At Republican Debate, Straying Into Mideast, and Getting Lost
Date: 17 December 2015
By DAVID E. SANGER
David SANGER
Replaying Wednesday, December 16, 2015
The December 16, 2015 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♐. It was the 349 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.
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16th of December 2015 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on December 16, 2015
Morning Agenda: All Eyes on the Federal Reserve
Date: 16 December 2015
By AMIE TSANG
Amie TSANG
Battered, Apologetic and Still Pitching Hedge Funds | Remaking Dow and DuPont for the Activists
Putin Gambit Over Syria Proves to Be Dual-Edged Sword
Date: 16 December 2015
By BEN HUBBARD
Ben HUBBARD
News Analysis; Russia's military involvement in Syrian war has done little to change course of events there or diminish influence of Islamic State, but has raised prominence of Russia and Pres Vladimir Putin on world stage; experts say Russia's hand in conflict has made its cooperation essential in Syrian peace talks but has also introduced further risks for Putin at home and abroad.
Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, Alike in Many Ways, Collide at G.O.P. Debate
Date: 16 December 2015
By JEREMY W. PETERS
Jeremy PETERS
Britain Prunes Silly Laws on Salmon Handling and Armor Wearing
Date: 16 December 2015
By STEPHEN CASTLE
Stephen CASTLE
Special team of officials is tasked with combing through Great Britain's collective body of 44,000 pieces of primary legislation and pruning those that seem outdated or absurd, such as ban on wearing suit of armor to Parliament; over 200 measures are set to be repealed in 2016.
Curing Hepatitis C, in an Experiment the Size of Egypt
Date: 16 December 2015
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr
Donald McNEIL
Pharmaceutical companies are offering hepatitis drugs at fraction of usual cost in Egypt, which has highest rate of infection in world, as part of initiative to cure infectious disease in poor countries while protecting prices and lucrative market in west; at least 10 percent of Egyptians, or nearly 9 million people, are chronically infected with hepatitis; industry's efforts to maintain terms of deal with Egypt and keep drugs from being resold on black market have raised outcry among some rights advocates.
Suspect in Xinjiang Mine Attack Spoke of Jihad, Chinese News Reports Say
Date: 17 December 2015
By MICHAEL FORSYTHE
Michael FORSYTHE
Belgium Says Law Limiting Raids May Have Allowed Suspect in Paris Attacks to Escape
Date: 17 December 2015
By MILAN SCHREUER and SEWELL CHAN
Milan SCHREUER
Fed Raises Key Interest Rate for First Time in Almost a Decade
Date: 17 December 2015
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM
Binyamin APPELBAUM
In a Self-Serve World, Start-Ups Find Value in Human Helpers
Date: 17 December 2015
By FARHAD MANJOO
Farhad MANJOO
Theories, but No Details, on Buyer of Las Vegas Newspaper
Date: 17 December 2015
By RAVI SOMAIYA
Ravi SOMAIYA