Muslim Brothers Face Off With the Liberal Street
Can a former diplomat take down Egypt’s president?
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NATIONAL NOTEBOOK
Merry Christmas to Me!
There’s no shame in the epidemic of self-gifting.
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RELIGION
Can Safe Sex Save the Earth?
A Christian fix for climate change.
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INTERNATIONAL
World on a Page
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BUSINESS
Big Rocks are Back
What's driving the surge in giant gems?
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TRAVEL
Renaissance Rollers
Breaking the bank in the playground of kings.
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Travel
Stress Not Included
When nothing costs extra, relaxation is on the house.
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Sisterhood Of Wine
The women at the helm of the Antinori legend.
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TRAVEL
Cloud Nine to Delhi
Once an ordeal, the flight from New York is now just about ideal.
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TRAVEL
Water, Water Everywhere…
Exploring the fragile border between land and sea.
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Antiquities
China’s Virtual Buddhas
China’s fabled Mogao Grottoes turn to digital tourism. By Melinda Liu
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WANT
Party Ready
No paper? No problem. The founders of Paperless Post, the indispensable online invitation site, share what’s on their want list this holiday season. By Emily Orley
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‘Inventing Abstraction’
What a Catch!
A hundred years ago in Paris, fine art moved beyond just figures with Frantisek Kupka’s groundbreaking painting. From Kandinsky to Nijinsky, a look at ‘Inventing Abstraction.’
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SOMBER
Newtown Grieves: Photos
The Connecticut town struggled to come to terms with tragedy the day after 26 people—including 20 children—were shot and killed at the elementary school. See photos.
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FILM
The Mad One
Kristen Stewart goes on the road with Kerouac. By Marlow Stern.
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ART
Modern Art, Defined
An exhibition looks at abstraction—the movement that defines modern art. By Blake Gopnik
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2012 Style Highs and Lows
As the great Heidi Klum once said, you’re either in or you’re out. Here are six people whose style stock rose this year—and five who lost their way. By Isabel Wilkinson
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INTERNATIONAL NOTEBOOK
Tzipi Livni: From Hawk to Dove
A daughter of the Irgun becomes Israel’s leading peacenik.
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The City
Singapore
Jeet Thayil on a draconian city-state with pockets of wildness.
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PERSON OF INTEREST
Brazil’s Bravest Blogger
A teenager exposes Brazil’s crumbling schools.
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Ideology
Is Atatürk Dead?
Turks continue to idolize their staunchly secularist founding father. But democratic reforms have all but obliterated his Westward-looking vision.
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UKRAINE
Mohammad the Oligarch
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Religion
Inside Russia's End-Time Cults
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America
After The War
Iraq’s refugees are still struggling to feel at home.
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Society
God is Great
For one critic, the dearth of spiritualism in art is a problem of biblical proportions.
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Museums
Exploring Scheherazade’s Tales
Exploring the myth of ‘The Thousand and One Nights.’ By Tracy McNicoll.
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MUSIC
Johnny’s World
Japan’s elusive boy-band kingpin speaks out. By Robert Michael Poole