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		<title>Former Kerala minister cleared of sexual harassment charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 16:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHENNAI/KOTTAYAM - A Tamil Nadu court Monday acquitted former Kerala public works minister P.J. Joseph of charges that he had misbehaved with a woman passenger on a flight. Mons Joseph, who now holds the portfolio in the state government, said he would resign to enable his predecessor to return to the post.



The Sriperumbudur magistrate&#8217;s court [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Kerala minister cleared of misbehaviour charges</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 16:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KOTTAYAM - Former Kerala public works minister P.J. Joseph was Monday acquitted by a Tamil Nadu court of charges that he had misbehaved with a woman passenger on a flight. Mons Joseph, who now holds the portfolio, said he would resign to enable his predecessor to return to the post.



Vaikom Viswan, the ruling Left Democratic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Safeway workers authorize strike; picket lines could form as early as Monday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 01:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Catherine Tsai</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — Union workers at Safeway voted to authorize a strike, with workers possibly walking off the job as early as Monday, which could affect two of Colorado&#8217;s largest grocery chains.

Contracts were expiring Saturday night for about 17,000 King Soopers, Safeway and Albertsons workers represented by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 in Colorado. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Kanishka&#8217; victims&#8217; families charge Canadian Government with cover-up to contain civil damages</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/kanishka-victims-families-charge-canadian-government-with-cover-up-to-contain-civil-damages-57456/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 15:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[OTTAWA - Relatives of the victims killed in the June 26, 1985 bombing of the Air India flight &#8220;Kanishka&#8221; have accused the Canadian Government of quietly releasing new documents that contain evidence that officials had advance warning of the calamity that was to take place.

They further suggested that former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney&#8217;s office covered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goldman Sachs chief sounds upbeat note on economy at annual shareholder gathering</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 10:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Paradis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chairman Lloyd Blankfein sounded an upbeat note about the economy at the company&#8217;s annual meeting Friday.

&#8220;It&#8217;s a lot better today even though you could still argue about whether the end of this recession will be sooner or later,&#8221; he said. &#8220;There are reasons for optimism.&#8221;
He said the economy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goldman Sachs director Friedman defends role at New York Fed at company&#8217;s annual meeting</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/goldman-sachs-director-friedman-defends-role-at-new-york-fed-at-companys-annual-meeting-56674/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 07:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Goldman Sachs director Stephen Friedman, who resigned Thursday as chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York&#8217;s board, defended his conduct Friday in serving in both posts.

&#8220;I followed the rules as I always have,&#8221; he said at Goldman Sachs&#8217; annual meeting Friday.
Friedman was the subject of a Wall Street Journal story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FairPoint&#8217;s credit ratings downgraded after plans aired to explore restructuring</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/fairpoints-credit-ratings-downgraded-after-plans-aired-to-explore-restructuring-55618/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 02:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Maine — FairPoint Communications&#8217; credit rating has been downgraded by three ratings agencies after the company revealed it&#8217;s considering hiring a financial adviser to explore a possible restructuring of its debt.

In a regulatory filing this week, North Carolina-based FairPoint said an adviser would evaluate the company&#8217;s financial situation. The company also said any cash [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN chief &#8216;working hard&#8217; to constitute Bhutto probe</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/un-chief-working-hard-to-constitute-bhutto-probe-54221/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 21:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he hopes to soon constitute a commission to probe the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto.



&#8216;We are looking for a third member for the commission. Unfortunately, we have not been able to find an appropriate person,&#8217; Ban said Tuesday at his monthly press conference [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oz homeopath dad admits that he &#8216;failed&#8217; his eczema afflicted baby</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/oz-homeopath-dad-admits-that-he-failed-his-eczema-afflicted-baby-53963/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 16:28:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SYDNEY - A homeopath has admitted he failed his baby daughter by continuing to treat her chronic eczema with alternative instead of conventional medicine, a court has heard.

