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Iran bars candidates for presidential election
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities barred two potentially powerful and disruptive candidates from running in next month's presidential election on Tuesday, ensuring a contest largely among hardliners loyal to the clerical supreme leader. Akbar Hashemi...Tags: Yasmin (drug), U.S. Department of State, Iran's Nuclear Program, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Islam
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Civil War divided Lehigh Valley
Democrats of the Lehigh Valley opposed the Republican administration's war. They were suspicious of the shifting justifications for it. They weren't interested in fighting to free anyone. They denounced the president's restrictions on civil liberties....Tags: Republican Party, Easton (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Lehigh County, Armed Conflicts, Career and Workplace
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Iran says ready for nuclear talks with world powers
ReutersISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iran is prepared to pursue nuclear diplomacy with world powers before or after next month's presidential election in the Islamic Republic, its chief negotiator said on Thursday. Saeed Jalili, who is also a candidate in the...Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Israel, Politics, Iran, Elections
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Bill in U.S. Congress seeks vote on Puerto Rican statehood
ReutersSAN JUAN, May 15 (Reuters) - Puerto Rico's sole non-voting representative to Congress proposed legislation Wednesday that would offer U.S. statehood to the island if its voters wanted it. The Puerto Rico Status Resolution Act, which has 30 bipartisan co-...Tags: Government, Caribbean Islands, Politics, National Government, U.S. Congress
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Pakistan's incoming prime minister turns pragmatic
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After a resounding victory in Pakistan's national elections, presumptive new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif could have pressed his populist, hard-line approach that paints the U.S. as hopelessly malevolent and self-interested....
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U.S. targets two UAE firms for dealing with blacklisted Iran banks
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States blacklisted two Dubai-based trading companies on Wednesday, accusing them of helping Iran evade financial sanctions and effectively cutting them off from the U.S. financial system. The move against Al Hilal...Tags: Finance, United Arab Emirates, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Nuclear Policy, Punishment
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Pakistanis vote in landmark election
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Millions of Pakistanis braved threats from militants and voted Saturday in national elections that marked the country's first democratic transfer of governance and appeared to put former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on track for...Tags: Rebellions, Islamabad (Pakistan), Woodrow Wilson, Government, Yousuf Raza Gilani
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GOP, Democrats continue to dispute regarding Benghazi deaths
WASHINGTON (AP) — Politicians love few things better than a scandal to trip up their opponents, and Republicans hope last year's fatal attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya will do exactly that to Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democrats. History...
Tags: Republican Party, John Boehner, Gerald Ford, Government, Bill Clinton
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Comeback complete, Republican Sanford could be wild card in Congress
Reuters* Republican Sanford does not owe national party after win * Democrats say result undermines Republican pitch to women By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - Fresh off a redemptive win in South Carolina's special election, former Governor...Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Republican Party, John Boehner, CBS Corp., Government
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Pakistan bombing again targets Islamist party
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For the second day in a row, a bomb blast killed and maimed participants at a campaign rally being held by one of Pakistan's Islamist religious parties, indicating a broadening of targets in the violence that has primarily...
Tags: Islamabad (Pakistan), Religious Conflicts, Bombings, Explosions, Parliament
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Idea that American held by Venezuela is a spy 'ridiculous' -Obama
ReutersBy Steve Holland SAN JOSE, May 4 (Reuters) - The Venezuelan government's suggestion that an American citizen it has detained is a spy is "ridiculous," U.S. President Barack Obama said in a television interview recorded on Saturday during a visit to Costa...Tags: Venezuela, Univision (tv network), Politics, Government, National Government
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Russian law on NGOs comes under fire at U.N. rights forum
Reuters* Western concern at new Russian law on "foreign agents" * U.S. calls for rescinding law, halting inspections * Justice minister defends Russia's record at U.N. debate By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, April 29 (Reuters) - Russia's new law on non-...Tags: Laws, Culture, Human Rights, Justice and Rights, Vladimir Putin
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