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U.S. and Israel: Still No Consensus on Pressuring Iran

By Tony Karon

The Defense Secretary pushes back on Israeli calls for the U.S. to threaten to bomb Iran if Tehran remains defiant. But the exchange highlights President Obama's challenge in finding a workable Iran policy

Should the Spanish Government Close Franco's Tomb?

By Lisa Abend

This weekend, Francisco Franco devotees who make the annual trip to his tomb in the Valley of the Fallen will find the basilica closed. The government says it's making necessary renovations, but some believe it's a ploy to shut the site forever

Who Needs Marriage? A Changing Institution

By Belinda Luscombe

The state of our unions is shifting in unexpected ways. A TIME/Pew special report shows how income, age and experience alter our chances of wedded bliss

The Death of Gregory Isaacs: Jamaica Mourns a Reggae Legend

By Pat Roxborough-Wright / Kingston

Reggae did not end with Bob Marley's passing three decades ago. The tradition and legacy of the music continued in the hands and voice of Isaacs, who died last month in London. This weekend, the country will stage the equivalent of a state funeral for him

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By Michael Crowley

This is startling--and more than a little discouraging: KABUL — Afghans in two crucial southern provinces are almost completely unaware of the September 11 attacks on the United States and don't know they precipitated the foreign intervention now in its 10th year, a new report showed on Friday... Few Afghans in Helmand and Kandahar provinces, Taliban [...]

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"To be blunt, I had no interest in their campaigns other than being kind to longtime friends."
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The Eternal City's Residents Fight Graffiti

By Stephan Faris

Volunteers have taken on the challenge of ridding the city's walls of graffiti, doing what their leaders can't [EM] or won't [EM] do. The Eternal City's residents join a fight against grime

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