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Britain offers visas to its Afghan interpreters
Reuters* Offer changes government's earlier position * Critics say it is too restricted * Campaigners press for Iraqi-style deal By Mark Anderson LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - Around 600 interpreters who serve alongside British soldiers in Afghanistan are to be...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Crime, Law and Justice, Afghanistan, Civil Rights, Human Rights
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Tornillo Port of Entry area zoning bill is stymied
El Paso Times, TexasA bill that would have granted the county power to zone land around the Tornillo Port of Entry likely is doomed, El Paso legislators said last week. It ran into opposition from a number of lawmakers who would not allow it to come to a vote in either the...Tags: Georgetown, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Subway Transportation, Politics
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Millions falling into poverty in recession-racked Italy: report
ReutersROME (Reuters) - Millions of Italians cannot afford to heat their homes properly or eat meat as their country is racked by recession and soaring unemployment, said a report which found the number of people considered seriously deprived had doubled in...Tags: Social Issues, Poverty, Government, Politics, Italy
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Pence, Schumer on right side of press issue
Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind.Disclosure last week that the U.S. Department of Justice secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press rocked the journalism community. Commandeering the work and personal phone records of individual...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Department of Justice, Laws, Media Industry, Journalism
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Italy to outline youth jobs plan as government struggles
ReutersROME (Reuters) - Italy's new government, already sinking in opinion polls and riven by internal disputes, on Wednesday lays out its plans to address one of the main causes of public anger - soaring unemployment among young people. But the left-right...Tags: Elections, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, European Union, Enrico Letta
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1020 GMT, May 22
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- SEOUL/BEIJING - North Korea sent one of its top military officials as a "special envoy" from its leader Kim Jong-un to Beijing on Wednesday, accompanied by a high-powered delegation in what appeared to be a bid...Tags: Bashar Assad, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Kim Jong Un, Government
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UK coalition to last despite rifts, infighting: deputy PM
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's deputy prime minister on Wednesday took the unusual step of holding a news conference to say the country's two-party coalition would hold together until 2015 as he tried to stabilize a government beset by infighting and rifts....Tags: Liberal Democrats (UK), Government, Politics, Conservative Party (UK), Same-Sex Marriage
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Few convictions for Mexico's special prosecutor for crimes against journalists
McClatchy Foreign StaffMEXICO CITY Complacent. Ineffective. Bungling. Inept. The adjectives pile up as top editors, writers and free press advocates level their aim at the division of the Attorney General's Office in Mexico responsible for prosecuting crimes against...Tags: Laws, Journalism, Mexico, Criminal Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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Delay in mine project shadows hopes for Afghan economy
McClatchy Foreign StaffKABUL, Afghanistan The giant copper mine that the Afghan government has made the centerpiece of its plans for building an economy nearly from scratch is at least five years behind schedule, and the state-owned Chinese company that won the bidding has...Tags: Economic Organization, World Bank Group, Metal and Mineral, International Economic Institution, Archaeology
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The Irish loophole behind Apple's low tax bill
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has depended on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and jobs. A U.S. Senate investigation...Tags: Enda Kenny, Colleges and Universities, Government, Finance, Teaching and Learning
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WRAPUP 1-Syria rebels call for reinforcements as war spreads abroad
Reuters* Rebels call for reinforcements in Qusair * Syria conflict spreading beyond its borders * Iranian-backed Hezbollah prominent in fighting By Erika Solomon BEIRUT, May 22 (Reuters) - Rebels fighting for control of the Syrian town of Qusair called for...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Lebanon, Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions, Religious Conflicts
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Mugabe signs constitution into law, paving way for vote
ReutersHARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signed a new constitution into law on Wednesday, replacing a 33-year-old document forged in the dying days of British colonial rule and paving the way for an election later this year. Approved...Tags: Africa, Elections, Zimbabwe, Robin Williams, Robert Mugabe
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