Two veteran politicians contest elections in the Dominican Republic after a presidential campaign dominated by concerns over rising food and fuel costs.
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Dominican vote likely to be close
Politicians and journalists take part in a service to celebrate the life of Sunday Times journalist Marie Colvin, killed in Syria in February.
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Memorial service for Marie Colvin
Political deadlock in Greece on Monday stoked a renewed sense of crisis about the fate of the European economy as new data confirmed a downturn in one of the world’s major trading blocks. The immediate focus was on the inability of Greek politicians to form a new government after divided elections last week — raising the possibility that the country may yet reject a recent international bailout agreement and leave the euro currency union. Read full article > >
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Greek deadlock heightens fears of full European crisis
US bank JPMorgan Chase faces stiff criticism from politicians after admitting a $2bn loss that led to a nosedive in its share price.
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JPMorgan faces growing scrutiny
Rebekah Brooks, a former newspaper editor and News Corp. executive, began testifying Friday over her links to politicians at a U.K. government-backed inquiry into phone hacking and press ethics.
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Rebekah Brooks testifies about hacking
The Welsh government says there is no appetite for more politicians after the assembly’s presiding officer suggests increasing the number of AMs to 80.
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‘No appetite’ for bigger assembly
Gentlemen: Sometimes to your irritation, I have spent the past 16 months writing the Fact Checker column for The Washington Post, vetting the statements uttered by politicians in both parties. I know you don’t really like the Pinocchios I bestow on a regular basis to both of you for inaccurate or misleading remarks (except when they’re pinned on the other guy). But, based on the reader e-mails I receive every day, I can assure you that voters are hungry for clear, understandable prose — without spin, dissembling or hype. Read full article > >
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A challenge to Obama and Romney: Deliver one truthful campaign speech
Politicians and Vatican at odds over Sean Brady’s future
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Cardinal Brady: Political leaders and Vatican at odds
Politicians and Vatican at odds over Sean Brady’s future
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Cardinal Brady: Political leaders and Vatican at odds
A plan to build a 140 million euro (£114m) Guggenheim museum on the Helsinki waterfront is rejected by politicians in Finland.
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Guggenheim Helsinki plan rejected
Should politicians know the price of a pint of milk?
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Should politicians know the price of a pint of milk?
“ Texts from Hillary ” just got meta. For a week now, the blog has been depicting Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s imagined text-message conversations with other politicians and celebrities — sass-mouthing Joe Biden about his love of Justin Bieber, and rejecting a friend request from Mark Zuckerberg. Read full article > >
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Hillary Rodham Clinton makes her own meme for ‘Texts from Hillary’ blog
As an Iranian-American who is always trying to fix the ruined image of Iranians (by the mainstream media and politics), I wish I would wake up in the morning and miraculously find out that the whole world has changed its attitude toward us. In my dream, the American public knows that Iranians are a misunderstood nation that, unlike their despotic government officials, do not say hateful things about other nations. (For example, I enjoyed the love messages exchanged between Iranians and Israelis in the past week .) Also, in my dream, my audience have realized it is possible to laugh at ourselves, our politics, our governments and our officials–just the way Iranians are doing so in Iran as the only option left for them. In my dream, loving a “crazy” country like Iran since we are constantly bombarded with negative massages about it becomes easy, fun and a beginning for dialogue and understanding. Anyways, last week, as I was drowned into such thoughts I came across this photoshoped image of Keyhan Newspaper, a hardliner newspaper in Iran, which not only made me laugh but also gave me the hope that my dream could come true. I admire this creativity because I believe whoever has created this photo is sending a witty message to the Western and Iranian politicians and is holding a mirror to their ridiculous policies. What do you think? An imagined front page of conservative Iranian newspaper Keyhan which would never publish such skin-exposing pictures reads “poverty strikes Europe after banning imports of Iran’s oil.”
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Laughing at Ourselves, Iranian Style
Greece marks its independence day amid heavy security over fears that anti-austerity protesters would target politicians.
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Tight security for Greek parades
Foreign spies have comprehensively penetrated the computer networks of the US government, American politicians have been told.
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Spies ‘penetrate’ US army network
A challenge to Obama and Romney: Deliver one truthful campaign speech
Friday, May 4th, 2012Hillary Rodham Clinton makes her own meme for ‘Texts from Hillary’ blog
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