Monday, October 25, 2010

Monday's Top News: After the Midterms: How Obama Can Reboot

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After the Midterms: How Obama Can Reboot

By Mark Halperin

It is time for a new White House plan. Even the best case for Democrats in the midterms will leave President Barack Obama with the tarnish of repudiation and far fewer members of his own party with whom to work

Talks with the Taliban Still Face Many Hurdles

By Jason Motlagh / Kabul

Negotiations with the Taliban are the talk of the town. But there is little evidence that they are actually taking place. And few trust the would-be negotiators

Why India Can't Defeat Its Maoist Rebellion

By Jyoti Thottam / Dantewada

The Maoist Naxal rebellion is not just a violent and enduring insurgency. It also reflects India's failure to lift up its neediest people

The Eurotunnel Back on Track

By Bruce Crumley

Eurotunnel, once a paragon of bad projects, sees light in Europe's deregulating railroad sector

Diabetes Rates Expected to Soar

By Alice Park

Experts have been projecting a rise in diabetes cases for years now, owing largely to the growing number of overweight and obese individuals, who are at higher risk of developing the disease.

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By Michael Crowley

The NYT's excellent Peter Baker writes today about the silver lining for Barack Obama if the Congress should go Republican. A GOP Congress, after all, could be a useful foil for an embattled Democratic president (much as Bill Clinton stepped on the back of the Gingrich-Dole Congress as he climbed back to popularity after 1994). [...]

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Quotes of the Day

"Our rulers are too busy serving foreign masters and have not prioritized protecting the people and sacred places from terrorists."
MUFTI MUNEEBUR REHMAN,
a religious scholar, criticizes the government for not protecting Sufi tradition, after suspected extremists detonated a bomb outside a revered Islamic shrine in central Pakistan
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Can Britain's Conservatives Escape Thatcher's Legacy?

By Catherine Mayer

The Tories have worked hard to convince voters of their compassion but welfare cuts, announced at their annual conference, bring echoes of the party's bracing past

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