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Republican State Senator Abel Maldonado proved the Energizer Bunny of last night’s marathon budget vote — at least on the social media front. Not that anyone’s counting, but in the last 24 hours alone… Read more
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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]
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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 — King Juan Carlos of Spain told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to zip his lip on Saturday and the Spanish-speaking world went nuts. Read more
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TBILISI, Georgia, July 23 — Breaking with the cautious tone the Obama administration has adopted toward the Kremlin, Vice President Biden told a room of Georgian children Thursday that Russia “used a pretext to invade your country” in the hope of wrecking its economy and persuading its people that “democracy doesn’t work.” Read more
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BANGKOK, July 23 — Final arguments began Friday in a Burmese court in the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader and Nobel Laureate who could face another five years in detention if she is convicted of breaking the terms of her house arrest. Read more
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TBILISI, Georgia — They arrive at the graceful, tree-shaded villa clutching handwritten letters and sheaves of documents. Mothers tell of sons wrongly arrested; homeowners complain of houses forcibly requisitioned; people come to report what they feel is unjust treatment by their government. Read more
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KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai, setting out his election manifesto, vowed on Friday to make foreign troops sign a framework governing how they operate in a bid to limit civilians casualties. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is set to announce on Friday a competition for $4 billion in federal grants to improve academic achievement in U.S. schools, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. Read more
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Lawyers for Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi have presented closing arguments, as her trial in a Rangoon prison neared its end. Read more
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LONDON – World stock markets rose again Friday despite some downbeat U.S. earnings news from the likes of Microsoft Corp. and Amazon Inc. — another sign that risk appetite remains stronger after a two-week rally that has sent many indexes around the world to 2009 highs. In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British [...]
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AP – Zholdan Chabaliev, 85, casts his ballot for the presidential elections at his home outside Bishkek, … By PETER LEONARD, Associated Press Writer Peter Leonard, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 3 mins ago BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan – European monitors said Friday that Kyrgyzstan’s presidential election was marred by ballot-box stuffing and widespread irregularities in vote counting. The preliminary assessment by Organization [...]
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AMY WINEHOUSE twirled in front of a judge and showed him her pink ballet shoes in an attempt to prove that she was a mere 5ft 2in tall and could not have punched a fan. Read more
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Hillary Rodham Clinton and North Korea exchanged pointed barbs Thursday, with Clinton declaring North Korea has no friends left and the communist regime calling the U.S. secretary of state a schoolgirl. Read more
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The Health Protection Agency yesterday said for the first time that the disease was probably at epidemic levels – or one in 500 people reporting flu-like illness. Read more
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MASSACHUSETTS – Military officials are investigating how two tires fell off a huge C-5 transport plane on a training flight in Massachusetts. Authorities say no injuries have been reported and no property was damaged. Read more
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
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Just when you thought the Dark Ages were over, read this Al-Jazeera report. The news network previously reported on albinos in danger in Tanzania, killed so that their body parts can be sold to witch doctors. Now the violence has spread to Burundi, and the albinos are taking cover in ramshackle hideouts: [...]
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Ann Arbor, Mich.—As a gloomy, intermittent drizzle fell on Southeastern Michigan Thursday morning, the final edition of the Ann Arbor News rolled off the presses, bringing to an end a journalism institution with local roots going back to 1835. Read more