Shadow minister Diane Abbott says her remarks have been taken out of context after she is accused of making racist comments about white people on Twitter.

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Diane Abbott in Twitter race row

T he Federal Diary gets a lot of reader reaction. Occasionally, we give readers a chance to speak out by publishing a few of their remarks, which have been edited for clarity and length. The folks at the American Postal Workers Union didn’t like a column that said the union was “ disingenuous to use vets ” as it did in a television spot against postal legislation that could lead to layoffs. Read full article > >

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Readers talk back on postal workers, pay issues

A morning mix of entertainment headlines…. Brad Pitt has issued a statement to clarify his comments in a Parade Magazine interview about his marriage to Jennifer Aniston . “It became very clear to me that I was intent on trying to find a movie about an interesting life, but I wasn’t living an interesting life myself,” he told Dotson Radar in that interview. “I think that my marriage [to actress Jennifer Aniston] had something to do with it. Trying to pretend the marriage was something that it wasn’t.” In a follow-up statement to E! News, Pitt says his remarks were misunderstood. “It grieves me that this was interpreted this way,” he said. “Jen is an incredibly giving, loving, and hilarious woman who remains my friend.  It is an important relationship I value greatly. The point I was trying to make is not that Jen was dull, but that I was becoming dull to myself—and that, I am responsible for.” ( E! Online ) Read full article > >

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Brad Pitt clarifies comments about Jennifer Aniston; Heather Morris says she had implants removed

TOKYO — Japan’s new trade minister resigned Saturday over a remark seen as insensitive to nuclear evacuees, dealing a blow to a government that took office just eight days ago in the hopes it could better tackle the daunting tsunami recovery. “A series of my remarks caused serious distrust among the poeple, especially the people of Fukushima,” Yoshio Hachiro said at a late-night news conference. “I seriously reflected on my remarks, and I made the decision to step down.” Read full article > >

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President Obama finished his state visit to Britain Wednesday with a glittering dinner for Queen Elizabeth in London — and, thankfully, no more awkward toasts. His diplomatic gaffe the night before made headlines, even though it wasn’t clear how the heck it happened. A breakdown: The setup: The president was finishing his remarks at Tuesday’s dinner at Buckingham Palace when he set down his note cards and picked up his glass. “Ladies and gentlemen, please stand with me and raise your glasses as I propose a toast: To Her Majesty the Queen , . .  ” Read full article > >

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Burnt toast: How Obama bungled his salute to the Queen

President Barack Obama said Sunday that any controversy over his remarks last week that Israel-Palestinian negotiations should start from pre-1967 borders and include land swaps was “not based in substance.”

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President Barack Obama made jokes about his birth, teleprompters and Donald Trump during his remarks at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner speech.

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Obama’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner speech

Sir Alex Ferguson is charged by the Football Association over his remarks about referee Martin Atkinson following Manchester United’s 2-1 defeat by Chelsea on Tuesday.

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Ferguson charged over ref remarks

Ms. Rivers said she was uninvited from the morning program “Fox and Friends” after her remarks about Ms. Palin were recorded and posted by TMZ.com.

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Oh no he didn’t. At a Bahrain security conference Friday, the Iranian foreign minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, concentrated on his dinner while Secretary of State Hillary Clinton focused in directly and overtly on Iran during her remarks from the podium….

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Iran Rebuffs Clinton’s "Hello"

KABUL – Gen. David H. Petraeus, the coalition military commander in Afghanistan, warned Afghan officials Sunday that President Hamid Karzai’s latest public criticism of U.S. strategy threatens to seriously undermine progress in the war and risks making Petraeus’s own position “untenable,” according…

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Imagine for a moment that there was a prominent American conservative journalist who ignorantly disparaged an entire minority group on national television, got fired for it by the nation’s largest public radio media organization and then still managed to pull down a $2 million payday with the television network where he made the remarks.

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Opinion: NPR right to fire Juan Williams

Carl. P. Paladino, the Republican candidate for governor, said he did not believe the remarks made him a bigot.

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Paladino Defends Remarks on Homosexuality

A New Zeland DJ apologized Monday for calling the country’s governor general a “fat Indian,” saying the remarks were “upon reflection, uncharitable and inappropriate.”

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New Zealand DJ apologizes for insult

Not everyone was amused by comedian Stephen Colbert’s testimony at a congressional hearing on immigration reform Friday: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) called the remarks “not appropriate” and “an embarrassment” today on Fox News Sunday. “I…

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