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Syrian ex-minister leads team planning for reconstruction of war-ravaged country
Associated PressBEIRUT (AP) — A six-member U.N. team led by a former Syrian planning minister is drawing up a comprehensive postwar reconstruction plan even as the country's civil war rages on with no apparent end in sight. A joint U.S.-Russian push to bring...Tags: Renovation, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Islam, Government, Cults and Sects
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Hunger strike, Yemeni dilemma could spur Guantanamo closure plans
A 100-day-old hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists has agitated international human rights advocates anew, prompting fresh calls worldwide for closure of the detention center that President Obama vowed to shutter more than...
Tags: Terrorism, Islam, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights
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'I know it when I see it'
In the 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case Jacobellis v. Ohio, Justice Potter Stewart wrote a concurring opinion he hoped would establish a legal standard that protected every American's right to free speech yet guarded “community standards” against “hard core...Tags: Orrin Hatch, Gross Domestic Product, Insurance, Government, Productivity
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Two 'known or suspected' terrorists vanished from witness program
WASHINGTON — Two "known or suspected" terrorists who cooperated with the government and were placed in the Witness Security Program later were able to board airplanes and quietly vanish, the Justice Department's inspector general concluded in a...
Tags: Prosecution, Terrorism, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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A federal 'shield' for reporters
President Obama may be engaging in political damage control in proposing that Congress resurrect legislation to protect the confidentiality of journalists' sources. But his call for action on a federal shield law is welcome even if it is inspired by a...
Tags: Journalism, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Interest, Government, Justice System
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Obama says U.S. won't act alone on Syria
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Thursday ruled out unilateral U.S. military action in Syria even if proof emerges that Syrian forces have used lethal chemical weapons. "This is … an international problem," Obama said at a White House news...
Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Weaponry, Government, U.S. Military, Turkey
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LETTER: Thanks For Supporting Housing Funds
We at the Publicly Assisted Housing Resident Network and the Connecticut Housing Coalition thank state Sen. Toni Harp and Rep. Toni Walker for their work in restoring payment in lieu of taxes and tax abatement grant funding for public housing to the...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Public Housing, Politics, Regional Authority, Economy, Business and Finance
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On eve of Kerry visit, watchdog group accuses Israel of trying to legalize settlement outposts
Associated PressJERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli watchdog group on Thursday accused the government of taking steps to legalize four unauthorized settlement outposts in the West Bank, days before the U.S. secretary of state is set to arrive on a new peace mission. The...Tags: International Law, International Court or Tribunal, Islam, Government, Israeli Settlements
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China's recovery losing steam, adding to pressure on leaders to shore up growth, help business
AP Business WriterBEIJING (AP) — Global economic malaise has knocked the stuffing out of Luo Yan's business making toy animals. Sales of Hello Kitty dolls and plush rabbits have fallen 30 percent over the past six months, according to Luo, owner of Tongle Toy...Tags: World Bank Group, Beijing (China), Government, China, Colleges and Universities
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Ultra-Orthodox protest military draft in Israel
JERUSALEM -- Thousands of young ultra-Orthodox men protested Thursday night against a government proposal to, for the first time, draft them into the military. More than 20,000 protesters gathered at an Israel Defense Forces recruiting office in an...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Israel Defense Forces, Christian Orthodoxy, Politics, Government
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Watchdog: Justice Dept. didn't provide names of some terrorists in witness protection program
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The government allowed "a small but significant number" of terrorists into America's witness protection program and then failed to provide the names of some of them for a watch list that's used to keep dangerous people off...Tags: Prosecution, Personal Data Collection, Terrorism, Trips and Vacations, Interior Policy
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US, Turkey project united front on Syria, keeping differences behind closed doors
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan projected a united front Thursday on Syria, keeping stark differences about how much the U.S. should intervene behind closed doors as they looked to Russia...Tags: Government Ministers, Weaponry, Government, U.S. Military, NATO
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