An exhibition of paintings based on the controversial love life of Robert Burns opens to the public this weekend.

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Paintings depict Bard’s love life

The Canadian firm behind the controversial Keystone XL pipeline will reapply as early as Friday for a federal permit to ship carbon-intense crude oil from Alberta to the United States, according to people familiar with the company’s plans. Read full article > >

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TransCanada expected to reapply for Keystone pipeline permit as soon as Friday

Peers fail in a last-ditch attempt to amend those parts of the controversial bill cutting legal aid in England and Wales that apply to victims of domestic violence.

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Legal aid bill heading for assent

The prepared statements for this afternoon’s House hearing on the General Services Administration have been released, with both the investigator whose report brought the controversial 2010 conference to light and the former agency head decrying the cost of the meeting and the behavior of agency employees there. Read full article > >

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Former GSA head, IG decry conference

A key Euro MP strongly advises the European Parliament to reject the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.

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Top Euro MP condemns Acta treaty

The founder of the controversial Dukan Diet, Dr Pierre Dukan, faces being struck off after suggesting children could pass a new exam by staying thin.

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Dukan diet guru on ethics charge

Arab League foreign ministers are to decide whether to extend their controversial monitoring mission in Syria, amid continuing violence.

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Arabs to decide on Syria mission

NEW DELHI — Controversial Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie canceled his visit to an Indian literary festival Friday after authorities warned he was a target for assassination, following protests from local Muslim groups. Read full article > >

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In his State of the City address, the mayor hit a nerve by proposing a merit-pay system for teachers and not shying away from other controversial education topics.

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Bloomberg, in State of the City Address, Focuses on Education

An archipelago of federal prisons that stretches across the country houses far more men convicted in terrorism cases than the shrunken population of the controversial prison in Cuba.

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Beyond Guantánamo, a Web of Prisons for Terrorism Inmates

BT and TalkTalk will launch a fresh challenge against the controversial Digital Economy Act.

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Telcos can challenge piracy law

The State Department has released a new series of e-mails about the controversial Keystone pipeline proposal that show a friendly relationship between a U.S. Embassy official in Ottawa and Transcanada’s Washington lobbyist. At times, State Department official Marja D. Verloop–who oversees energy, science and environmental issues at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa–appears to be cheering on TransCanada’s Washington lobbyist Paul Elliott in his efforts to enlist congressional support for the pipeline extension. Read full article > >

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Keystone Pipeline e-mails show friendly exchanges

Three Indian states ban Aarakshan, a new Bollywood film on the controversial issue of education quotas for low-caste people.

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BT and Talk Talk are to try again in their bid to get the courts to scrutinise the controversial Digital Economy Act.

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New review of Digital Act sought

The Patriot Act lives on: Congress voted Thursday night to extend the controversial terrorism-fighting law-originally passed in the wake of 9/11-just hours before it was set to expire. Republican Senator Rand Paul held up the vote for days, calling the…

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Congress Extends Patriot Act