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Energy and Water Earmarks Flow to Campaign Donors - New York Times
March 13, 2010 Seattle Post Intelligencer | Energy and Water Earmarks Flow to Campaign Donors New York Times In the new political era, House members consider earmarks fraught with peril. But before House Republicans voted to stop asking for them, before Democrats vowed to limit where the money goes, lawmakers from both parties ... Md. lawmakers aim bipartisan fire at proposed earmark reform House Republicans say they will reject all earmarks East Bay lawmakers back House earmark limits |
For the Love of Islam - Wall Street Journal
March 13, 2010 ABC News | For the Love of Islam Wall Street Journal Last Easter, Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, a 31-year-old mom with a $30000-a-year job as a medical assistant, announced to her family that she had converted to Islam. A few months later, she began posting to Facebook forums whose headings included "STOP ... AP Source: Colo. woman held in terror probe Mom says daughter held in Ireland in terror plot Second US woman probed in plot to kill Swede: report |
Iraq PM Maliki leads Baghdad, a big election prize (Reuters)
March 13, 2010
Reuters - Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki held a wide lead on Saturday in early results from Baghdad, the major prize in a tight election race that Iraqis hope will bring stability after years of sectarian conflict.
Google "99.9 pct" sure to shut China search engine: report (Reuters)
March 13, 2010Reuters - Talks with China over censorship have reached an apparent impasse and Google, the world's largest search engine, is now "99.9 percent" certain to shut its Chinese search engine, the Financial Times said on Saturday.
Irish police release three over cartoonist plot (Reuters)
March 13, 2010
Reuters - Irish police have released three of the seven people arrested on Tuesday in connection with an alleged plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist over a drawing depicting the Prophet Mohammad with the body of a dog.
Vatican says bid to link pope to abuse issue failed (Reuters)
March 13, 2010
Reuters - The Vatican rallied around Pope Benedict Saturday, dismissing suggestions he had tried to cover up priestly child abuse in Germany.
Sweden, Turkey jointly denounce "genocide" vote (Reuters)
March 13, 2010
Reuters - The foreign ministers of Turkey and Sweden condemned on Saturday a vote in the Swedish parliament that defined the early 20th-century killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide.
Bomber kills 10 in Pakistan's Swat valley (AFP)
March 13, 2010
AFP - At least 10 people were killed in a suicide attack in Pakistan's Swat valley on Saturday, a day after a series of bombings brought chaos and bloodshed to the city of Lahore, police said.
Iraq PM picks up steam in bid to retain post (AFP)
March 13, 2010
AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's bid to retain his job gained steam on Saturday as early results put him ahead in the capital, while rival blocs began jostling over the formation of a government.
4 suicide attacks hit Afghanistan; at least 30 die (AP)
March 13, 2010
AP - The Afghan president's half-brother says at least 30 people have died and dozens more hurt in four suicide attacks in the southern city of Kandahar.
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