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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsThe City of London will bear the brunt of new European Union sanctions aimed at cutting off Russia's banks from financing under proposals discussed by ambassadors in Brussels today
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsOfgem sets out new higher compensation payments for customers who lose power in storms
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from BBC News - PoliticsCash-strapped Welsh councils have spent nearly twice as much on making staff redundant as they did last year, BBC Wales learns.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from BBC News - PoliticsThree former ministers are to be given given knighthoods, while veteran Ken Clarke has been made a Companion of Honour.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsRussia will be unable to raise funds under EU sanction plans, according to reports
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from International Business TimesThe United States Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, on Wednesday, announced it is lifting its earlier restrictions on U.S. fights to and from Israel’s Ben Gurion airport.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from International Business TimesIsrael on Wednesday strongly criticized a decision by the United Nations Human Rights Council, or UNHRC, to launch an independent inquiry into allegations of war crimes committed by Israel in its ongoing offensive in Gaza. In a statement...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from BBC News - PoliticsThe UK Supreme Court is to be asked to overturn the ban on convicted prisoners being able to vote in the Scottish independence referendum.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsTaxpayers deserve to know why Whitehall computer contracts keep going wrong, says Sue Cameron
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsThe former presenter of the flagship technology programme says it should be back on prime time TV as Chuka Umunna warns parents are now "petrified" of the digital skills their children learn at school
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsSpeed limit on rural roads is to rise to 50mph to prevent congestion and reduce the number of accidents, ministers announce
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsTelegraph View: The Government should counter fiscal drag, whereby more people are drawn into higher tax brackets
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsLabour will introduce two more hours of compulsory sport for school pupils if they win the next election
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Top StoriesThe FAA is still watching the situation as the death toll rises in the conflict with Hamas.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Reuters: PoliticsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. lawmaker will pressure the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday to consider a raft of reforms, after William Ackman's aggressive efforts to take over Allergan Inc raised concerns about loose r...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsA new study to be released Thursday found that Texas and Oklahoma would be among the biggest economic winners under a regulation proposed by President Obama to fight climate change.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Politics News - UK PoliticsAnalysis of official data reveals the 10 worst stretches of motorway in England where motorists drive too close to the vehicle in front
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsA federal court ruling barring some subsidies under the health care law raised the possibility that many of the 4.5 million people who were found eligible for them would drop their coverage.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsInclusion on a terrorism screening list can keep people off planes, block noncitizens from entering the United States and subject people to greater scrutiny at airports, border crossings and traffic stops.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Top StoriesAlaska's two incumbents cannot quite agree on how often they actually agree.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Top StoriesGov. Jan Brewer says she's ordering a review of the state's execution process.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostThe execution of a convicted murderer in Arizona lasted nearly two hours Wednesday, and witnesses said he gasped and snorted for much of that time before dying. The drawn-out process prompted the governor to order a review, and it renewe...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from International Business Times
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from International Business TimesThe Netherlands observed a national day of mourning Wednesday when the first bodies from MH17 arrived at a Dutch military base, as Australia also paid tribute to its dead with a memorial service Thursday. King Willem-Alexander and Dutch ...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from International Business TimesThe English father of a woman killed in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, 26 years ago reached out to the victims’ families of MH17, assuring them that their loved ones didn’t suffer when the Malaysia Airlines plane...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsThe failures of Arab Spring to spread democracy in the Middle East has left many in America more inclined to side with a familiar ally, experts say, while Europeans are “more open to the Palestinian point of view.”
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from BBC News - PoliticsA betting levy to help fund community facilities and treat gambling addiction is among proposals considered by Labour in a "long-term innovative plan for sport".
