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• Russia Delivers Nuclear Fuel to Iranian Project
  The fuel was delivered to the Bushehr power station, which is at the heart of the international dispute over Iran’s nuclear program.
• 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.
• In Chaotic Race, Huckabee Rising
  In weekend campaigning, Mike Huckabee’s ascendancy rippled across the Republican field.
• Corzine Signs Law Abolishes Death Penalty in New Jersey
  Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed into law a measure repealing New Jersey’s death penalty, making the state the first in a generation to abolish capital punishment.
• 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.
• Leno and O’Brien Shows to Resume
  Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien will return to the air on Jan. 2, but they may be forced to perform without writers.
• Pardon Reported for Saudi Rape Victim
  King Abdullah pardoned a woman sentenced to 200 lashes after pressing charges against the men who raped her.
• Putin Agrees to Be Protégé’s Premier
  President Vladimir V. Putin has ensured his dominance of the Russian government even after his term ends.
• 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.
• 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 [...].
• The Lede Blog: Giant Rat of Sumatra, Alive and Well
  The species found in the mountains of Indonesia may be new to science, but not to Sherlock Holmes.
• 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.