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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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Headlines for Monday, November 9, 2009

Afternoon Edition

Old but elegant Christoph Niemann illustrated article about the fall of the Berlin Wall.

“Walled In,” an animated recreation of the Wall’s anatomy.

Lovely then-and-now views of Berlin by the Times (see also: reader pictures, five Guardian films).

Al Qaeda’s magazine division offers two titles, The Echo of Battle and The Echo of Jihad.

Instapaper for the commute: Hersh on Pakistan’s nukes.

In today’s gallery: Pakistan Now.

China offers Africa $10 billion for oil and minerals; African critics lament conditions at Chinese-run mines and the flood of Chinese goods.

Video: People count cash differently in different regions.

Xenophobic British National Party steals web design from Barackobama.com.

Focus on Detroit as center of blight, where pheasants are harvested for dinner.

Kissing evolved to spread germs, not feelings, say British scientists.

Analysis: How Playgirl got Levi Johnston to agree to a photo shoot.

Everything Don Draper said in Season 3 of Mad Men (see also: everything Tracy Jordan said on 30 Rock).

Interview with Jeff Scher on making paintings move.

Much time wasted: “I made this. You play this. We are enemies.”

Morning Edition

After a narrow win in the House, the health care bill faces heat, Lieberman in the Senate.

Congress is 44 percent millionaires—and Joe Biden has $27,000.

In Germany, too many unfortunate events fall on Nov. 9 to observe a holiday on the day the Berlin Wall fell.

Contemporary equivalents of the Berlin Wall.

The anatomy of a landslide.

In 1979, viewing Moscow as the bigger threat, Ahmadinejad voted against occupying the U.S. embassy.

College freshman makes triumphant return to high school.

Kill your morning: Name the movie based on the illustration.

The academy, in Agassi’s words, was “Lord of the Flies with forehands.” Bollettieri as Incandenza.

“Infinite Summer: Dracula” continues its wrap-up.

Gerhardt Fuchs, longtime drummer in Brooklyn bands, dies in an accident on Sunday morning.

By signing this agreement I recognize, acknowledge and agree that: A. Scientology is a religion…

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How far back must one go to find an American act of national decency? Seventy years, it turns out.

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