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China pressured U.S. university to make him leave, dissident says
ReutersBy Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, June 16 (Reuters) - Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese dissident who fled his home country to become a visiting scholar at New York University, accused the school on Sunday of asking him to leave because of "unrelenting pressure"...Tags: PBS (tv network), Justice and Rights, China, Human Rights, Fordham University
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Convicted sex offender extradited from Brazil after 12 years on run
A convicted sex offender was back in a Broward jail Friday after 12 years on the run and a two-year extradition process with Brazil, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Kenneth Andrew Craig, 44, who landed on an international Most Wanted Sex...Tags: Deerfield Beach, Boca Raton, Lighthouse Point, Brazil, Extradition
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Foreign affairs
Ever since President Bill Clinton "did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky," whatever remains of standards seem to have fallen even lower among people who hold offices and positions once thought to require good behavior and strong...Tags: CBS Corp., U.S. Secret Service, Prostitution, Bill Clinton, The Huffington Post
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Chinese dissident to leave New York University shortly
ReutersHBEAT-MESSAGE @ 2013-06-17 17:06:17 +0000. Generated from NTM heartbeat by HTCP-JANMDN01A.Tags: Shanghai (China), Human Rights, Fordham University, New York University, Beijing (China)
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US State Department probes report of sex misconduct by staff abroad
Reuters* Brussels ambassador said he did nothing wrong * Allegations of sexual assault, drug use, prostitutes WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - The State Department said on Tuesday it was investigating allegations of sexual misconduct by overseas staff including...Tags: Sexual Assault, Prostitution, Brussels (Belgium), White House, Sexual Misconduct
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Suicide bombing outside Afghan Supreme Court kills 17
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber detonated his vehicle in front of the Supreme Court in the Afghan capital on Tuesday, several hundred yards from the U.S. Embassy, killing 17 people and wounding 38, police said. The Taliban claimed...
Tags: Elections, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nelson Mandela, Strikes
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Suspected Taliban bomber targets Afghan court, kills 17
ReutersKABUL (Reuters) - A suspected Taliban suicide bomber in a car detonated a bomb close to minibuses taking Supreme Court staff home in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, killing at least 17 people and wounding almost 40, police said. It was the second...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Afghanistan, Bombings, Emergency Incidents, Hamid Karzai
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Greg Iles to write more Penn Cage thrillers
ReutersNEW YORK, June 11 (Reuters) - Fans of Greg Iles' Penn Cage books can look forward to several more of the thrillers with the announcement of a new trilogy, the first of which is slated for release in May 2014, the publisher said on Tuesday. "Natchez...Tags: Murder, Book, Authors
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US leaker faces hard choices while in hiding
HONG KONG (AP) — Edward Snowden, the former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about U.S. surveillance programs, has few options to stay one step ahead of the authorities while in apparent hiding. One possibility is to seek asylum in a...
Tags: Macau, Media Industry, Russia, United Kingdom, China
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Explosion in Kabul a suicide attack in diplomatic compound - police source
ReutersKABUL, June 11 (Reuters) - A loud explosion was heard in the Afghan capital Kabul's diplomatic area at about 4.20 pm (1150 GMT) and a police source said it was a suicide attack not far from the U.S. Embassy. The explosion was near the Supreme Court...Tags: Suicide, Emergency Incidents, Explosions
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CORRECTED-Explosion in Kabul a suicide attack in diplomatic area - police source
Reuters(Changes headline to say diplomatic area, not compound) KABUL, June 11 (Reuters) - A loud explosion was heard in the Afghan capital Kabul's diplomatic area at about 4.20 pm (1150 GMT) and a police source said it was a suicide attack not far from the U.S....Tags: Suicide, Emergency Incidents, Explosions
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U.S. Prism spying program rattles EU lawmakers
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - European lawmakers threatened on Tuesday to unpick data-sharing agreements with the United States, reacting furiously to reports that U.S. authorities have accessed emails and other personal data from leading Internet companies. U.S....Tags: Security, International Organizations, Computer Networking and Internet, United Kingdom, The Washington Post
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