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Chinese Supercomputer Wrests Title From U.S.

By ASHLEE VANCE 12:37 AM ET

Tianhe-1A, at the National Supercomputing Center in China, has 1.4 times the horsepower of the current top computer, which is at a national laboratory in Tennessee.

Tax Shortfalls Spur New Doubts on European Recovery

By LANDON THOMAS Jr.

LONDON — With falling tax revenues and high deficits, European nations now face the prospect that they will miss budget targets forced upon them this year by impatient bond investors.

In Spain, Homes Are Taken but Debt Stays

By SUZANNE DALEY
Manolo Marbán, a pet groomer in Madrid, lost his home and his grooming shop to foreclosure and will still owe after eviction.

MADRID — Laws in Spain are saddling some homeowners with mountains of inescapable debt as the economy falters.

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Coalition for Obama Split by Drift to G.O.P., Poll Finds

By JIM RUTENBERG and MEGAN THEE-BRENAN

Critical parts of the coalition that elected President Obama — women, Catholics, independents and the poor — are switching sides, according to the latest Times/CBS News poll.

A Kyrgyz woman going to milk her yak in the Wakhan Corridor in late August had to contend with the first snowfall of the year.
Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times
Wakhan Corridor Journal

In Icy Afghan Region, War Seems Remote

By EDWARD WONG

BOZAI GUMBAZ, Afghanistan — The rules that apply to the rest of Afghanistan are often irrelevant in the Wakhan Corridor. Above, a Kyrgyz woman going to milk her yak in late August.

Chinese Article Seems to Chide Leader
By MICHAEL WINES and SHARON LaFRANIERE

BEIJING — China’s main Communist Party newspaper bluntly rejected calls for speedier political reform — a point often argued by Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.

Obama Set to Offer Stricter Nuclear Deal to Iran
By DAVID E. SANGER

The United States and its European allies are preparing a new offer for negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program.

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Karzai Delays Order to Ban Private Security Companies
By ALISSA J. RUBIN

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan government will come up with a new timeline for having its army and police forces take over security operations.

Latest News From Asia
Legislative Approval Final for French Pension Bill
By STEVEN ERLANGER

PARIS — The measure has prompted weeks of strikes from union members, students and those angry with President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has refused to back down on the bill.

Latest News From Europe
Garbage piled up on a sewage plant property in Dubai. Sewage treatment operations have struggled to keep up with booming development.
Dubai Faces Environmental Problems After Growth
By LIZ ALDERMAN

DUBAI — The emirate offers a cautionary tale in the pitfalls of constructing metropolises in the parched desert.

Latest News From the Middle East
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Trying to Follow the Trail of Missing AIDS Patients
By DAVID TULLER

KISUMU, Kenya — The increasing numbers of “lost to follow-up” patients in sub-Saharan Africa are causing concern among providers of H.I.V. and AIDS care.

Latest News From Africa
A funeral on Monday for one of the 14 young people killed Friday at a birthday party in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. The authorities said several victims had no association with the drug trade.
Gunmen Kill 15 in Mexico; Gang Link Seen
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD

MEXICO CITY — The killings in Nayarit State were the third mass shooting with apparent connections to organized crime in less than a week. Several of the victims were in treatment for drug addiction.

Latest News From the Americas
Tarra, a 36-year-old Asian elephant at the sanctuary in rural Tennessee founded 15 years ago by Carol Buckley, a former circus performer, and Scott Blais.
Sanctuary in Custody Fight Over Elephant
By MALCOLM GAY

HOHENWALD, Tenn. — Carol Buckley has sued over accusations that she was aggressive toward elephants at the Tennessee refuge that she ran.

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