Pakistani Government Suspends License of ARY News
Date: 21 October 2014
By SALMAN MASOOD
Salman MASOOD
Pakistani government suspends license of ARY News, broadcast network that has been sharply critical of Prime Min Nawaz Sharif; move is widely criticized by rights groups and journalists.
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Latest Target of an Irascible Alaskan: A Student's Suicide
Date: 22 October 2014
By CARL HULSE
Carl HULSE
Representative Don Young, the 81-year-old Republican from Alaska, is taking irascible to new heights this election season.
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Washington Dish: Mark Leibovich on D.C. Dirt
Date: 22 October 2014
By SUSAN LEHMAN
Susan LEHMAN
The Chief National Correspondent for The New York Times Magazine answers questions on Washington culture.
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Nation’s Confidence Ebbs at a Steady Drip
Date: 22 October 2014
By PETER BAKER
Peter BAKER
News analysis; Americans' confidence in Pres Obama and federal agencies under him is eroding as government missteps and scandals mount; while government may be no more dysfunctional than in past, perception of its failures has been heightened by news media, social media and calculating efforts of partisans; impression of incompetence has come to shape dialogue leading up to midterm elections.
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Russia Today, Argentina Tomorrow
Date: 22 October 2014
By FABIÁN BOSOER and FEDERICO FINCHELSTEIN
Fabián BOSOER
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Ben Bradlee, Washington Editor and Watergate Warrior, Dies at 93
Date: 22 October 2014
By MARILYN BERGER
Marilyn BERGER
Ben Bradlee, who presided over The Washington Post’s Watergate reporting that led to fall of Pres Richard M Nixon and that stamped him in American culture as quintessential newspaper editor of his era, dies at age 93.
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Has Ebola Exposed a Strain of Racism?
Date: 21 October 2014
By HANNA KOZLOWSKA
Hanna KOZLOWSKA
The deadly Ebola virus made its way to the United States, and many ask whether the treatment and discourse about the disease are different for white and black patients.
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Some Good News on the Ebola Front
Date: 22 October 2014
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Editorial welcomes news that Nigeria and Senegal have been found to be free of Ebola, and 43 people in Texas linked to Liberian victim Thomas Eric Duncan have been cleared without falling ill; contends danger of outbreak affecting American public is very, very slight, and experience in Nigeria and Senegal shows that diligent responses can work.
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