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Reuters: PoliticsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Representative Paul Ryan will probably spark a new round of arguments over how to fight poverty in America on Thursday as he introduces a sweeping plan to replace long-standing social safety net programs...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsA federal court ruling barring some subsidies under the health care law raised the possibility that many of the 4.5 million people who were found eligible for them would drop their coverage.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsRepublicans pointed to a ruling by an appeals court panel, which said premium subsidies paid to millions of Americans were illegal, as evidence of problems in the law that could not be solved easily.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsAfter David Perdue’s victory in the Republican primary, he will face off against the Democrat Michelle Nunn in what many in both parties see as a crucial to gaining a majority in the Senate.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from International Business TimesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , the federal agency that combats deadly diseases by studying both flesh-eating viruses and potato chips, recently released its latest assessment on physical activity in America. The agency ...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from CNN.com - PoliticsThe commission created to examine 9/11 says we need to do more to protect ourselves.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsThe F.B.I. is investigating how con artists received detailed information about migrant children being housed at military bases to lure relatives into paying hefty sums to reunite their families.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Top StoriesPresident Barack Obama apparently hit the dance floor with singers Janelle Monae and Usher.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from CNN.com - PoliticsHouse Republicans unveiled a $1.5 billion border funding package Wednesday to address the situation on the southern border, almost $1 billion dollars smaller than the version introduced by Senate Democrats on Tuesday, and less than half ...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsDavid Perdue’s victory over Jack Kingston, an 11-term Georgia congressman, with just under 51 percent of the vote, upset public polling predictions and conventional wisdom.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsWith only days left until Congress begins its August recess, House Republicans and Senate Democrats are struggling to reach a compromise on the amount of funds to allot to the migrant crisis at the southern border.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from CNN.com - PoliticsTwo Ukrainian military jets were shot down Wednesday in the eastern part of the country, where pro-Russian rebels have fought against government forces, a Ukrainian military office said.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from CNN.com - PoliticsUkraine ambassador Olexander Motsyk places blame for the MH17 tragedy squarely at the door of Russia
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Top StoriesAccess to the president continues to be limited in ways not seen in previous administrations.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostARIZONA Inmate’s execution takes 90 minutes A condemned Arizona inmate gasped and snorted for more than 90 minutes during his execution Wednesday before he died, his lawyers said, in an episode sure to add to the scrutiny surrounding the...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsSecretary of State John Kerry is trying to obtain a cease-fire, after 16 days of fighting that has killed nearly 700 Palestinians, 32 Israeli soldiers and three Israeli civilians.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Top StoriesOpinion: Each civilian death in Gaza is a tragedy, but who is ultimately responsible? Hamas.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostThe Obama administration and key U.S. senators are close to a deal on legislation that aims to end the National Security Agency’s collection of millions of Americans’ phone call logs for counterterrorism purposes. Read full article >...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from NYT > PoliticsA circuit judge is being asked to move this year’s election dates — including postponing next month’s primary — in order to draw up new congressional districts for the state.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from CNN.com - PoliticsWolf Blitzer interviews Michael Bloomberg, who flew to Tel Aviv to express his solidarity with Israel.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from International Business TimesA Palestinian man holds a child while fleeing the Shujayeh neighbourhood during heavy Israeli shelling in Gaza City July 20, 2014. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly
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Saturday, July 26, 2014 from The Sydney Morning Herald articlesPoliticians rank between door-to-door spruikers and insurance salespeople as a profession inspiring trust. Maybe this reputation is deserved, the mounting cost of deliberate obfuscation, spin and outright lies. But part of the real reaso...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from All News RSS FeedFew things Congress does come in for more ridicule than its penchant for naming post offices. While the exercise soaks up some floor time and keeps the clerks busy, it alters public policy not one bit. Instead, each new honorific provide...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from All News RSS FeedWaging war on smoking, for-profit colleges and tax loopholes may sound like odd subjects for the military spending bill, but not when you consider who is wielding the gavel.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from All News RSS FeedSouth Dakota Democrats are playing a tough hand in the Senate race, but they thought they could count on a wild card -- former Sen. Larry Pressler -- to help the contest break their way.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from All News RSS FeedIn his recent opinion piece, Ascension Health CEO Robert Henkel pleads with Congress not to tinker with the 340B Drug Discount Program ("Placing the Health and Well Being of Patients First", Roll Call, July 16). The program was created i...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from All News RSS FeedAt every critical moment along the diplomatic path to a resolution of Iran's nuclear program, vocal members of Congress have threatened to impose new sanctions that could torpedo the process. Last Friday, when Iran and the P5+1 powers, t...