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Print Edition for July 18th, 2008

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A history of identity politics – and genocide – is challenged by university beauty pageants.


With ridership up, L.A.'s Metro raises fares and pushes for new tax revenue.


Woes of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac revive debate on the role of government in the market.

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World


Conservationist Ronel Smuts cares for exotic and endangered animals rescued from the black market.


Villagers plan to use the project – developed by the Israeli embassy in partnership with local and international nongovernmental organizations – to drastically increase their local production.


The three-day meeting, which runs through Friday, has been cast as 'historic' but also criticized as a PR stunt.


Two soldiers whose remains were part of a prisoner swap with Hezbollah were eulogized Thursday amid ongoing unease over the exchange and questions about balancing family interests with those of the state.


States scramble to protect themselves from skyrocketing energy costs, but measures such as government subsidies are proving ineffective.

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USA


The College Board releases a positive report on the writing section, but many schools are doing their own studies.


It's a win for the Bush administration, which insists that Guantánamo proceedings are necessary to fight the war on terror.

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Commentary


Five reasons why I won't accept your invitation.


This coming-out party is already tarnished by a worsening human rights record.


People are hungering for solutions. We encourage everyone to seek that aid and wisdom that lie beyond human abilities.


'What hast thou in the house?' More than you realize.
Today's Cartoon

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Arts & Entertainment


Sculpture, photography, art, even waterfalls – New York's exhibitions entertain with their originality.


Behind Churchill's public face, a ramble through Britain's backroads with Robbie Coltrane, a novel about Cuba pre-Castro, and more.


New International theater festival in California offers audiences a window on foreign cultures – and shared stories.

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The Home Forum


An effort to ban buzzwords sends shock waves around the world.


Luke thought his mom's trophies made her extraspecial.


DVDs at the library have ignited my son's interest in the novelist's stories.


A Christian Science perspective on daily life.

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In Pictures China's green monster
An outbreak of blue-green algae plagues Qingdao, the host city for sailing events at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

ELECTION '08 Patchwork Nation
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