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• A Toxic Pipeline: Counterfeit Drugs’ Path Eased by Free Trade Zones
  Counterfeiters use free trade zones to hide a drug’s provenance or to make or relabel adulterated products.
• Old U.S. Allies, Still Hiding in Laos
  Thousands of jungle warriors hired by the C.I.A. during the Vietnam War live in fear of the Laotian government.
• In Chaotic Race, Huckabee Rising
  In weekend campaigning, Mike Huckabee’s ascendancy rippled across the Republican field.
• 66 Nations Pledge Billions in Palestinian Aid
  The pledges were part of the most ambitious fund-raising effort to help Palestinians in more than a decade.
• Pardon Reported for Saudi Rape Victim
  King Abdullah pardoned a woman sentenced to 200 lashes after pressing charges against the men who raped her, a Saudi newspaper said.
• Russia Ships Nuclear Fuel to Iran
  The fuel was delivered to the power station at the heart of an international dispute on Iran’s nuclear program.
• For Recipients of Medicare, the Hard Sell
  Federal officials are trying to cut down on aggressive or deceptive sales pitches for Medicare Advantage plans.
• South Korean Candidate Faces Inquiry
  Parliament voted to open a fraud investigation against Lee Myung-bak, the leading presidential candidate.
• N.Y. Couple Convicted in Slavery Case
  CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) -- A jury on Monday convicted a millionaire couple of enslaving two Indonesian women they brought to their mansion to work as housekeepers.
• Suicide Attack Kills 9 Pakistani Troops
  The deadly attack shows the tenacity of militants as they consistently and lethally target military installations.
• New Jersey Bans Death Penalty
  Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed a law on Monday making New Jersey the first state in four decades to abolish the death penalty.
• Dot Earth Blog: Of Humans, Oil, and Whales
  An artist's rendering of a bowhead whale diving. (Richard Ellis) Our endless quest for that wondrous liquid fossil fuel, oil, is expanding toward the ends of the Earth as higher prices justify more extreme extraction efforts. Jad Mouawad, my friend and colleague covering the global oil industry, ventured to frigid Barrow, Alaska, recently to write about [...].
• Bits : Ribbit Takes the Telephone Into the Cloud
  Ribbit, based in Mountain View, Calif., will announce a telephone Web service intended to make it possible for programmers to add telephone features to any Web page.
• TV Decoder Blog: TV Decoder: Silver Lining to Work Stoppage?
  The Fox network has put a positive spin on the six-week-old writers’ strike, crowing that the labor dispute would lead to changes to the development process and cost savings. Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly said in October: “It would give us an excuse to shake things up.” Fox’s parent News Corp. chief operating officer Peter Chernin [...].