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Japan clarifies report on North Korean missile launches

May 18 2013, 9:18pm CDT

Tokyo, May 19 (IANS) While confirming North Korea's missile launches Saturday, the Japanese government clarified...

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Soaked by storm clouds of controversy in the past week, President Barack Obama took two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf yesterday — in the rain. The White House said Health and Human Services Secre ...
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Estero pitchers armed, healthy and dangerous entering Class 5A state semifinals May 19 2013, 12:20am CDT
Letter: Benghazi cover-up worse than Watergate May 19 2013, 12:17am CDT

George H.W. Bush

WOODLANDS, TX - MAY 04: (L-R) Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player and Arnold Palmer wait on a green during the Greats of Golf exhibition at the Insperity Championship at the Woodlands Country Club on May 4, 2013 in Woodlands, Texas.

Dulac on Golf: Golfer Dennis Walters amazes as he inspires

May 18 2013, 11:09pm CDT

Dennis Walters was an aspiring PGA Tour player when he was paralyzed from the waist down in an accident in 1974. That, however, didn't stop Walters from making an impact on the game of golf. Or eventually being honored with former U.S. pres ...
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Snowe's media blitz touts book on congressional reforms May 18 2013, 6:42pm CDT
Erskine College and Theological Seminary say goodbye to Class of 2013 May 18 2013, 6:41pm CDT

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Hillary Clinton

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 16: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (R) shakes hands with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) (L) during a news conference May 16, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) held a news conference with Tea Party leaders and congressional members to discuss the IRS scandal of targeting the Tea Party.

Rand Paul 2016?

May 19 2013, 12:22am CDT

Rand Paul blasted President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for their security failures in Benghazi in a Herald interview ahead of the U.S. senator from Kentucky’s keynote speech to New Hampshire Republicans tomorrow that’s further fu ...
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Letter: Benghazi cover-up worse than Watergate May 19 2013, 12:17am CDT
I want to shoot Hillary Clinton right in the vagina, says radio host May 19 2013, 12:13am CDT

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Michelle Obama

COLLEGE PARK, MD - MAY 17: Graduates of Bowie State University put messages on their mortarboard hats during the school

Cop honored by Obama now facing rape charges

May 19 2013, 12:25am CDT

Richard DeCoatsworth, 27 has gone from sitting between Jill Biden and Michelle Obama to facing time sitting in jail. According to the New York Daily News, DeCoatsworth is accused of forcing two women to perform sexual acts at gun point and making ...
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Raised beds: Neat, easy and productive May 19 2013, 12:05am CDT
Jimmie Johnson races to record 4th All-Star win May 19 2013, 12:02am CDT

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Andrew Cuomo

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 18: Lance Stephenson #1 of the Indiana Pacers shoots the ball against the New York Knicks during Game Six of the Eastern Conference Semifinals of the 2013 NBA Playoffs at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on May 18, 2013 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Vito Lopez, accused of sex harassment, will resign Assembly

May 19 2013, 12:21am CDT

The assemblyman accused of asking young female staffers to massage him, touch his cancerous tumors...- 12:55 am With school budget votes set for Tuesday, school officials have been trying frantically to explain...- 12:05 am A funeral Mass w ...
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Lawmaker Vito 'the hand' Lopez calls it quits - Non-MSM foreign press May 18 2013, 11:50pm CDT
Upper Hudson River opening to canoeists May 18 2013, 5:19pm CDT

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Bashar Assad

A general view shows people attending the second Asia-Pacific water summit in Chiang Mai on May 19, 2013. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who was due to address a water security forum in Thailand has cancelled the trip because of his busy schedule, a member of the president

Assad says he won't quit

May 19 2013, 12:02am CDT

This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows black smoke rising from what rebels say is a helicopter that was shot down at Abu Dhour military airbase ...
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Syrian rebel leader admits difficulty of unifying fighters May 18 2013, 10:44pm CDT
President Assad suggests peace talks are unlikely to succeed May 18 2013, 8:58pm CDT

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Five Azerbaijan troops killed in road crash

May 18 2013, 9:06pm CDT

Baku, May 19 (IANS) At least five Azerbaijan soldiers were killed and six seriously injured when their vehicle rammed...

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Lord Howe: 'David Cameron Is Losing Control'

May 19 2013, 12:03am CDT

Former Conservative chancellor Lord Howe has claimed David Cameron is losing control of his party as its "long, nervous breakdown" over Europe continues. Lord Howe, said Mr Cameron had "opened a Pandora's ...
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Terminator Star Edward Furlong Arrested May 19 2013, 12:03am CDT
Papers focus on Tory tensions May 18 2013, 11:53pm CDT

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Elizabeth Warren

BOSTON, MA - MAY 14: UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick visit the memorial to the Boston Marathon bombing victims on Boylston Street on May 14, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Yesterday, Cameron and US President Barck Obama discussed the prospect of an European Union-United States trade deal and the ongoing civil war in Syria. During his three-day visit to the United States, Cameron will also be briefed by the FBI about the Boston Marathon Bombings and will travel to New York to take part in United Nations talks on new development goals.

