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The former IMF chief was charged with aggravated pimping in the Carlton Affair probe. Three years later, a French court acquitted him of the charges.

March 27, 2012 · 4 min read

Kindness isn't just a trait kids are born with — research suggests it's a teachable skill, and age three is exactly the right time to start.

March 27, 2012 · 1 min read

India was working toward the Washington Accord, which would give its engineering graduates international credential recognition. Two years later, it happened.

March 26, 2012 · 1 min read

As I sat down to face my mom, I sensed she was unhappy about something. “Joe, I am disappointed in you.Your writing scores are terribly low.You need to work…

March 25, 2012 · 7 min read

Someone recently asked me which movie I am looking forward to, now that the earlier favorites for the year, Paan Singh Tomar and Kahaani, have already…

March 24, 2012 · 5 min read

Chatto and Windus published Khushwant Singh’s novel “Train to Pakistan” in 1956. It’s a 181-page novel and is available in both paperback and hardback. It’s…

March 22, 2012 · 3 min read

Friday menu, vol. 6: bright tomato-coriander chicken curry, charred spring asparagus, and golden turmeric rice — ease that looks like effort.

March 18, 2012 · 1 min read

March 16, 2012: Sachin Tendulkar's 114 against Bangladesh in Mirpur made him the first — and still only — cricketer to 100 international hundreds.

March 16, 2012 · 1 min read

Naperville parents Paul and Amy Miller, who lost 18-year-old daughter Megan to heroin, began educating other families about the drug's reach into suburbia.

March 16, 2012 · 1 min read

Dr. Ken Murray’s viral 2011 essay observed that doctors facing death often choose comfort care over aggressive treatment.

March 14, 2012 · 1 min read

Photos of Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump posing with slain wildlife from a Zimbabwe hunt ignited a 2012 backlash — and a trophy-hunting debate that

March 14, 2012 · 1 min read

As Leon Panetta's plane landed at Camp Bastion on March 14, 2012, an Afghan contractor drove a stolen truck onto the runway in a suicide-bomb attempt.

March 14, 2012 · 1 min read

In March 2012 India granted its first compulsory drug license: Natco Pharma could make a generic version of Bayer's cancer drug Nexavar at a fraction of the

March 13, 2012 · 2 min read

In March 2012, a child s severed fingers were found in a trash can at Honolulu s Kukui Gardens. The disturbing discovery — and the search for answers.

March 13, 2012 · 1 min read

Friday cooking column Vol 5: a slow rajma in tomato-onion gravy, jeera rice, and cucumber raita — the weeknight reward meal.

March 9, 2012 · 1 min read

In Bindol, West Bengal, families were selling kidneys for as little as Rs 30,000 to escape starvation. What the 2012 investigation found in the 'kidney

March 9, 2012 · 3 min read

IPS officer Narendra Kumar was run over while trying to stop illegal mining in Morena, Madhya Pradesh, in March 2012. The questions his death left behind.

March 8, 2012 · 2 min read

Apple's 2012 third-generation iPad brought the Retina display, A5X chip, and 4G LTE. The specs that made the iPad 2's screen look soft overnight.

March 8, 2012 · 1 min read

A Michigan man sued AMC over its no-outside-food policy and $8 popcorn. The lawsuit failed — but it exposed the strange economics of the movie business.

March 5, 2012 · 1 min read

Plans for the world's largest Hindu temple in Bihar, modeled on Cambodia's Angkor Wat, drew devotion and doubt in equal measure. The story behind the plan.

March 4, 2012 · 1 min read