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When something is broken, it does not do what it is intended to do. But these government systems – our schools, our health care, our transportation — are in fact doing exactly what they are intended to do. They create dependent and dependable voting blocs that sustain and advance the political careers of those in [...]
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Sue D – totally appreciate your point but there’s a weird irony here. The Iranians are protesting their right to be counted and excercise their democratic rights. The posters talking about the BNP are trying to do the same (they don’t all look like supporters either!) Sky seems to have shut [...]
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Setanta Sports News will cease broadcasting at 6pm, it has been confirmed. The channel, which is produced by ITN, was a joint venture between Setanta Sports and Virgin Media. 56 editorial and production jobs jobs were created at ITN’s Gray’s Inn Road headquarters when the channel launched in 2007. Setanta and Virgin Media started the [...]
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President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared the United States and the entire world are “appalled and outraged” by Iran’s violent efforts to crush dissent, a clear toughening of his rhetoric as Republican critics at home pound him for being too passive. Read more
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TEHRAN — The family, clad in black, stood at the curb of the road sobbing. A middle-aged mother slapped her cheeks, letting out piercing wails. The father, a frail man who worked as a doorman at a clinic in central Tehran, wept quietly with his head bowed. Read more
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Whatever Austan Goolsbee may have told Candadian officials during the Ohio primary, and whatever NAFTA trashing Obama the candidate thought he needed to do to win it (before he lost it to Hillary Clinton)… Read more
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So, I made an apple crumble. A rudimentary apple crumble, it is true, and not fit for consumption by anyone but me (and certainly not by the baking guru who has challenged me to produce cake), but a crumble nonetheless. It took some persuasion of a microwave whose oven setting nearly burned down the hotel, [...]
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Another school very evident at Chelsea Flower show was Writhlington School. Pupils embarked in March 2009 on a trip to Sikkim in the Himalayas to take part in the Gangtok Schools’ Orchid project. This has furthered the work of the botanical team at the school and resulted in a stand in the Continuous Learning area [...]
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WASHINGTON — Until last week, Mark Malloy was one of many Latinos walking away from the Republican Party. The middle school teacher, son of an American father and a Nicaraguan mother, was part of a supposed swing of conservative Latino voters to the Democratic Party, motivated by the GOP’s association with a hard-line immigration stance. [...]
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WITTENBERG, Germany — Martin Luther, a renegade monk, triggered the Reformation here five centuries ago by nailing a long list of grievances to the door of the Castle Church. But as Wittenberg celebrates the founding of Protestantism, it is finding one thing in short supply: Lutherans. Read more
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TEHRAN, June 22 — The Iranian parliament’s judiciary committee raised the possibility Monday of legal action against opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, while government forces violently dispersed a crowd protesting alleged fraud in the June 12 presidential election. Read more
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PARIS (Reuters) – Signals from the flight data recorders of an Air France airliner that crashed into the Atlantic killing all 228 people on board have been located, Le Monde newspaper said on its website on Tuesday. Read more
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TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian authorities said they would teach a lesson to “rioters” held in the worst unrest to befall the country since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Read more
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Iran’s legislative body, the Guardian Council, has said there were no major polling irregularities in the 12 June election and ruled out an annulment. Read more
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AP – A woman walks under the electronic signboard of a securities firm indicating loss of Japan’s Nikkei stock … Slideshow:Stock Markets Play Video Wall Street Video:Learn financial basics for free WRAL Raleigh Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 8,339.01 -200.72 ^GSPC 893.04 0.00 ^IXIC 1,766.19 0.00 By JEREMIAH MARQUEZ, AP Business Writer Jeremiah Marquez, Ap Business Writer [...]
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s top electoral body, the Guardian Council, found “no major fraud” in the disputed June 12 election and ruled out annulling the the results, Iran’s state TV Tuesday quoted a spokesman for the council as saying. Read more
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British Labour MPs last night rebelled against an attempt by government whips to install Margaret Beckett as speaker of the Commons. Read more
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CAIRO (June 22) – She lies in the Tehran street with her headscarf half-off, blood pooling around her jeans and white sneakers. Read more
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Labour MPs took revenge last night for the ousting of Commons Speaker Michael Martin by installing in his place a maverick Tory hated by his own party. Read more
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WASHINGTON – One Washington Metro transit train ploughed into the rear of another during evening rush hour, killing at least four people and injuring scores of others as cars of one train jackknifed into the air and fell atop the other. Read more