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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Top Stories
The president is planning to travel the globe to seal his foreign policy legacy.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsMayor-elect Jim Kenney announced Monday that Anne Fadullon will be the city's first director of planning and development. It's a post that Fadullon, a longtime development professional, encouraged voters to create.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryCLEVELAND (AP) — A grand jury on Monday declined to indict a white rookie police officer in the killing of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy who...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsDays ahead of the odd-even scheme's trial on the capital's roads, the acrimony between the Delhi government and Delhi Police came to the fore again with both sides slamming each other, and threatening to jeopardise the ambitious road...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostThe GOP front-runner called the publisher of the New Hampshire Union Leader “useless” and a “sleazebag” after the publication endorsed his opponent.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.com"Hillary Rodham Clinton calls them 'everyday Americans.' Scott Walker prefers 'hard-working taxpayers.' Rand Paul says he speaks for 'people who work for the people who own businesses.' Bernie Sanders talks about 'ordinary Americans',"...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from PoliticsGood morning! Here's what you need to know today. 1 . Guinea was declared free of Ebola on Tuesday after more than 2,500 people died from the virus in the West African nation. 2. Japan's prime minister apologised and pledged more...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostThe Democratic hopeful starts a two-day swing through the early caucus state.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsFrom online outrage over a lawyer's photo, to the rise of Aldi, grey hair and Jeremy Corbyn, 2015 has had no shortage of political farce or extreme fashion moments
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsA former Pennsylvania investigator whose defamation claims against Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane were thrown out this year will have an opportunity to reargue his case before a state appellate court.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from UK Politics - The Huffington PostIf major policies of government were decided by a referendum of the public we wouldn't be bombing Syria , we'd stay in the EU (by our fingernails), Britain would be playing a lead role in the fight against climate change , and The Empire...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsAlthough he's been bringing up Bill Clinton, at a rally in Nashua, he turned his sights toward a GOP opponent
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsDomestic abusers who control victims via social media or spy on them online could face up to five years in prison under a new law in England and Wales.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from BBC News - PoliticsTens of thousands of children are on waiting lists for council housing, according to figures obtained by the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from NYT > PoliticsIt’s only about a month until the Iowa caucuses, but that is plenty of time for last-minute swings and reversals.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsActress Sonakshi Sinha says she will not be able to sing classical songs as her voice suits hip-hop and rap numbers The post Can’t sing classical songs; I like to rap: Sonakshi Sinha appeared first on Firstpost .
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from News Politics Priority RSSThe DA is arming their field activists with tablets and using mobile app technology to drive voter canvassing operations.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Townhall's New CategorySEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A day after trumpeting an "irreversible" settlement of a decades-long standoff over Korean women forced into sexual...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from dailyrecord - PoliticsPETER Kearney said Scottish education must follow in the footsteps of other countries who have diversified their schools.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from International Business TimesTongdaeng, Thai monarch Bhumibol Adulyadej's favorite dog and the subject of a biographical book by the ailing king, died just days after a man was arrested under the country’s defamation laws for making a “sarcastic” remark about it....
