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1 China Settles In for Lower Growth

By lowering China's growth target, Premier Wen Jiabao signaled a comfort level with less torrid expansion, a shift with profound implications for China's trading partners.

• Wen Cuts 2012 Target for Growth

• Heard on the Street: No Lei Feng Spirit

• MarketWatch: China's Not So Miraculous Recovery

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Romney Advances As Obama Gains

Ahead of the key Super Tuesday contests, Romney has regained the lead in the GOP presidential contest thanks to new support from conservatives, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds.

• Full poll results

• Photos: Ready for Super Tuesday

Japanese Elderly Knit a Safety Net

Every Tuesday in a small Japanese town, the "Yarn Alive" knitting club meets—an accidental support group for a handful of the thousands of elderly people still homeless after disaster swept away their lives nearly a year ago.

• Photos: Knitting Through Disaster

• Video: Knitting With New Friends

• Looking for a Proper House to Die In

• Ohio Church Puts the Yarn in Japan's Club

2 • What's News— 3 • Opposition Rallies Against Putin's Win 4 • China Premier Backs Blueprint for Financial Reform 5 • China Developers Expect Property Prices to Fall • Budget Focus Is on Threats From Within 8 • BOJ Bond Buys Seen Pressuring Debt • New Tariff, Nuclear Halt May Fuel Japan Solar Demand 9 • THE OUTLOOK: Why Recent Job Gains May Stick This Time • Fed Takes a Break to Weigh Outlook 12 • Militants Raid Iraqi Town, Kill Police • Iraqi South Oil Official Allegedly Took Bribes 13 • IN THE LAB: The Genetic Ripple Effect of Hardship 14 • HEALTH JOURNAL: Time for a Good Old-Fashioned Nervous Breakdown? • THE INFORMED PATIENT: A Secret for Patients Undergoing Hernia Repair

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18 Bangladesh T20 League Falls Short in Its Initial Test

Administrative chaos and fears of corruption add to the cricket circuit's teething problems.

21 • An Ohio Church Puts the Yarn in Japan's 'Yarn Alive' Club 22 • CAPITAL JOURNAL: Respect or Not, Romney Keeps Winning

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OPINION

15 Obama's Hawkish Iran Turn

As he meets with Netanyahu, a striking rhetorical change.

The 60th ObamaCare Vote

A soon-to-be released report shows how rogue prosecutors defeated Ted Stevens.

A Putin Coronation

The Kremlin chief gives himself a new six-year term.

16 OPINION • The High Cost of the Fed's Cheap Money • Teaching India's Entrepreneurs 17 OPINION • DAN SENOR: Why Israel Has Doubts About Obama • ARTHUR C. BROOKS: Social Science With a Soul

23 AIG to Sell $6 Billion In Asian Insurer's Stock

AIG kicked off a $6 billion sale of shares in Asian life insurer AIA Group in Hong Kong, moving forward with plans to repay another chunk of its 2008 U.S. bailout.

• Deal Journal: AIA Sale Weighs on Hong Kong

Sinopec Is Tested as Takeover Bid Stalls

Sinopec's global ambitions face a test on its home turf in China amid opposition to the energy company's proposed $2.15 billion takeover of China Gas, one of the country's biggest natural-gas companies.

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It's Time for Wall Street To Wash Its Dirty Dishes

A shareholder lawsuit on a deal involving Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley—the sale of El Paso Corp. to Kinder Morgan—throws a light on the conflicts of interest in Wall Street's kitchen.