New Fraud Cases Point to Lapses in Iraq Projects

By JAMES GLANZ

Chaos, weak oversight and wide use of cash payments in the Iraq reconstruction program allowed Americans who took bribes to get off scot-free.

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Issue of Presidency Endangers Iraq’s Tenuous Balance

By ANTHONY SHADID and SAM DAGHER

In negotiations, the presidency has emerged as a growing quarrel, threatening to upset Iraq’s ambiguous arrangements of sect, ethnicity and power.

Times Topics: Iraq

In Escobedo on Friday, Mexican forces detained wounded men suspected of belonging to a drug gang that had been in a shootout.

Fearing Drug Cartels, Reporters in Mexico Retreat

By MARC LACEY

Attacks on the media along the border with the U.S. have resulted in what amounts to a news blackout.

Vatican Sees Campaign Against the Pope

By RACHEL DONADIO and NICHOLAS KULISH

The Vatican decried what it said was an aggressive campaign against Pope Benedict XVI in his native Germany over a sexual abuse scandal.

Timeline: Abuse Case

Obama and Medvedev Talk About Arms Treaty

By PETER BAKER

President Obama and President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia moved closer to an agreement on a treaty that would slash both countries’ active nuclear arsenals.

Some Palestinian Jordanians Lose Citizenship

By MICHAEL SLACKMAN

A Human Rights Watch report said 2,700 people lost citizenship from 2004 to 2008 and more were vulnerable.

Times Topics: Jordan

Joseba Arrue, left, plays Basque pelota in Caracas, where he emigrated as a child from Spain.

Arrests in Europe Expose ETA’s Ties to Venezuela

By SIMON ROMERO and ANDRÉS CALA

A shadowy underworld of Basque exiles in Caracas is under scrutiny after an indictment from a Spanish judge.

Times Topics: ETA | Venezuela

The Russian men's biathlon relay team won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games last month, but in general, Russia was deeply disappointed by the performances of its Olympic athletes.

Its Sports Empire Crumbling, Russia Scrambles

By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ

A new anxiety is gripping Russia: if its athletes perform as badly as they did in the Vancouver Winter Olympics, the country could be humiliated at home in Sochi in 2014.

Times Topics: Russia

Explosions Rock Afghan City, Killing Dozens

By ALISSA J. RUBIN

Two of the attacks occurred near Kandahar’s police headquarters and prison, while the other targets were still unclear, officials said.

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DICTATOR General Augusto Pinochet took power in a 1973 coup that ousted the socialist government of Salvador Allende.

After the Earthquake, a Military Chile Can Love Again

By LARRY ROHTER

Even during Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s bloody rule, his countrymen admired the ideal of order and flocked to the big parades.

So Let’s Say Iran Gets the Bomb...

By DAVID E. SANGER

Whatever Washington would wish, Tehran may soon have a nuclear bomb. A debate is growing: Can containment of Iran work?

Africa’s Gift to Silicon Valley: How to Track a Crisis

By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS

A small Kenyan-born Web site called Ushahidi is bringing crowdsourcing to disaster relief and other humanitarian causes.

From the Book Review

'Black Hearts'

By JIM FREDERICK
Reviewed by JOSHUA HAMMER

A riveting account of the flawed leadership, bad luck and virulent personalities that led to the 2006 murder of an entire Iraqi family by American soldiers.