AP - Five years ago, Lebanese thronged the
streets of Beirut to protest Syrian control over their country in a movement that quickly ended decades of military domination.
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In this political season, nothing is so radioactive in the precincts of New York as the taint of Wall
Street ties.
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Business Secretary Vince Cable expresses "worry" about the combination of High
Street banks with investment banking, after Bob Diamond is named as Barclays' new boss.
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by Jonathan Hiskes. Michigan gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder is an unusual Republican. In a year when Tea Party fervor has propelled fire-breathing extremists onto ballots around the country, Snyder comes across as a moderate, sensible Republican with crossover appeal. He’s a high-tech venture capitalist and former president of the Gatewa....(more)
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AS A TEENAGER in Southwest Philadelphia, Rickey Gadson would lie in bed on sticky summer nights, listening to the motorcycle engines on the
streets call out to him like howling wolves.
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AS REINALDO AMADOR waited at the crosswalk last summer for the light to change on 5th
Street and Allegheny Avenue, a man pulled up in a car, clutching a blunt. He asked Amador for a light.
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Representative Charles B. Rangel, long accustomed to being a shoo-in, this year finds himself humbled, trying to woo voters.
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AFP - London shares slid at the start of trading on Wednesday following steep losses across Asia and on Wall
Street overnight.
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As the city faces $18.5 million in budget cuts, some officers who patrol the street s could be laid off if the city and the police union can't come to agreement.At least 15 to 20 police officers who patrol the street s of Long Beach could be laid off if a stalemate in negotiations between th....(more)
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The charges include unlawful assembly, resisting arrest, delaying or obstructing an officer and blocking a sidewalk or street .Los Angeles prosecutors have charged 33 immigrants' rights activists with a variety of misdemeanor crimes related to three protests beginning in May that blocked city stre....(more)
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