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Jewish Federations help win new anti-Iran law
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsA new law requires Florida-chartered banks to report information to the state on any accounts that might be linked to foreign financial institutions supporting terrorism. Aimed at Iran, the law stemmed from efforts by the Jewish Federations in Palm Beach....Tags: Justice System, Iran, Palm Beach County, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Crime, Law and Justice
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UN Talks Tough With Myanmar, Aid In
The Swampby Bay Fang Finally, it took UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon meeting with Myanmar's junta leader General Than Shwe for over two hours to win a promise that the secretive regime would allow disaster experts "regardless of nationality" to enter......Tags: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Disasters, Emergency Incidents, Coup d'Etat
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Condi wants to 'Rock and Roll All Nite?'
The Swampby Aamer Madhani Who would suspect that Condoleezza Rice would be a glam rock fan? The Associated Press reports that the Secretary of State and classically trained pianist had a chance encounter with the legendary rockers KISS while passing through......Tags: Saddam Hussein, Gene Simmons, Condoleezza Rice, Rock and Roll (genre), Paul Stanley
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McClellan's mea culpa: Day Three
The Swampby Mark Silva Now that Washington and the Bush White House have had a few days to digest Scott McClellan's embarrassing book about the political "propaganda'' campaign that the White House ran for the war in Iraq, McClellan is facing......Tags: National Security, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Services and Shopping, Philosophy
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Rice's Rules of Engagement
The SwampBy Bay Fang Despite diligently ignoring each other at a United Nations-led conference on Iraq in Stockholm, Sweden, Condoleezza Rice and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki could not avoid getting into a bit of a public spat. At the meeting,......Tags: Politics, United States, Political Systems, Condoleezza Rice
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Obama says Iraq War weakens Israel
The Swampby Mike Dorning In his first foreign policy speech of the general election campaign, Barack Obama went before the most influential pro-Israel lobbying organization to declare the security of the Jewish state "sacrosanct" and make the case that his...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Kansas, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bush: 'Clear message for Iran' on nukes
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush and European leaders not only agreed today to enforce United Nations sanctions against Iran for its pursuit of nuclear enrichment, but also affirmed that they are "ready to supplement these sanctions with additional measures''...Tags: George W. Bush, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, George Washington, National Government
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Bush, Merkel, climate change, asparagus
The Swampby Mark Silva German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is looking for more than handshakes in her relationship with the soon-retiring President Bush, pressed him publicly today for progress on a promised international agreement on climate change. "We had a......Tags: George W. Bush, Weather, Global Change, Environmental Pollution, National Government
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Bush: 'Presidents don't get to do re-dos'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush, nearing the completion of his final European tour as president, already is talking about a post-Iraq period in U.S. relations with the world. "We've gone beyond the Iraq period,'' he suggested in an interview in......Tags: National Government, George W. Bush, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, Saddam Hussein
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Veep contender Bill Richardson to speak at Palm Beach County Democratic fundraiser
Palm Beach Politics | Sun-Sentinel BlogsHe???s in the veep-stakes and he???s coming to Palm Beach County. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who is often mentioned as a possible running mate to Democrat Barack Obama, will join U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz of Davie as the......Tags: National Government, Barack Obama, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Politics, Government
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Swamp Sunrise
The SwampGood morning. Here are a few Washington events of note for Wedenesady, June 25. The Senate and House joint economic committee is holding a hearing on oil's impact on the economy. The Supreme Court is handing down more decsions as......Tags: George W. Bush, White House
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Hoyer: U.S. reputation 'sullied' by torture
The Swampby Matthew Hay Brown It was 20 years ago today that The United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment took effect. The world body is marking the anniversary with an International Day in......Tags: Politics, United States, Social Issues, Abusive Behavior, Benjamin L. Cardin
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