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    Lehman Brothers Hid Borrowing, Examiner Says

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    A report said that Lehman Brothers used accounting tricks.
    David Goldman for The New York Times
    The Wall Street bank used accounting gimmicks to hide its financial weakness in the months before its bankruptcy, according to a 2,200-page report.
    By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED and ANDREW ROSS SORKIN Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:30:47 GMT Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc Banks and Banking Subprime Mortgage Crisis Fuld, Richard S Jr

    Patchwork Retirement Plan Adds to Greece’s Debt Woes

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    A protester during a demonstration Thursday in Athens. As a consequence of bargains struck between strong unions and weak governments, Greece has promised early retirement to about 700,000 employees.
    Vassil Donev/European Pressphoto Agency
    Greece’s retirement plan, which lets 14 percent of its work force retire early, has become divisive in Europe.
    By LANDON THOMAS Jr. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:30:43 GMT Greece Retirement Labor and Jobs International Trade and World Market Politics and Government

    Earthquake’s Burdens Weigh Heavily on Haiti’s Elderly

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    Junie Sufrad, 110, with other residents of a nursing home in Léogâne, Haiti.
    Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
    No strangers to hardship, elderly Haitians find themselves distinctly vulnerable and emotionally burdened these days.
    By IAN URBINA Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:18:44 GMT Haiti Earthquakes Elderly

    Winter Games Yield Forecasting Insights

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    Mark Torgerson prepared to launch a weather balloon in Whistler last month.
    Doug Mills/The New York Times
    The Vancouver Games forecasting system is part of a program to improve the accuracy of short-term, winter storm forecasting.
    By IAN AUSTEN Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:20:44 GMT Olympic Games (2010) Weather Paralympic Games Forecasts United Nations National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Wallace, Al Smith, Trevor Vancouver (British Columbia)

    Afghan Tribal Rivalries Bedevil a U.S. Plan

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    Fighting between Afghan subtribes raises questions about using tribes as part of a counterinsurgency strategy.
    By ALISSA J. RUBIN Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:30:55 GMT Afghanistan War (2001- ) Tribes and Tribalism Afghanistan

    Talks to Address Trade in Tuna and Ivory

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    Japan opposes an effort to ban the trade of bluefin tuna like this one at a fish market in Tokyo.
    Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images
    Negotiations on protecting endangered species will open in Qatar with tensions over efforts to ban trade in bluefin tuna and to reopen exports of elephant ivory.
    By NEIL MacFARQUHAR Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:04:01 GMT Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Endangered and Extinct Species Tuna Ivory

    Tokyo Journal: Rough Time at School for Japan’s Little Princess Adds to Royal Family’s Woes

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    Crown Prince Naruhito, left, with his wife, Crown Princess Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, at Togu Palace in Tokyo. The family has not fared well in the harsh glare of Japan's press.
    Imperial Household Agency, via Associated Press
    The bullying of the 8-year-old daughter of Princess Masako has put the princess’s history of depression into the glare of Japan’s tabloid press.
    By MARTIN FACKLER Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:18:44 GMT Japan Royal Family Masako, Crown Princess of Japan Bullies Depression (Mental)