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Breaking News: As G8 lockdown nears for Northern Ireland, the case for Guantanamo as G8 HQ
Posted by: Robert Myles

Enniskillen :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-20 11:57:09 -0700 | political-news

Next month heads of state of G8 countries and their entourages descend on County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland for the 39th G8 summit, scheduled for June 17 and 18. As with previous summits, an agreeable location’s been chosen to host...
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Breaking News: North Korea, in brazen defiance, fires sixth missile in three days
Posted by: Nina Rai

Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-20 15:27:52 -0700 | political-news

North Korea launched a sixth short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Monday, after a series of similar tests conducted during the weekend; brazenly defying international censure and sanctions against tests; also ignoring warnings from United Nations chief Ban...
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Breaking News: Tornadoes ravage Midwest as GOP congressman calls climate change a 'lie'
Posted by: PrairieDogPress

Shawnee :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 17:36:05 -0700 | political-news

UPDATED 5:00p.m. PDT at bottom of report, including today's Oklahoma twister. Monday morning had the latest tornado count since last week to descimate homes and businesses in states from Texas up to parts of Minnesota at 28, but officials are...
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Breaking News: Benghazi and IRS scandals do not dent the approval figures of President Obama
Posted by: prabirghose

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 17:48:07 -0700 | political-news

The onslaught of recent scandals does not appear to have dented the ratings of President Barack Obama because a CNN and ORC International poll taken on 17th and 18th of May 2013 have found that 53% of Americans approved of...
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Breaking News: Chinese cyberattacks resume, but there is a solution
Posted by: Dava Castillo

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 16:21:04 -0700 | political-news

Last February, cyberattacks against companies and media organizations by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Unit 61396 were exposed, and they retreated from the networks they had infiltrated at least for a few months. Now, however, the New York Times...
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Breaking News: Gay Pride in Ukraine's struggling democracy
Posted by: PJesep

Kiev :: Ukraine | updated 2013-05-20 13:22:45 -0700 | political-news

Last year, organizers cancelled a gay pride march in Kyiv, Ukraine fearing violence. This week, however, plans are proceeding despite threats, moral condemnation by religious authorities, and government indifference to protect LGBTQ activists. Although most Ukrainians in this religiously...
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Breaking News: Republican nitpicking on replay: Palin slams Obama when someone held her umbrella?
Posted by: VeronicaS SelectMedia

Wasilla :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 17:28:24 -0700 | political-news

The Republican nitpicking has sunk to a new low as “umbrella-gate” joins last week’s succession of scandals. While President Barack Obama was sliced and diced over Benghazi-gate, IRS-gate and AP-gate, Republicans like Sarah Palin took to Twitter to slam the...
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Breaking News: Obama to visit South Africa, Senegal, Tanzania
Source: Fox News

Dakar :: Senegal | updated 2013-05-20 17:19:38 -0700 | political-news

Published May 20, 2013 FoxNews.com President Obama will visit three African nations this summer. The White House says the president and first lady Michelle Obama will leave on June 26, stopping in Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. Obama will meet...
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Source: The Boston Globe

Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 16:51:18 -0700 | political-news

People who falsely claim they have received a military medal in order to obtain money or government benefits could face up to a year in jail under legislation that easily passed the House Monday. The Stolen Valor Act, sponsored by...
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Source: Fox

Mexico City :: Mexico | updated 2013-05-20 13:58:06 -0700 | political-news

Published May 20, 2013 Fox News Latino More Americans have been murdered in Mexico than in any other part of the world in the past decade...State Department figures, at least 648 American citizens were murdered in Mexico between October 2002...
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Source: Reuters

Sochi :: Russia | updated 2013-05-20 13:38:13 -0700 | political-news

Topics Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on during a joint news conference with South African President Jacob Zuma (not pictured) after their meeting at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Krasnodar region, Russia, May 16,...
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Source: CNN

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 13:36:27 -0700 | political-news

In a new timeline provided by Carney to reporters, General Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler learned on April 24 of a pending Treasury inspector general's report on how IRS staff used criteria targeting conservative groups in assessing eligibility for tax-exempt status.
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Source: The Boston Globe

Springfield :: MO :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 16:27:09 -0700 | political-news

Ill. (AP) Parents of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims testified Monday in favor of an Illinois limit on the size of ammunition magazines, a proposal that got a Senate committee endorsement. The Executive Committee voted 12-3 on legislation to...
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Source: The Christian Science Monitor

Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 16:04:42 -0700 | political-news

Virginia 's marquee governor's race got a jolt of the unexpected on Saturday, as Republicans added E.W. Jackson, a political novice and evocative conservative firebrand, as the GOP 's lieutenant governor nominee alongside lightning rod gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli ....
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Source: United Press International

Trollhättan :: Sweden | updated 2013-05-20 15:04:29 -0700 | political-news

A Swedish town has agreed to pay a man civil damages after an official said he couldn't have an internship if he wasn't comfortable shaking hands with women. An unidentified man was granted an internship in the Trollhattan office of...
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