Monday, September 6, 2010

Monday's Top News: Panic in Afghanistan: The Angry Run on Kabul Bank

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Panic in Afghanistan: The Angry Run on Kabul Bank

By Jason Motlagh / Kabul

The government insists there is no reason for anxiety but the depositors outside Afghanistan's largest bank are implacable. They want their money back

Obama's Next Economic Plan: Don't Use the S Word!

By Michael Grunwald

The President is coming up with programs and plans that sound just like additional stimulus. Just don't call it stimulus!

Europe's Debt Crisis: Here We Go Again?

By Michael Schuman

About six weeks ago, there was some seriously gleeful backslapping going on in Europe...

Trucking in the U.S.A.: Where the Accent is Russian

By Pat Dawson / Billings

Immigrants from the old Eastern bloc seem to be clustering around the trucking industry, bringing with it a set of cultural and legal problems

How Pakistan's Floods Have Made Women Too Visible

By Rania Abouzeid / Nowshera

The public mixing of the genders is leading to enormous tension and fear that violence may break out as men try to defend conservative ideas of honor

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Will Bureaucracy Fell Spain's One-Man Cathedral?

By Andrés Cala

For the past 40 years, Justo Gallego has dedicated his days to single-handedly building a full-size cathedral. But at 85, Gallego will never finish his project -- and an issue with building permits could force officials to tear down his life's work

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