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RPT-Russia's Putin looks isolated in new Kremlin term
Reuters* Conservatives are gaining upper hand over liberals * Putin struggles to prevent slide into recession * Sign oligarchs are nervous, threat from protesters By Timothy Heritage MOSCOW, May 10 (Reuters) - Angry and intimidating, Russian President...Tags: Political Fundraising, Economy, Business and Finance, Labor Legislation, Parliament, Elections
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Minister denies snubbing media
Gulf Daily News, Manama, BahrainACCUSATIONS that government ministers are snubbing a weekly Press conference that takes place after every Cabinet session were denied by Minister of State for Information Affairs and official government spokeswoman Sameera Rajab yesterday. Journalists...Tags: Government Ministers, Public Relations, Politics, Bahrain, Manama (Bahrain)
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Plans to conserve energy in spotlight
Gulf Daily News, Manama, BahrainBAHRAIN is set to save hundreds of thousands of dinars through energy conservation initiatives, a top official said yesterday. Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) distribution and customer services deputy chief executive Adnan Fakhro said the EWA...Tags: Alternative Energy, Environmental Issues, Energy and Resource Industries, Renewable Energy, Politics
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Shale made Penn State professor a star
The Philadelphia InquirerPennsylvania State University geoscientist Terry Engelder spent most of his career toiling in obscurity, studying fracture behavior of rocks known as black shales. Even among geologists, he says, it was kind of a boring topic, and he was often slotted...Tags: Technology, Teaching and Learning, Petroleum Industry, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Education
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Guatemala's Maya finally find justice over civil war crimes
ReutersBy Mike McDonald GUATEMALA CITY, May 12 (Reuters) - Ana Caba fled her home to live in remote mountains for nearly a decade after Guatemalan troops razed her indigenous Maya village and dozens like it in a brutal counter-insurgency campaign in the early...Tags: Trials, Guatemala, Judges, International Law, Culture
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General signals Egypt army staying out of politics
Reuters* Sisi rebuffs calls for army to go into street * Calls for consensus, says alternative is dangerous CAIRO, May 11 (Reuters) - The army is not the answer to Egypt's political problems, the army chief said on Saturday, urging Egyptians to find a way to...Tags: Mohamed Morsi, Egypt, Politics, Government
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Global security issues in focus
Gulf Daily News, Manama, BahrainCOMBATING nuclear weapons and bridging religious divisions are being discussed by high-profile experts in Bahrain. Twenty former heads of states, leading academics and policy makers are taking part in the 31st annual plenary meeting of the InterAction...Tags: Personal Service, Environmental Issues, International Atomic Energy Agency, Religion and Belief, Politics
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Indefinite enemies
Robert KoehlerYou're strapped to a metal table, unable to move. They stick a two-foot plastic tube up your nose, then down the back of your throat into your stomach. They squirt in the liquid protein. You gag, bleed, vomit. It's unbearably painful. The practice of...Tags: Robert Koehler, Terrorism, Prisons, Psychology, Career and Workplace
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Former Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt denies ordering slaughter
MEXICO CITY -- The former dictator of Guatemala, Efrain Rios Montt, on Thursday took the stand for the first time in his genocide trial and said he did not order the slaughter of hundreds of indigenous Maya. Rios Montt’s sometimes contentious...
Tags: Trials, Guatemala, International Law, Prosecution, Hate Crimes
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OPINION: Can Caribbean Airlines lead Caribbean airline integration?
Caribbean News Now, Grand Cayman, Cayman IslandsIt never fails. Just as soon as the airline begins to show signs of fractured operations, there is a flurry of Caribbean government "actions", and a plethora of expert articles on what ails the airline and what should be done to make it better -- almost...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Antigua and Barbuda, Consumers, Caribbean Islands, Finance
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Queen Elizabeth: Should she stay or should she go?
So here’s the real question about the Tuesday ceremony in Amsterdam in which Queen Beatrix abdicated and passed the robe (they don’t wear crowns) to her son, Willem-Alexander, who just turned 46: Did Britain's Prince Charles, who was in...
Tags: United Kingdom, Imperial and Royal Matters, Summer Olympics, Charles, Prince of Wales, Politics
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Amnesty says Sri Lanka represses dissent to consolidate power
Reuters* Sri Lanka intensifying crackdown on dissent-Amnesty * Space for criticism decreases, climate of fear in Sri Lanka * Urges Commonwealth members to pressure Sri Lanka * Sri Lanka government condemns Amnesty report By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal...Tags: Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Sri Lanka, Civil Rights, Colombo (Sri Lanka)
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