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Film Review: 'Being President'
VarietyTerrible English title aside, âBeing Presidentâ is a terrific documentary that follows Gaulâs current head of state, Francois Hollande, during his first eight months in office. Helmed by Patrick Rotman, this is a unique, almost all-access portrait,...Tags: Government, Giorgio Napolitano, United Nations, Politics, Francois Hollande
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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: Government, Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, The Boston Globe, Strikes
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Letters: The U.S. and Guatemala
Re "Ruling on Rios Montt raises questions," May 22 When, in 1954, the U.S. government overthrew popularly elected progressive President Jacobo Arbenz, it initiated a horrendous reign of terror that resulted in the deaths of more than 100,000...Tags: Television Industry, Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Massacres, Politics
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Zardari likely will lose Pakistan's presidency � and immunity from prosecution
McClatchy Foreign StaffISLAMABAD Pakistan's president, Asif Ali Zardari, will almost certainly lose his job in September and like his predecessor, retired Gen. Pervez Musharraf, he's likely to face criminal charges under the government of newly elected Prime Minister Nawaz...Tags: Justice System, Government, Nawaz Sharif, Trials, Pervez Musharraf
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Senators briefed on the latest from the International Space Station
WASHINGTON -- Sens. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took a break from earthly political matters Tuesday to talk to NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, one of two Americans aboard the International Space Station. Marshburn, who has been at the...
Tags: Bill Nelson, Government, Vaccines, Politics, Science and Technology
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Queen Elizabeth II to skip first Commonwealth meeting in 4 decades
LONDON – Ending four decades of perfect attendance, Queen Elizabeth II will skip the biennial meeting of Commonwealth leaders later this year as part of a rethink by palace officials of long-distance travel and public events for the 87-year-old...
Tags: United Kingdom, Government, Imperial and Royal Matters, Politics, Commonwealth Games
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Israel's Netanyahu visits China but avoids Palestinian leader Abbas
BEIJING -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured Shanghai on Tuesday, paying tribute to the city’s role sheltering Jews during World War II and conveniently avoiding Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who was visiting Beijing....
Tags: Government, Xi Jinping, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Shanghai (China)
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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: Government, Trials, International Law, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Rights
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Kenya president faces salary reform rebellion by MPs
Reuters* New head of state wants to rein in public wage bill * Anger in Kenya over MPs widely seen as greedy, corrupt * MPs say better pay means they less vulnerable to bribes By James Macharia NAIROBI, May 27 (Reuters) - Kenya's new President Uhuru Kenyatta...Tags: Government, Justice System, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Africa
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Sikorsky Set To Compete For Marine One Replacement Contract
The Hartford CourantThe U.S. Navy on Friday finalized its rules for the rebooted competition to replace the president's aging fleet of Marine One helicopters. Sikorsky, a division of United Technologies Corp. that has supplied the helicopters that act as Marine One for the...Tags: Government, United Technologies Corporation, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Politics, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Obama welcome in Mexico City; his entourage, not so much
This post has been updated. See below. MEXICO CITY — President Obama arrived for his two-day diplomatic mission to Mexico on Thursday afternoon with a 54% favorability rating among Mexicans, according to one national poll [link in Spanish]....
Tags: Government, Barack Obama, Mexico City, Politics, Felipe Calderon
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Dutch get a new monarch: Willem-Alexander succeeds Beatrix
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.LONDON -- With an exchange of smiles and the flourish of a pen, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicated the throne and her son Willem-Alexander took her place Tuesday to become the country’s first king in more than a century. In a simple...Tags: Japan, United Kingdom, Government, Imperial and Royal Matters, Politics
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