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Column: President's caution sensible, but poorly stated
WASHINGTON — People who talk incessantly often talk imprecisely, and President Barack Obama, who is as loquacious as he is impressed with his verbal dexterity, has talked himself into a corner concerning Syria and chemical weapons. This is condign...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Barack Obama, Politics
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Five questions ... for Bill Burwell
Bill Burwell wants to see more Maryland firms competing globally. "We want to enable Maryland firms to win in overseas markets," said Burwell, director of the U.S. Commercial Service in Baltimore, the Commerce Department's trade promotion arm and part of...
Tags: Electronics, Small Businesses, Trade Dispute, Ice Hockey, Barack Obama
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Tags: Emily Alpert, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Organized Crime, Human Rights, Treaties
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Global arms trade treaty still has a shot, backers say
A groundbreaking pact to regulate the global weapons trade still has a chance of success after Iran, North Korea and Syria blocked the draft treaty at the United Nations this week. But even if the treaty passes, its power will hinge on how nations...
Tags: Laws, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Heritage Foundation, Personal Weapon Control, Gun Control
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Antiwar Cartoons Live On
The International Anti-War Cartoon Exhibit is gone from Gateway College’s art gallery, where it was displayed for just a week earlier this month. But the message endures. It’s a simple message of peace that has fueled 18 years of...Tags: New York City, Arts, United Nations, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Arts and Culture
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Supreme Court to review free speech of HIV/AIDS groups
Reuters(Reuters) - The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether the government can require groups that receive federal funding for overseas HIV/AIDS programs to have explicit policies that oppose prostitution and sex trafficking. The case is one of six that the...Tags: Murder, Prostitution, Tuberculosis, Judges, U.S. Congress
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Letters: Who's blocking Mideast peace?
Re “Moving past stalemate,” Opinion, Feb. 19 Maen Rashid Areikat relies on what has become the standard Palestinian rationalization for refusing to return to negotiations with Israel until the settlement issue is resolved. He relieves the...Tags: West Bank, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Nations, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel
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Thomas Schuchert
Aberdeen: Thomas Schuchert, 77, of Aberdeen died Feb. 21, 2013, at Avera St. Luke’s Hospital. A family service will be at a later date in Pittsburgh, Pa. An attorney specializing in securities and international law, Mr. Schuchert was...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Crime, Law and Justice, International Law
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U.S. drone use could set dangerous example for rogue powers
Imagine if North Korea or Iran or Venezuela deployed thousands of unmanned surveillance aircraft in search of earthbound enemies, a swarm of robotic hunters armed with lethal weaponry and their governments’ go-ahead to exterminate targets. It&...
Tags: Laws, Murder, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Rights, Israel
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The case for drone strikes
President Obama's second term begins amid intense criticism of the drone strikes being conducted by the United States in Pakistan. Much of this criticism is based on claims that drones are doing more harm than good. A recent Stanford/NYU study concluded...
Tags: Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Conflicts, Barack Obama, Elections
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Philippines challenges Chinese claims to waters through tribunal
The Philippines is taking a feud with China to an international tribunal, it announced Tuesday, the latest turn in the simmering dispute over a string of rocky outcroppings in the South China Sea. In a claim shared Tuesday with the Chinese ambassador,...
Tags: International Court or Tribunal, Arbitration, Endangered Species, Manila (Philippines), Malaysia
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Catherine O'Neill dies at 70; political activist, women's advocate
Catherine O'Neill, a social worker turned political activist and advocate for refugee women who co-founded the watchdog group now called the Women's Refugee Commission, died of cancer Wednesday at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. She was 70. Her death...
Tags: Abortion, Radio Industry, Jerry Brown, Christianity, Religion and Belief
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Mar 25, 2013
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Jan 11, 2013
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Feb 23, 2013
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Feb 22, 2013
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Feb 7, 2013
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Feb 5, 2013
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Jan 22, 2013
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Dec 30, 2012
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