* Military folk keep their jobs secret to avoid hero-worship, being looked on as victims, or simply the questions. * Pakistan's PM says "no more business as usual" with U.S. after NATO aircraft kill two dozen Pakistan troops. * Publishers quite aware that, for the first time
* Interactive history in photographs of recent uprisings in the Middle East. * Voters line up in Egypt, beginning an election timetable that lasts until March. * China has many female entrepreneurs and high-flying managers, though male attitudes about family haven't changed. * Beijing graffiti advertises jobs. * Drought in the South
* State Dept. fingers Egypt's military rulers—"a government in power that the U.S. largely supports." * Story of the American torturer on trial in Guadalupe that's being ignored by the American media. * Q&A with the new Times comedy critic. * For female writers,
* Latitude mystery in Europe—why high unemployment, low productivity, low investment are mostly found in the south. * South African legislators pass secrets bill to protect corrupt officials from press scrutiny. * Putin's secretary says boos were for an American fighter, not Putin; Russians tell American fighter, No, we were
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* U.S. embassy in Beijing embarrassed by private groups' ability to out-produce cultural exchanges. * Pictures of the ongoing meme "Casually pepper spraying everything cop." * Making a meme of pepper-spray cop doesn't trivialize the event—it spreads the news. * Other things the internet can
* Tahrir Square braces for crowds as protests in Egyptian cities enter fourth day of demonstrations. * Q&A for Egypt's new protests. * "Every cycle, the U.S. political system becomes more polarized and more dysfunctional, at greater human cost." * The chances of anyone existing are one
* Following acknowledgment that recent Greek-jug dive was staged, Putin booed in martial arts ring. * When torture becomes another political choice, the debate becomes an empirical one about whether it works. * The problem with French employees isn't that they're work-shy, but poorly managed. * Design notes
* At least 20 dead, 1,750 injured as clashes resume in Cairo. * Origin story of Occupy Wall Street. * Attempt to define why some music—Bon Iver, Wilco, the National—is so damn boring. * Profile of prolific session bass player, who appeared on more than 10,000 tracks, Carol Kaye. * Homage
* Gaddafi's son and heir Seif-Al Islam said to be captured in Libya. * Posing nude for freedom, Egyptian blogger ends up stoking conservative sentiment ahead of next week's elections. * Following iconic photo of pepper-sprayed protestors, the iconic video from UC Davis. * In case you missed
