonprofit public interest groups. Because of that summer, I applaud Judge William H. Pauley ...
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Letter Unpaid Internships
To the Editor: An unpaid internship the summer after freshman year of college was one of the most valuable experiences of my life. I developed useful skills, built my résumé and learned I loved working for nonprofit public interest groups. Because of that summer, I applaud Judge William H. Pauley ...
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Letter Unpaid Internships
To the Editor: An unpaid internship the summer after freshman year of college was one of the most valuable experiences of my life. I developed useful skills, built my résumé and learned I loved working for nonprofit public interest groups. Because of that summer, I applaud Judge William H. Pauley ...
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Letter Competition and Jobs
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Letter Competition and Jobs
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Letter Competition and Jobs
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Letter Competition and Jobs
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Letter Protecting Your Privacy
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Letter Competition and Jobs
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Letters Developing Drugs for Rare Diseases
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Letter Delay of a Lifesaving Rule
To the Editor: The ability of the Office of Management and Budget to delay important federal agency regulations goes beyond energy efficiency standards for household appliances ...
Turkmenistan Featured
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Turkmenistan's new olympic development could be blessing or curse
Work has finally begun on the massive Ashgabat Olympic complex development, a US $5 billion project that aims to enhance the standing of the capital city when Turkmenistan makes a bid to host the Olympic Games.
The sports complex being built in Ashgabat will be the largest and most state-of-the-art of its kind in Central Asia, underscoring Turkmenistan’s position as a regional power due to the country’s extensive natural gas and oil reserves, while its completion will also illustrate the growing presence of the country in the international community. Read more
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