The Obama administration wants to spend $53 billion over six years to promote construction of a high-speed, intercity passenger rail network, Vice President Joe Biden said.
Indonesia’s economy grew at its fastest rate in six years, boosted by a better-than-expected final three months of 2010, and driven by domestic demand.
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Indonesian growth at 6-year high
A woman who killed a father-of-two in Glasgow with a single punch is jailed for six years and nine months.
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Woman jailed for ‘punch killing’
The son of a senior Chinese policeman is sentenced to six years in jail over a hit-and-run accident that killed a woman, a case which sparked outrage.
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Chinese hit-and-run man jailed
The Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas said that a misunderstanding led to an omission over six years on federal disclosure forms.
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Thomas Says He Erred on Disclosure
Iran hanged a man convicted of spying for Israel and another man accused of belonging to an exiled opposition group. Ali-Akbar Siadat was convicted of passing military secrets to Mossad agents over the course of six years, or, officially, with…
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Iran Hangs Man for Giving Secrets to Israel
In an act that Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said “brought shame to Capitol Hill” last night, the House Republican leadership banded together at the last minute, and on purely specious grounds, to defeat a piece of legislation six years in the making aimed at preventing child marriage worldwide. The bill was supported by a wide-ranging coalition of groups including the International Women’s Health Coaliti on and CARE-USA. read more
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In "Shameful Act," Republicans Kill Bill to Prevent Child Marriage
Freezing the licence fee for the next six years will result in fewer hours of BBC programmes made “but to higher quality”, says the director general.
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Thompson pledge over BBC quality
Over the last six years of fighting in Iraq, some 15,000 civilian deaths fell into obscurity, according to the Iraq Body Count, the London-based organization that monitors civilian deaths. The latest batch of military documents released by WikiLeaks…
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Iraq Toll Underestimated by 15,000
A man who put an imitation gun to his ex wife’s head and subjected her to a serious sexual assault is jailed for six years at Londonderry Crown Court.
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Man is jailed after sex attack
A prominent Iranian rights campaigner is sentenced to six years in jail after he recorded an interview for the BBC’s Persian language TV channel.
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Iranian sentenced over BBC work
A conman who duped women out of tens of thousands of pounds is jailed for six years and 10 months.
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‘Serial love cheat’ conman jailed
A total of 74 teachers have been struck off in Scotland in the past six years, according to new figures.
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Struck-off teacher numbers rising
In "Shameful Act," Republicans Kill Bill to Prevent Child Marriage
Saturday, December 18th, 2010
