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Monitor articles for November 29, 2016

• In Afghanistan, a mounting sense of failure – and a flash of hope
• How Castro's foreign policy, overlooked in US, won African admirers
• Historic droughts and warmer fall are driving unusual Southeast wildfires
• First LookObama's approval rating is at a peak
• Gigantic radiation-blocking shield slides into place at Chernobyl
• 'Women Heroes of World War II: The Pacific Theater' is grisly but inspiring
• The Monitor's ViewThe youthful path to ending Middle East wars
• In Asia, students take part in 24-hour relay races to end modern slavery
• Emergency officials order evacuations as wildfires worsen in Tennessee
• Trump wants flag burners punished. Political correctness run amok?
• First LookWhy the new James Webb telescope folds like origami
• First LookWhy Wisconsin is moving forward with vote recount
• First LookWhat you should know about Elaine Chao, Trump's pick for transportation
• On eve of Trump presidency, Supreme Court takes up key immigration case
• Tom Price and the Republican vision for replacing Obamacare
• Despite a presidential election redo, political protests persist in Haiti
• Uber in court: Is it a digital service, or an unlicensed taxi company?
• World's largest land-based moving structure to enclose Chernobyl
• NASA devises plan to keep astronauts free of biological contamination
• Why are authorities slow to call the Ohio State attack 'terrorism'?
• Britain's internet history law: A new frontier of surveillance?
• President-elect Trump: Save the CFPB
• Strong consumer spending, holiday sales bode well for the economy
• With Aleppo poised to fall, Syria's Assad is set to rise
• First LookTexas elector quits, says pledge binding and Trump 'not biblically qualified'
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• First LookUS students gain a bit on math, science scores but still lag Asia
• First LookWho is Rep. Tom Price, Trump's choice for HHS secretary?
• Electric car 'datathon' to be hosted by White House today
• Leftist allies fly in to pay tribute to Cuba's Castro at mass rally
• South Korean leader says she'll resign after lawmakers act
• Ohio State attack bears 'hallmarks' of self-radicalization
• First LookWTO: Washington state offered Boeing illegal tax breaks
• Healing wounds, France returns looted artwork to Nazi victim's heirs
• The five best times to buy a car (including now)
• The challenge of tracking progress of UN's development goals: data
• A Christian Science PerspectiveElections and good government
• If Trump wanted a US-Russia 'grand bargain,' what would it look like?
• Voice-over actor finds online fame skewering film trailers
• Trump taps Obamacare critic for Health secretary
• Columbia plane crash: 'A tragedy of huge proportions'
• Thailand's parliament invites crown prince to assume throne
• First LookPatagonia to donate record-breaking Black Friday proceeds
• First LookGrammy Hall of Fame inductions latest honor for David Bowie and Prince
• First LookScientists finally decode the Great Molasses Flood of 1919
• First LookWorkers nationwide to strike over low wages during 'Day of Disruption'
• First LookWhat 'Moonlight' Gotham Awards wins could mean for the Oscars
• Colorado’s ballot battle over health care may be the first of many
• First LookWhy water remains frozen at boiling point in carbon nanotubes
• First LookHow Louisa May Alcott won the hearts of generations to come
• First LookWhy South Korea's president asked parliament to help her resign
• First LookHow Trump's scale-back on NASA climate science could hurt Maine
• First LookUber drivers join national strike for higher pay
• First LookCassini draws near to Saturn – and the end of its own life
• First LookAleppo exodus: How can 16,000 people be helped?
• First Look'Portrait of a Man' painting: Destined for a Nazi museum, returned to heirs
• First LookGreat Barrier Reef coral die-off reaches tragic, new record
• First LookWhy did Belgium and the Netherlands just swap land?