Vladislav Surkov was once one of the president's most influential and deft advisers. His forced resignation suggests the Kremlin may be pursuing blunter ways of manipulating the political landscape.
On his first official trip abroad, Venezuela's new leader is visiting Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil. But a domestic dispute over the legality of Maduro's presidential victory drags on at home.
BY YU HUA
fines (penalties)
taxation
china
law and legislation
Wacky and arbitrary rules and laws demonstrate the arrogance of power in China.
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BY CHARLES ISHERWOOD
attic theater co
notebook of trigorin (play)
braza
laura
theater
williams
tennessee
The Attic Theater Company is presenting Tennessee Williams’s “Notebook of Trigorin,” his adaptation of “The Seagull,” for the first time in New York
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BY ERIK ECKHOLM
abortion
video recordings and downloads
live action
carhart
leroy h
The group that released the tape, Live Action, claims remarks made by a prominent provider of late-term procedures were inhumane.
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BY CAROL VOGEL
auctions
art
manhattan (nyc)
sotheby's|bid|nyse
christie's
The total for the sale of Impressionist and modern art was $158.5 million, well below the high estimate.
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united states
russia
assad
bashar al-
cameron
david
batteries
middle east and north africa unrest (2010- )
obama
barack
missiles and missile defense systems
great britain
The delivery of the Russian S-300 missile batteries would represent a major qualitative advancement in Syria’s air defenses.
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A solution to Syria’s civil war depends heavily on Russia’s willingness to stop enabling President Bashar al-Assad.
About 120,000 Syrians are calling the tents and trailers of the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan home for the foreseeable future.
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walt disney company|dis|nyse
Highlights from the IHT archives.
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BY TRIP GABRIEL, SERGE F. KOVALESKI AND EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS
castro
ariel
cleveland (ohio)
kidnapping
Ariel Castro, who is accused of holding three women captive for a decade, kept his head down during his first court appearance on Thursday.
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A judge ordered Ariel Castro, the man accused in the kidnapping of three women and a young child, to be held on $8 million bail, $2 million for each case, on Thursday morning.
New details have continued to emerge about the women’s years in captivity. Read the latest Times report below.
$8 Million Bail for Cleveland Kidnapping Suspect
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Ariel Casto, who is accused of holding three women captive for a decade, kept his head down during his first court appearance on Thursday.
New details have continued to emerge about the women’s years in captivity. Read the latest Times report below.
$8 Million Bail for Cleveland Kidnapping Suspect
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Ariel Casto, who is accused of holding three women captive for a decade, kept his head down during his first court appearance on Thursday.
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US Secretary of State Kerry and Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov say they hope to convene an international conference on Syria later in May. The US has also stepped up humanitarian aid.
Look back on the life and work of Ottavio Missoni, whose signature zigzag stitches became a status symbol for the ultra-wealthy and whose namesake fashion label was considered the height of Italian sophistication for decades.
Ottavio Missoni, Patriarch Who Made Zigzag High Fashion, Is Dead at 92
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Mr. Missoni’s easily recognizable multicolored knits became an insider status symbol for the ultra-wealthy.
Ottavio Missoni, Patriarch Who Made Zigzag High Fashion, Is Dead at 92
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Mr. Missoni’s easily recognizable multicolored knits became an insider status symbol for the ultra-wealthy.
BY ASHLEY PARKER
senate
senate committee on the judiciary
united states politics and government
illegal immigration
immigration and emigration
law and legislation
Lawmakers are considering more than 300 amendments to legislation to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, keeping an eye out for “poison pills” intended to thwart the bill. 
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A growing number of parents and their children, facing poor job prospects, are going into business together. Would you join in on the “dad/grad trend”?
With Bleak Job Prospects, Parents and Their Children Buy Into Franchises
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Some unemployed parents and their children, who have an entrepreneurial spirit but lack the experience or capital to start a business alone, are deciding to join forces.
With Bleak Job Prospects, Parents and Their Children Buy Into Franchises
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Some unemployed parents and their children, who have an entrepreneurial spirit but lack the experience or capital to start a business alone, are deciding to join forces.
The United States does not want Russia to sell weapons to Syria and has opposed transfers of missile systems to the country in the past because of the threat to Israel, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday.
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terrorism
tsarnaev
dzhokhar a
federal bureau of investigation
police
tsarnaev
tamerlan
boston marathon bombings (2013)
davis
edward
Police Commissioner Edward Davis said that had his department learned about the Russian tip on Tamerlan Tsarnaev, “we would certainly look at the individual.”
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A new Pentagon study shows that the number of sexual assaults reported by members of the military rose from 3,192 to 3,374 in 2012, while the department estimates that as many as 26,000 service members were assaulted, based on anonymous surveys, officials said Tuesday.
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The "little blue pill," one of the most counterfeited drugs in the world, is now being sold directly on the Pfizer Web site. Do you think more drug makers should follow suit, especially for products that treat conditions carrying social stigmas, such as weight loss?
Facing Black Market, Pfizer Sells Viagra on Web
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The drug maker will now sell its billion-dollar erectile dysfunction drug, among the world’s most counterfeited, directly to men with a doctor’s prescription.
Facing Black Market, Pfizer Sells Viagra on Web
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The drug maker will now sell its billion-dollar erectile dysfunction drug, among the world’s most counterfeited, directly to men with a doctor’s prescription.
Police and investigators said that they were slowly starting to unravel the thread of events that led up to the escape of the women who disappeared about a decade ago in Cleveland.
Suspect in Cleveland Kidnapping Had Contact With Police
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The authorities had been called two times to a house where three young women who had disappeared about a decade ago were found.
Suspect in Cleveland Kidnapping Had Contact With Police
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The authorities had been called two times to a house where three young women who had disappeared about a decade ago were found.
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
emerson electric company|emr|nyse
standard & poor's 500-stock index
jpmorgan chase & company|jpm|nyse
stocks and bonds
The Dow Jones industrial average has increased about 15 percent in 2013, with other indexes showing strong gains, too. 
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BY SCOTT SHANE
terrorism
diplomatic service
embassies and consulates
state department
house committee on oversight and government reform
benghazi (libya)
As lawmakers take up the deadly 2012 assault, an update on why the episode has become such a political flash point.
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BY ANDREW ROSENTHAL
central intelligence agency
torture
zero dark thirty (movie)
interrogations
featured posts
boal
mark
bin laden
osama
How the agency shaped “Zero Dark Thirty.”
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