By MICHAEL R. GORDON
A celebrated defector is no longer optimistic that the United States has the will to stop the abuses committed by the Assad government.
Published: October 31, 2014 at 08:00PM
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Month: October 2014
Blaise Compaoré Resigns as Burkina Faso’s President, and a General Assumes Power by HERVÉ TAOKO and ALAN COWELL
By HERVÉ TAOKO and ALAN COWELL
Mr. Compaoré quit as violent protests to his 27-year reign in the West African nation showed no signs of winding down.
Published: October 31, 2014 at 08:00PM
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Contested Holy Site in Jerusalem Reopens for Muslim Worship by JODI RUDOREN and SAID GHAZALI
By JODI RUDOREN and SAID GHAZALI
Police officers were out in force and restricted access to the site, known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, barring men under 50.
Published: October 31, 2014 at 08:00PM
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Braving Ebola by Photographs by DANIEL BEREHULAK
By Photographs by DANIEL BEREHULAK
The men and women of one Ebola clinic in rural Liberia reflect on life inside the gates.
Published: October 30, 2014 at 08:00PM
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Malala Yousafzai Donates Prize Money to Rebuild Gaza School by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Pakistani teenager who shared the Nobel Peace Prize this year donated $50,000 from another award to rebuild a United Nations school damaged in the war between Israel and Hamas.
Published: October 30, 2014 at 08:00PM
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Liberia’s Ebola Crisis Puts President in Harsh Light by HELENE COOPER
By HELENE COOPER
As Liberia’s first elected leader after a devastating civil war, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has pushed the country to economic growth, but gains have been halted by the Ebola outbreak.
Published: October 30, 2014 at 08:00PM
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Sunni Tribesmen Say ISIS Exacts Brutal Revenge by BEN HUBBARD
By BEN HUBBARD
Islamic State militants have killed scores of members of an Iraqi Sunni tribe that fought them for months, tribal leaders and officials said.
Published: October 30, 2014 at 08:00PM
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Husband’s Arrest in India Tests Colonial-Era Sex Law by RAKSHA KUMAR and ELLEN BARRY
By RAKSHA KUMAR and ELLEN BARRY
A man accused of having extramarital sex with men was charged with violating an 1861 law that India’s Supreme Court reinstated last December.
Published: October 30, 2014 at 08:00PM
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The Area That Was Closed by Israel in the Old City by Unknown Author
By Unknown Author
Sacred to Christians, Jews and Muslims, the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City has long been a flash point in the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
Published: October 29, 2014 at 08:00PM
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New Russian Boldness Revives a Cold War Tradition: Testing the Other Side by DAVID E. SANGER and NICOLE PERLROTH
By DAVID E. SANGER and NICOLE PERLROTH
A breach of a White House computer system and military flights skirting NATO territory could be “message-sending by Putin, and it’s dangerous.”
Published: October 30, 2014 at 08:00PM
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