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Deadly Protests Over Koran Burning Reach Kandahar — KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Violent protests over the burning of a Koran in Florida flared for a second straight day, with young men rampaging through the streets of this southern capital, flying Taliban flags and wielding sticks.
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Is the Florida pastor who burnt the Qur'an morally responsible for the deaths of UN staff in protests in Afghanistan? | Poll — Ten UN staff have been killed in a violent protest in Afghanistan against the burning of a copy of the Qur'an by a Christian fundamentalist pastor in Florida last week.
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Reconsidering the Goldstone Report on Israel and war crimes — We know a lot more today about what happened in the Gaza war of 2008-09 than we did when I chaired the fact-finding mission appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council that produced what has come to be known as the Goldstone Report.

House GOP passes ‘force of law’ spending bill mocked by Dems — The House narrowly passed legislation on Friday that calls for a House-passed FY 2011 spending bill to become law should the Senate fail to approve a spending bill by April 6. It would also prevent members of Congress from being paid during a government shutdown.
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Making a case vs. Obama's health care law — Legal scholar's opposition gets attention — ‘Giving the Congress the power to do these mandates is essentially giving the Congress the power to take over your life,’ said Randy Barnett, a legal scholar. — ARLINGTON, Va. …


Ex-Mujahedeen Help Lead Libyan Rebels — DARNA, Libya—Two former Afghan Mujahedeen and a six-year detainee at Guantanamo Bay have stepped to the fore of this city's military campaign, training new recruits for the front and to protect the city from infiltrators loyal to Col. Moammar Gadhafi.
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Firefighters, Cops Warn Republicans Anti-Union Stance Has Consequences … WASHINGTON — Leaders from two unions known to support the Republican Party warned of serious repercussions for GOP candidates in the 2012 elections, saying the onslaught of anti-labor bills in state capitals has shifted their political allegiances.
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Obama: All federal vehicles MUST be environmentally friendly by 2015 - except my limo — Barack Obama's presidential limousine will be exempt from his drive to make all government vehicles environmentally friendly, the Secret Service has revealed. — The president last week insisted …
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Presidential limousine, security vehicles exempt from fed ‘green’ vehicle policy
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RNC may sanction presidential debates that double as fundraisers — The Republican National Committee is considering sanctioning a series of monthly presidential candidate debates beginning in August that would be paired with committee fundraisers, a party official confirmed to The Ballot Box.
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RNC proposes its own debates — to raise money
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Reactor Pit Found Leaking Radioactive Water Into Sea — TOKYO — Highly radioactive water is leaking directly into the sea from a damaged pit near a crippled reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, safety officials said Saturday, the latest setback in the increasingly messy bid to regain control of the reactors.
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$5B Subsidy for Early Retiree Health Coverage Going Quickly, Drawing GOP Criticism — House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee Chairman Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla. presides over the subcommittee's hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. (AP)


Mackinac Center Received Bomb Threats and Death Threats Over FOIA Request — The Mackinac Center for Public Policy received numerous death threats and bomb threats in the aftermath of national publicity about a Freedom of Information Act request it sent to three public universities.

Barack Obama: Losing $84 billion big success — Barack Obama has some ‘splaining to do about taxpayers’ profitable “investment” in General Motors. It turns out the president is imagining things. — Though Democrats tout the auto bailout as a success, recent reports illustrate the taxpayer cost …
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Devastating New Ad Might Be Game Changer in Wisconsin's Crucial April 5th Election — As is the case with any important election, events are happening fast as we approach the final weekend prior to the crucial Tuesday April 5 vote that will ultimately decide the future of Wisconsin for a generation to come.
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Dem Party of Wisconsin: Expect at Least Six Recall Elections
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Wisconsin Unions Attack Prosser for Calling a Judge a “Total Bitch”
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King Barack I — Many of us supported this president because he promised to bring back the constitutional balance after the theories of Yoo, Delahunty, et al put the president on a par with emperors and kings in wartime. And yet in this Libya move, what difference is there between Bush and Obama?
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Investigations Find ‘Unprecedented’ Political Review of FOIA Requests by Homeland Security Department — Washington (CNSNews.com) - A political review of open records requests smacks of “Nixonian” tactics by the Department of Homeland Security, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee …
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Darrell Issa, Department of Justice clash on gun probe
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