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Monitor articles for May 18, 2011
- West Africa Rising: Liberia leads charge to lure palm oil investors
- Uganda's Museveni lashes out at media, blames 'drug users' for unrest
- South Africans vent frustration, this time in municipal elections
- South Africa's many small parties highlight vibrant democracy
- Violence in Congo: What do we see when we take a step back?
- Guatemala massacre points to influence of Mexican drug gang
- More than 500 migrants found crammed in trailers in Mexico
- For Indians, the climb into the middle class is a family affair
- Deadly Afghan protests erupt following NATO raid
- US aid in Pakistan: Where's the money going?
- Why Russia's Medvedev and Putin remain coy about presidential aims
- Why Estonia may be Europe's model country
- In Ireland, Queen Elizabeth writes new chapter with visit to Bloody Sunday site
- Egypt shifts to military justice for civilians in post-Mubarak era
- Strauss-Kahn case: 4 ways French and American law differ
- Storm-tossed gardening
- Oprah Winfrey bumps NBA playoffs, welcomes Maria Shriver to United Center
- Chinese duck pasta with mushrooms
- Pirates and 26 other sequels this year: Are Hollywood execs ruining movies?
- Embassytown
- Windows 8: Would you like the PC version? Or one of four mobile versions?
- Xbox 360 broken after new update? A free console could be in the mail.
- Judgment Day? Five failed end-of-the-world predictions
- Judgment Day May 21: When will the world actually end?
- Japan earthquake: Big, shallow quakes have a warning signal, say researchers
- How Mississippi River floods could save Louisiana's sinking coasts
- And then there were five
- How much are our terror-fighting allies really spending?
- My 'near-death experience' on Air Force One
- Shipping companies: Europe investigates price fixing
- How long does it take species to go extinct? Longer than previously thought.
- Wal-Mart uncertainty rises with gas prices
- Gold prices likely to fall, testing $1,460 an ounce
- Stocks close higher as commodities gain
- Netflix streaming makes up 22 percent of Internet traffic
- Al Qaeda reportedly taps Saif al-Adel as successor, potentially signaling a rift
- Africa is becoming a test lab for mobile phone development
- New film will recall the lessons of Rwanda's genocide
- My time with John McCain, and why I know he’s so adamantly anti-torture
- Christopher Hitchens on Osama bin Laden: "a near-flawless personification" of evil
- E-file, alphabetize, toss it: tips for filing financial papers
- Student loans: pay them off or save for retirement?
- The great switch by the super rich
- SEAL Team Six: Pentagon ramps up war of words over White House leaks
- Gates: No evidence 'yet' about who in Pakistan knew bin Laden was there
- Amanda Knox trial for slandering Italian police adjourned until November
- Four journalists held in Libya released Wednesday; fifth held in Iran also freed
- Monkeys protect Indian government officials
- Strauss-Kahn arrest: End of the French media taboo?
- Trial by fire
- Paul Ryan's reality check on budget hysteria: GOP plan bolsters the safety net
- End of the world May 21?! Don't panic – but don't ridicule Project Caravan, either.
- Public apologies come easier these days. Forgiveness doesn't.
- Nowitzki, Barea put on a clinic as the Mavericks gallop past the Thunder
- American anger at gas prices fueled by rising household energy costs
- Strauss-Kahn case raises question: How safe are hotel employees?
- Jon Stewart-Bill O'Reilly confab Day 2: Is 'Daily Show' host turning Republican?
- Was Newt Gingrich right about GOP's Medicare plan?