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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on ABCs This Week, broadcast June 21, 2009.Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is the latest Republican to criticize President Barack Obamas stance on Iran. Speaking on ABCs This Week on Sunday morning, Graham said the president has been timid and passive more than I ...
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"This was a massacre. You should stop this. You should help the people of Iran."CNNs Ivan Watson was left dumbfounded on Wednesday during an interview with an unnamed eyewitness in Iran who told the news network that security forces mercilessly beat protesters.The woman, whose identity ...
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Fox analyst: Taliban should kill US soldier if he desertedJust a few months after he advocated for military attacks on journalists, Fox News strategic analyst Lt. Col. Ralph Peters is telling viewers that the soldier captured by the Taliban, now positively identified as 23-year-old Pfc. Bowe Berg...
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Suspect puts drugs in his mouth; cop breaks his neckA 42-year-old Louisiana man has died, apparently of a broken neck, after being pulled over by a police deputy.A dash cam video shows Deputy Chris Sturdivant of the Livingston Parish Sheriffs Office with his arms around Adam Stogners neck after t...
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The meltdown that left 45 million Twitter users unable to access the service on Thursday came in two waves and was directed at a single blogger who has voiced his support for the Republic of Georgia in ...
Former US Congressman convicted of briberyBY MATTHEW BARAKAT - Aug. 6, 2009 - APA jury handed federal prosecutors a victory in finding an ex-congressman guilty of bribery, racketeering and other charges, four months after a corruption conviction against former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was tossed a...
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- August 4, 2009 - AFP - Bill Clinton has safely left Pyongyang with two US journalists after they were pardoned by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, a spokesman for the former US president said T...Read More
2009-Aug-04: Today a judge in Sudan adjourned the trial of Lubna Hussein, a journalist who faces a punishment of 40 lashes for the unspeakable crime of wearing trousers in public. Ms. Hussein’s verdict was ostensibly delayed because the court needed to determine if her status as an employee of ...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has issued a special pardon to two detained US journalists, the country's state news agency reports.- August 4, 2009 - BBC - The journalists were arrested on the China-N Korea border Laura Ling and Euna Lee had been found guilty of entering illegally in...
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The former president's surprise mission is aimed at negotiating the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who have been sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for illegal entry.By John M. Glionna and Paul Richter - August 4, 2009 - L.A. Times Former President Clinton arrived in North...
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Mehr News Agency, via European Pressphoto Agency A photo by the Fars news agency showed Muhammad Ali Abtahi, third from right, a former vice president, among the more than 100 defendants at a trial for reformers on Saturday. BY ROBERT F. WORTH AND NAZILA FATHI - AUG 2, 2009 - NEW YORK TI...
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$7,000,000 American Dollars Stolen- Jul 29, 2009 - Wikinews - Eight security guards were tied up, gagged, and killed when armed robbers held up the Rafidain bank in Karradah district of Baghdad, Baghdad bureau de change, and made off with US$7 million (8.5ع.د million Iraqi Dinars).Baghdad, IraqTh...
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In a provocative move, Mir-Hossein Mousavi asks his supporters to flood Tehran during a festival next week.- By Borzou Daragahi - July 28, 2009 - Los Angeles Times - Email Picture Mehdi Ghasemi / Iranian Students News Agency Leading Iranian opposition figure Mir-Hossein...
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- July 27, 2009 - AFPTwo astronauts ventured into open space Monday to install cameras on the International Space Station's new Japanese laboratory during the final spacewalk of the US shuttle Endeavour mission.Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn floated out of the ISS about one hour earlier than pla...
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Photos from US spy satellites declassified by the Obama White House provide the first graphic images of how the polar ice sheets are retreating in the summer. The effects on the world's weather, environments and wildlife could be devastating- By Suzanne Goldenberg and Damian Carrington - July 26,...
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- July 25, 2009 - AFP -Iraqi Kurds on Saturday began casting their ballots in presidential and parliamentary polls being held as the region grapples with a land dispute with Baghdad and tensions over oil exports. Queues had already formed at polling stations in the region’s two main cities, Arbi...
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- By Julia Rios - July 25, 2009 - AFPFaced with international calls for restraint, ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya has retreated from the Honduran-Nicaraguan border after briefly setting foot into his country.Zelaya's symbolic attempt to return home on Friday came almost a month after sol...
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Anti-gay, pro-abstinence legislator had affair with intern- July 24, 2009 - RAW STORY - A Republican state senator from Tennessee–who is married and the father of two– has admitted to police that he had sex with a 22 year old intern after her boyfriend allegedly demanded money from the legislator...
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American History Now This is insane: HEAT may have Killed THOUSANDS of Fish in the Everglades.
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Thousands of fish popped up dead this week in Florida Bay -- possible victims of what might be described as a marine version of heat stroke. The fish kill was unusually large for the waters of ...
Chris Matthews Makes A Clown Out of Watergate Mastermind ofBy David Edwards - July 24, 2009 - RAW STORY On Hardball Thursday, conservative talk radio host G. Gordon Liddy and WRNB Radio’s E. Steven Collins discussed why the debate over President Barack Obama’s citizenship continues to fill radio ...
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On Saturday, July 25th there will be a Global Day of Action in support of freedom and liberty for Iranian citizens. Visit the website http://www.united4iran.org for information about events in participating cities worldwide.This event represents all that is good in the struggle for human rights...
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American History Now After googling for hours, I have finally managed to find the last American that was sentenced to death for desertion.
Congressman calls on Fox to fire O’Reilly, Peters for aiding America’s enemies- By David Edwards and Stephen Webster - July 23, 2009 - RAW STORY -According to NBC’s top Pentagon correspondent, the Department of Defense is furious with Fox News analyst Ralph Peters, who said on July 19 that the Ta...
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Rachel Maddow interviews Jim Miklaszewski and Congressman Eric Massahttp://times.americanhistorynow.org/2009/07/pentagon-furious-over-call-for.htmlPentagon furious over call for execution of captured soldierCongressman calls on Fox to fire OReilly, Peters for aiding Americas enemiesBy David Edwar...
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American History Now New op/ed posts on http://blog.americanhistorynow.org as we welcome Health Blogger Chris Breaux and Civil RIghts Blogger Bob Henline to the American History Now community. If you are interested in contributing, please let me know at melancon@americanhisto
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By Steve Holland and David Alexander - July 22, 2009 - ReutersPresident Barack Obama said on Wednesday he realized Americans were skeptical about his healthcare overhaul, but that the country's economic recovery depended on the success of the $1 trillion plan.Obama warned inaction would undermine...
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by Bob Henline - AHN Civil Rights BloggerOne of the most basic and fundamental questions in political philosophy is how a society is to draw a fair balance between individual liberty and the preservation of the common good. The Social Contract theory, from which most modern democratic societ...
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- July 22, 2009 - THE INDEPENDENT -Riot police clashed with hundreds of pro-reform protesters in Tehran and arrested dozens of them yesterday, a witness said, in the latest unrest over last month's disputed election.Demonstrators were chanting slogans against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the...
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