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The projected cost of rebuilding the World Trade Center has skyrocketed to $14.8 billion — a leap of nearly $4 billion in four years, a blistering audit of the Port Authority released Tuesday found.
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Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum decried an appeals court ruling striking down California's ban on same-sex marriage.
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The Philanthropy 50 list reveals that the top American donors gave over seven times as much money to charities than in 2010• Philanthropy 50 list: America's 10 most generous benefactorsWealthy Americans have become more charitable as the economy has improved, but giving has yet to reach...(more)
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MPs summon president to answer questions about the economy and his judgment, weeks before scheduled electionsThe Iranian parliament has summoned the president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to answer a series of questions over the government's handling of the economy and his personal judgments.The move is unprecedented in the...(more)
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Lucas Papademos on verge of persuading Athens' political leaders to accept conditions attached to further rescue fundsGreece's prime minister, Lucas Papademos, was on the brink of a deal tonight to avoid a chaotic default by the debt-choked country, with officials saying an agreement would "almost certainly"...(more)
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Live coverage of the Republican caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota – plus the result of the non-binding 'beauty contest' primary in Missouri5.11pm: So with five states having held caucuses or primaries to decide the Republican presidential nomination, tonight it's the turn of Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri...(more)
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Russia and China blocked a bid to force regime change. But a negotiated settlement is the only way out of civil warThere is no limit, it seems, to the blood price Arabs have to pay for their "spring". After the carnage in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain and...(more)
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Death in RAF helicopter and secret prison camp in Iraq desert raises questions about legality of British and US operationsOn the evening of 11 April 2003, a pair of RAF CH47 Chinook helicopters swept over Iraq's western desert towards a remote rendezvous point beside Route 10,...(more)
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The Komen foundation’s new pro-life vice president — who became a flashpoint in the furor over the charity nixing grants to Planned Parenthood — was forced to resign Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A plan to fast-track the stalled the Keystone XL pipeline was passed by a key committee in the House of Representatives, as Republicans made yet another attempt to spur approval of the project that has become a major issue in the 2012 elections....(more)
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An Italian court refused to lift an order of house arrest for Francesco Schettino.
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US Catholic leaders criticise the White House over a health care rule that would make Catholic institutions cover birth control for employees.