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News Mubarak detention extended, name removed from buildings
Mubarak detention extended, name removed from buildings
Drew Singer
April 22, 2011 12:01:58 pm

Egyptian public prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmud on Friday ordered a 15-day extension of the detention of former president Hosni Mubarak , giving authorities more time to decide if they want to send him to...

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News Illinois ex-governor Blagojevich back on trial for corruption
Illinois ex-governor Blagojevich back on trial for corruption
Drew Singer
April 21, 2011 08:59:47 am

Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday went on trial for a second time on corruption charges, including one that he tried to sell President Barack Obama's vacant US Senate seat. Blagojevich...

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News EU lawmakers request review of Hungary constitution
EU lawmakers request review of Hungary constitution
Drew Singer
April 21, 2011 08:01:43 am

A faction of the European Parliament on Wednesday requested that the European Union review Hungary's new constitution , which the country's national assembly approved on Monday. Guy Verhofstadt,...

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News Syria emergency laws to be lifted: president
Syria emergency laws to be lifted: president
Drew Singer
April 17, 2011 01:55:37 pm

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday announced in a televised speech that he will lift emergency laws that have been in place for 48 years. For the past four weeks, tens...

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News Egypt court dissolves Mubarak’s National Democratic Party
Egypt court dissolves Mubarak’s National Democratic Party
Drew Singer
April 17, 2011 01:18:23 pm

An Egyptian court on Saturday ordered that the political party of former president Hosni Mubarak be dissolved. It would be illogical for Mubarak's National Democratic Party, which took control in 1978,...

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News Libya officials pledge new constitution, Gaddafi role unclear
Libya officials pledge new constitution, Gaddafi role unclear
Drew Singer
April 10, 2011 10:22:19 am

Libyan officials on Sunday promised a new constitution and "a Libyan form" of democracy, but provided no explanation as to what role current Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi might play in the new government. Libya...

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News Wisconsin AG sues judge, calls for state Supreme Court intervention
Wisconsin AG sues judge, calls for state Supreme Court intervention
Drew Singer
April 8, 2011 02:17:07 pm

Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen on Thursday filed a filed a Petition for Supervisory Writ directly to the state Supreme Court over a circuit court judge's temporary blocking of a controversial bill...

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News Israel calls for UN to retract Goldstone report
Israel calls for UN to retract Goldstone report
Drew Singer
April 3, 2011 10:44:39 am

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called on the UN to retract the Goldstone Report following statements made by Richard Goldstone in a Washington Post op-ed . The Goldstone Report,...

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News Military training for ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ repeal to be complete midsummer
Military training for ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ repeal to be complete midsummer
Drew Singer
April 3, 2011 10:25:53 am

US Undersecretary of Defense Clifford Stanley on Friday testified that the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) is on track to be complete midsummer. Nine percent of...

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News Federal judge dismisses health care challenge
Federal judge dismisses health care challenge
Drew Singer
April 1, 2011 01:42:04 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of the new health care law . District Court Judge Joseph...

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