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Pat Quinn, Dick Durbin Try To Build Support For Gitmo Inmates' Relocation To Thomson Prison In Illinois

AP   |  DEANNA BELLANDI   |   November 15, 2009

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CHICAGO — Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Sunday tried to build support and counter criticism of a proposal to sell a...

Mobster Domenico Raccuglia, 'The Veterinarian,' Is Arrested In Italy

AP   |   November 15, 2009

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ROME — Police captured one of Sicily's top Mafia fugitives on Sunday, dealing a stiff blow to the island's Cosa Nostra crime syndicate, Italian officials...

'Night Stalker' Rapes: Suspect Arrested In Connection With Over 100 Sex Attacks On Elderly

AFP   |   November 15, 2009

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Police on Sunday arrested a 52-year-old man in connection with more than 100 sex attacks on elderly women and men dating back to the 1990s,...

Obama In China: 'Walks A Tightrope' In His First Visit

AP   |  JENNIFER LOVEN   |   November 15, 2009

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SHANGHAI — President Barack Obama is walking a tightrope on his first trip to China, seeking to enlist help in tackling urgent global problems while...

Obama: US, Russia Will Have New Nuclear Pact By Year's End

AP   |  JENNIFER LOVEN   |   November 15, 2009

Read More: Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, U.S. Russia Nuclear Pact
SHANGHAI — President Barack Obama is walking a tightrope on his first trip to China, seeking to enlist help in tackling urgent global problems while...

China Detains Dissidents Ahead Of Obama Visit

Financial Times   |  Jamil Anderlini   |   November 15, 2009

Read More: Barack Obama, China, China Detains Dissidents, Obama China Trip.
Chinese police have detained dozens of dissidents and political reform advocates ahead of US President Barack Obama's first visit to China, according to family members...

World Food Programme Asks Billion People For One Euro To Beat Hunger

Reuters   |  Daniel Flynn   |   November 15, 2009

Read More: Fill The Cup, Poverty, World Food Programme
he World Food Programme, facing a major funding shortfall as donor governments are hit by the financial crisis, is appealing directly to one billion individuals...

Obama Bows In Japan To Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

  |   November 15, 2009

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In a scene that will likely be replayed on Sunday's political talk shows, President Obama bowed deeply to the Emperor and Empress of Japan on...

Obama tells Myanmar junta to free Suu Kyi

AP   |  VIJAY JOSHI   |   November 15, 2009

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SINGAPORE — President Barack Obama on Sunday told Myanmar's junta to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during an unusual face-to-face interaction with a...

Obama's Visit Stirs Rethinking On Race, Racism In China

Washington Post   |  Keith B. Richburg   |   November 15, 2009

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As the country gets ready to welcome the first African American U.S. president, whose first official visit here starts Sunday, the Chinese are confronting their...

Daniel Pearl's Family Disagrees WIth NYC Trial For Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

  |   November 15, 2009

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The mother and father of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl are disappointed with the federal government's decision to try Pearl's professed killer and...

Frank Rich: The Missing Link Between Fort Hood And The War In Afghanistan

New York Times   |  FRANK RICH   |   November 14, 2009

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For all the right's jeremiads, its own brand of political correctness kept it from connecting two crucial dots: how our failing war against terrorists in...

Thomson Prison In Illinois Is Leading Choice In Obama's Search For Stateside Gitmo

AP   |  TAMMY WEBBER   |   November 14, 2009

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CHICAGO — The Obama administration may buy a near-empty prison in rural northwestern Illinois to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay along with federal inmates, a...

Cuba Bodybuilding Competition (PHOTOS)

  |   November 14, 2009

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Last weekend was Cuba's 22nd regional and national bodybuilding competition, which took place in the Mariana Grajales cinema in Havana, and featured some 50 contestants...

Chinese Officials Told To Dump Mistresses

AP   |  CHRISTOPHER BODEEN   |   November 14, 2009

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BEIJING — Chinese officials are being told to dump their mistresses, avoid hostess bars, and shun extravagances as part of the Communist party's efforts to...
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