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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. THOUSANDS RALLY FOR LABOR REFORMS The workers paraded through Dhaka, Bangladesh, to demand safety at work after a garment factory building...Tags: Edward J Markey, Food and Drug Administration, Kelly Ayotte
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Slain diplomat from River Forest was a girl with an adventurous mind
Before she was a young U.S. foreign service officer stationed in Afghanistan, before she and others were blown up by a bomb, before she was eulogized at Fenwick High School on Tuesday, Anne Smedinghoff was a girl. The temptation now is to see her only...
Tags: Students, Johns Hopkins University, Explosions, Berlin Wall's Fall (1989), Al-Qaeda
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Kerry arrives in South Korea at a touchy time
From the Associated PressSEOUL, South Korea — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in South Korea on Friday on an unusual diplomatic journey, traveling directly into a region bracing for a possible North Korean missile test and risking that his presence alone could...Tags: China, Military Equipment, Politics, Seoul (South Korea), Government
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Kerry leaves Israel with hopes, but few results
JERUSALEM -- Wrapping up his first solo visit in a renewed Obama administration campaign to restart peace talks, Secretary of State John Kerry left Israel on Tuesday with few signs of progress and a vow to keep trying. After talks Monday and Tuesday...Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Politics, Travel, Barack Obama, Government
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Senate candidate seeks ruling on contributions by gay couples
WASHINGTON — While they await a Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, gay rights advocates are taking their fight to a new arena: campaign finance law. A Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts who supports gay marriage has...
Tags: Minority Groups, Same-Sex Marriage, Defense of Marriage Act, Republican Party, George Washington University
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Roadside bomb in Afghanistan kills 9 civilians
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A roadside bomb detonated under a bus in Afghanistan on Monday, killing nine civilians, officials said. It was the latest in a string of attacks over the past week that have left noncombatants dead. The bus was driving from the...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Firearms, Politics, Afghanistan, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Johns Hopkins graduate killed in bomb blast in Afghanistan
Anne Smedinghoff wanted to help the people of Afghanistan, those who knew her say. The 25-year-old Johns Hopkins University graduate was attempting to deliver textbooks to school children there when she and four other Americans were killed in a car bomb...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Colleges and Universities, Explosions, Chicago Tribune, Afghanistan
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State Department diplomat with Chicago ties killed in Afghanistan
Tribune reportersAnne Smedinghoff, the young American diplomat who was killed Saturday while delivering textbooks to children in Afghanistan, left behind a long trail of people she had impressed with her passion, intelligence and poise, both in her career and while she...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Colleges and Universities, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Colon Cancer
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RPT-ANALYSIS-Chinese strong talk on yuan reform masks policy quandary
Reuters(Repeats story first carried on Saturday) * Chinese regulators voice commitment to reform * At same time, PBOC increases market intervention * Government balancing liberalisation versus stability By Pete Sweeney and Lu Jianxin SHANGHAI, April 27...Tags: People's Bank, Politics, China, Government, International Monetary Fund
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
SPRING FLOODING-WASTEWATER Grand Rapids: 429M gallons of wastewater released (Information in the following story is from: The Grand Rapids Press, http://www.mlive.com/grand-rapids) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Grand Rapids says recent flooding sent...Tags: North American International Auto Show, Interior Policy, Auction Service, Newspaper and Magazine, Environmental Issues
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Casey: U.S. should intervene in Syrian crisis
Sen. Bob Casey added his name Friday to a growing list of lawmakers urging the White House to take some form of military action against Syria in the wake of new evidence that President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons against his own people. Casey,...Tags: Bashar Assad, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Politics, Muammar Gaddafi, Government
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Family seeks Kerry's help in securing release of detained Michigan veteran in Iran
WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of an ex-Marine detained in Iran is asking Secretary of State John Kerry to step in and demand his release. The mother, sister and brother-in-law of Amir Hekmati (ah-MEER' hehk-MAH'-tee) have been in Washington this...Tags: U.S. Congress, Central Intelligence Agency, Iran, Amir Hekmati Death Sentence (2012), U.S. Department of State
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Apr 26, 2013
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