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The Christian Science Monitor Daily News Briefing provides an editorially curated perspective on important news of the day. Each issue provides a daily commentary from the editors, abridged versions of five key stories, an Editorial, the Christian Science perspective article, and a Top Headlines column. Insights gained from the Monitor can support and strengthen your prayers for the world. For the latest news and 24/7 access to Monitor content, you can also visit CSMonitor.com.

A not-quite-vanquished foe

When an old-style communist purge unfolds, totalitarianism comes back into view.

Crossing the divide

Compromise has never been a rousing rallying cry.

Call it the Arab anti-Spring.

Mandela often reminded people that he was no saint – “unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”

Mars is not a nice place to live – alternating between scorching and freezing.

What’s in a name?

Names can prompt passionate reactions in international relations. 

What Mandela gave South Africa – and the world – was a living lesson both in justice and forgiveness. You could call that a life of grace.

It’s not news that President Obama’s key legislative achievement, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), has had problems.

A break in an impasse?

Don’t look now, but peace may be at hand in Washington in the long-running war over the federal budget.

The 28-member European Union and the newly established Eurasian Union are colliding in Ukraine.