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2012: From Arab Spring to early winter
Meteorologists know seasons are predictable. In the weather world, spring is always followed by summer. But the political world is different. Spring can proceed to summer, or it can lead to a sudden onset of winter. That was the case this year in the...
Tags: Charles Taylor, Muammar Gaddafi, Politics, Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin
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Day 15 roundup: 2nd wrestling medal for U.S.
LONDON -- The U.S. won its second wrestling medal of the Olympics when Coleman Scott came back to win a bronze in the 132-pound class on Saturday. Scott was beaten by eventual gold medalist Toghrul Asgarov of Azerbaijan in the semifinals but worked his...Tags: Coleman Scott, Wrestling, Awards and Prizes, David Cameron, Jake Herbert
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Scandals in China intensify possible Communist Party crisis
William PfaffPARIS -- Events suggest that the long-overdue crisis of China's Communist Party has arrived. Evidence is provided by the affair of the Chinese police chief who tried to defect to the United States and was turned away, the sensational murder of the...Tags: William Pfaff, Politics, Parties and Movements, Communist Party of China, Bill Clinton
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Nobel Peace Prize goes to women's rights activists
OSLO, Norway — Africa's first democratically elected female president, a Liberian campaigner against rape and a woman who stood up to Yemen's autocratic regime won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in recognition of the importance of women's rights in...Tags: Islam, Oslo (Norway), Religious Conflicts, Politics, Liberia
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Tags: Oslo (Norway), Jimmy Carter, Politics, Barack Obama, Abusive Behavior
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Tags: South China Morning Post Limited, China
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Barack Obama's peace prize — a year too early?
What day is it? Friday is Nobel Peace Prize Day. The award will be presented in absentia to Liu Xiaobo in Oslo as the human rights activist remains jailed in China. President Barack Obama was the winner in 2009, perhaps a year too early. At least now...Tags: Courtney Love, David Axelrod, Politics, Tom Brady, Barack Obama
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With Obama, Hu concedes China's rights need help
The Asssociated PressIn a rare concession on a highly sensitive issue, Chinese President Hu Jintao used his White House visit on Wednesday to acknowledge "a lot still needs to be done" to improve human rights in his nation accused of repressing its people. President Barack...Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, History (tv network), Human Rights, Human Interest
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Tags: Arts and Culture, China, Mass Media, YouTube
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Tags: Yemen, China, Aung San Suu Kyi
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Send in the clowns
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelIt's disgraceful that 19 nations beholden in some way to China won't attend the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo in Oslo. Nor will the honoree, who's serving an 11-year prison sentence for “inciting subversion of...
Dec 23, 2012
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Aug 11, 2012
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Apr 17, 2012
|Column| Tribune Media Services
Oct 7, 2011
|Story| Petoskey News
Oct 7, 2011
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Jun 3, 2011
|Story| Hola Hoy
Dec 9, 2010
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jan 19, 2011
|Story| Herald Mail
May 12, 2011
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May 12, 2011
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May 14, 2011
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Dec 8, 2010
| Orlando Sentinel
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