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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor gets 50 years for war crimes
Former Liberian President Charles Taylorwill likely spend the rest of his life in jail after a U.N.-backed court sentenced him to 50 years in prison for aiding and abetting war crimes. Taylor , 64, is the first former head of state to be convicted by...
Tags: Crimes, Sierra Leone, International Law, Charles Taylor, Lawyers
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Annan says Syria 'at a tipping point' after massacre
BEIRUT — U.S. and world leaders dramatically increased pressure on Syria in the wake of a civilian massacre, with special envoy Kofi Annan declaring the country to be at a tipping point and urging its president to implement a peace plan that could...Tags: Kofi Annan, Russia, Rebellions, Political Dissent, Muammar Gaddafi
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Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to Bob Dylan, others
WASHINGTON — President Obama pinned the Presidential Medal of Freedom around Bob Dylan's neck as the singer stood in the White House inscrutable in black sunglasses.
"I have to say that I am a really big fan," Obama said as he introduced Dylan, one...Tags: Career and Workplace, Shimon Peres, Awards and Prizes, U.S. Department of Justice, John Paul Stevens
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Russian journalist stabbed outside his Moscow home
World NowA Russian radio journalist known for reporting on the country’s auto industry and corrupt traffic police and who recently referred to the prophet Muhammad as a businessman was stabbed outside his home, police said Tuesday.... -
Kofi Annan says Syria is at 'tipping point' after Houla massacre
World NowOn the heels of a meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad, United Nations special envoy Kofi Annan warned that the crisis was "at a tipping point" after the gruesome massacre of more than 100 people last week in the town of Houla, now said to be... -
For contraceptives, a Catholic exception?
Even before the Supreme Court has ruled on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — a.k.a. "Obamacare" — 43 Roman Catholic organizations have filed lawsuits challenging a related regulation that requires...
Tags: Laws, Separation of Church and State, Career and Workplace, Abortion, Roman Catholicism
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Bob Dylan, Madeleine Albright among Medal of Freedom honorees
WASHINGTON -- Folk singer Bob Dylan and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright were awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in a ceremony at the White House on Tuesday afternoon. A number of figures from the struggles and shifts of the 1960s were...
Tags: Shimon Peres, Awards and Prizes, John Paul Stevens, World War II (1939-1945), Bob Dylan
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Chen Guangcheng is gone, but his village stays locked down
LINYI, China — At the turnoff for the sleepy farming village of Dongshigu, a man wearing a straw hat appears to be selling watermelons at a rough-hewn stand. But when an approaching car slows, burly young men dart out from behind the nearby concrete...Tags: Politics, Chen Guangcheng, U.S. Embassy, Police Arrests, Justice System
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San Antonio schools to use scanner technology in student IDs
You can’t run in the hallways. Now you can’t hide in them, either. The Northside Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas, will embark on an experimental project next year to track thousands of students at two schools by putting...
Tags: Science and Technology, Health, American Civil Liberties Union, Health and Safety at School, Electronics
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Muslim cleric suspected of terrorism loses bail appeal in London
World NowAbu Qatada, a A Muslim cleric imprisoned on suspicion of terrorism in Britain and convicted in absentia in Jordan on similar charges, will remain in a British jail while awaiting a hearing on his appeal of an extradition order, a judge said.... -
Sinaloa cartel, Zetas push Mexico's drug violence to new depths
CULIACAN, Mexico — The cartel henchman nicknamed "El Loco" was reported behind the latest atrocity in Mexico's ever-more-depraved drug war: mutilating 49 people and piling their bodies — heads, hands and feet missing — by the side of a...
Tags: Politics, Murder, Blackmail and Extortion, Gulf Cartel, Kidnapping
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Think Congress is sophomoric? A study says you're right
— If it sounds like the debates in Congress have devolved into those of teenagers, it's because they have. Discourse in the House and Senate has dropped a full grade level — to the equivalent of high school sophomore, according to a new...
Tags: Republican Party, Education, Harry Reid, Politics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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