Gelzinis: A race to divide and conquer

May 18 2013, 11:21pm CDT

After Tuesday, my guess is that the Gareth Saunders for Mayor idea will vanish, in much the same way the 2009 Gareth Saunders for Mayor idea did. He won’t make the required signature cut of 3,000 registered Boston voters. I could be wrong. But I do ...
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Warren asks the nation to focus on student loan crisis May 18 2013, 11:13pm CDT
Frank Predicts Gay U.S. Prez in 20 Years May 18 2013, 11:10pm CDT

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George W. Bush

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 16: Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee

Matt Reed: Way too big, out of control

May 19 2013, 12:17am CDT

I incorrectly reported Thursday that County Commissioners Robin Fisher of Titusville and Chuck Nelson of Merritt Island never got a chance to publicly address the school board in opposition to school closures on behalf of constitue ...
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E.J. Dionne: False god of 'narrative' May 19 2013, 12:17am CDT
Medicaid opposition underscores states' healthcare disparities - Los Angeles Times May 19 2013, 12:06am CDT

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Marco Rubio

Rand Paul 2016?

May 19 2013, 12:22am CDT

Rand Paul blasted President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for their security failures in Benghazi in a Herald interview ahead of the U.S. senator from Kentucky’s keynote speech to New Hampshir ...
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Obama's gifts to Marco Rubio May 18 2013, 10:26pm CDT
Partain: Revelations Merit Congressional Investigation May 18 2013, 9:52pm CDT

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John Kerry

Interview: Assad says he won’t step down

May 18 2013, 11:22pm CDT

To resign would be to flee: Assad Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Saturday he welcomed a US-Russian peace initiative to end Syria’s civil war but had no plans to resign, in an interview with an Argentine newspaper. “To resign would be to flee,” he ...
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Syrian rebel leader admits difficulty of unifying fighters May 18 2013, 10:44pm CDT
Sheikh Jarrah Mon Amour May 18 2013, 10:17pm CDT

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Chuck Hagel

A cut-out of US President Barack Obama is seen with a placard infront of the White House during a demonstration calling for the closure of the Guntanamo Bay detention facility on May 18, 2013 in Washington, DC.

Civilian court only fix for military sex crimes

May 19 2013, 12:22am CDT

The U.S. military cannot fix its sexual assault epidemic any more than the Catholic Church could fix its own. Yet, “We’ll fix this” were the words of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel this week. “I have no tolerance for this ...
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Three Alamogordo businesses discuss local economic climate May 18 2013, 11:32pm CDT
Senior Enlisted Advisers Mark Armed Forces Day May 18 2013, 6:46pm CDT

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Sequestration

US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel briefs the press at the Pentagon in Washington on May 17, 2013.

Three Alamogordo businesses discuss local economic climate

May 18 2013, 11:32pm CDT

With federal budget cuts, sequestration and a light to moderate economic growth prediction for the rest of 2013 and into 2014, some Alamogordo retailers believe the local economy is steady. I think there' ...
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ON THE DOCKS: It's certainly good to back out on the water May 18 2013, 10:56pm CDT
U.S. foreign aid chief talks about region’s future May 18 2013, 10:55pm CDT

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Mandiant

World's second-largest economy still faces obstacles

May 18 2013, 2:19am CDT

China, touted by economic developers as Nebraska's trading partner of the future, is full of promise but still struggling with Third World problems. “There is a lot of work to do on China's economy,” Yining Li, a professor at Peking University and advi ...
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SANS Institute Heads to Bay Area Offering some of Its Most Popular Information Security Courses May 16 2013, 1:52pm CDT
Chinese military unit said to resume cyber spying May 15 2013, 11:03pm CDT

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Keystone XL Pipeline

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 30: Children take the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony in the Emancipation Room at President Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln’s example

May 18 2013, 9:12pm CDT

The editorial about Abraham Lincoln, slavery, the Keystone XL pipeline and the Democrats is an excellent way to justify the Keystone (“A Crude Comparison,” Editorial, May 15). In a lot of ways, the Keystone pipeline is like ...
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May 20 Readers' letters: The governor's fixation on graduation rates and the president's ethics May 18 2013, 6:49pm CDT
Stephen Harper touts Keystone XL pipeline in New York, downplays oilsands emissions May 18 2013, 3:24pm CDT

