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What can you say? Full Article at Right Wing Nut House
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WORCESTER Patrice Dinaye and his wife, Noela Madji, are hopeful her third pregnancy will be different. The couple are refugees from the Central African Republic, a landlocked country riven by war and poverty. Full Article at Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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During his recent inaugural address, Afghanistan's embattled president Hamid Karzai dropped a major bombshell. "Within two years," he declared, his administration intends to phase out "operations by all private national and international security firms" Full Article at Mother Jones
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Rumble strips are a device used on many roadways since the early 1990s for safety purposes. Full Article at Associated Content
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To soften the blow of state budget cuts, Kansas school leaders say they hope to receive $175 million through a competitive federal grant program. But state leaders said winning a "Race to the Top" grant will be a steep uphill climb for Kansas. Full Article at Kansas.com
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Although the struggling economy has taken its toll, the new leader of the Damien Center has lofty goals for its mission of helping those with HIV/AIDS. Full Article at Indianapolis Star
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After ten months of waiting, USAID finally has a new chief: Rajiv Shah, currently the agriculture department’s top scientist. Directing the country’s principal agency for administering foreign aid is a heady position for someone who is all of 36. Full Article at The New Republic
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WASHINGTON The Obama administration is forging ahead with its civilian surge in Afghanistan but some experts say thousands more are needed while others fear the security situation is making the push ineffective. Full Article at NewsMax
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Tony Kurdzuk/The Star-LedgerTwin brothers, Drs. Vance (left) and Vince Moss stand in their Howell medical office next to a photo of them taken during their recent deployment to Afghanistan. Full Article at NJ.com
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FIJI should stand guard against human trafficking, President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau has warned. Full Article at Fiji Times
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According to documents produced by the US State Department, Megrahi sought to buy 1,000 letter bombs from Greek arms dealers while working as a Libyan intelligence officer. Full Article at New Kerala
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QUESTION: What ever happened to the six men indicted in 2002 in the United States in the gunshot slaying in Colombia of Hawaii resident Lahe'ena'e Gay and two other Americans? Full Article at Honolulu Star-Bulletin
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Water now safe in Vader, Enchanted Valley The Washington State Department of Health has lifted the boil water advisory placed on Vader and Enchanted Valley last week when water pipes burst and a failed control system at the water treatment plant caused... Full Article at The Olympian
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The Obama administration's refusal last week to sign an international treaty to ban land mines is a "reprehensible" decision that puts the United States on the "wrong side of history," said Human Rights Watch. Full Article at Detroit Free Press
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A couple strolls a street lined with small shops on Isla Mujeres, Mexico. Full Article at Chicago Tribune
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Between Mexico's drug war entering its fourth year and its H1N1 flu outbreak beginning with dozens of deaths and global headlines last spring, travelers have at least two reasons to study up before booking that trip to Mexico. Full Article at Chicago Tribune
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September. Hundreds of business executives packed a ballroom to hear Clinton and Kelly make their investment pitch. The gathering was, Kelly told the crowd, "a massive assistance to me in my role." Full Article at Salt Lake Tribune
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THE man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing was implicated in the purchase and development of chemical weapons by Libya, according to documents produced by the American government. Full Article at Times Online
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The United States State Department is offering a reward of up to US$5 million ($6.8 million) for a Palestinian bomb-maker suspected of once targeting commercial airliners and of aiding the Iraq insurgency. Full Article at New Zealand Herald
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(L-R) Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya's delegate, Mayra Mejia, US ambassador in Honduras, Hugo Llorens, US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Thomas Shannon, senior adviser on Latin America, Dan Restrepo, US State Department representative, Craig Kelly,...
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(L-R) Ousted President Manuel Zelaya's delegate, Mayra Mejia, US ambassador in Honduras, Hugo Llorens, US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Thomas Shannon, senior adviser on Latin America, Dan Restrepo, US State Department representative, Craig Kelly, de facto...
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US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon (L), senior adviser on Latin America, Dan Restrepo (C) and US ambassador in Honduras Hugo Llorens (R) leave the Brazilian Embassy after a meeting with deposed president Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa, on October...
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US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon (L), senior adviser on Latin America, Dan Restrepo (C) and US ambassador in Honduras Hugo Llorens (R) leave the Brasilian Embassy after a meeting with deposed president Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa, on October...
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US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton(R) and President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal shake hands after the signing of a $540 Million (USD) proverty reduction grant agreement between the US Government's Millennium Challenge Corporation(MCC) and the Republic of Senegal at the US State...
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Craig Kelly (L), representative of the US State Department, and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, shake hands after a press conference at Arias's residence in San Jose on September 14, 2009.
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A man walks past the US Embassy in in Tegucigalpa, on August 27, 2009. The United States piled pressure Thursday on Honduras' coup leaders after they rejected a settlement, with plans in the works to cut off nearly 150 million dollars in US assistance.
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This picture provided by the US State Department shows Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) meetING with Bahraini Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa at the State Department in Washington on June 26, 2009. Clinton fractured her elbow on June 17.