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsCurrent and former administration officials say the Pentagon has thrown up a number of obstacles that have delayed the closure of the prison
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Politics RSS FeedWong was one of the founders of Hawaii Regional Cuisine, a culinary movement that began in the 1990s, blending Hawaii's diverse ethnic flavors with the cuisines of the world while using local food sources. Obama was wearing a white golf...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsDonald Trump and three other Republican candidates are slated to pitch themselves to the New Hampshire House of Representatives over the final weeks of the state's primary race, organizers said Monday.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Bloomberg PoliticsRepublican front-runner appears to be making a move to turn enthusiasm into votes
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comMOSCOW, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Some of Vladimir Putin's saltiest one liners have been turned into a book by his supporters who have sent a batch to the Kremlin touting it as the ideal holiday gift for patriotic Russian officials. The tome,...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from International Business TimesCentral American countries reached a deal Monday to allow thousands of Cuban migrants stranded in Costa Rica to continue their journey toward the United States next month. The agreement was reportedly put together after multilateral...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from CNN.com - PoliticsDonald Trump trained his eyes Monday on a surging Republican rival in New Hampshire, Chris Christie, using a newspaper's backing of the New Jersey governor to lacerate Christie's economic record.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from International Business TimesIndian Army personnel allegedly gang-raped a 14-year-old girl Monday in a moving train in the eastern state of Jharkhand, according to local reports. Police in Jharkhand reportedly detained one of the men and said the other two would be...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon bakery owners who denied service to a same-sex couple have paid $135,000 in state-ordered damages — after refusing to do so for nearly six months. The Bureau of Labor and Industries says Aaron Klein,...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsHis first stops will be in New Hampshire, her campaign announced
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from International Business TimesIt's been another deadly 12 months for journalists around the globe, with 69 killed in work-related incidents, according to a year-end report released Tuesday by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a press freedom organization...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryBEIJING (AP) — Two men were detained in a southern Chinese city for spreading a rumor that hundreds of terrorists have arrived in the city, police...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsRepublican presidential front-runner Donald Trump unleashed a fusillade of attacks Monday on Gov. Christie, a rival, criticizing him on everything from New Jersey's economy to the George Washington Bridge scandal.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryThe latest developments on the severe storms across the U.S. (all times local):9 p.m.More than 2,800 flights into, out of or across the U.S. have...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Politics on HuffingtonPost.comHowdy everybody, 2015 had many unexpected developments, like these: 1.) We all had to discover that Russia's government is driven by power issues. The Crimea area became Russian overnight (already in 2014), and out of the blue Russia...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Townhall's New CategoryA transcript of Cuyahoga County prosecutor Timothy McGinty's 15-minute speech to reporters on Monday about a grand jury's decision not to indict...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Top StoriesThe president is planning to travel the globe to seal his foreign policy legacy.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from CBS News - PoliticsIraqi officials have declared Ramadi, a key city in the war for territory with ISIS, liberated, but American officials say there's still a bit of work to be done to completely retake the city
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Post Politics: Breaking Politics News, Political Analysis & More - The Washington PostThe Democratic hopeful and the Republican front-runner are engaged in an escalating war of words.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from NYT > PoliticsA crucial question: Would Mr. Cruz’s new tax ultimately be paid by consumers, or by workers and business owners, or some combination?
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | theguardian.comShadow chancellor says shadow foreign secretary had ‘important part to play’ but does not say he will keep current role John McDonnell has refused to back Labour’s shadow foreign secretary following a weekend of speculation that there...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Townhall's New CategorySAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Puerto Rico policeman fatally shot two high-ranking officers and a policewoman on Monday following an argument and...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from International Business TimesThe widespread floods in the U.K. caused by storms Eva and Desmond could lead to losses of up to 1.5 billion pounds ($2.2 billion), according to accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The estimate comes at a time when heavy...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from International Business TimesIran shipped over 25,000 pounds of low-enriched uranium materials to Russia Monday allowing Tehran to inch closer to the implementation of a landmark nuclear deal with six world powers. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsHARRISBURG - Will he sign or veto? Five days after the Republican-led legislature handed him a proposal that could end the state's six-month budget stalemate, but also cast aside his call for a historic increase in school funding, Gov....
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from PoliticsOil prices have plunged about 60% since the summer of 2014 and it is not only hurting energy companies' balance sheets but it's slowly killing off oil-rich countries' economies — the latest being Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from stories: PoliticsCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - About three dozen people will take the oath of United States citizenship early next month in Charleston. U.S. Attorney Joseph R. Goodwin will preside over the naturalization ceremony Jan. 7 at the federal...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Politics News - UK PoliticsIt's becoming harder and harder to see who the modern-day natural conservative voter actually is
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsKCR’s Maha Yaagam is wasteful, gaudy — the drought stricken mandals and families that have lost their breadwinners — wives, husbands, mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters, stand out like a sore thumb. Sore, they are, from years of...