According to The Australian, Thomas Sam allegedly told police in an interview after his nine-month-old daughter Gloria Thomas died from an infection: &#8220;I could have done better. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking the budget could mean prison for RI public servants under lawmaker&#8217;s plan</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/breaking-the-budget-could-mean-prison-for-ri-public-servants-under-lawmakers-plan-53427/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 04:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Henry</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Hand-wringing, not handcuffs, normally awaits public servants who blow their budgets and need more cash.

But a Rhode Island legislator now wants to make it a misdemeanor for officials to knowingly overspend their budgets, in what would apparently be a first among states.
Violators would be punished with up to a year in prison [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lao government says British drug suspect&#8217;s pregnancy means she will not face death penalty</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 20:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — A pregnant British woman accused of trafficking heroin in Laos will not face the death penalty because the law bans executing expectant convicts, a government spokesman said Tuesday.

The trial of 20-year-old Samantha Orobator would not be held until next week so that an &#8220;appropriate lawyer&#8221; could be found to defend her, Foreign Ministry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apex court ticks off government on black money issue</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/apex-court-ticks-off-government-on-black-money-issue-51515/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 22:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Monday censured the union government for its failure to prosecute Pune businessman Hasan Ali Khan under the Money Laundering Act for stashing a huge sum of black money in UBS bank in Switzerland.



A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan censured the government while hearing a lawsuit for retrieving Indian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Laos says trial of pregnant Briton facing possible death penalty will be fair</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/laos-says-trial-of-pregnant-briton-facing-possible-death-penalty-will-be-fair-51387/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 20:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — The Laotian government on Monday insisted the trial of a pregnant British woman who faces possible death by firing squad for allegedly trafficking heroin will be conducted fairly.

That promise came despite the fact that Samantha Orobator, 20, has not been assigned a defense lawyer, raising concerns as to whether she will be able [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pregnant Briton could face firing squad in Laos but has no lawyer</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/pregnant-briton-could-face-firing-squad-in-laos-but-has-no-lawyer-51112/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 17:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BANGKOK — A pregnant British woman who faces possible death by firing squad in Laos if convicted of drug smuggling has not been assigned a defense lawyer, raising concerns as to whether she would receive a fair trial, a human rights group said Monday.

Samantha Orobator, 20, has been in jail in the communist-ruled country since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanted: a doctor to counsel Britain&#8217;s stressed, tired spies</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/wanted-a-doctor-to-counsel-britains-stressed-tired-spies-49954/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 15:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON -  Britain&#8217;s  secret   service,   Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), is looking for an occupational health adviser  to counsel spies, who are feeling worse for  wear  after taking on enemies such as Al-Qaeda and Chinese cyber-spies.

MI6  is  advertising  for  the 40,000-pound  job [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chrysler has brief bankruptcy court hearing as documents disclose plans to close 5 more plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 03:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinnee Tong</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Attorneys for Chrysler LLC said the company will file a motion by Saturday morning to sell substantially all of its assets to Italian automaker Fiat Group SpA, but that won&#8217;t include eight plants, including five that the automaker revealed it will shutter by the end of next year.

While Chrysler faced its first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chrysler has brief hearing in bankruptcy court as lawyers note urgency of a speedy resolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 00:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinnee Tong</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Attorneys for Chrysler LLC will ask a federal bankruptcy judge Monday to let the ailing automaker start using a new infusion of $4.5 billion in loans from the Treasury Departmentto keep operating under bankruptcy protection.

At a hearing Friday in Manhattan bankruptcy court, Chrysler attorney Corinne Ball said the company will also file [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apex court extends Varun&#8217;s parole till May 14</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/apex-court-extends-varuns-parole-till-may-14-47533/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 20:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party&#8217;s (BJP) Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi was Friday granted a two-week extension of his parole by the apex court to enable him to continue campaigning and vote for the Lok Sabha poll for the constituency May 13.



A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice J.M. Panchal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysian  court rejects HINDRAF leader&#8217;s plea to drop  sedition charge</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/malaysian-court-rejects-hindraf-leaders-plea-to-drop-sedition-charge-47294/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 16:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KUALA  LUMPUR -  A Malaysian  Sessions  Court  has dismissed  Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) legal  adviser  P.  Uthayakumar&#8217;s  application  to drop the sedition  charge  against him.

