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News in Brief: UN Official Denied Visit With Manning, and More
UN Official Denied Visit With Manning The United Nation Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Mendez said that he is "deeply disappointed and frustrated” that his request "for …
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US Appeals Court Rules Against Arizona’s Immigration Law
Back in July, federal district court judge Susan Bolton imposed a preliminary injunction on parts of the controversial immigration law passed by Arizona last year, SB-1070. She enjoined provisions …
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Texas Mistakenly Exposes Personal Data of 3.5 Million
Austin - The records of about 3.5 million people, including Social Security numbers, were erroneously placed on a public computer server at the Texas Comptroller’s Office and remained there …
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Japan Nuclear Disaster Put on Par With Chernobyl
Naomi Matsura, right, and her aunt Shizuko Hoshi, look for her belongings amid the debris of her home left by the tsunami that followed the March 11 earthquake, in …
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Pennsylvania’s New Jobs Czar Fought Environmental Regulations for Years
A version of this story was co-published with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. For years C. Alan Walker, a coal industry mogul and wealthy donor to Pennsylvania's Republican Party, …
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Libyan Rebels Swiftly Reject African Union Peace Plan
Libyan opposition leaders on Monday rejected an African Union “road map” for making peace with Moammar Gadhafi, saying that nothing short of the strongman's immediate resignation would satisfy them. …
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Pakistan Tells US It Must Sharply Cut CIA Activities
CIA Director Leon Panetta during a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on February 16, 2011. Pakistan's demand that the US scale back …
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News in Brief: Vicente Fox Calls on Mexico to Legalize Drugs, and More
Vicente Fox Calls on Mexico to Legalize Drugs
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Lines Drawn for Next Big Budget Battle, the Debt Ceiling
Washington - House Republicans, fresh from their showdown with Democrats over cuts in the current federal budget, promised Sunday to take an even tougher stand on spending next month …
Aetna CEO: I Would Be Turned Down for Health Insurance
Washington - To a greater degree than most insurance company chiefs, Mark Bertolini has encountered his own personal challenges with the health care system. Bertolini, the head …