Chinese Hospitals Are Battlegrounds of Discontent

By SHARON LaFRANIERE

Du Bin for The New York Times

Slogans on banners at China Medical University Hospital No. 1 call for harmonious relations between doctors and patients.

In 2006, patients or their relatives attacked more than 5,500 medical workers, reflecting wide discontent with China’s public health care system.

Unrest Is Undermining Hopes for Afghan Vote

By ALISSA J. RUBIN

Concern is growing about President Hamid Karzai’s ability to deliver a credible election in September, a crucial sign of security and a legitimate government.

FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION The military limits what can be photographed in the detention camps at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba

Tour of Guantánamo Offers a Look, but Little Else

By JEREMY W. PETERS

The military aims to counter “misrepresentations” about treatment of detainees there, but much remains off limits.

Photographs: A Redacted View of Guantánamo Bay

American and Afghan soldiers on a joint patrol last week in Kandahar Province. Military officials say the counterinsurgency strategy needs time to work.

U.S. Military Seeks Slower Pace to Wrap Up Afghan Role

By ERIC SCHMITT, HELENE COOPER and DAVID E. SANGER

Gen. David H. Petraeus and a group of young officers are pushing for more time to apply counterinsurgency measures.

New Flood Warnings Raise Fears in Pakistan

By SALMAN MASOOD and KEVIN DREW 59 minutes ago

Pakistan issued new warnings of floods that could last into the weekend as authorities and aid groups scrambled to confront the toll from a growing humanitarian disaster.

Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Moving From South Asia to U.S.

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.

Medical experts said they feared that an “ominous” mutation, common in Pakistan and India, could spread globally.

Tibetan Writer’s Intellectual Journey Leads to Trial

By ANDREW JACOBS

Tragyal, who writes under the name Shogdung, has advocated civil disobedience against the government; his arrest came amid a two-year crackdown by authorities.

Helwan Journal

Safeya Seyam, a journalist, tried to spot the new moon at an observatory in Helwan on Tuesday.

Egyptians Look for a Heavenly Sign to Start Ramadan

By THANASSIS CAMBANIS

Astronomers have their technology, but in Egypt, the naked eye is just as influential in pinpointing the exact start to the lunar month of Ramadan.

U.N. Seeks $460 Million in Flood Aid for Pakistan

By NEIL MacFARQUHAR

The United Nations appealed for donations of nearly a half billion dollars to aid flood victims in Pakistan as the magnitude of the disaster widened.

U.S. Provides Additional Helicopters to Flood Relief Effort

One of two fossilized bones from Dikika, Ethiopia, that show evidence of stone tool use.

Lucy’s Kin Carved Up a Meaty Meal, Scientists Say

By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD

Human ancestors used stone tools and ate meat at least 800,000 years earlier than thought, scientists say.

Notes from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and other areas of conflict in the post-9/11 era.

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Ratan Bhuria gave water to his son Jogdiya in the Jhabua District hospital. Mr. Bhuria had gone to the neighboring state of Gujarat in mid-July in search of migrant work, but quickly returned after Jogdiya and his daughter Nani became sicker. Migrant workers struggle to feed their families because they cannot use their ration booklets outside their home villages.

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An archive of classified military documents offers an unvarnished view of the war in Afghanistan.

Above the Law

A series examining corruption and abuse of power in Russia two decades after the end of Communism.

Letters From

Filmmaking in a Climate of Caution

By RICHARD BERNSTEIN

"Aftershock" is likely to be a major commercial success, but the film's director hints broadly that China's censorship system is keeping the industry from taking the risks needed to make great art.