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from All News RSS FeedThis September will mark the two-year anniversary of the Veterans Jobs Corps Act of 2012 currently blocked by the Senate. The bill, which was drafted on bipartisan lines, would have created jobs for up to 20,000 veterans. This defeat cam...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from allvoices - All News >> political >> RecentThe United States has no plans to introduce more sanctions against Russia. This was stated by deputy press secretary of the White House, Eric Schultz, accompanying President Barack Obama on a trip to California. ITAR-TASS, in a briefing ...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Firstpost » PoliticsAssam and Maharashtra aren’t the only two states where a rebellion is brewing against Rahul Gandhi appointed satraps. In the country’s party capital Goa, the internal dissent within the Congress has reduced the party into a virtual lame-...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsAs international efforts to end the conflict intensify, Israel vows to continue hunting Hamas cross-border tunnels under a truce.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from allvoices - All News >> political >> RecentUK will review the license issued to the companies and their arms deals with Russia, Prime Minister David Cameron, whose government before it was to convict members of parliament that more than 200 licenses for exports to Russia British ...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Firstpost » PoliticsSania Mirza, in her brief statement issued this afternoon, said she is and will remain an Indian till the end of her life and that politicans as well as the media should use their time on more pressing issues. The post Full text: Sania M...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsDavid Ruffley was given a police caution after officers were called to his flat when he assaulted his partner.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from RedState“[T]he new Jerusalem will have a wall. It’s gates may never shut, but gates and wall there will remain.” Russell D. Moore of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention and Ronnie F...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from allvoices - All News >> political >> RecentSenior US and Pakistani officials have met here and reviewed the ongoing military operations against terrorists in North Waziristan and recent progress in Indo-Pak relationship. Syed Tariq Fatemi, Special Assistant to Pakistan Prime Mini...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from allvoices - All News >> political >> RecentGovernment will free up another 10 million tonnes of wheat in the open market, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Thursday after a cabinet meeting, as part of efforts to keep a lid on food prices. The government buys...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from RIA NovostiThe United States has not yet provided any documented evidence to prove that the rocket that brought down the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was launched from militia-controlled territory, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov sa...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from allvoices - All News >> political >> RecentJul 23, 2014 According to the United Nations, one child has been killed in Gaza every hour for the past two days. Overall, the Israeli military has killed close to 700 Palestinians, the vast majority civilians, since the assault on Gaza ...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from allvoices - All News >> political >> RecentArchive Recent Posts Test your knowledge of endangered species by playing our crossword. Read more This word has appeared in 376 New York Times articles in the past year. Read more Why do you think virtually everyone involved in this pro...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from allvoices - All News >> political >> RecentNext Magazine reported Wednesday that the Minister of Labor Pan Shi-wei was suspected of carrying on an illicit affair with a 36-year-old woman surnamed Wang who has worked as his secretary for six years.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from allvoices - All News >> political >> RecentTaipei, July 24 (CNA) The foreign diplomatic community in Taipei observed a minute of silence Thursday in memory of the the victims of a TransAsia Airways crash in the outlying island county of Penghu the previous night, a Taiwanese offi...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from allvoices - All News >> political >> RecentShen Fu-hsiung, who is running for mayor of Taipei City as an independent, admitted for the first time Wednesday that he had misgauged the feelings of Taipei citizens. He said he had "overestimated his own potential" among the city's vot...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from allvoices - All News >> political >> RecentFor many of today's Chinese youth looking for a partner, love takes second place to parental pressure, moving up the social ladder and a heavy dose of fear drummed into women that they will end up as "leftover." These aspects...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from allvoices - All News >> political >> RecentA UN official has commended Serbia's effort and progress in resolving the issues facing the Roma national minority, in comparison to the region...The agreement of understanding resulted in a series of activities such as trainings for jud...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from allvoices - All News >> political >> RecentA community of Serb municipalities in Kosovo is entering a phase where its "fundamental establishment should finally begin," says Marko uri. (Beta, file) The director of the Serbian government office for Kosovo and Metohija pointed out t...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from allvoices - All News >> political >> RecentBreaking News Roi Kais A source Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades told the Hezbollah affiliated Al-Akhbar newspaper that Hamas military wing has the ability and the strength to continue conducting this campaign for months. We informed Hama...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from allvoices - All News >> political >> RecentIn his statement, Andrew Hodson recalled the day he and his sister Mandy found their parents' bodies. "I heard my sister scream, 'They're dead, they're dead, they've murdered them'," he said. Mr Dale and hitman Rodney Charles Collins wer...