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Howard Wolpe dies at 71; Michigan congressman sponsored anti-apartheid act
Former U.S. Rep. Howard Wolpe, a Michigan Democrat who played a key role in the 1986 passage of the federal anti-apartheid act that imposed economic sanctions on South Africa, has died. He was 71.
Wolpe, who had been ill with a heart condition, died...Tags: Washington, DC, Politics, Bill Clinton, Heart Problems, Hillary Clinton
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Should the U.N. accept Abbas' Palestinian statehood bid? [The conversation]
Opinion L.A.In Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' formal bid to the U.N. for member state status Friday, he said he wanted to revive the peace process with Israel by ending all settlement activities and establishing a two-state solution. To that end,........ -
Doyle McManus: Middle East hopes and fears
We may be the world's only remaining superpower, but we've been a secondary factor in the wave of change sweeping the Arab world.
Tunisia held its revolution without American help, unless you count Facebook and Twitter. In Egypt, President Obama probably...Tags: Tunisia, Mahmoud Abbas, Politics, Egypt, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Proponen Lotería Estatal en BC... otra vez
MEXICALI — La Diputada Agatón presentó este miércoles 25 de mayo un punto de acuerdo ante el pleno del Congreso del Estado para que el Gobernador realice los estudios necesarios para analizar la factibilidad de implementar una Lotería Estatal,...Tags: Politics, Foreign Aid
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Book Review: 'On China' by Henry Kissinger
Special to the Los Angeles TimesOn China Henry Kissinger Penguin Press: 586 pp., $36 Henry Kissinger was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for negotiating the Paris peace accords that established a ceasefire in the Vietnam War and let the United States extricate itself from that...Tags: Politics, Richard Nixon, Book, Arts and Culture, China
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Energy: Challenges to increasing American vehicle fuel mileage
As we enter the summer driving season and national gasoline prices approach $4 per gallon, Americans again are placing more emphasis on mileage when considering a new car purchase. In this column, we will discuss the impact the growth of renewable...Tags: Gasoline Industry, Energy Resources, Politics, Richard Nixon, U.S. Department of Transportation
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Sammy Ofer dies at 89; Israeli business tycoon
Reporting from Jerusalem -- Israeli billionaire Sammy Ofer, whose powerful, family-owned conglomerate is under scrutiny for alleged dealings with Iran, died Friday in Tel Aviv after a long illness. He was 89. Considered Israel's richest man with a family...Tags: Sammy Ofer , U.S. Department of State, Companies and Corporations, Tel Aviv (Israel), Politics
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Venezolanos reaccionan con optimismo y cautela sobre condición de Chávez
SUNRISE — La noticia de que Hugo Chávez pudiera estar muy enfermo para seguir gobernando a Venezuela ha llenado de optimismo a muchos venezolanos en el sur de Florida, como a Ramón Peraza Jr.
Peraza, estudiante pos graduado de administración...Tags: Venezuela, Sunrise (Broward, Florida), Politics, Twitter, Inc., Mass Media
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Avalancha de rumores sobre Chávez, dentro y fuera de Venezuela
Prensa AsociadaLas preocupaciones sobre la salud del presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez crecen como una avalancha en la medida que se prolonga su ausencia del país debido a una repentina cirugía en Cuba, a causa de una enfermedad de la cual no se tienen detalles. Sus...Tags: Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Cuba, California, Politics
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IRAN: Alleged CIA spies included government officials
Babylon & BeyondGovernment officials were among those netted in an Iranian counterespionage operation that Tehran's intelligence ministry touted this weekend, a news website reported Sunday. The semi-official Fars news agency (link in Persian) reported "a number of... -
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