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Haley Barbour: GOP Kingmaker or Candidate?

By Mark Halperin

Haley Barbour is having a very good 2010. Does that mean he'll be ripe for 2012?

The New Health Care Rules: What They Will and Won't Do

By Kate Pickert

The Obama Administration is banking on a massive public education campaign about a set of insurance regulations that kick in today to increase support for health reform

Farce Threatens as Athletes Pull Out of India's Showcase Games

By Sumon K. Chakrabarti / New Delhi

Officials had promised a world-class Commonwealth Games to announce New Delhi's arrival as a global capital, but concerns over hygiene and safety have cast India in an unflattering light

The Silence on Iran...From Obama's Critics

By Massimo Calabresi

Barack Obama and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will deliver speeches at the United Nations General Assembly in New York Thursday, but it's more interesting to note who isn't speaking about Iran this week: critics of Obama's "dual-track" diplomatic approach

The Stumbling Blocks to a Big GOP Win

By Joe Klein

Perhaps, but a much fiercer battle for primacy inside the Republican Party is already under way

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By Massimo Calabresi

Presidents Barack Obama and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will deliver speeches at the United Nations General Assembly in New York Thursday, but it's more interesting to note who isn't speaking about Iran this week: critics of the Obama administration's “dual-track” diplomatic approach to the Islamic Republic. These critics traditionally fall into three categories—American conservatives and neoconservatives, Israelis, [...]

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Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps proves once again that bad titles also get little rest. TIME takes a look at some of the worst sequel names in film history.

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"He is a skilled killer who should be put on trial for killing women and children."
MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD,
Iranian President, lashes out at Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in an interview with CNN's Larry King
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For Britain's Lib Dems, Power Has its Problems

By Catherine Mayer / Liverpool

The Liberal Democrats' annual party conference shows that the junior partner in Britain's government coalition is still adjusting to finally being in office. But has the deal with the Conservatives forever tainted the Lib Dem dream?

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