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Tim Fitzsimons

GlobalPost
Tim Fitzsimons is a Beirut-based radio and print journalist focusing on the Middle East. He has reported from places such as Kashmir, Oman, Guantanamo Bay, and Worcester, Mass. His work has been published by GlobalPost, The Sunday Times, NPR, Salon, and Slate.
Business, Finance & Economics
US stock indexes up on the first trading day of 2012
Politics
GOP candidates trade barbs on Iowa caucus day
Politics
Romney wins Iowa caucuses by 8 votes as Santorum surges to second
Agence France-Presse
Activists accuse Damascus of hiding conflict’s toll
Lifestyle
China year of the dragon stamp “too ferocious”
Politics
Newt’s team comes out swinging
Agence France-Presse
Syria releases over 500 political prisoners
Politics
Mubarak prosecutors call for death penalty
Agence France-Presse
Mahmoud Souleiman Hajj Hamad, Syrian government official, defects (VIDEO)
Agence France-Presse
Reports: Joran Van der Sloot confesses to 2010 Stephany Flores murder in Peru (VIDEO)
Business, Finance & Economics
Top 1% of mobile internet users consume 50% of world’s data
Agence France-Presse
Pervez Musharraf to return to Pakistan
Lifestyle
Zebra shark in Dubai zoo reproduces without male
Politics
Republicans meet in New Hampshire debate
Agence France-Presse
Syrian rebels buying arms from army defectors
Politics
Obama’s Chief of Staff William M. Daley steps down (VIDEO)
Agence France-Presse
Dixville Notch ties for Romney, Huntsman in first GOP primary vote
Agence France-Presse
Amnesty plan for Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh supported by US
Agence France-Presse
7.3 quake strikes near Sumatra
Agence France-Presse
Court strikes down Oklahoma ban on Sharia law
Agence France-Presse
Israel says Hezbollah helping Syria President Bashar al-Assad survive
Agence France-Presse
Microsoft investigating claims that Chinese workers threatened suicide
Lifestyle
Amish man fined for not using orange reflector on buggy
Politics
Stephen Colbert mulling run for president – VIDEO
Agence France-Presse
Tribunal recommends Bradley Manning be court martialed
Agence France-Presse
Anti-abortion group plans graphic Superbowl commercial
Agence France-Presse
Standards & Poor’s downgrades France, Austria, Italy and Spain
Agence France-Presse
Syrian tanks enter border town of Zabadani
Business, Finance & Economics
FTC to investigate Google for social network integration
Politics
GOP candidates come out swinging at South Carolina debate
Politics
Romney: I pay “closer to the 15 percent range” in tax (VIDEO)
Lifestyle
Mars rocks fell to Earth, scientists confirm
Agence France-Presse
Zabadani ceasefire reported (VIDEO)
Agence France-Presse
Rwandan military officers arrested
Politics
Palin: I’d vote for Newt
Agence France-Presse
Santorum beat Romney in Iowa, new count shows
Agence France-Presse
Nuclear material stolen from Egyptian nuclear power plant site
Politics
Gingrich surges to first place in newest polls
Politics
Stephen Colbert and Herman Cain stump in South Carolina
Lifestyle
Scientists pause study of deadly bird flu strains
Agence France-Presse
Yemen’s Saleh departs for medical treatment in the US
Agence France-Presse
Representative Gabrielle Giffords to resign from Congress (VIDEO)
Agence France-Presse
Supreme Court rules unanimously in GPS tracking case
Agence France-Presse
Romney lead crumbles in Florida polls
Agence France-Presse
Yemen air force mutinies, demands ouster of Saleh’s brother
Agence France-Presse
Secretary LaHood’s son on no-fly list in Egypt
Politics
Newt Gingrich promises Moon base by 2020
Agence France-Presse
Iraq bombing target police officers
Agence France-Presse
Ahmadinejad: Iran is ready for nuclear talks
Agence France-Presse
Reports: Massacre in Syrian city of Homs
Agence France-Presse
Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt charged with genocide
Agence France-Presse
Syrian hackers take down Russian government sites
Agence France-Presse
Syrian state media: “Terrorists” bomb gas pipeline
Agence France-Presse
US Embassy in Cairo sheltering NGO workers
Agence France-Presse
Russia invites Syrians, opposition to Moscow for talks
Agence France-Presse
Syrian death toll from Monday at 100 as rebels take central town of Rastan
Agence France-Presse
Israel offers settlers incentives
Agence France-Presse
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff on state visit to Cuba
Agence France-Presse
Iran launches Spanish-language TV channel
Agence France-Presse
Israel says it will deport thousands of South Sudan refugees