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Family members said that Mr. Moussignac had been selling rice at a market in Port-au-Prince when the earthquake struck. The walls collapsed around him, sealing him off from the outside world but apparently creating a small pocket where he spent the four weeks... Full Article at The New York Times
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VATICAN CITY - The Vatican denied Tuesday that it leaked documents that led to the resignation of a prominent Catholic editor, intervening in a tale of ecclesiastical intrigue that has dominated Italian headlines for weeks. The Vatican No. 2 issued a statement... Full Article at MSNBC
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MUNICH, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 07: Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses the audience during the 46th Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich on February 7, 2010 in Munich, Germany. The 46th Munich conference on security policy ends... View Photo »
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The people who sent us here expect a seriousness of purpose that transcends petty politics
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The White House is close to the US Mortgage Bankers Association HQ – but that was not enough to hold up it's value. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images If anyone should be capable of financing a property successfully, you would think it would be the... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
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Separately, in the Washington Post, Toyoda accepted that his company had let down their customers. “As president of Toyota, I take personal responsibility” he wrote. That is why I am personally leading the effort to restore trust in our world and in our products.”... Full Article at MSNBC
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It is a program of the Open Society Institute-New York. The Open Society Institute-New York is a private operating and grantmaking foundation that promotes the development of open societies around the world by supporting educational,... Full Article at EurasiaNet
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MUNICH, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 07: Afghan President Hamid Karzai gives a thumb up during the 46th Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich on February 7, 2010 in Munich, Germany. The 46th Munich conference on security policy ends today... View Photo »
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eating-disordered glasses ... I worry about the Obama girls.
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Over the weekend, the New York Times ran a great story on the "My Way" murders in the karaoke-obsessed Philippines. The Times story noted that over the past decade, at least half a dozen people have died just after (or while!) performing the Sinatra tune,... Full Article at Foreign Policy | Passport
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Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, left, and Vice President Goodluck Jonathan pose for a picture in November. Nigeria's president has been in Saudi Arabia for medical care since NovemberHouse and Senate vote to make VP acting president; Executive Council... Full Article at CNN
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An Iranian appeals court has upheld the sentence of a senior reformist figure convicted for his role in unrest after elections last year. Former industry minister Behzad Nabavi was given a five-year sentence by the court, the semi-official Iranian Students... Full Article at BBC News
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The people who sent us here expect a seriousness of purpose that transcends petty politics
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The positive decision of the European Commission to approve the Swedish state guarantee is another major step towards closing of the Saab acquisition. We are grateful to the Commission of their willingness to work so hard on this decision within the limited time available.
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A good place to start, and what I hope to spend a lot of time on in these discussions today, is how we can move forward on a jobs package that encourages small business to hire, that is helping to create the kind of environment where, now that we have economic growth, people actually are starting to add...
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I did, but you have to realize, I was in a room with senators John McCain and Barack Obama, and nobody threw blows, but there were visible blows there. I didn’t break the tension, but tried to get a smile or a laugh.
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We can't afford grandstanding at the expense of actually getting something done ... What I won't consider is doing nothing.
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That prompted the President to push back again, aides say, arguing that the White House isn’t getting enough credit for the part of the stimulus that boosts federal funding for state Medicaid programs, arguing it has had a positive effect on the economy.
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In fact, I understand that McConnell and Reid are out doing snow angels on the South Lawn together
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By one account, up to 150 Westerners went to western Pakistan to receive terrorism training in 2009. As pressure has mounted on Al Qaeda in western Pakistan in the latter half of 2009, these camps may have become smaller and more mobile
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nobody has been a bigger advocate of clean-coal technology than I.
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Al Qaeda forces that fled Afghanistan with their Taliban supporters remain active in Pakistan and reportedly have extensive, mutually supportive links with indigenous Pakistani terrorist groups that conduct anti-Western and anti-India attacks
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There are some core goals that have to be met
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It’s very disappointing, and hypocritical, that Nelson has joined them ... It defies logic for Nelson to claim Becker wouldn’t represent the Administration’s agenda, when he was in fact nominated by the administration, twice. It is also a complete flip-flop from the days of George Bush when Nelson opine...
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Part of what we'd like to see is the ability of Congress to move forward in a more bipartisan fashion on some of the key challenges that the country is facing right now ... I think it's fair to say that the American people are frustrated with the lack of progress on some key issues.
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Obama to blame for sex that made Sarah Palin stupid
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We spent a lot of time in this meeting discussing a jobs package and how we can move forward on that ... And it there are additional ideas, I will consider them.
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Not because Republicans are eager to give Obama and the Democrats the victory (and) not because they have a fundamental agreement with a lot of things they want to do
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There should be some areas where we can agree and we can get some things done, even as we have vigorous debates on some of those issues that we don't agree on
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Help us ... That’s the message I would give to Mr. Obama and the State Department. Start helping us.
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There's no expert on this planet that says the government telling people what to do really does any good on this issue ... This is going to require an effort on everyone's part. We have to have a tailored approach on this.
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I also think from a political standpoint that the Obama administration would not want to hold a trial at Guantanamo just for the optics of it
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This has enormous promise in improving the health of our children, in giving support to parents to make the kinds of healthy choices that are often very difficult
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This budget reflects the same Bush-era priorities that led to the total failure of American drug policy during the last decade ... One of the worst examples is $66 million requested for the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign when every independent study has called it a failure. The president is thr...
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I think it's fair to say that the American people are frustrated with the lack of progress on some key issues ... there should be some areas where we can agree.
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eating-disordered glasses ... I worry about the Obama girls.
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Our kids didn't do this to themselves. Our kids don't decide what's served to them at school or whether there's time for gym class or recess