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Lincoln -
Most people are not happy about their government being complicit in the murder of innocent men, women and children. Some are prepared to do more than tut tut about it, and have decided to take action.
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Phnom Penh -
Cambodia's record on human rights and freedom of expression will be freshly displayed March 5 when a Court of Appeal considers over-turning a journalist's conviction for “instigating an insurrection” regarding a land conflict in a Cambodian village.
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Washington -
After railing against Republicans and Sequestration for months, President Barack Obama failed stop a relatively small blend of cuts that he signed into law before deciding to campaign against them.
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Detroit -
Detroit has been declared a region in fiscal emergency, and Michigan is set to identify a top candidate to take over fiscal management of the financially bedeviled city.
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Washington -
President Obama met with congressional leaders and when they emerged from the meeting, the president announced that no deal had been reached. President Obama blamed Republicans for failing to agree to additional revenue.
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Bamako -
In spite of the rapid advance of the French in taking the main cities in northern Mali and driving rebels into the mountains, militants are fighting back and launching surprise attacks.
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In an era of austerity and budget cuts the dreams of every politician are reduced to the reality of governing for the survivability of their constituency and not for their own self interests.
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Manila -
MANILA – A controversial Catholic poster reminding voters to support only ‘pro-life’ candidates that voted against the divisive Reproductive Health (RH) Law that President Benigno S. Aquino III signed last year has now reached the country’s highes
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Ottawa -
A federal member of the New Democratic Party has crossed the floor to join the Bloc Quebecois, becoming the fifth member of the separatist federal party. Claude Patry on crossing the floor said that some things are not negotiable.
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Washington -
President Obama asked the Supreme Court of the US to overturn California's ban on same sex marriage. In a legal brief the Justice Department said that gay couples in California have equal protection right to wed, which voters were not empowered to ban.
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Washington -
Hollywood superstar Clint Eastwood has once again come out in support of gay marriage, adding his signature to a legal brief urging the United States Supreme Court to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage.
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London -
There is a new scandal brewing in British politics. A leading Liberal-Democrat is the subject of unspecified allegations of sexual impropriety. But is it all smoke and mirrors?
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Rome -
US Secretary of State John Kerry pledged $60 million in aid to Syrian rebels. The aid will be in the form of food and medical supplies, not arms, Kerry said. Western and Arab countries have also pledged more political and material support.
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Waltham -
A new study has revealed that the wealth gap between white and black Americans has nearly tripled since the Reagan years.
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Washington -
Known for his ability to shift blame and appealing to the public, President Obama has run into an obstacle. Well-respected journalist and author Bob Woodward put the blame for the sequester in the lap of the President. Who is more believable?
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What constitutes freedom of speech and hate speech has often been an emotional debate in Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has redefined the definition as it applies to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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New York -
A new and irritatingly interesting study has found that conservative and liberal buying habits are very different, almost polarized. The main dichotomy is that conservatives buy well established brands, while liberals are more adventurous.
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Stéphane Hessel, the former French resistance fighter, diplomat and political activist, often regarded as the inspiration for the Indignados movement, the Occupy movement and the Arab Spring, died in Paris on Tuesday at the age of 95.
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A top official of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stressed that, as Mali is stabilizing after a period of violence and economic collapse, the international community should deliver the aid that Malians desperately need.
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