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WORLD XTRA

The purpose of Al Qaeda's latest video message is to get Muslims to hate Barack Obama. It didn't work.

RETAIL

Bargain hunters are headed online again this year. But will they really find cheaper prices?

RETAIL

Despite deep discounts, it's going to be a mean season for holiday shopping.

BY THE NUMBERS

The appetizers at your holiday party might be gone in a flash, but what you dipped into them won't soon disappear from your waistline.

INTERNATIONAL

Somalia's emboldened pirates are a growth industry

FOOD

Will scrambled eggs soon be ethically unacceptable?

THE ECONOMY

Can a pair of professors and their graduate students make the $700 billion bailout work?

INTERNATIONAL

Kenyan men recently released from an Ethiopian jail say U.S. intelligence officials interrogated them.

HEALTH CARE

Now, Mexican medicine. American companies are building hospitals south of the border to serve refugees from an ailing health-care system.

INTERNET

Citysearch was an early online success. Can it survive Web 2.0?

HEALTH

A dessert expert's tips on making holiday treats more healthful.

SOCIETY

At Thanksgiving, vegetarians and vegans object to the menu (and the heckling), while other relatives feel family traditions are being scorned.

HEALTH

What it's like to work in a flu vaccine factory

CULTURE

Why cities are changing laws to allow backyard poultry farming

U.S. POLITICS

The world rushes to capitalize on Obama's win.

INTERNATIONAL

China worries about a society at the breaking point

JUSTICE

He should not be stampeded into appeasing his global constituencies on Guantánamo Bay.

ESSAY

This NEWSWEEK editor's wedding has put him in the middle of the culture wars. Now, as he and his spouse wait to see if their marriage is valid, they wonder if history will be on their side.

 
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Winning is half the battle. A history of bumpy transitions.

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Conventionally speaking, I'm unhealthy. But perhaps it's time we redefined the word.

 
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STRATEGIES

Isn't it ironic: Xerox is hoping it can profit by teaching companies how to reduce their printing.

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