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President Barack Obama addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Obama at U.N.: 'No shortcut' to Israeli-Palestinian peace

By Lesley Clark and Jonathan S. Landay | McClatchy Newspapers

President Barack Obama set the stage Wednesday for a U.S. veto of a Palestinian bid for full U.N. membership of an independent Palestinian state, telling world leaders that the issue can only be settled through direct peace talks and "each side learns to stand in the other's shoes." » read more

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Employees pick strawberries on Steve Sakuma's farm outside of Burlington, Washington, on a hot morning in mid-July.

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Republicans push for mandatory E-Verify; farmers not so sure

By Michael Doyle | McClatchy Newspapers

A hotly contested bill moving this week would compel employers to verify worker eligibility via the Internet while it ratchets up the nation's perennial immigration debate. Farmers fear it. Skeptics sweat potential errors. But in the Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee, mandatory E-Verify is now an idea whose time has come. Whether the full Congress and White House agree is quite another matter. » read more

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Commentary: Texas jobs and poverty

Mitchell Schnurman: When the country loses jobs, it's not surprising that more people fall into poverty. But when Texas adds jobs, more people fall into poverty, too. Texas entered the recession later than most states, but the poverty increase is not just a short-term blip.

Special report: Chimp research

Chimpanzees at a federal primate facility are at the center of an impassioned debate between the National Institutes of Health and the animal-rights community.

Special report: Military Injustice

An ongoing McClatchy probe reveals troubling flaws in the nation's military justice system, from an error-ridden crime lab to botched death penalty cases and ethical conflicts.

Special report: Afghan contracts

The U.S. program to spend billions of dollars on Afghanistan's facilities is failing. Corruption, nepotism and mismanagement hobble the reconstruction.

Afghanistan and Pakistan

Read McClatchy coverage of Afghanistan and South Asia from correspondents in Kabul and Islamabad, as well as our national security team in Washington.

More on Camp Lejeune water

Scientists studying water contamination at Camp Lejeune have learned of another source of leaking fuel near a drinking well that served thousands of Marines and their families.

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The mind struggles to recall a world before Sept. 11, 2001, the day that forever changed America. See our retrospective coverage and share your memories.

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McClatchy reporters are reviewing hundreds of thousands of documents provided by WikiLeaks, revealing insights on U.S. diplomacy around the world, the drug war, the Middle East, and the prison at Guantanamo (right), among other topics. Read our ongoing coverage here.

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