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US airstrikes put Pakistan's leaders on defensiveYesterday: It summoned the US ambassador Thursday to formally complain after an attack hit deep inside Pakistani territory.
How deep a recession?Yesterday: The housing-bubble collapse makes recovery hard to predict.
Iran: Will talks happen under Obama?Yesterday: A period of reestablishing relations with Iran's partners seems likely. Also expect contacts with lower-tier Iranian officials.
Doubt greets IMF bailout offersYesterday: The fund seeks to soften effects of the financial collapse, but many Asian leaders - citing bad advice from the '97 crisis - are wary of conditions attached to assistance.
California Supreme Court to hear challenges to gay-marriage banYesterday: Opponents argue that the ballot initiative amounts to a revision of the state constitution.