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsMayor Nutter is not one to complain about his job. It is a gig he has loved, maybe never more so than in his last year, which he took on with a mix of nostalgia and joy, rarely focusing, at least publicly, on the end.
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from Zawya.com - Middle East Political NewsKHARTOUM, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Sudan's parliament passed its 2016 budget on Monday and projected a budget deficit of 1.6 percent of GDP for the coming year, up from 1.2 percent for 2015, Finance Minister Badr al-Din Mahmoud Abbas...
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedThe Prime Minister has admitted flood barriers “don’t always do enough” as he visited stricken communities in the north of England struggling to cope with flooding devastation.
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from All News RSS Feed
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from RIA NovostiRussia's military operation in Syria has shuffled all the cards in the Middle East and has forced Daesh terrorists to give up their offensive, Italian journalist Francesco Alberoni wrote for the newspaper Il Giornale.
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedThe political map of Scotland has undergone a dramatic overhaul in the past decade – and the year ahead could see the more seismic changes which wipe out the last vestiges of the old order.
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from RedState
CNN has conducted a poll which shows that the Democrats might have a long, hard slog ahead of them in the Presidential elections, pretty much no matter who the Republican opponent is. At the end of the day, people want government to do a... -
Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSÓ RÃordáin says he met resistance within Cabinet on recognition of the community
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsThe Labour leader says the Government should be held to account 'throughout their period in office - not just at election time'.
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsBruce L. Castor Jr. thrived on locking up criminals, once winning five first-degree murder convictions in a year. He spoke his mind. He fought with fellow Montgomery County commissioners who forged an alliance against him. He had...
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from Mail.com: PoliticsOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state prisoner mistakenly released early because of a computer error has been charged with killing his girlfriend in a car crash when he should have been behind bars, officials said Monday. The...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSEnda Kenny says his focus is on economic progress and creating employment
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from NPR Topics: PoliticsIn the encore airing of the series "Journey Home" we learn why Jeb Bush embraced Hispanic culture and put down roots in south Florida.
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from RedState
If you read the news you would be excused for thinking there is actually a war going on in Syria. You'd also be forgiven for thinking that Syria, never a Garden of Eden, has collapsed into a festering, effervescing puddle of FAIL that... -
Monday, December 28, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedU.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet in Washington March 10
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from The Globe and Mail - Politics RSS feedMounties’ top official publicly states there are ‘racists in my force,’ prompting backlash from police association
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedDozens of public sector bosses across Scotland are taking home six-figure salaries – with many making more than Nicola Sturgeon and David Cameron, figures have today shown.
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from RIA NovostiJustin Trudeau will meet US President Barack Obama in Washington this March.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsHARRISBURG - Will he sign or veto? Five days after the Republican-led legislature handed him a proposal that could end the state's six-month budget stalemate, but also cast aside his call for a historic increase in school funding, Gov....
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from The Indian Express » Section » Politics
Arvind Kejriwal clarified that the government probe did not give a clean chit to anyone, but the report merely confirmed several wrongdoings in the DDCA without taking names. -
Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsThe AAP's dramatic rise and the comeback of Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar in Bihar marked the first full year of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who analysts say is still going strong though his earlier sheen has worn off. The post Indian...
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from All News RSS FeedGoat. Derogatory slang for a constituent.
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from RIA NovostiUS Secretary of State John Kerry said that Iran has made a great deal of progress in its efforts to complete the central commitments under the nuclear deal that Tehran signed with the P5+1 group of countries.
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsChennai Press Club has condemned Vijayakanth for this alleged misbehaviour with journalists and has asked him to openly apologise The post Not thalaivaa, only saliva: Vijayakanth spits at journalists; AIADMK lawyer files complaint for...
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from Mail.com: PoliticsSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah chapter of Planned Parenthood has appealed a U.S. judge's ruling that allows the Republican governor to cut off federal funding to the organization. The Planned Parenthood Association of Utah filed a notice...
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSMinister for Finance spends Christmas in hospital after chest infection diagnosis
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from Political News - International and UK Politics | Sky NewsSevere weather is forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday as the PM says questions will be asked about Britain's flood defences.
