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Obama ponders outreach to elements of the Taliban March 7, 2009 at 9:30 pm In an interview with The Times, President Barack Obama opened the door to a reconciliation process in which the American military would reach out to elements of the Taliban. The last days of the oligarchs? March 7, 2009 at 9:30 pm The men who saw themselves at the Carnegies or Rockefellers of Russia may soon be thrown into the dustbin of history by the economic crisis. Afghan leader deflects talk of future March 7, 2009 at 9:30 pm President Hamid Karzai deflected calls from political rivals to cede authority to an interim government, and refused to even say whether he would run for re-election. Disrepair in enclave dims hopes after war March 7, 2009 at 9:30 pm Six months after a war in the Georgian enclave of South Ossetia, reconstruction is moving slowly, and most of Russia's promised aid has not arrived. Saudi racers roar all night, fueled by boredom March 7, 2009 at 9:30 pm Drag racing may be the most popular sport of Saudi youth, an obsessive, semilegal competition that dominates weekend nights. Premier quits to help unify Palestinians March 7, 2009 at 9:30 pm Salam Fayyad said he hoped the move would help efforts to form a Palestinian unity government with Hamas. Zimbabwe's opposition plans to investigate crash March 7, 2009 at 9:30 pm The evidence so far suggests that the collision that injured Morgan Tsvangirai and killed his wife was an accident. In her travels, duality of Clinton emerges March 7, 2009 at 9:30 pm Two sides of the secretary of state have been on display: a loose, unscripted politician and a controlled diplomat. U.S. court erases ruling that allowed a detention March 7, 2009 at 5:18 am The Supreme Court decided Friday to erase a lower-court ruling on perhaps the most fundamental national security question: Does the president have the power to order the indefinite military detention of legal residents of the United States? Top restaurant in Britain laid low by wave of illness March 7, 2009 at 5:18 am A top restaurant in Britain shuts down after a wave of illness strikes diners. End game in Iraq? Not yet, but it's inching closer March 7, 2009 at 5:18 am In many parts of Iraq, the contours of an American exit strategy have taken clearer shape than at any time before. West Bank losing land to Israel, rock by rock March 7, 2009 at 5:18 am Boulders the size of compact cars are carved out at this vast quarry near Bethlehem, and pushed noisily through grinders, producing gravel and sand that go into apartment building here in this rapidly growing Israeli settlement, and all across Israel itself. Russia urges new nuclear arms talks with U.S. March 7, 2009 at 5:18 am Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said a successor to a 1991 treaty was a priority. Britain takes control of Lloyds in £260 billion bailout March 7, 2009 at 5:18 am Pressure to change course is also mounting on Barclays and other banks that have turned down government help.