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Comoros security forces and airport officials secure the tarmac on July 2, 2009.

Does the E.U.'s Airline Blacklist Make Flying Safer?

In the wake of the Yemenia Airways crash that killed 152 on Tuesday, the E.U. considers putting the airline on its safety standards blacklist. But will that keep air travelers safe in the skies?

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The China Blog

Remembering Michael Jackson

It's taken me a week, but I've finally found my 2002 Halloween photos. Yes, that's me in a "Beat It" costume cobbled together with my dad's old sunglasses.

The Middle East Blog

The Meaning of Neda's Martyrdom

How ironic that a regime that so insistently perpetuated the cult of martyrdom may itself become undone with the aid of an Iranian martyr: a 26-year-old woman named Neda Agha-Solton.

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A GPS Tour of the Berlin Wall

Much of the infamous Berlin Wall has been torn down, but visitors who want to find its original path can use a hand-held GPS Wall Guide

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Party On with the G-8!

Normally all business, world leaders let their hair down at the annual meeting of industrialized nations

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The World Mourns Michael Jackson

As the world woke up to news of Jackson's death Friday, fans paid their last respects to the King of Pop from Jakarta to Shanghai as well as in the U.S.

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Who Was Neda Agha-Soltan?

Not much is known about the young woman whose death has become a symbol of the Iranian anti-government movement

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DEAN PANIZZI, cousin of Billy Mays, at the television pitchman's funeral Friday