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Sequester

DETROIT, MI - MARCH 1: Michigan Governor Rick Snyder talks with the news media after announcing that he will appoint an Emergency Financial Manager for the city of Detroit during a town hall meeting at Wayne State University March 1, 2013 in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit has more than $14 billion in debts and liabilities. The City has 10 days to appeal Gov. Snyder

: Bad news: We have a surplus

May 19 2013, 12:12am CDT

Prosperity is the greatest enemy of fiscal discipline. When fortunes begin to reverse, the urgency to cut spending, find savings and use resources more efficiently wanes. Both Michigan and the federal government ...
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Three Alamogordo businesses discuss local economic climate May 18 2013, 11:32pm CDT
Rep. Yarmuth talks JCPS and sequester cuts May 18 2013, 11:26pm CDT

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UAE to raise standard of education

May 18 2013, 8:00pm CDT

Abu Dhabi, May 19 (IANS/WAM) The announcement of the UAE's Ministry of Education about the School Leadership...

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Pope Benedict XVI

VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MAY 18: Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel (centre L) is accompanied by Prefect of the Pontifical House and former personal secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, Georg Ganswein (centre R) to attend a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican on May 18, 2013 in Vatican City, Vatican.

Parish, diocesan experience key to Pope Francis' messages

May 18 2013, 7:37am CDT

There is nothing unusual about a Catholic leader urging priests to draw closer to their flocks, to focus on day-to-day issues that bridge the gap between pulpit and pew. Still, it caught Vatican insiders ...
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Age-Old Prayer Gains More Pray-ers May 18 2013, 5:14am CDT
Priest tally mirrors Catholic population May 18 2013, 4:48am CDT

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Silvio Berlusconi

Woman testifies about ex-Italian leader's wild parties during trial

May 19 2013, 12:12am CDT

Milan — Silvio Berlusconi's private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billio ...
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Rome Protest Turns Up Heat on New PM Letta May 19 2013, 12:11am CDT
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Pier Luigi Bersani

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May 18 2013, 5:34am CDT

E’ stato il vescovo italiano a essere ascoltato per primo e più a lungo da Jorge Bergoglio. Dieci anni fa sul Rio de la Plata, di fronte a una platea di mille persone e ai media locali al gran completo. Il Ministero degli Esteri e il Sottosegretario con ...
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Italian Government 'History' as 'Virus' Spreads: Grillo May 17 2013, 12:16am CDT
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Bradley Manning

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Freedom Socialist Party: Congress lets the ax fall, in Solidarity with Venezula, Bradley Manning and more

May 18 2013, 8:29pm CDT

Support the cutting-edge newspaper that provides the best in news, analysis, and humor from a working-class perspective. This corporate-free zone needs your backing! Months of drama in D.C. over the national debt pe ...
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Christine Lagarde

Haruhiko Kuroda Governor of the Bank of Japan arrives at the G7 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Aylesbury, southern England, on May 10, 2013. Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised economies begin talks on spurring growth, with currency factors likely to feature after the dollar surged past 101 yen, and amid US-Europe divisions over the scale of austerity.

Strategies: Japan Starts to Recharge After Two Lost Economic Decades

May 18 2013, 2:47pm CDT

A GENERATION ago, Japan was a colossus on any investing map of the world. Envious foreigners called its export-driven economy a “miracle.” Its real estate and stock markets seemed to defy gravity, and its financiers were so flush with cash that they boug ...
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Stephen Harper

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Family fear man with B.C. ties missing in Mexico may have been kidnapped

May 18 2013, 11:16pm CDT

After the most dramatic and surprising election result in B.C. history, it’s clear there were actually two campaigns going on at once. The Whitecaps were up a goal, the Timbers were down a man, and only six minutes plus ...
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Dick Cheney

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Review: Star Trek: Into Darkness

May 18 2013, 11:30pm CDT

It took a couple of days and an errant first draft after seeing “Star Trek Into Darkness” to realize that what I found most galling at first is in fact thrilling, glorious subversion by allegory. Sure, JJ Abrams liberally imposes his g ...
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Pervez Musharraf

Judges’ detention case: ATC extends Musharraf’s remand for 14 days

May 18 2013, 11:49pm CDT

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday extended the judicial remand of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for another 14 days in the judges’ detention case. During the hearing on Saturday, the investigation officer in ...
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Changing loyalties: The Sherazi family of Thatta joins PML-N May 18 2013, 11:40pm CDT
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White House

Prez, Cabinet putt around

May 19 2013, 12:24am CDT

Soaked by storm clouds of controversy in the past week, President Barack Obama took two Cabinet secretaries out for a round of golf yesterday — in the rain. The White House said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and outgoing ...
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Mark Sanford

US Republican Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 15, 2013.