Judge   Sabariah  Othman  ruled  that  counsel   M.   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A look at potential Obama nominees to high court</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-look-at-potential-obama-nominees-to-high-court-46966/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 11:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Court watchers think President Barack Obama will choose a woman for his first nomination to the Supreme Court, where only one of nine seats is held by a female — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

With Justice David Souter expected to retire this year, here are the some of the people who are likely to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attorney who served in Clinton administration found dead in apparent suicide in DC law firm</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/attorney-who-served-in-clinton-administration-found-dead-in-apparent-suicide-in-dc-law-firm-46509/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 04:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — An attorney who served in the Clinton administration was found dead Thursday in an apparent suicide at his Washington law office.

Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, an Atlanta-based firm, confirmed in a statement that attorney Mark Levy had died.
&#8220;Mark Levy was well known and highly respected for his successful appearances before the Supreme Court of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hearing on Bofors case extended till September 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - A Delhi Court on Thursday postponed the hearing of the Bofors pay off case till September 8 after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sought two months time to decide its future course of action on the lone surviving suspect, Ottavio Quattrocchi.

The CBI on Tuesday had requested Interpol to remove the Italian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frame rape charges against Goa education minister&#8217;s son: court</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/frame-rape-charges-against-goa-education-ministers-son-court-45322/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PANAJI - A children&#8217;s court here has ordered framing of charges against Rohit Monserrate, son of Goa Education Minister Atanasio Monserrate. Rohit is accused of raping and sending vulgar messages to a minor German girl.



Setting aside the arguments put forth by Rohit&#8217;s counsel, Goa Children&#8217;s Court president Desmond D&#8217;Costa observed that there was sufficient reason [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook executive considering run for California attorney general</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO — An executive with the company that operates social networking Web site Facebook announced Wednesday that he&#8217;s considering running for attorney general of California.

Chris Kelly, Facebook&#8217;s chief privacy officer, said he had formed an exploratory committee to consider a campaign to be the state&#8217;s chief law enforcement official.
The incumbent attorney general, Democrat Jerry Brown, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Text of President Barack Obama&#8217;s news conference on Wednesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Text of President Barack Obama&#8217;s news conference on Wednesday at the White House, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions:

OBAMA: Before we begin tonight, I just want to provide everyone with a few brief updates on some of the challenges we&#8217;re dealing with right now.
First, we are continuing to closely monitor the emergency cases of the H1N1 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Judiciary chairman invites federal judge to testify on torture memos he approved</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — U.S. Circuit Judge Jay Bybee was asked Wednesday to provide Senate testimony on the memos he approved while at the Justice Department authorizing harsh interrogation methods for detainees.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the Judiciary Committee, explained in a letter to Bybee that by testifying, Bybee could explain his views on the Bush [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 groups file legal briefs in Supreme Court in support of ex-Qwest CEO Nacchio&#8217;s appeal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/4-groups-file-legal-briefs-in-supreme-court-in-support-of-ex-qwest-ceo-nacchios-appeal-44547/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:40:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — Four groups have filed friend-of-the-court briefs supporting former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio&#8217;s appeal to the Supreme Court of his insider trading conviction.

The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the New York Council of Defense Lawyers filed a joint brief and the Washington Legal Foundation and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce each filed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apex court seeks update on facilities in schools across country</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the government to apprise it about the problems faced by schools across the country in terms of availability of basic amenities like drinking water, toilets, seating facility and classrooms.



A bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Harjeet Singh Bedi sought the update within two months while adjudicating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama, Biden, give warm welcome to Specter at White House, says he will be asset to party</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz Sidoti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday hailed Arlen Specter&#8217;s conversion to the Democratic Party, while Specter vowed that he&#8217;ll be an asset as Obama tries to get his ambitious agenda through Congress. Obama said, &#8220;I am grateful that he is here.&#8221;

Specter was joined by Obama and Vice President Joe Biden at the White House [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats want special counsel to conduct torture probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats turned up the pressure on the Obama administration Tuesday to start a criminal investigation by a special counsel into harsh interrogations of terrorism suspects.

