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Obama walks a fine line with Myanmar president's landmark visit
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally in China's backyard and trying to defend human rights when the president of Myanmar becomes the first head of his country to visit the White House in 47...Tags: Monuments and Heritage Sites, Game Playing, Wars and Interventions, European Union, U.S. Department of State
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Obama to discuss al Qaeda, drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday speech
ReutersATLANTA (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under fire for security lapses at a U.S. mission in Libya, will in a speech on Thursday lay out his wide-ranging counter-terrorism policy, from the controversial use of drones to efforts to close the U.S....Tags: Libya, Christopher Stevens, Al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress
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Jon Stewart's humour a hit with millions of envious Chinese
ReutersBy Jane Lee SHANGHAI, May 20 (Reuters) - Humor may not always translate well, but Jon Stewart is picking up millions of fans in China, where his gloves-off political satire is refreshing for many in a country where such criticism is a rarity - especially...Tags: Arts and Culture, Ai Weiwei, Literature, Shanghai (China), Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
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Jon Stewart's humor a hit with millions of envious Chinese
ReutersSHANGHAI (Reuters) - Humor may not always translate well, but Jon Stewart is picking up millions of fans in China, where his gloves-off political satire is refreshing for many in a country where such criticism is a rarity - especially when directed at...Tags: Arts and Culture, Ai Weiwei, Literature, Shanghai (China), Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
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Nigeria offers amnesty to insurgents who surrender
ReutersMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria offered an amnesty on Sunday to Islamist militants who surrender and said 17 people had been killed on the fifth day of a military operation to try to crush the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast. In their...Tags: Libya, Wars and Interventions, Armed Forces, Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan
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Cardinal Dolan describes the secret of Notre Dame
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, said he found the secret to the University of Notre Dame during a nighttime visit to the campus Grotto. During the 2013 commencement speech Sunday in Notre Dame Stadium, Dolan recalled...Tags: Nazareth, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Entertainment Events, Education, University of Notre Dame
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EU says worried by Russia's human rights record
ReutersBRUSSELS, May 19 (Reuters) - The European Union criticised Russia's human rights record on Sunday, saying it was increasingly concerned at a wave of restrictive legislation and prosecutions against activists. The 27-nation bloc cited the cases of...Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Russia, Crime, Law and Justice, European Union
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Law in Jim Thorpe dispute aims to prevent Native American plunder
It was a sweat lodge ceremony in Texas where Jim Thorpe reached out to his grandson through a medicine man. The shaman told John Thorpe his grandfather's spirit was content in the Pennsylvania town where his body has lain for six decades. "Grandpa...
Tags: Laws, Museum of Natural History, Lawyers, Justice System, Trials
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House fires draw repair offers, even before smoke clears
Maria Elena Palacio was worrying her trapped pit bull wouldn't make it out alive from the blaze. This was when the businessmen began approaching her with sales pitches. "It got really crazy. The firefighters had to tell them to leave me alone," the...
Tags: Lauderhill, Insurance, Dania Beach, Orlando, Fires
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Regional force boosts troop numbers in Central African Republic
ReutersLIBREVILLE (Reuters) - African military chiefs agreed on Saturday to more than double the size of a regional peacekeeping force deployed in Central African Republic, where authorities have struggled to contain violence after a rebel takeover. Thousands...Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Rebellions, Crime, Law and Justice, Africa
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Pope decries more concern over banks than people; leads Vatican rally, meets with Merkel
Associated PressVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their families, as he led a huge rally Saturday to invigorate the church's moral conscience,...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Angela Merkel, Finance, Values, Christianity
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GOP overplays its hand
WASHINGTON — At the end of a truly dismal week in his presidency, President Obama remains lucky in one crucial category: his opposition. It has been only a matter of days since two scandals — the IRS harassment of conservative groups and the...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell, Minority Groups, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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