Why ethics reform now?

May 18 2013, 11:48pm CDT

Demands for ethics reform coalesced amidst a string of ethics scandals, a study that tied the scandals to flaws in our laws and the first election after a federal judge threw out a key component of our campaign reporting law: Our memories ...
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Nawaz Sharif

Changing loyalties: The Sherazi family of Thatta joins PML-N

May 18 2013, 11:40pm CDT

PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif with Sherazi brothers at his residence in Lahore. PHOTO: INP The Sherazis, a well-known political family of Thatta, have joined the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), indirectly replacing the party’s face in the district, ...
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Gunmen kill Khan party woman politician in Pakistan May 18 2013, 11:06pm CDT
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Inmates flee Siberian prison via tunnel

May 18 2013, 7:30pm CDT

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Minimum wage

Sen. Barbara Buono's long-shot campaign gets a little longer: Moran

May 18 2013, 11:01pm CDT

She’s down by more than 30 points in the polls, her fellow Democrats are defecting, and she can’t raise big-league money. So how could things possibly get worse for state Sen. Barbara Buono and her long-shot quest to b ...
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Nicolás Maduro

Venezuela's military fights crime in violent neighborhoods

May 18 2013, 12:22pm CDT

In an effort to fight an astounding rise in crime, Venezulan President Nicolás Maduro has sent in military forces into the country's slums. PETARE, Venezuela – Since Monday, in the socialist government's la ...
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Jacob Lew

Debt pressure eases for U.S. government

May 18 2013, 10:50pm CDT

WASHINGTON - Any confrontation over the nation's debt ceiling is now unlikely until after Labor Day. The government will hit the limit of how much it's allowed to borrow this weekend, but Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew sai ...
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Militaries’ growing use of ground robots raises ethics concerns

May 18 2013, 10:25pm CDT

If North Korea's dictator Kim Jong Un ever orders troops into the demilitarized zone, an army of South Korean robots could be waiting. A Samsung subsidiary plans to deploy sentry robots to the tense South Korean border. The machines will ...
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Jeroen Dijsselbloem

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Glance: Europe's Key Institutions

May 18 2013, 3:02am CDT

Following the chaotic bailout of Cyprus, top European Union officials are saying it's time to rethink how the region manages its crisis — and who should be involved. Here is a look at the key institutions involved in Europe's economic policymaking: An ...
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Rick Santorum

Rescue vehicles are seen after a human rights activist chained himself to the White House fence in demand for the closing of Guantanamo during a protest outside the White House in Washington, DC on May 10, 2013. The Guantanamo jail, in a US Navy base in Cuba, was opened in 2002 to hold prisoners taken in the

Washington Press Corps Catches Up to 2002, Discovers Surveillance State

May 18 2013, 8:40pm CDT

We’ve had three big stories this week, each showing how the right plays the scandal game better than the left. Of the three, one is a non-scandal (Benghazi), one is a minor scandal with the potential to turn into more (IRS),1 and ...
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Enrico Letta

UK Independent Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage enjoys a pint of beer in a pub in central London on May 3, 2013. The anti-immigration UK Independence Party (UKIP) was celebrating some of its best ever results following local elections which delivered a bloody nose to Britain

Afghanistan's hardline religious heads block legislation for women's rights

May 18 2013, 11:21pm CDT

Conservative religious politicians in Afghanistan yesterday blocked legislation aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage disobedience ...
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Hamish McRae: Should Italy push for more fiscal prudence in this age of austerity? May 18 2013, 6:32pm CDT
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Giulio Andreotti

Quotables

May 17 2013, 12:33am CDT

Giulio Andreotti, former prime minister of Italy. Andreotti, who first entered Parliament in 1947, died on May 6 at age 94. In that time Italy has had more than 60 governments. U.S. Rep. Michael E. Capuano, D-Mass., on reports that the IRS flagged group ...
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Berlusconi senatore a vita? Napolitano nominerà nuove personalità ma non saranno politiche: il Cavaliere non ha chance May 16 2013, 8:58am CDT
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Ryan Christopher Fogle

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Tinker, Taylor, Compass, Wig: RuNet Amused by Spy Scandal

May 18 2013, 3:21pm CDT

The Cold War may have ended over twenty years ago, but it's an open secret that the US and Russia continue to spy on each other. The uncovering of a Russian spy-ring three years ago in America demonstrated that fo ...
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Tinker, Taylor, Compass, Wig: RuNet Amused by Spy Scandal May 18 2013, 12:57pm CDT
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Rajapaksa vows to fight external forces for peace

May 18 2013, 7:30pm CDT

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