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S.Africa finds collusion, manipulation in Gupta scandal
ReutersBy Agnieszka Flak JOHANNESBURG, May 19 (Reuters) - South Africa's justice minister on Sunday accused an Indian High Commission official and some South Africans of colluding to obtain permission for a plane chartered by a rich family close to President...Tags: India, Pretoria (South Africa), Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Weddings
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UK opposition calls for country-by-country reporting
ReutersBy Tom Bergin LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour party, tapping into widening public anger over corporate tax avoidance, wants the government to push for new international rules to force companies to report profit and tax payments...Tags: Lobbying, Ernst & Young, David Cameron, Starbucks Corp., Politics
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Church must help the poorest, not dissect theology, pope says
Reuters* Pope says world facing "a crisis of man" * Met Merkel earlier in day, discussed economic troubles * Warns against becoming theological "starched Christians" By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, May 18 (Reuters) - Pope Francis shared personal moments...Tags: Religion and Belief, Pentecost, Vatican City, Roman Catholicism, Francis I
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Liberia's Johnson-Sirleaf defends governance record
ReutersBy Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Friday defended her government's record on good governance and transparency, following an independent audit that cast doubt on her anti-corruption efforts....Tags: Exxon Mobil Corporation, Liberia, Africa, Economy, Business and Finance, Nobel Prize Awards
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Bulgarian president calls parliament quickly to end impasse
ReutersSOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will convene parliament on May 21, in an attempt to have a government formed quickly and end a political impasse in the European Union's poorest country. Under Bulgarian law, the president must...Tags: Rosen Plevneliev, Parliament, Elections, National Government, Politics
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Iranian director's taut family saga rivets critics at Cannes
Reuters* Iran's acclaimed Farhadi seen as top prize front-runner * Like "A Separation", "The Past" looks at family, divorce * Only Chinese entry is thinly veiled political critique By Alexandria Sage CANNES, May 17 (Reuters) - Oscar-winning Iranian...Tags: Bérénice Bejo , Entertainment, A Separation (movie), Censorship, Movies
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Somali prime minister to face confidence vote in parliament
ReutersMOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's prime minister is expected to face a vote of confidence next week, lawmakers said on Friday, and backers of the challenge said they were frustrated with the pace of political reform. Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid...Tags: Somalia, Parliament, Elections, Justice System, Politics
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Algeria's aging regime, restive youth makes for a volatile political mix in North Africa
Associated PressALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The Arab Spring may finally be en route to Algeria. With the president in a French hospital recovering from a stroke, the generation of aging politicians and generals that has run Africa's largest country for a half-...Tags: North Africa, Elections, Arab Spring, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Scandals put presidential credibility on the line
When the storm of administration scandals first hit President Barack Obama, he offered a good impersonation of Claude Raines in "Casablanca," expressing shock that gambling was going on in Rick's saloon. His verbal outrage at the snooping of the IRS and...Tags: Jay Carney, Internal Revenue Service, Benghazi, Taxation, Politics
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Bulgarian party scuppers idea of broad coalition
ReutersSOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish party MRF rejected working with a nationalist party on Tuesday, scuppering chances of a broad coalition government and deepening the political stalemate in the European Union's poorest country. The...Tags: Parliament, Elections, National Government, Radio Industry, Nationalization
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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: Humana Incorporated, Economic Indicator, Insurance, Science and Technology, Politics
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WRAPUP 1-Obama vows to fix IRS as Tea Party rallies on Capitol Hill
ReutersBy Jeff Mason and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he would install new leadership at the Internal Revenue Service and vowed to ensure that the tax-collection agency will not single out any more...Tags: Mitch McConnell, Career and Workplace, Taxation, U.S. Senate, John Boehner
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