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U.S. plans to move Iranian exile group out of Iraq hit snag
WASHINGTON — The State Department's decade-long effort to find a new home for a controversial Iranian opposition group has ground to a near halt only days after the announcement that the exiles had begun moving from Iraq to permanent homes in...Tags: Albania, Iraq, Iran, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Congress
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Military will look into whether judge's comments tainted trials
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON A former Marine Corps judge who allegedly called those accused of sexual assault "scumbags" who deserve to be "crushed" is at the center of a widening inquiry into the impartiality of his court-martial rulings. Convictions or sentences in at...Tags: Prosecution, Criminals, Courts-Martial, Defendants, U.S. Congress
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Frances M. Finney, educator
Frances M. Finney, who overcame poverty, earned a college degree and became a city school teacher, died April 19 from heart failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Guilford resident was 82. Frances Mae Hopkins was born in Baltimore and was...
Tags: Heart Failure, Teaching and Learning, Rentals, Duke University, Charles Street
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Obama in heated exchanges with Code Pink anti-war protester
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - The woman who interrupted President Barack Obama's speech on counterterrorism policy on Thursday is well-known around Washington as a perennial protester on national security issues. Medea Benjamin, a founder of anti-war...Tags: Barack Obama, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, U.S. Congress
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Barred from poll, Rafsanjani calls Iranian leaders ignorant
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has accused Iran's leadership of incompetence and ignorance just days after he was barred from standing in an election next month, the opposition Kaleme website reported on Thursday. Rafsanjani'...Tags: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Politics, Elections
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UK attack spurs Muslim community soul-searching, backlash fear
ReutersBy Mohammed Abbas LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Strapping his baby into a car seat, Abu Khaled said it was unfortunate that a British soldier was hacked to death in an apparent Islamist attack a day earlier in London, but it was not the only misfortune on...Tags: United Kingdom, Religious Conflicts, George W. Bush, National Government, Iraq
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'Body of War' veteran who said he was ready to die says he will live on for now
The Kansas City StarKANSAS CITY, Mo. Tomas Young, the paralyzed Iraq war veteran who announced earlier this spring that he was ready to die, said that he has decided to live for now. "I decided I was going to hold on as long as I can until it becomes too unbearable for me,"...Tags: Chemical Industry, Iraq, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Music, Armed Conflicts
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War on Terror heroes solemnly remembered
Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.Yuba City resident Paul Hughes wiped tears away from his eyes on Sunday as he listened to the keynote speaker at the opening ceremony for the Freedom's Heroes War on Terror Memorial. For Hughes, a wounded Vietnam War veteran, hearing about someone else'...Tags: Human Interest, Iraq, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Wars and Interventions
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Cass R. Sunstein: Why second-term scandals are almost inevitable
In the last month, there has been a lot of talk about whether American presidents face a second-term curse. It's not clear that such a thing exists, but any second- term president is likely to have to deal with some real or apparent scandals. The reason...Tags: U.S. Senate, Dartmouth College, Executive Branch, Government, John F. Kennedy
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Cannes Diary: In the Downpour, the Coens Connect but Market Can't Get Traction
ReutersMay 20 (TheWrap.com) - Can someone please stop the rain? After two days of constant moisture, the misery quotient at the world's leading international film festival in Cannes â waterlogged feet, trampled gowns, canceled screenings, interrupted parties,...Tags: Oscar Isaac, Artists, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., John Goodman, The Artist (movie)
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Eldersburg's Knutson-Cullen among honorees at Memorial Day service
U.S. Army Capt. Sara M. Knutson-Cullen, a former Eldersburg resident who died in a helicopter crash in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 11, will be among the honorees at the May 27 Memorial Day service at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium....
Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Human Interest, Transportation Accidents, Afghanistan, Armed Forces
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Review: 'Dying City' is a mesmerizing look at the battles within
There are many ways of being a political playwright. Christopher Shinn's approach, centered on characters rather than on ideologies, is one that will never go out of style. Illuminating large-scale public concerns through the microscopic examination...
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