Briefing

YEREVAN, ARMENIA Eight killed in protests against allegedly rigged election

JAMMU, INDIA Indian government cancels debt for nation's small farmers

WAGAH BORDER, PAKISTAN Accused Indian spy freed after 35 years in prison

BEIJING Opening ceremony of the National People's Congress

WOODINVILLE, WASH. Radical green group suspected of setting mansions ablaze

PRISONS

America Incarcerated

More than 1 out of every 100 U.S. adults is behind bars, according to a new Pew report. Violent crimes have dropped 25% since '87, but harsher sentencing for lesser crimes has caused overcrowding and fueled a thriving private-prisons industry. A look at who's doing time in the...

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