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Yemen’s Saleh Losing Grip as Fighting Rages

Sanaa, Yemen – After four months of widespread anti-government demonstrations, numerous defections of high-ranking officials and mounting pressure from powerful tribes, Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh appears to…
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Adam Baron,
McClatchy Newspapers
June 1, 2011
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Germany to Shut Down Nuclear Plants

Sydney – Germany will close down all of its nuclear power plants by 2022, according to reports out Monday, as fallout from Japan’s disaster continues more than two…
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Sarah Turner,
MarketWatch
May 31, 2011
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Down With Coal! The Grassroots Anti-Coal Movement Goes Global

Protesters in Calaca, Batangas Philippines with banners reading “NO to Calaca Coal Power Plant!” (Photo: 350.org) In the United States and Europe, the triple whammy of…
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Ted Nace,
Grist
May 31, 2011
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Wisconsin State Election Board Failed to Review Minutes From Waukesha County “Recount” Before Certifying Supreme Court Election Results

Last Monday, May 23rd, Wisconsin's Government Accountability Board (GAB), the state's top election agency, officially certified [PDF] the controversial results of the extraordinarily close April 5th statewide Supreme…
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Brad Friedman,
The BRAD BLOG
May 31, 2011
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Cease-Fire in Yemen Capital Breaks Down

The field of battle expanded again in Yemen on Tuesday as a cease-fire between government forces and opposition tribesmen in the capital broke down, renewing fears that the…
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J David Goodman &
Nasser Arrabyee,
The New York Times
May 31, 2011
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US Diplomat Yanked From Bahrain After Threat

The United States pulled its human rights officer from Bahrain last week after he'd become the subject of a weeks-long campaign of ethnic slurs and thinly veiled threats…
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Roy Gutman,
McClatchy Newspapers
May 31, 2011
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Obama Appoints Army Leader as Chairman of Joint Chiefs

WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday nominated Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the Army chief, to help steer the American armed forces through the three present conflicts in Muslim…
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Helene Cooper &
Thom Shanker,
The New York Times News Service
May 30, 2011
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FBI’s Counterterrorism Operations Scrutinizing Political Activists

For at least three years, counterterrorism agents monitored the comings and goings at Scott Crow's home in Austin, Tex. (Photo: Caleb Bryant Miller / The New York Times)…
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Colin Moynihan &
Scott Shane,
The New York Times News Service
May 30, 2011
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US Air Strike Kills 14 Civilians in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan — The governor of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan on Sunday accused U.S.-led forces of killing at least 14 civilians in a bombing raid called in…
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Hashim Shukoor,
McClatchy Newspapers
May 30, 2011
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Autopen Used to Sign Patriot Act Into Law

WASHINGTON — Generations of children learned the basics of the American legislative process from a “Schoolhouse Rock” cartoon, in which “Bill” sings, “If he signs me, then I’ll…
by
Michael D Shear,
The New York Times News Service
May 30, 2011
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