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This picture provided by the US State Department shows Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) meets with Bahraini Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa at the State Department in Washington on June 26, 2009. Clinton fractured her elbow on June 17.
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Daniel Fried, US State Department's top official for European relations as well as US President Barack Obama's special envoy to oversee the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, speaks to the media during his press conference at a hotel in Lisbon, Portugal, Friday June 19, 2009...
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Daniel Fried, US State Department's top official for European relations as well as US President Barack Obama's special envoy to oversee the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, speaks to the media during his press conference at a hotel in Lisbon, Portugal, Friday , June 19, 200...
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is part of an effort spearheaded by the State Department to bring technology to Iraq. We thought, what better way to do that than bring Eric Schmidt here.
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I spent a significant amount of my time ‘consenting and evading’ US orders… Things got sticky…when I refused to conduct offensive operations against [al-Sadr’s] Mahdi Army as directed [by the US]. This resulted in the UK being demarched by the US, by [Paul] Bremer [the US proconsul in Iraq] through Stat...
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You know, it's interesting, Brit, when the president or the State Department announced that they were going to change their policy about an anti-missile defense in Europe, the thought was, ‘Well, down the line the Russians are going to come along and they're going to go -- they're going to come with us ...
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The final decision was made by the president. This is his event; he's the host. We were told that at the end of the day, after taking into account the National Security Council, the State Department and other agencies, that it was his decision
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There is an interagency party, half from the State Department, half from the Defense Department, there to engage other delegations on matters of U.S. interest and specifically over our concerns on the definition of the crime of aggression
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Rich confirms that he secretly co-operated with Israel's intelligence service Mossad and even with the US State Department, though in the end he didn't want to go into details
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She will want to talk about the State Department's role in Strategic Dialogue with India, so we will want to get into more detail on how we carry through with that. And a whole range of diplomatic issues
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New Florida Sen. George LeMieux's first foray into foreign relations has drawn brickbats from former high-ranking State Department officials who say his effort to block the Obama administration's new ambassador to Brazil is damaging U.S. relations with Latin America.
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They have been talking about it now for months in Congress, in the White House and at the State Department. The fact that we have a nominee with huge potential -- finally -- is a good thing
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Senior State Department people especially from Africa kept saying that if something like this is used they wouldn’t have anyone to talk to in their home countries ... It’s politically simply something they do not want to take on.
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Daioleslam is an unsavory character, said by multiple sources to be affiliated with the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK, or MKO) — a terrorist group (classified as such by the State Department) with close ties to the Saddam Hussein regime.
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had also collected tens of millions of dollars through a classified CIA programme that pays for the capture or killing of wanted militants, a clandestine counterpart to the rewards publicly offered by the State Department
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The fact that someone like Mr. Obiang continues to travel freely here suggests strongly that the State Department is not yet applying the law as vigorously as Congress intended
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some of the questions swirling about USAID's future independence and powers will likely be answered in the Presidential Study Directive on Global Development Policy due out later this year or the State Department's Diplomacy and Development Review expected out next year
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When they approached me there was an expectation I would have an influence over the campaign and engage the special envoy's office in a (new) way. I'm so happy the State Department took what is this unprecedented action for them and I hope they continue with it, not just for Sudan, but other foreign pol...
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The statement is also signalling that, even if Washington recognizes the election results, the new Honduran government is going to face real problems in dealing with the rest of the international community ... And without backing away from its position, the State Department is now trying to bridge the g...
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Many career professionals in the State Department, the military and the U.S. intelligence community commend my argument on the necessity for a comprehensive framework for resolving U.S.-Iranian differences and realigning relations between the United States and the Islamic Republic in the same way Presid...
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Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, a retired Army general and former commander of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan, objected in two cables delivered to the State Department saying that additional troops would be unwise because of the corruption and ineffectiveness of the Afghan government
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I intend to be in Oklahoma City tomorrow to visit with the State Department and their attorneys to see how this could have happened ... Oklahoma school law addresses annexation but not deannexation. I intend to ask a lot of questions about this situation.
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Every conflict we have in the world today is really bound up in whether people will invest in the future, whether they will seek common ground with others, or whether they will either stay frozen or go backwards. And part of our job in the State Department is to better explain what it is the United Stat...
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We welcome the announcement made by the U.S. State Department that Secretary Hillary Clinton will be visiting the Philippines on Nov. 12-13 before the APEC Summit in Singapore
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the truth (concerning) Burma's drug enforcement efforts, which were substantial, be told to the U.S. Congress and the executive branch; whereas the (State Department) and CIA ... desired to deny Burma any credit for its drug enforcement efforts.
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The Wall Street Journal published a story on Saturday, but we still remain circumspect about what is going on and so does the State Department
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This ceremony is the culmination of the dedication of dozens of Americans and Sierra Leoneans, including President Ernest Bai Koroma, U.S. State Department and Peace Corps officials and many former Peace Corps volunteers who continue to serve the people of Sierra Leone long after their return to the Uni...
SOURCE: AllAfrica.com
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