Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Tuesday's Top News: Afghanistan: How Well Is the U.S. Really Doing in Kandahar?

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Afghanistan: How Well Is the U.S. Really Doing in Kandahar?

By Jason Motlagh

The American military has been spinning the Kandahar campaign as a successful one. But maybe because it's no longer the Taliban's fighting season. What might spring bring?

Judging Bush: The Ex-President Begins His Media Blitz

By Massimo Calabresi

The hardest part of covering the White House is portraying the banality of the human being presiding at the heart of the sprawling executive branch of American government.

Israel Presses for a Tougher U.S. Line on Iran

By Tony Karon

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says sanctions are not working and urges a 'credible' threat of force against Tehran. President Obama's domestic political woes could play to Netanyahu's advantage

Conan Premiere: On Familiar Ground

By James Poniewozik

So I don't know if you've heard about it, but Conan O'Brien lost a job last January. No, I'm serious!

After the Pension Fight, Can Sarkozy Rebound?

By Bruce Crumley / Paris

With protests against pension reform flagging, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is looking to mend his relationship with public opinion -- starting with a Cabinet shuffle

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Top 10 Royals Who Would've Been Terrible On Facebook

Queen Elizabeth II has joined Facebook, and Her Majesty's page has already gotten more than 100,000 "likes." But past monarchs would not have done so well with social networking. TIME takes a look at royals whose Facebook pages would have been disastrous

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"It doesn't matter how people perceive me in England. And frankly, at times, it didn't matter."
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former U.S. president, commenting that the overseas opinion of his presidency is irrelevant because he believes that British lives were saved by his approval to waterboard terror suspects
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The War of the Olive Harvest: Palestinians vs. Settlers

By Karl Vick

In a West Bank village, Israeli settlers claiming historic ownership use an equally ancient technique to hurt their Palestinian neighbors. The battle over olive orchards

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