It would be a conflict of interest for President Barack Obama&#8217;s Justice Department to investigate lawyers from the Bush administration, even though they no longer work for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reaction to Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter plans to switch to the Democratic Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reaction to Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter plans to switch from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party:

&#8220;I&#8217;m eager to receive his counsel and his advice, especially when he disagrees, and I have great respect and admiration for the decision he has made.&#8221; — President Barack Obama.
&#8220;I&#8217;m even more pleased that Arlen&#8217;s independence, integrity and purist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pageant PR rep denies telling Miss California to apologize for gay marriage statement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Leff</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — A spokesman for the Miss California pageant on Monday denied that contest officials told the reigning beauty queen to publicly apologize for her statement opposing same-sex marriage during the Miss USA pageant.

Carrie Prejean, 21, claimed during Sunday services at her San Diego church that producers of the state pageant told her to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extreme duress can yield unreliable information from terrorism suspects: us military agency</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -  A military agency has said that harsh interrogation techniques can often yield unreliable information from terrorism suspects.

In a July 2002 document sent to the Pentagon&#8217;s chief lawyer, the military&#8217;s Joint Personnel Recovery Agency warned:The unintended consequence of a U.S. policy that provides for the torture of prisoners is that it could be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donald G. Jones, clergyman who mentored a young Hillary Rodham, dies at 78</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/donald-g-jones-clergyman-who-mentored-a-young-hillary-rodham-dies-at-78-38104/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADISON, N.J. — Drew University professor and Methodist minister Donald G. Jones, who was spiritual mentor for a young Hillary Rodham Clinton, died Thursday at age 78.

University spokesman David Muha said Jones — who taught social ethics for 36 years at the Madison school — died at Morristown Memorial Hospital of natural causes.
Jones served in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House opposes special commission on harsh Bush-era detainee interrogations</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration struggled to quell persistent Democratic demands for a potentially explosive probe of harsh Bush administration detainee interrogations Thursday, abruptly declaring opposition to an independent commission. Republicans stepped up their own criticism of Barack Obama&#8217;s handling of the sensitive issue.

At the White House, spokesman Robert Gibbs sought to underscore Obama&#8217;s resistance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama administration asks Supreme Court to overturn ruling favorable to criminal defendants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to overrule long-standing law that stops police from initiating questions unless a defendant&#8217;s lawyer is present, another stark example of the White House seeking to limit rather than expand rights.

The administration&#8217;s action — and several others — have disappointed civil rights and civil liberties groups [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White House opposes special commission on harsh Bush-era detainee interrogations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/white-house-opposes-special-commission-on-harsh-bush-era-detainee-interrogations-36326/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Espo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration struggled to quell persistent Democratic demands for a potentially explosive probe of harsh Bush administration detainee interrogations Thursday, abruptly declaring opposition to an independent commission. Republicans stepped up their own criticism of Barack Obama&#8217;s handling of the sensitive issue.

At the White House, spokesman Robert Gibbs sought to underscore Obama&#8217;s resistance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BofA CEO Lewis testifies to NY AG that Bernanke, Paulson pushed Merrill Lynch purchase</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bernard</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE, N.C. — New York&#8217;s attorney general said Thursday top government officials pressured Bank of America Corp. CEO Ken Lewis to complete the bank&#8217;s purchase of Merrill Lynch, threatening his job security.

Lewis also testified that he had been advised by the officials, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, not to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rice delivered OK to CIA to waterboard al-Qaida suspect as Bush&#8217;s national security adviser</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:35:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Hess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — As national security adviser to former President George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice verbally approved the CIA&#8217;s request to subject alleged al-Qaida terrorist Abu Zubaydah to waterboarding in July 2002, the earliest known decision by a Bush administration official to OK use of the simulated drowning technique.

Rice&#8217;s role was detailed in a narrative released [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Bush&#8217;s national security adviser, Rice delivered OK to CIA to waterboard al-Qaida suspect</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Hess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice verbally OK&#8217;d the CIA&#8217;s request to subject alleged al-Qaida terrorist Abu Zubaydah to waterboarding in July 2002, a decision memorialized a few days later in a secret memo that the Obama administration declassified last week.

