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3:51 pm
Fri January 20, 2012

Artists React To Mexico's Drug War With Music And Poetry

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Astrid Hadad performs in Mexico.
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Javier Sicilia speaks at a rally in Los Angeles.
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By Betto Arcos

Javier Sicilia is a novelist and a poet. In 2009, he was awarded Mexico's prestigious Aguascalientes National Poetry Prize. This September, he read a poem dedicated to his son, Juan Francisco, at a rally:

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Latin America
2:46 pm
Fri January 20, 2012

Amid Scandal, Colombia Dismantles Spy Agency

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A member of Colombia's secret police, or Administrative Department of Security, listens to intercepted telephone calls in 2009. Reports of illegal wiretapping by secret police contributed to President Juan Manuel Santos' 2011 decision to close the agency.
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By Juan Forero

President Juan Manuel Santos announced late last year that he was liquidating Colombia's troubled intelligence agency, and the country, he said, knew exactly why.

The Administrative Department of Security, or DAS, had been mired in scandal by reports of agents illegally wiretapping government critics and selling classified information to drug lords.

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Shots - Health Blog
2:23 pm
Fri January 20, 2012

Administration Stands Firm On Birth Control Coverage

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Archbishop Timothy Dolan, of New York, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, called the contraceptive rule "unconscionable."
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Originally published on Fri January 20, 2012 4:08 pm

Despite a furious lobbying effort by the Catholic Church, the Obama administration today said it won't weaken new rules that will require most health insurance plans to offer women prescription contraceptives at no additional out-of-pocket cost.

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Election 2012
2:03 pm
Fri January 20, 2012

How Does South Carolina Work Its GOP Crystal Ball?

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Republican presidential candidates, left to right: former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and Texas Rep. Ron Paul at a debate Thursday in Charleston, S.C.
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Supporters of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich campaign outside the Southern Republican Leadership Conference Friday in Charleston, S.C.
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Saturday's South Carolina Republican primary may be the last good chance for Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's challengers to stop his march to the nomination. Every election year since 1980, the winner of South Carolina's Republican primary has gone on to win the nomination.

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The Salt
1:50 pm
Fri January 20, 2012

Feeding The World Gets Short Shrift In Climate Change Debate

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Families displaced by drought line up for food this week in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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By Nancy Shute

Food is getting elbowed out of the discussion on climate change, which could spell disaster for the 1 billion people who will be added to the world's population in the next 15 years. That's the word today from scientists wondering why food and sustainability get such short shrift when it comes to thinking about how humans will adapt to climate change.

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