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    Jun 16, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  1. Detainees' defense lawyers want ICRC's secret Guantanamo files

    Reuters
    By Jane Sutton GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba, June 17 (Reuters) - L awyers for five prisoners accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 have asked to see confidential reports made by representatives of the International Committee of the Red...

    Tags: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Cuba, Trials, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice

    2. Jun 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  2. U.S. lawyer Cliff Sloan faces tough assignment: Closing Guantanamo

    Reuters
    * Part of Obama's push to make good on pledge * Sloan has little foreign policy experience * 'Going to be a difficult job' By Steve Holland and Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - Cliff Sloan has represented Jon Bon Jovi's band in legal...

    Tags: Terrorism, U.S. Supreme Court, Mitch McConnell, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    3. Jun 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. North Korea calls for high-level talks with U.S.

    SEOUL — The North Korean regime Sunday suggested a high-level meeting with the United States "to ease the tension on the Korean peninsula," less than a week after its scheduled working-level talks with Seoul were called off.  In the National...

    Tags: Nuclear Policy, Xi Jinping, Seoul (South Korea), North Korea, Politics

    4. Jun 7, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. Holding the national security course

    President Barack Obama's latest changes in his top national security team seem more a shift to a stronger emphasis on human rights than a break with his long-range determination to keep the United States out of nation-building adventurism. His...

    Tags: International Organizations, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Barack Obama

    5. Dec 3, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Since when does it take a political campaign to become secretary of state?

    There was a time when a president and the opposition party in Congress could agree on certain basics, such as the right of the chief executive to select members of his cabinet with no fuss or bother. The president's most important choice in this...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, John Kerry, Christopher Stevens, Republican Party, Barack Obama

    6. May 13, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Could Biden benefit from scrutiny of Hillary Clinton's handling of Benghazi?

    If former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hoped she could segue quietly into private life as she pondered a presidential bid in 2016, that fantasy has been abruptly harpooned in the resurrection of the political squabble over the terrorist attack on...

    Tags: Benghazi, Elections, Hillary Clinton, Martin O'Malley, Politics

    7. Jun 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  7. Rare U.S.-Cuba talks to explore resuming mail services

    Reuters
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Cuba are exploring the possibility of resuming direct mail services between the two countries after a 50-year ban, U.S. officials with knowledge of the talks said on Monday. Representatives from the U.S. State...

    Tags: Government Postal Delivery, Cuba, Mail Order Industry, Financial and Business Services, Fidel Castro

    8. Jun 17, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. SSA makes gender change in records easier

    The Social Security Administration, which is based in Woodlawn, has adopted <a href=&quot;https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0110212200" target="_blank">a new policy</a> making it easier to change one's gender in agency records, the organization announced last week.
    The Social Security Administration, which is based in Woodlawn, has adopted a new policy making it easier to change one's gender in agency records, the organization announced last week. Organizations representing the national transgender community...

    Tags: Government, Social Security, Social Issues, National Government, Minority Groups

    9. Jun 17, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Security is found off-line

    More than a decade ago, I ordered a book from a publisher specializing in technical books. I then received notice that my credit card information, along with hundreds of others, had been compromised by an Internet hacker who had penetrated the publisher's computer files.
    More than a decade ago, I ordered a book from a publisher specializing in technical books. I then received notice that my credit card information, along with hundreds of others, had been compromised by an Internet hacker who had penetrated the publisher's...

    Tags: National Security Agency, Computer Crime, Computer Networking and Internet, U.S. Army, Book

    10. Jun 17, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  10. SeaWorld pays its 1st shareholder dividend

    As promised in the lead-up to its initial public offering, <strong>SeaWorld Entertainment Inc.</strong> declared its first quarterly dividend last week, paying stockholders 20 cents for every share they own.
    As promised in the lead-up to its initial public offering, SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. declared its first quarterly dividend last week, paying stockholders 20 cents for every share they own. It's the first installment of what Orlando-based SeaWorld says...

    Tags: Personal Data Collection, Jim Atchison, SeaWorld, Economy, Business and Finance, Financing and Stock Offerings

    11. Jun 17, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  11. Guantanamo detainees' lawyers seek to obtain Red Cross reports

    GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Lawyers for five prisoners accused of plotting the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States have asked to see confidential reports by the International Committee of the Red Cross about visits to the defendants at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
    Reuters
    GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Lawyers for five prisoners accused of plotting the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States have asked to see confidential reports by the International Committee of the Red Cross about visits to the...

    Tags: American Red Cross, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Trials, Cuba, Lawyers

    12. Jun 17, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. 22 arrested during Keystone protest

    Twenty-two environmental activists who staged a sit-in to protest the expansion of the Keystone XL Pipeline that would bring crude oil from Canada to the United States were arrested as part of a planned protest this morning outside the State Department offices in the Loop, police said.
    Tribune reporter
    Twenty-two environmental activists who staged a sit-in to protest the expansion of the Keystone XL Pipeline that would bring crude oil from Canada to the United States were arrested as part of a planned protest this morning outside the State Department...

    Tags: Police Arrests, Barack Obama, Keystone XL Pipeline, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities

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