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Monitor articles for May 20, 2011
- A sometime war reporter reflects on Anton Hammerl's death in Libya
- South Africa's ANC retains control in local elections, but grip is slipping
- In China, middle-class affluence, not political influence
- Latin America's middle class grows, but with a tenuous grasp on status
- Arizona plans fence to stop immigration from Mexico - if Americans will pay for it
- Honduran journalists face increasing threats
- NATO airstrikes cap week of rising pressure on Libya
- North Korea's Kim Jong-un reportedly in China on first diplomatic trip
- Inspired by Arab Spring, Spain's youthful 15-M movement spreads in Europe
- An American (cat) in Paris
- It's May, so why isn't it spring in Iowa?
- A mash note to Borders. Yes, Borders!
- PSN hit with new security snag, but Sony says it was no hack
- Amazon: E-book sales now outpace those of dead tree books
- Johnny Depp stars in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides'
- L'Amour Fou: movie review
- Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & 'To Kill a Mockingbird': movie review
- Midnight in Paris: movie review
- Perfectly simply lemon bars
- American Idol results: Season 10's final two are revealed
- Mary Hart exits Entertainment Tonight after 29 years
- Camp connect
- Top Picks: a musical tribute to Bob Dylan, 'Too Big To Fail,' Azam Ali's latest album, and more
- Obama on makin' it in manufacturin'
- Home sales drop 0.5 percent in April
- 9/11 flight numbers brought out of retirement by mistake
- Zombie apocalypse CDC campaign crashes website
- Ehud Barak: Netanyahu must take 'daring’ steps toward peace
- Fix aid delivery to India's poor
- Want to earn $120,000? Become a Newport, Calif., lifeguard.
- Stocks end lower for third straight week
- Fix the IMF: Go for growth. End 'bailout nation.'
- Israel's Netanyahu primed for a 'collision' with Obama today
- Obama's speech: Five ways Netanyahu can respond
- The Monitor's Weekly News Quiz for May 16-20, 2011
- Netanyahu brings starkly different vision to Obama's White House
- World Newsletter: Weekly quiz May 21-22
- In Brazil, more than a cookstove
- From American Jews, a wide reaction to Obama's Middle East speech
- End of the world May 21st? About a billion years too soon, astronomers say.
- Lives and Letters
- Reader recommendation: You Know When the Men are Gone
- HTC Trophy: What's inside the first Verizon WP7 device?
- Doodle 4 Google: Meet the kid behind today's hand-drawn homepage
- Flat Gratitude
- Paradox of modern life: so many choices, so little joy
- Budget cuts force Pentagon to redefine priorities: What can't we afford to cut?
- Strauss-Kahn house arrest: Five celebrities who know what it's like
- What's so 'shocking' about Obama mentioning 1967 borders?
- In a corner of Tokyo, existence is far from glitzy
- Defying low expectations
- Why Strauss-Kahn arrest and French reaction shouldn't surprise us
- Obama's bold move on 1967 borders for Israeli-Palestinian talks
- Is corporate tax reform realistic?
- Nuclear power safety: Latest on Japan crisis fuels new concern in US
- Israel's 1967 borders: Three reasons Obama's stance is a very big deal
- What's really behind harsh GOP responses to Obama's Middle East speech
- Netanyahu and Obama meet: harmonious picture, blunt disagreement
- House arrest: What ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn can expect