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Future in electoral politics for Chilean student leader Camila Vallejo?
World NowCamila Vallejo, the Chilean student leader who broke into the international limelight last May when she led hundreds of thousands of student demonstrators in a call for education reform, visited Mexico last week.... -
Will 2012 be the year American democracy dies?
Who's buying our democracy? Wall Street financiers, the Koch brothers, and casino magnates Sheldon Adelson and Steve Wynn, among others. And they're doing much of it in secret. It's a perfect storm -- the combination of three waves that are about to...
Tags: Federal Election Commission, Charity, George Soros, Politics, Elections
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Norodom Sihanouk dies at 89; former king of Cambodia
Former King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia, an unpredictable and crafty political survivor whose fortunes were entwined with U.S. military involvement in Indochina, died Monday of natural causes in Beijing, where he had undergone medical treatment,...Tags: Human Interest, Cambodia, United Nations, AIDS, FBI
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Eugene Genovese dies at 82; leftist historian turned conservative
Eugene D. Genovese became one of the most notorious radical intellectuals in the country in 1965 when he addressed an all-night teach-in at Rutgers University on the Vietnam War. "I do not fear or regret the impending Viet Cong victory. I welcome it,"...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Christopher Hitchens, University of California, Berkeley, Social Issues, Roman Catholicism
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Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: Water Supply, John Lehman, Anne Arundel Community College, Energy Saving, University of Baltimore
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Chan Lowe: Romney and the binder
On Strudel and Socialism: The final installment on my report from Austria Speaking of trams, the entire transportation network is completely integrated and runs on the honor system (ticket inspections are infrequent, but the fine for not...
Tags: National Government, Government, Politics, Austria
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European Union Wins Nobel Peace Prize
CNNThe European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday as it grapples with the worst crisis since its founding -- devastating debt and the threat of disintegration. The prestigious award was a salute to the struggling 27-nation union for its work in...Tags: Human Rights, World War II (1939-1945), United Nations, European Union, Awards and Prizes
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Nguyen Chi Thien dies at 73; poet, Vietnamese prisoner
The poet was a familiar figure, striding through Little Saigon, sipping tea, sharing wisdom, his head covered with his trademark fedora. He liked to read through the night, not too tired to dissect a bit of homeland politics. He lived simply, renting...
Tags: Human Rights, World War II (1939-1945), Sociology, Rentals, French Literature
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Slouching toward democracy
Mohamed Morsi, the first freely elected president in Egypt's history, is soon to take office under circumstances that are far from ideal. While Egypt's ruling military has conceded his victory over its preferred candidate in the presidential runoff...
Tags: Parliament, Religion and Belief, Islam, Egypt, Politics
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Blame all around for Vietnam War
Special to Tribune NewspapersIn the winter of 1954-55, State Department intelligence analyst Paul Kattenburg was in Saigon puzzling over the wisest course for U.S. policymakers. France, with its army defeated at Dien Bien Phu and colonial ambitions in Asia at an end, was preparing...Tags: Human Interest, World War II (1939-1945), Lyndon B. Johnson, Politics, France
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Tags: BBC, World War II (1939-1945), Religion and Belief, Russia, Science and Technology
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Socialism and economic inequity go hand-in-hand
Thomas F. Schaller argues in his column that the wealth disparity between rich and poor is evidence that socialism is not taking hold in this country ("Socialism: the problem that just isn't there," Oct. 3). What he ignores is that highly planned and...Tags: Politics, Parkville, Political Corruption
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