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News – Israel was reopening some border crossings with Gaza on Sunday, an official said, after it closed them on Thursday following the launch of a rocket into the Jewish state by Palestinian militants.
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(reuters.com)
Voted for on July 06, 2008 11:39am
News – But Czechoslovakia's experiment became its tragedy on the night of August 21, 1968, when the armies of fellow Warsaw Pact countries invaded. Students in Prague graffitied on a building wall, "Lenin, wake up, they've gone mad."
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(spiegel.de)
Voted for on July 05, 2008 03:59pm
Music – Waylon's contribution to celebrate our country. Happy and Safe 4th of July to everyone.
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(youtube.com)
Voted for on July 05, 2008 10:56am
News – With the blankest of blank expressions on their faces, these mysterious figures have been popping up in the most unlikely of places. Nobody knows who the faceless figures, who often appear as motionless couples are, or why they are turning up at high profile events.
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(dailymail.co.uk)
Voted for on July 05, 2008 07:21am
Celebrities – Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died Thursday of congestive heart failure. He was 83.
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(news.aol.com)
Voted for on July 05, 2008 06:35am
News – With Middle East tensions building, Iran's oil minister warned Wednesday that an attack on his country would provoke an unimaginably fierce response.
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(news.yahoo.com)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 10:43pm
Politics – US presidential hopeful Barack Obama has said he would expand George W Bush's programme of involving religious groups in government initiatives.
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(news.bbc.co.uk)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 06:18pm
News – BOGOTA (Reuters) - French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt, three Americans and 11 other hostages were rescued from leftist guerrillas by Colombian troops on Wednesday after years in captivity, the government said.
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(news.yahoo.com)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 06:11pm
Television – Fox News, whose slogan is "Fair and Balanced," seems to have gone above and beyond in its anti-Obama rhetoric. Fox News seems to be the willing source of many of the smears and have displayed an unhealthy willingness to pass on as fact any unsourced or unfounded allegation that will put the Obamas in the worst light possible.
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(spokesman-recorder.com)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 01:45pm
Politics – Among people who have donated at least $200 to a presidential campaign this election cycle, Obama has collected more than $327,000 from those identifying themselves as military personnel, while McCain has collected $224,000, according to an analysis of Federal Election Commission data by The Associated Press.
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(huffingtonpost.com)
Voted for on July 02, 2008 12:28pm
Politics – Capitol Hill lost yet another Congressman to K Street recently, as one more elected official rolled down the hill to join a lobbying firm. Through the story of the latest defector, the American News Project examines this burgeoning trend, known in DC as the "revolving door."
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(newsproject.org)
Voted for on July 01, 2008 12:23pm
Politics – A recent USA Today/Gallup poll finds about two in three Americans concerned that John McCain would pursue policies as president that are too similar to what George W. Bush has pursued. Nearly half -- 49% -- say they are "very concerned" about this.
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(gallup.com)
Voted for on July 01, 2008 11:40am
Do No Evil – The World Trade Center's owner is now considering scrapping rebuilding designs, due to budget and logistical problems.
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(news.yahoo.com)
Voted for on June 30, 2008 10:53pm
Politics – Senate negotiators said Wednesday they had reached a tentative agreement on a key obstacle to one of the most ambitious federal health initiatives ever, a $50 billion act to combat AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa and other countries hard-hit by those diseases.
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(cbsnews.com)
Voted for on June 30, 2008 10:36pm
News – Late last year, top Bush administration officials decided to take a step they had long resisted. They drafted a secret plan to make it easer for the Pentagon's Special Operations forces to launch missions into the snow-capped mountains of Pakistan to capture or kill top leaders of Al Qaeda.
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(nytimes.com)
Voted for on June 30, 2008 11:57am