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Peace debate exposes deep rifts in Israeli government
Reuters* Netanyahu's political allies clash in parliament * Coalition cracks herald trouble for any future peace deal By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM, May 21 (Reuters) - Israel's coalition government presented a divided front on Palestinian statehood on Tuesday...Tags: Israel, West Bank, Peace Negotiations, Likud, Religious Conflicts
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'Britain's Obama' urges stronger economic ties with West Africa
Associated PressACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A rising star in Britain's Labour Party, described by some as the "British Barack Obama," Chuka Umunna urged the United Kingdom to more aggressively forge ties with West Africa's fast-growing economies. During a trade mission to...Tags: Nigeria, David Cameron, Media Industry, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Social Media
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Britain's Cameron tells EU rebels to back referendum law
Reuters* Cameron's Conservatives divided over Britain's EU future * Parliament to debate new law on EU withdrawal referendum * Coalition partner's opposition means slim hope of success By Peter Griffiths LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - Prime Minister David...Tags: David Cameron, European Union, Wars and Interventions, Liberal Democrats (UK), Referenda
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Britain's Cameron faces parliamentary revolt over Europe
Reuters* Cameron braced for more party dissent over EU * Up to 100 Conservatives to defy their leader in vote * Labour opposition: Cameron becoming a "laughing stock" * Cameron "extremely relaxed" over rebel vote By Peter Griffiths LONDON, May 15 (Reuters)...Tags: David Cameron, European Union, Liberal Democrats (UK), Wars and Interventions, Referenda
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British leader David Cameron faces dissent on EU membership
LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron moved Monday to beat back a brewing rebellion within his Conservative Party over Britain's membership in the European Union, rejecting demands for a speedy public vote on exiting the trading bloc but insisting...
Tags: David Cameron, European Union, Liberal Democrats (UK), White House, Referenda
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Britain's Cameron faces growing party splits over Europe
Reuters* Senior Conservative would back British EU exit now * Lawmakers in Cameron's party planning revolt this week * Pressure grows amid rising support for anti-EU party By Michael Holden LONDON, May 12 (Reuters) - A senior British minister said on...Tags: David Cameron, European Union, Liberal Democrats (UK), Referenda, United Kingdom
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Review: 'Strange Rebels' by Christian Caryl
The rebels of Christian Caryl's "Strange Rebels" are a motley lot. They include Margaret Thatcher, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and his followers, Pope John Paul II, Deng Xiaoping, and the Afghan insurgents who fought back against the Soviet invasion...Tags: Iran, Values, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, China
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Britain avoids recession with faster than expected growth
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Britain skirted a "triple dip" recession by growing faster than expected in the first three months of the year, providing some cover for a government under fire over its austerity drive. The Office for National Statistics said on...Tags: David Cameron, Energy Resources, Public Finance, Radio Industry, Nick Clegg
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COLUMN: Thatcher's vigorous virtues effective
Washington Post Writers GroupWASHINGTON -- She had the eyes of Caligula and the lips of Marilyn Monroe. So said Francois Mitterrand, the last serious socialist to lead a major European nation, speaking of Margaret Thatcher, who helped bury socialism as a doctrine of governance....Tags: Philosophy, Ronald Reagan, Career and Workplace, United Kingdom, Religion and Belief
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Not a 'quota woman'
Margaret Thatcher never cared much for feminism and other progressive equal-rights movements. Yet she deserves to be honored by those of us who do, whether we like the result of her politics or not. Thatcher, who died Monday at age 87 after a stroke,...
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Tony Blair tells crowd at Loyola about global challenges
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a Baltimore audience Tuesday night that the world's challenges have never been greater, nor come with such speed, and he advocated intervention in struggling countries by powers such as Great Britain and the...
Tags: Students, European Union, Education, Wars and Interventions, Loyola University Maryland
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Margaret Thatcher is lionized and lambasted
LONDON — Indifference was not an option. In death as in life, at home and abroad, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was lionized and lambasted — sometimes both in the same breath — as news of her passing Monday spread...Tags: David Cameron, Nick Clegg, Elizabeth II, Government, United Kingdom
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