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Garment Industry Seeks Options After Bangladesh

By KEITH BRADSHER

A search for new locations has taken on greater urgency for Western retailers, whose complex manufacturing needs already shrink the pool of potential locations.

Nigeria’s President Empowers Military in War on Militants

By ADAM NOSSITER

Troops have begun deploying in the wake of President Goodluck Jonathan’s declaration of a state of emergency in parts of the north, but critics fear more civilian deaths.

Mandela Fades Amid Battles Over Who Will Claim Legacy

By LYDIA POLGREEN

As Nelson Mandela, 94, grows more fragile, the struggle in South Africa over how he will be remembered, and what he has to pass on, has become increasingly acrimonious.

Japan’s Economy Growing at 3.5% Rate

By HIROKO TABUCHI

It is the first sign that the bold monetary and economic policies of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe were starting to bear fruit.

Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University have successfully used cloning to create human embryonic stem cells by taking skin cells and fusing them with donated human eggs.

Oregon Health and Science University Photos

Cloning Used to Make Embryo Stem Cells

By ANDREW POLLACK

Scientists’ success making embryos from skin cells fused with human eggs is a step toward new medical treatments but might also hasten the possibility of cloned babies.

The Hard Road Back

Rise in Suicides Plagues U.S. Military

THERESA TAYLOR The military, she hoped, would help her son grow up. And for two years, he seemed to thrive as a medic. But when he visited in October 2010, he seemed agitated, “not in a good place.”

By JAMES DAO and ANDREW W. LEHREN

Of the crises facing American troops today, suicide ranks among the most emotionally wrenching — and baffling.

India Ink

Delhi Gang Rape Suspect in ‘Critical Condition’

By BETWA SHARMA

Vinay Sharma, 20, was assaulted by other inmates inside Tihar Jail in New Delhi in early May, his lawyer said.

Gaza City Journal

KFC by Tunnel, Not Too Fast but Satisfying

Smugglers bringing KFC meals into Gaza from Egypt. Palestinians pay about $27 for a 12-piece bucket of chicken.

By FARES AKRAM

Palestinians in Gaza who crave KFC meals must order from across the border in Egypt, and the delivery odyssey involves two taxis, a checkpoint and a smuggling tunnel.

Cambodia Presses U.S. Museums on Antiquities

By TOM MASHBERG

Hundreds of Cambodian antiquities in American museums lack paperwork showing their provenance.

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A Child of Two Lands

By MICHIKO KAKUTANI

In “We Need New Names,” NoViolet Bulawayo tells the story of Darling, who arrives from Zimbabwe to live with her aunt in Detroit and is conflicted in her feelings of her old and new homes.

Band Flies in From Norway to Say Hello and Goodbye

By ALLAN KOZINN

Kaizers Orchestra, an idiosyncratic band popular in Europe but hardly known in the United States, will make its American debut in what is also its farewell concert.