New power couple emerges in North Korea: Kim Jong-un's aunt and uncle. Gambian president brags of winning made-up awards, including an admiralship in Nebraska's Great Navy. Germany pays final debt for World War I: €69.9 million. Professional athletes' high salaries help them
Democrats up for reelection find distancing from Obama helps their chances for keeping their seats. The U.S. Postal Service may soon run out of cash, wants a 5.6% postage rate hike or $5 billion, or both. Across the country, the recession forced police departments to cut ranks--and
The recession forced New Yorkers to move; one in seven Americans now live in poverty. India attempts to improve governance by assigning identification numbers to each of its 1.2 billion citizens. New to New York, Joanne McNeil wonders if geolocation could actually be useful: by helping her retrace her
Iceland's former prime minister may become world's first leader tried for failing to prevent 2008's crash. We are not going to use a shroud of secrecy to excuse illegal behavior. Jann Wenner's Obama interview. More cuts, or higher taxes, may yet be
Germany moves to end conscription, originally intended to prevent a military state-within-a-state. I.R.S. will no longer mail paper instructions and forms for annual income tax returns. "I honestly believe the governor's lost interest in this budget...He's making movies, for
Fatah-Hamas reunion may appear, making Palestinian negotiators more legitimate, Israelis more resistant. Profile of South Africa's economic crisis--one-third of the workforce is idle, and half of blacks ages 15 to 34 are without work. Op: Regret isn't rational behavior, but an expression of
"You can go to a library for 35 years and never have to do anything and then have your retirement." Library outsourcing CEO can't make friends. Through several administrations, Woodward has become president ex officio--or at least reporter in chief. Deadline today! Tell us who
Rwanda thanked for leaving troops in Darfur despite its fury over report accusing Rwandan troops of genocide. More private contractors than soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2010; many were local civilians. Op: Tea partiers who venerate the Constitution are infantile, and they worship an ahistorical version. Gladwell: Social
Big Beer in California opposes marijuana legalization while microbrews and prison guards remain neutral. Dangerous succession gets under way in North Korea. Probably. Swiss politics nearly impossible to explain to outsiders--an attempt at translation. British football fans try to evict Liverpool FC's American owner by scaring away
President sends Nicaragua on vacation and reprints Constitution during absence, including new law to prevent anarchy. Russia's constitution protects politician's thievery and paying for sex. Ethiopian fighter pilots remain stranded in Kyrgyzstan after 20 years. Japanese consumers no longer understand the 1990s-era logic of saving/
