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Date: 13 January 2015
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from John Branch, Diantha Parker and others.
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Dacă te-ai născut în această zi, ai 11 ani. Ultima ta zi de naștere a avut loc acum luni, 12 ianuarie 2026, 143 zile. Următoarea ta zi de naștere este pe marți, 12 ianuarie 2027, peste 221 zile. Ați trăit 4.161 zile sau aproximativ 99.864 ore sau aproximativ 5.991.844 minute sau aproximativ 359.510.640 secunde.
Date: 13 January 2015
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting great stories from around the web. Today, great reads from John Branch, Diantha Parker and others.
Date: 13 January 2015
By STEPHEN CASTLE and ROBERT MACKEY
Stephen CASTLE
Steve Emerson, British pundit billed as terrorism expert by Fox News Channel, issues apology for controversial statement he made about Birmingham, England, which he said was like some parts of Europe in that non-Muslims are not welcome there; Emerson's statement, along with Rupert Murdoch's earlier comments that all Muslims must take responsibility for terrorist attacks in Paris, triggers public outcry.
Date: 12 January 2015
By RAVI SOMAIYA
Ravi SOMAIYA
Editors Greg Veis and Rachel Morris, along with writer Jonathan Cohn, all formerly with The New Republic, join The Huffington Post.
Date: 13 January 2015
NJTV News, via Associated Press
Njtv News
Date: 13 January 2015
By ROBERT MACKEY
Robert MACKEY
Date: 12 January 2015
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Andrew REVKIN
Where terror is normal (Nigeria) and news (France).
Date: 13 January 2015
By MATT APUZZO
Matt APUZZO
New York Times reporter James Risen will not be called to testify in federal trial of former CIA official Jeffrey Sterling, ending seven-year legal battle in which government repeatedly tried to force Risen to reveal his sources; Sterling is charged with providing classified details about Iran to writer for Risen's 2006 book State of War.
Date: 13 January 2015
By INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
International TRIBUNE
From the International Herald Tribune archives: Paris’ only American news vendor committed suicide in 1940.
Date: 12 January 2015
By NEIL GOUGH
Neil GOUGH
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, main supporter of Occupy Central democracy protests, faces charges in court over role of his media outlets in supporting democracy movement; Lai's fate could have repercussions for media freedom throughout Hong Kong.
Date: 13 January 2015
By QUENTIN HARDY
Quentin HARDY
The ability to compartmentalize software into sections that can be worked on one at a time will likely change how coders work. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing.