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Singapore pressures Indonesia to identify firms behind haze
ReutersSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's worst air pollution in 16 years sparked diplomatic tension on Tuesday, as the city-state urged Indonesia to provide data on company names and concession maps to enable it to act against plantation firms that allow slash-...Tags: Standards, Environmental Issues, Air Pollution, Science and Technology, Najib Razak
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Former Kosovo deputy PM cleared of corruption
ReutersPRISTINA, June 18 (Reuters) - A former deputy prime minister of Kosovo was acquitted of corruption on Tuesday, in a blow to EU prosecutors who had charged him as part of a drive to root out graft in the young Balkan country. Three government officials on...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Politics, International Organizations, Hashim Thaci
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Bulgaria proposes electoral changes to soothe public anger
Reuters* Three weeks in, new government has already lost credibility * After reversal of security appointment, new concessions are promised * Street protests that flared on Friday set to continue * Analysts say Socialist-led government likely to be short-...Tags: Elections, Politics, European Union, National Government, Parliament
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Biggest protests in 20 years sweep Brazil
ReutersSAO PAULO (Reuters) - As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday in a swelling wave of protest tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption. The...Tags: Sports, Subway Transportation, Elections, Politics, Corporate Crime
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Reuters World News Highlights at 2045 GMT, Jun 17
ReutersLONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- ENNISKILLEN - U.S. President Barack Obama sparred with Russia's Vladimir Putin over how to end the war in Syria on Monday during an icy encounter at a G8 summit where divisions over the conflict...Tags: G8, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Politics, Washington, DC, Turkey
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Protests build in Brazil as discontent spreads
Reuters* Sparked by cost of public transport, complaints grow * Protests unfold as Brazil hosts Confederations Cup By Todd Benson and Asher Levine SAO PAULO, June 17 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's...Tags: Sports, Subway Transportation, Elections, Politics, FIFA World Cup
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State Legislative Leaders Enabled Corruption
State legislative leaders should have taken their cue from U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton. In sentencing the first of eight defendants to two years in prison, she decried the scheme to kill legislation in exchange for illegal political...
Tags: Ethics, Trials, Elections, Politics, Religion and Belief
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Czech leader clings on after close aide charged with graft
ReutersPRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas was clinging to office on Friday after prosecutors accused a close aide of being at the center of a corrupt web of political favors and secret surveillance. The leader of a junior partner in the...Tags: Justice System, Organized Crime, Social Sciences, Parliament, Lawyers
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Voice of the People, Jun. 15
Gay marriage As our legislators in Illinois struggle with gay marriage laws, I would like to offer some insights about gay people that may help to expedite the process. I am not gay, but the following are statements I firmly believe to be true: •...Tags: Sports, Social Security, Politics, Mark Kirk, Government Health Care
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Bulgarians protests over media magnate as security chief
ReutersSOFIA (Reuters) - Thousands of people rallied on Friday to protest against the appointment of a media magnate as Bulgaria's new security chief in a show of discontent after disputed elections. Chanting "Mafia" and "resign", about 10,000 people rallied in...Tags: Elections, Politics, European Union, Organized Crime, Corporate Officers
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Jury gets fraud case against former Chicago alderman
An attorney for former Chicago Ald. Ambrosio Medrano came up with a colorful closing argument to a federal jury Friday, likening a government investigation of his client to cooking live frogs in a pot of water and purposely bringing it to boil slowly so...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Corporate Crime, FBI, Lawyers
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Czech PM faces showdown as coalition partners waver
ReutersPRAGUE (Reuters) - Some members of the Czech Republic's governing coalition are considering ditching Prime Minister Petr Necas after his closest aide was charged with bribery and ordering illegal surveillance, his deputy said on Sunday. Necas faces a...Tags: Justice System, Elections, Politics, European Union, Corporate Crime
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Jun 16, 2013
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