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Women, who support deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, hold his posters as they rally at the Rabaa Adawia square where they are camping, in Cairo July 8, 2013. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, the Dangers of Rabble-Rousing

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Apr 9, 2017 | Opinion

Consecutive and brutal blows to international peace happening lately force us to address the root cause, “terrorism.” Within the limited window of 48 hours, the very same terror order managed staging untold damage by targeting people at the safety of their hometown...

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Representative Kevin Brady, seated left, chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, and Representative Greg Walden, both Republicans. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times

5 Reasons Trump’s Promised Tax Overhaul Won’t Be So Easy

by Julie Hirschfeld Davis | Apr 9, 2017 | Business

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s failure to push through the broad health care overhaul he promised has raised questions about the prospects of a sweeping rewrite of the tax code. It is a politically fraught and dizzyingly complex endeavor that pits powerful interests...

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A woman places flowers at a memorial site for the victims of a blast in St. Petersburg metro, outside Tekhnologicheskiy Institut metro station in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov

When Innocent Man’s Picture Is Circulated as Russian Bombing Suspect’s, It Upends His Life

by Andrew Roth and David Filipov | Apr 9, 2017 | World

MOSCOW — For several hours, the face of the St. Petersburg suicide bomber was pretty much the one many Russians expected it to be: a young man with a long, thick beard, wearing a black overcoat and a traditional Muslim prayer cap. TV news stations and Russian online...

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Antonio Conte, here urging his team to victory over Manchester City, said he would be at Chelsea next season. Photograph: BPI/Rex/Shutterstock

Antonio Conte Commits to Chelsea and Slaps down Agent’s Talk of Possible Move

by Dominic Fifield | Apr 9, 2017 | Sports

Antonio Conte has distanced himself from the latest wave of speculation linking him with a return to Italy in the summer, most probably with Internazionale, and stressed his aim was to claim the Premier League title with Chelsea and then “build something important”...

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President Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago . (Alex Brandon/Associated Press)

It’ll Take More Than a Missile Strike to Clean Up Obama’s Mess in Syria

by Robert Kagan | Apr 9, 2017 | Opinion

American missile strikes against Syria are a critical first step toward protecting civilians from the threat of chemical weapons, and President Trump deserves credit for doing what the Obama administration refused to do. But Thursday’s action needs to be just the...