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John Edwards waits as jury continues deliberations
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A federal jury in the political corruption trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards deliberated for a second day Monday without reaching a verdict, as Edwards quietly awaited his fate inside a federal courthouse. The...Tags: John Edwards, Judges, Prosecution, Lawyers, Justice System
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NATO maps out Afghan withdrawal
The Washington PostCHICAGO -- NATO leaders agreed at a critical meeting Monday on a framework for winding down their combat mission in Afghanistan between now and the end of 2014 and made commitments on the length and ambition of their role there long afterward. "In the...Tags: Asif Ali Zardari, NATO, NATO Summit, Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan
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South Africa President Zuma sues over painting depicting him unzipped
World NowSouth Africa's President Zuma sues over painting depicting him unzipped: A painting by a white Cape Town artist, Brett Murray, depicting South African President Jacob Zuma as Soviet leader Lenin -- but with his genitals exposed -- has caused a storm of... -
Why we shouldn't stop electing county assessors
More bad news for embattled Assessor John Noguez: On Monday, authorities arrested a former county appraiser who'd told The Times that he had lowered assessments on numerous properties to try to spur contributions to Noguez's campaign. The arrest of Scott...
Tags: Steve Cooley, Politics, Elections, Voting
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Citizens United II
"While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this Court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate money in politics." That penultimate sentence in now-retired Justice John Paul Stevens' brilliant dissent in the...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Sheldon Whitehouse, Judges, John Paul Stevens, Mining
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Six journalists killed in Mexico in under a month
World NowThe sixth current or former Mexican journalist to be killed in less than a month has been buried amid demands for a justice most doubt will ever come.... -
Afghanistan on the precipice
As representatives of about 60 countries and international organizations gather in Chicago for the NATO summit, much of the focus will be on who pays for Afghan security forces in the years ahead. This is an important question, particularly since hundreds...
Tags: NATO, Hamid Karzai, NATO Summit, Justice and Rights, Kabul (Afghanistan)
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Myanmar's new ties with U.S. may come at a cost
World NowThe Obama administration’s decision this week to ease financial sanctions imposed on Myanmar, encourage American investment there and appoint a U.S. ambassador for the first time in 22 years should further the long-isolated nation’s reform... -
For Afghanistan's Karzai, funding tops NATO summit agenda
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai, perhaps best known in the West for periodic well-aimed jabs at his NATO allies, is embarking on a determined charm offensive as he faces the prospect of seeing troops and, perhaps even more...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, NATO, Health, NATO Summit, Hamid Karzai
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White House names first ambassador to Myanmar in 22 years
World NowHeralding reform in Myanmar but warning of much work still ahead, the Obama administration on Thursday named its first full ambassador to the Southeast Asian nation in 22 years.... -
Allan Powell: Kings of the mountain exposed, part II
As noted in last week’s column, psychiatrist turned historian Arnold Ludwig presented a theory about how rulers actually behave as leaders of their nation. He claims that all of his research has convinced him that the rulers of the world (kings of...Tags: Science and Technology
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What to do about Afghanistan
It wasn't long ago that skeptics questioned whether NATO had a future at all in the post-Cold War era, let alone in the difficult period of the Iraq invasion that revealed old fissures in the alliance. But NATO has already confounded its skeptics. During...
Tags: NATO, Pakistan, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), Afghanistan, Politics
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