Saturday, December 11, 2010

Protests In Latin American Cities Over Jailing Of Assange


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Bernard Madoff Son Takes Own Life in `Unnecessary Tragedy,' Lawyer Says
Bloomberg
By Dan Hart and Joe Sabo - Sat Dec 11 18:26:32 GMT 2010 Mark Madoff, son of convicted hedge-fund swindler Bernard Madoff, in a July 2005 photo. Getty Images. Mark Madoff, the elder son of convicted con man Bernard Madoff, committed suicide today on the ...
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Mourners gather for Edwards funeral
USA Today
By Sara D. Davis, Getty Images By Marisol Bello, USA TODAY RALEIGH, NC — Ann Miller waited outside the Edenton United Methodist Church since early this morning. A breast cancer survivor, Miller flew in from West Palm Beach to show her respect for ...
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Obama's Tax Deal Likely to Emerge as Campaign Issue in 2012
Fox News
If Congress approves President Obama's deal with Republicans to extend the Bush tax cuts for two more years, the compromise is all but certain to be a major issue in the next election cycle. "I'm a little bit surprised that there weren't more people ...
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US diplomat Richard Holbrooke critically ill after surgery
Telegraph.co.uk
Richard Holbrooke, the veteran US diplomatic trouble-shooter nicknamed "the bulldozer", was in critical condition in hospital on Saturday with his family by his bedside after emergency heart surgery. By Philip Sherwell, in New York 8:45PM GMT 11 Dec ...
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Vatican was "angry" over abuse inquiry, say cables
The Hindu
The Vatican was so angry at what it regarded as politically-driven attempts to draw it into the Irish child abuse scandal involving Catholic bishops that it refused to cooperate with investigations putting the Irish government in an awkward position, ...
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UN Climate Talks End With Limited Agreements
Voice of America
which includes a multibillion-dollar Green Climate Fund to help poor countries deal with climate change. After two weeks of deliberations and negotiations, representatives of more than 190 nations have concluded the Uniten Nations Climate Change ...
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Protests In Latin American Cities Over Jailing Of Assange
Fox News
A Mexican journalist arranges a banner with an image of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange that reads in Spanish "We are all Julian Assange," in Mexico City, Friday Dec. 10, 2010. Journalists participated in a ceremony marking International Human Rights ...
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Israel's Ehud Barak Says Border, Refugee Issues Critical to Peace Talks
Bloomberg
By Molly Peterson - Sat Dec 11 18:18:03 GMT 2010 Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak arrives to testify in front of a state-appointed inquiry into the Israeli Naval raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, on August 9, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. ...
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Storm hits Midwest; plows ordered off Minn. roads
The Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Heavy snow and strong winds have created blizzard conditions in parts of South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota as a winter storm barrels through the Upper Midwest. The storm started Friday in the Rocky Mountains and moved into northern ...
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