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from allvoices - All News >> political >> RecentBut a new political party that is attempting to win a seat for New Zealanders living in Australia has dismissed the comments as spin...It is time for change, said Grant Cheesman of the Expat Party of New Zealand...Mr Key said...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Zawya.com - Middle East Political NewsIsrael won a partial reprieve from the economic pain of its Gaza war on Thursday with the lifting of a U.S. ban on commercial flights to Tel Aviv, as fighting pushed the Palestinian death toll over 700.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Philly.com PoliticsMayor Nutter said the musician would be honored for his efforts on homelessness and poverty.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Firstpost » PoliticsCoalition dharma cannot be cause for the BJP to seek refuge in a diplomatic silence over the Rajan Vichare episode. It must speak out against the Shiv Sena's hooliganism loud and clear. The post Chapati-gate: How Shiv Sena force-feeding ...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from PoliticsAmericans continue to oppose lowering the drinking age to 18 in all states, with 25% in favor and 74% opposed. Political liberals and those with a postgraduate education are less likely to oppose a lower drinking age.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Firstpost » PoliticsAAP has shown its disinclination to fight the upcoming Haryana Assembly polls as it plans to focus its energy for the Delhi Assembly polls. The post AAP will not contest Haryana assembly polls, Yogendra Yadav unhappy appeared first on Fi...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Mail.com: PoliticsDENVER (AP) — For years, gay rights activists in Colorado repeatedly said it would only be a matter of time before they would be allowed to marry. They repeated that even as they struggled for years to get civil unions passed through the...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Sky News Australia
Treasurer Joe Hockey has said he would leave his career as PM 'to destiny' at his book launch. -
Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Firstpost » PoliticsBJP leader K Laxman created a big controversy when he objected to renowned tennis player Sania Mirza being appointed Telangana brand ambassador. The post Will always remain Indian, says Sania Mirza: Who said what on Telangana controversy...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Mail.com: PoliticsHELENA, Mont. (AP) — Sen. John Walsh said his unattributed use of others' work in his master's thesis was not plagiarism but "a few citations that were unintentionally left out of a term paper" that he blamed in part on post-Iraq war tra...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Firstpost » PoliticsNew Delhi: The government has said it will respond on the issue of Shiv Sena MPs force-feeding a fasting Muslim after ascertaining full facts by tomorrow. Congress, SP and Left members raised the issue when Rajya Sabha met for the day sa...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Mail.com: PoliticsGRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Widespread drought across the West had forecasters expecting an above-average wildfire season this summer, which so far has not lived up to expectations. U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell said Wednesday that ...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Mail.com: PoliticsWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's quick congratulation for Indonesia's election victor Joko Widodo, even as the losing candidate rejected the result, underscores Washington's intent to deepen ties with Jakarta and support democr...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from World PoliticsPrime Minister Tony Abbott says 50 federal police officers are on standby to help secure the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash site. Mr Abbott says the AFP officers are in London awaiting approval for an international force to secure t...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Mail.com: PoliticsLOS ANGELES (AP) — President Barack Obama wraps up a three-day fundraising trip on the West Coast on Thursday, devoting part of his day to promoting his economic agenda at a technical college. Obama is also attending a Democratic Nationa...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsThe daily briefing on what's up in Westminster with newspaper reviews, video logs and comment from the Sky News politics team.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedComment marks point of friction between two countries as Harper has made opposition of Russia a centre of policy
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Zawya.com - Middle East Political News24 July 2014 Michel Aoun's presidential election campaign continues unabated, while Lebanon's executive and legislative branches of government continue to pay the price. Aoun might be fully entitled to reject the latest proposal by forme...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Zawya.com - Middle East Political NewsA proposed U.S. legislation that broadens financial sanctions on organizations that help channel money to Hezbollah will have no impact on Lebanon's banking sector.
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Zawya.com - Middle East Political News24 July 2014 BEIRUT: A judge at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon will decide Thursday whether to proceed with the trial of Al-Jadeed TV and its top editor, amid mounting opposition by Lebanese civil society. Judge Nicola Lettieri will an...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Zawya.com - Middle East Political News24 July 2014 BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON: Iraq's parliament, which had been due to elect the country's president Wednesday, postponed the vote by a day, delaying the formation of a power-sharing government urgently needed to confront an insurgenc...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from Mail.com: PoliticsAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has distributed $205 million in taxpayer money to scores of technology startups using a pet program designed to bring high-paying jobs and innovation to the nation's second most-populous state. ...
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Thursday, July 24, 2014 from World PoliticsIsrael has won a partial reprieve from the economic pain of its conflict with Gaza war, with the lifting of a US ban on commercial flights to Tel Aviv.