Rice&#8217;s role was detailed in a narrative released Wednesday by the Senate Intelligence Committee. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Bush&#8217;s national security adviser, Rice delivered OK to CIA to waterboard al-Qaida suspect</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Hess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — As national security adviser to former President George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice verbally approved the CIA&#8217;s request to subject alleged al-Qaida terrorist Abu Zubaydah to waterboarding in July 2002, the earliest known decision by a Bush administration official to OK use of the simulated drowning technique.

Rice&#8217;s role was detailed in a narrative released [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: CIA asked permission to waterboard 3 months before it got OK from Justice Department</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-cia-asked-permission-to-waterboard-3-months-before-it-got-ok-from-justice-department-34379/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Hess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The CIA first asked top Bush administration officials for permission to subject alleged al-Qaida terrorist Abu Zubaydah to waterboarding in May 2002, three months before the Justice Department approved the simulated drowning technique, according to a newly declassified narrative of legal advice Bush administration lawyers gave to CIA.

The narrative, released Wednesday by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate report says Bush policies led to prisoner abuses at Gitmo and in Iraq and Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pamela Hess</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The brutal treatment of prisoners by the military at Guantanamo Bay, Iraq&#8217;s Abu Ghraib prison and Afghanistan was systematic and a direct result of the CIA&#8217;s early use of harsh interrogation tactics, according to a Senate report. The 232-page report released Tuesday by the Senate Armed Services Committee came less than a week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Second Life matures, site plans to let users filter out adult content</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Second Life is getting a little less steamy for people who want to use the virtual world for a myriad of PG-rated experiences, such as taking classes, prototyping buildings or designing virtual goods.

For those who don&#8217;t, Second Life is moving adult-oriented content to a new, X-rated &#8220;continent&#8221; so they can continue to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Department of Agriculture to review civil rights complaints filed against it since 2000</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/department-of-agriculture-to-review-civil-rights-complaints-filed-against-it-since-2000-32356/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Clare Jalonick</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Agriculture Department plans to review more than 14,000 civil rights complaints that have been filed against the agency since 2000.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said only a small number of those complaints were eventually decided against the department and that 3,000 of the complaints have not even been processed.
&#8220;This issue has lingered too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malaysian court rejects Hindraf detainee&#8217;s appeal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/malaysian-court-rejects-hindraf-detainees-appeal-31882/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian court has rejected an appeal by a jailed leader of a Hindu body, paving the way for his trial under the stringent sedition charge.



The High Court rejected the plea of Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) legal adviser P. Uthayakumar that the charge was &#8216;baseless and defective&#8217; and needed to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheney calls for declassification of CIA memos showing interrogation results</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Former US Vice President Cheney has taken umbrage over the selective release of CIA-related interrogation techniques by the Obama administration that showed the Bush administration in poor light, and officially demanded that all CIA memos relating to the subject be declassified to show the positive results of the techniques.

Now that the memos showing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maharashtra challenges indictment for shielding loan shark</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Maharashtra government Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging a Bombay High Court ruling which indicted it for former chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh&#8217;s alleged move to shield a money lender.



Appearing for the state government before a bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, senior counsel U. Lalit apprised the court of the lawsuit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Khaleda Zia may be evicted from her home</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DHAKA - Political confrontation is building up in Bangladesh as the government prepares to issue a notice this week to opposition leader Khaleda Zia asking her to vacate her house within a stipulated time.



A notice to be issued by the defence ministry is now under process. Zia will be requested to leave the house within [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Varun Gandhi to be in jail at least till Thursday</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/varun-gandhi-to-be-in-jail-at-least-till-thursday-28286/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Monday asked Varun Gandhi if he was ready to give an undertaking that he would not create any volatile situation if freed from custody and posted the hearing on his petition to Thursday, which means he will spend at least three more days in jail.



A bench of Chief Justice [...]]]></description>
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