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    Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Dutch get a new monarch: Willem-Alexander succeeds Beatrix

    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.
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    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: Politics, Charles, Prince of Wales, Japan, Netherlands, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

    2. Apr 30, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Queen Elizabeth: Should she stay or should she go?

    So here&rsquo;s the real question about the Tuesday ceremony in Amsterdam in which Queen Beatrix abdicated and passed the robe (they don&rsquo;t wear crowns) to her son, Willem-Alexander, who just turned 46: Did Britain's Prince Charles, who was in attendance, look on and think, "How much longer before I get <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">my </em>turn to be king?"<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>
    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: Politics, Charles, Prince of Wales, Summer Olympics, Netherlands, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

    3. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Internet sales tax is good for Md. business

    Imagine you are a benevolent monarch and you have the power to institute a sales tax. (Even benevolent government has to be financed, after all.) Would you set one up that gave preference to sellers located outside your kingdom and penalized your own subjects? Would you go further and discourage those outsiders from even setting up shop in your country?
    Imagine you are a benevolent monarch and you have the power to institute a sales tax. (Even benevolent government has to be financed, after all.) Would you set one up that gave preference to sellers located outside your kingdom and penalized your own...

    Tags: Politics, E-Commerce Industry, Business Enterprises, U.S. Senate, Amazon.com Inc.

    4. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  4. FACTBOX-Key figures around new Venezuelan leader Maduro

    Reuters
    April 19 (Reuters) - Nicolas Maduro will be sworn in as Venezuela's president on Friday after a decision to widen an electronic audit of the vote took some of the heat out of a dispute over his election victory. The 50-year-old Maduro was also a union...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Petroleum Industry, Engineering

    5. Apr 19, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Young leader pushes back harder than ever

    &mdash; How provocative has the United States been to North Korea?
    — How provocative has the United States been to North Korea? For almost two months, the United States and South Korea have had more than 200,000 ground troops, tanks, helicopters, fighter-bombers, strategic bombers, submarines and destroyers...

    Tags: Kim Il Sung, Politics, South Korea, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, North Korea

    6. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Reuters

  6. ANALYSIS-Venezuela's Capriles faces tough battle to challenge election

    Reuters
    * Opposition wants full recount vote, government refuses * Violence overshadows Capriles' surprisingly strong showing * Maduro set to be sworn in as president on Friday By Brian Ellsworth CARACAS, April 18 (Reuters) - Henrique Capriles may have...

    Tags: Politics, Culture, Petroleum Industry, Polls, Social Sciences

    7. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  7. Gulf media urged to defend GCC

    Arab News, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
    Mainstream and new media organizations in the Gulf should defend and promote the interests of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) against unwarranted and false domestic and foreign attacks, it was stressed at the fourth Gulf Press Association (GPA)...

    Tags: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Politics, Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, Journalism

    8. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Cardin to meet with family of Russian lawyer

    Sen. Ben Cardin is scheduled to meet Thursday with the family of a Russian lawyer whose death sparked an international outcry over human rights in that country, renewing focus on a controversy that has complicated U.S.-Russian relations at a sensitive time.
    Sen. Ben Cardin is scheduled to meet Thursday with the family of a Russian lawyer whose death sparked an international outcry over human rights in that country, renewing focus on a controversy that has complicated U.S.-Russian relations at a sensitive...

    Tags: Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Harvard University

    9. Apr 16, 2013 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  9. Britain's hateful politics

    Cal Thomas
    BELFAST, Northern Ireland -- The death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has prompted reactions from Britain's far left that takes bad taste to new extremes. During its Top 40 music countdown Sunday night, BBC Radio 1 was "forced" to play...

    Tags: Politics, Addiction, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), United Kingdom, National Government

    10. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  10. COLUMN: Britain's hateful politics

     BELFAST, Northern Ireland — The death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has prompted reactions from Britain's far left that takes bad taste to new extremes. During its Top 40 music countdown Sunday night, BBC Radio 1 was "forced"...

    Tags: Politics, David Cameron, Addiction, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939), BBC

    11. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. The Week Ahead: Suu Kyi sojourn, Thatcher farewell, Italy adrift

    <strong>Testing the waters for a revitalized Asian alliance</strong>
    Testing the waters for a revitalized Asian alliance Now through Saturday, April 20: Democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to Japan this week is purportedly unofficial, but the Nobel Peace Prize laureate probably has more clout than any...

    Tags: Politics, Giorgio Napolitano, Italy, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Aung San Suu Kyi

    12. Apr 12, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Kerry visits China to urge action on North Korea

    BEIJING &mdash; U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry arrived in Beijing on Saturday in hopes of turning the Chinese government's obvious frustration with North Korea's nuclear program into decisive action.
    BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry arrived in Beijing on Saturday in hopes of turning the Chinese government's obvious frustration with North Korea's nuclear program into decisive action. Kerry's debut trip to East Asia as secretary...

    Tags: Kim Il Sung, South Korea, Politics, Park Geun-hye, North Korea

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