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(Photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)A World At Risk
A head-to-toe veiled Iranian woman walks past a satirized drawing of the Statue of Liberty, painted on the wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran, in an annual state-backed rally, marking the anniversary of take-over of the embassy in 1979 by militant students, Iran, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010....Full Story

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(Photo: AP / Lawrence Jackson)S. Korean leader arrives in oil-rich Saudi
King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, left, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, center, and President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea listen as U.S. President George W. Bush welcomes the G20 world leaders to the White House for the start of the Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy in Washington, Friday, Nov. 14, 2...Full Story

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The Headstart tickets and listings
The Headstart are a Leeds based pop punk band as recently seen on tour with Framing Hanley, My Passion and Blitz Kids | Date: Monday 13th February 2012 | Venue: Dry Live » | Location: Manchester » | Doors: 19:00 til 23:00 | Event short url: http://www.skiddl...Full Story
Gay Married Couples Are Refusing to Lie
| A movement is building across the country as more and more gay people get legally married in the U.S. or abroad. Whether on tax returns or customs forms, in the muddle of contradictory, nonsensical, and infuriating laws, married gay couples are refusing to identify as...Full Story
A Decade of (Bad) Super Bowl Halftime Shows
| I enjoyed Sunday night's halftime show more than others from recent years. That's coming from a guy who has paid money for albums by The Who and Paul McCartney, and attended concerts by the Rolling Stones and Tom Petty. | Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson's wardrobe...Full Story
The Young Women's Conference Made Me Jealous.. And Proud
| Going back to your high school campus isn't always easy. | You might find that you recognize a maximum of five people... and that they're all former teachers. You might find that where you used to pretend to get a book from your locker (but really check to see if a fe...Full Story
Reading the Pictures: The Clint Eastwood Chrysler "Halftime in America" Controversy, and the Doctored Wisconsin Footage
| If we want to take visual politics and the integrity of imagery seriously, what Chrysler and its corporate Madison Avenue agency did in its Halftime in America ad can be best (and more easily) understood as anti-union rather than pro-Democratic party or pro-Obama. | C...Full Story
Is This the Future of American Values?
| In researching my next parenting book, I came across several recent studies that I found truly disturbing. As you will see shortly, the results don't paint a pretty picture for the future of our children or our society as a whole. Even more damning is what it tells us...Full Story
Tu Bishvat: The Roots of Torah
| "It is a tree of life to those who hold it close and all of its supporters are happy. Its ways are ways of pleasantness and all of its paths lead to peace." --Proverbs 3:18 | This was one of the very first Hebrew songs I learned. Even as a young child, I knew it was s...Full Story
Soi Lek hits out at Jui Meng
| MUAR: MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek brushed aside Johor PKR chief Datuk Chua Jui Meng's challenge for both of them to "slug it out" in a seat in Johor during the coming general election. | Dr Chua hit out at Jui Meng as "MCA's reject product" who should not...Full Story
The law's great mysteries
| A breathtaking variety of approaches to the law light up the legal firmament in so many spectacular ways that one cannot fail but be impressed. | EVERY judge, lawyer and law teacher has to grapple with some central and eternal riddles that surround the law. The most b...Full Story
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Power sector losing an icon
The Star | I WAS shocked to learn of the impending departure of Datuk Seri Che Khalib Mohd Noh as CEO of Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB). | The country's national electric utility company has had many CEOs but Che Khalib stands out as one of those who raised TNB a ...
Opening Of The Forum On Inclusive Growth
Scoop Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 12:28 pm | Press Release: Government Of Timor-Leste | Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste | Address By His Excellency The Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão On The Occasion Of The Opening Of The Forum On Inclusive G...
Oil ministry renews plans to penalise RIL for D6 gas output fall
The Times Of India NEW DELHI: The oil ministry is making a fresh attempt to financially penalise Reliance Industries for the fall in natural gas output from the D6 block even as it wants to avoid arbitration over the same issue, government officials said. | The oil min...
Contractor David Appel alleges retiring Mifal Hapayis chairman owes him $500,000
Ha'aretz | Did businessman David Appel loan more than $500,000 in cash to a senior civil servant, the outgoing director of the Mifal Hapayis national lottery? Or is the entire story an invention of Appel's fevered brain? It depends who you believe. | About a ...
Israel's treasury and unions in last-ditch attempt to prevent general strike
Ha'aretz | Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz and Histadrut labor federation chairman Ofer Eini met yesterday in Jerusalem in a bid to reach an agreement over outsourced workers' conditions - but both said they did not believe a general strike the Histadrut plan...
Wanted: A Goldstone inquiry into Syrian atrocities
Ha'aretz | It is one of the few points of agreement between people who are strongly pro-Palestinian and people who are strongly pro-Israeli: All too often, the United Nations fails its tests. | Both sides have their reasons. Palestinians will argue, and legit...
Rockfall probable cause of Pike River explosion
Otago Daily Times | The Pike River Mine explosion was probably caused by a rockfall that sent explosive gases rushing through the mine, just as the water pumps were turned back on, causing electrical equipment to spark. | The Royal Commission of Inquiry resumed in Gre...
Splat! Geek-in-chief Obama tests marshmallow gun
The Daily Telegraph Australia | BARACK Obama has tested a new high-powered prototype for his commander-in-chief's arsenal - a high-powered marshmallow gun that sent a tasty missile screaming through the White House. | Watched over by a brooding portrait of his hero Abraham L...
Maldives leader resigns after mutiny
Independent online Male - President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, widely credited with bringing democracy to the Indian Ocean archipelago, resigned on Tuesday in what his party said was a coup after weeks of opposition protests erupted into a police mutiny. | Nashee...
First drive: Porsche 911 Cabriolet
Sydney Morning Herald Click for more photos 2012 Porsche 911 Cabriolet | 2012 Porsche 911 Cabriolet | Does the latest version of the iconic drop-top live up to the name? | Developing a new generation of Porsche's 911 is a bit like taking the stage after Elvis has left the...
CPM & CPI state conferences begin; both parties hurl criticisms at each other
The Times Of India THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/KOCHI: 'Give me Red', appears to be the slogan in Kerala's southern tip this week as the state conferences of the CPM and CPI began on Tuesday, but the slogan is not all about Red parties having a roaring time in the state. Instead...
US president Barack Obama has fired a marshmallow gun in the White House for a ...
The Australian | US President Barack Obama has tested a new high-powered prototype for his commander-in-chief's arsenal - a high-powered marshmallow gun that sent a tasty missile screaming through the White House. | Watched over by a brooding portrait of his h...
Happy (200th) birthday Mr Dickens
NZ Herald | He wrote about life in the modern city, with its lawyers and criminals, bankers and urchins, dreamers and clerks. | He created characters still known to millions Ebeneezer Scrooge and Tiny Tim, Pip and Miss Havisham, Fagin and Oliver Twist. And it ...
Wednesday's letters: Nuclear saves money in long run
Tampabay.com | In Print: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 | Florida doesn't need more nuclear power | Jan. 16, commentary | Nuclear saves money in long run | A Washington-based antinuclear activist with the Union of Concerned Scientists suggested our customers are bei...
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