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from World PoliticsSaudi Arabia says it is raising domestic petrol prices by more than 50 per cent for some products as part of cuts to a range of subsidies after posting a record budget deficit.
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from RedState
There are a number of inexorable truths about the modern human condition that bear upon the left's current fetish with global warming. The first is that achieving a significant reduction in carbon emissions is flatly impossible if the... -
Monday, December 28, 2015 from RedState
There are occasions when I look at the New York Times and wonder how, if it were actually owned by the Democrats in general and the Clintons in particular, would it be different from the current newspaper that apparently believes it is... -
Monday, December 28, 2015 from RedState
The title here is not at all an exaggeration or a mischaracterization. Myanmar, which at least theoretically took a major step forward as a country (in terms of things like basic human rights) this year by kicking out what was... -
Monday, December 28, 2015 from World PoliticsUK Only Article: standard article Fly Title: Electoral systems Rubric: The people spoke. But what did they mean? Main image: 20160102_irp501.jpg AFTER every election, victors are wont to proclaim...
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsNEW YORK (AP) - Organic beverage maker Honest Tea says a Donald Trump quote is being removed from its bottle caps, but not because it has any problems with the leading Republican presidential candidate.
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from Politics from NewserDonald Trump is "a crude blowhard with no clear political philosophy." He's "an insult to the intelligence of Republican voters." He has "no deeper understanding of the important and serious role of President of the United States." So...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Politics RSS FeedNASHUA, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire's largest newspaper, the Union Leader, is the latest target of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's attacks against the news media. "Trump has shown himself to be a crude blowhard with no...
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from RIA NovostiSerbia has friendly relations with both Russia and Turkey and intends to adhere to the same policy in the future, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said Monday.
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - A public hearing on one of two competing plans to ask voters whether to authorize two new casinos in northern New Jersey will be held Jan. 7.
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from Newsmax - PoliticsDoug Hughes, the postman who was arrested in April after landing his homemade gyrocopter on the Capitol Hill lawn earlier this year has launched a primary campaign to unseat DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz next year...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Philly.com PoliticsRepublican presidential front-runner Donald Trump unleashed a fusillade of attacks Monday on Gov. Christie, a rival, criticizing him on everything from New Jersey's economy to the George Washington Bridge scandal.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedOne of Scotland’s leading Conservatives has said a “federal” system of government in the UK could provide a “lasting and stable” political framework after the upheaval of the referendum debate in recent years.
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsIt is noteworthy that while other Congressmen have been mildly critical of the Emergency - Jairam Ramesh said it was a mistake because it enabled the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to enter the mainstream - the party's first family has been...
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedCrime gangs are abandoning traditional means of communications and using more apps and encrypted messaging services to evade police, senior officers have said.
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSThe year saw same-sex marriage vote pass while Coalition began to consider divorce
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from Irish Times Politics RSSDeportation policy will harden to prioritise genuine asylum applications, Minister says
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from RedState
I'm technically a donor to the Donald Trump campaign. I bought a hat as a historical curiosity. So, apparently that meant the Trump campaign (which is under serious pressure from Ted Cruz by the way) wanted to send me a Christmas... -
Monday, December 28, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedAn apology from Japan’s prime minister and a pledge of more than $8 million (£5.3m)sealed a breakthrough deal yesterday in a decades-long impasse with South Korea over Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedNEW figures showing scores of officials on six-figure salaries highlights the need for increased scrutiny of pay
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from Firstpost » PoliticsAny year-end holiday moratorium on US presidential campaign feuding ended Monday with Donald Trump unleashing new attacks on Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and blasting her husband Bill's "terrible record" with women. The post Trump...
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from The Scotsman - Politics FeedMore than 7,000 Scottish servicemen and women have accessed specialist advice at a “one-stop shop” set up five years ago, providing £5 million of financial help that they would otherwise not have been able to access.
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Monday, December 28, 2015 from Politics RSS FeedHONOLULU (AP) — The White House says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will attend a state dinner on March 10 in a visit intended to boost ties between the neighboring countries. The White House says the event provides an...
