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Radioactive Iodine Detected in Ocean, Despite Gains at Japanese Plant

By DAVID JOLLY

Workers made incremental progress at Japan’s stricken plant, but high radiation readings caused concern.

‘Milk Is Probably O.K.,’ but Radiation Fear Lingers

Sour Economy and Multiple New Crises Test Japan’s Young

By KEN BELSON

Young people face an uncertain landscape, with Japan’s economy hobbled and its national pride bruised by the triple disasters of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.

After Japan Crisis, New Urgency for Radiation Drugs

Cleanup Questions as Radiation Spreads

By HENRY FOUNTAIN

As it struggles with a nuclear crisis, Japan’s government must decide whether and how to clean up areas that have been heavily contaminated by radioactivity.

In Japan, Seawall Offered a False Sense of Security

By NORIMITSU ONISHI

A Japanese town’s faith in a seawall and its ability to save residents from any tsunami was so unshakable, that some rushed toward it after the earthquake struck.

Opposition Newspaper in Kazakhstan Says Its Publisher Is Missing

By ELLEN BARRY

Golos Respublika, which has been highly critical of President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s government, said its publisher had suffered a severe beating and that his whereabouts were unknown.

Suicide Attack on Politician in Pakistan Fails Again

By SALMAN MASOOD and CARLOTTA GALL

A suicide bomb ripped through the convoy of Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the leader of the religious political party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam, killing at least twelve.

Losses in Pakistani Haven Strain Afghan Taliban

By CARLOTTA GALL

Killings, arrests and internal disputes have reached the Afghan Taliban even in their haven in Pakistan, security officials say.

Thailand Mounts Rescue Effort After Powerful Storms

By SETH MYDANS

The Thai government sent its only aircraft carrier to rescue stranded residents and tourists Thursday after unseasonable storms inundated six southern provinces and offshore islands.

Writer Resurfaces After Disappearing in China

By EDWARD WONG

Yang Hengjun, a spy novelist and political blogger who lives in Sydney, disappeared on Sunday.

Vietnam Persecutes Christian Minority, Report Says

By SETH MYDANS

Vietnam has increased repression of indigenous minority Christians, closing small informal churches, compelling public renunciations of faith and arresting worshipers, Human Rights Watch said.

Members of the People's Liberation Army Navy in parade formation in September 2009. The Chinese government has announced that the military budget for 2011 is about $92 billion, up 12.7 percent from 2010.

China Lays Out Vision for Military

By EDWARD WONG and JONATHAN ANSFIELD

The plan tries to walk a line between trumpeting efforts to modernize and assuaging fears of expansionist aims.

Outsourcers Are Criticized on Visa Use

By JULIA PRESTON

Outsourcers from India have been the biggest recipients of visas under a program that allows American companies to bring skilled workers here temporarily, an expert testifies.

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The Endgame in Afghanistan

By JAMES DAO

A reporter reflects on the experience of one American battalion and how success and failure go hand in hand.

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Nepal’s Stalled Revolution

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Can the popular uprisings in the Middle East inspire Nepal to take its final steps toward democracy?

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Radiation’s Enduring Afterglow

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Radiation was just another natural marvel. Then we began to mess with it.

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From Books

Book on Gandhi Stirs Passion in India

By VIKAS BAJAJ and JULIE BOSMAN

Joseph Lelyveld’s new biography has been banned in part of India because of its discussion of an intimate relationship between Gandhi and another man.

Richard C. Holbrooke, left, on a mission to Pakistan in 2009.

Richard Holbrooke’s Papers Entrusted to George Packer

By JULIE BOSMAN

The papers of Richard C. Holbrooke, the diplomat at the center of many of America’s foreign policy challenges of the last four decades, have been entrusted to the journalist George Packer, who will write a book.