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Peace advocate to give Hesburgh speech at ND
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace will deliver the 19th annual Rev. Theodore Hesburgh Lecture in Ethics and Public Policy at the University of Notre Dame. Jessica Tuchman Mathews will talk...Tags: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Analysis: Why Google NKorea visit irks US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Google chief Eric Schmidt's plan to visit North Korea has put the Obama administration in the awkward position of opposing a champion of Internet freedom engaging with one of the most intensely censored countries. But the Obama...
Tags: Google Inc., Politics, Park Geun-hye, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Kim Jong Un
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Israel to withhold tax transfers to Palestinians
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Sunday roundly rejected the United Nations' endorsement of an independent state of Palestine, announcing it would withhold more than $100 million collected for the Palestinian government to pay debts to Israeli companies....
Tags: West Bank, Impeachment, Palestinian National Authority, Politics, Hamas
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Kerry stays quiet as Cabinet speculation swirls
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Kerry is angling to be the nation's top diplomat by being, well, diplomatic. The longtime Democratic lawmaker from Massachusetts has largely stayed quiet while President Barack Obama considers him for the next secretary...
Tags: Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Vatican digs in after gay marriage advances
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is digging in after gay marriage initiatives scored big wins this week in the U.S. and Europe, vowing to never stop insisting that marriage can only be between a man and a woman. In a front-page article in Saturday's...
Tags: Barack Obama, Christianity, Social Issues, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics
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Gun industry thrives during Obama's term in office
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has presided over a heyday for the gun industry despite predictions by the National Rifle Association four years ago that he would be the "most anti-gun president in American history." He hasn't pressed such...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Barack Obama, National Rifle Association of America, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Iraqi family finds peace in America
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterThe and quiet were deafening their first night in America. No bombs exploded. No Humvees with armed soldiers rolled up the street. No gun-toting militia knocked the front door down looking to kill traitors. Iraq was left behind a world away. "Too quiet...Tags: Iraq, Rebellions, American Red Cross, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Army
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Arab Spring, American summer: Foreign students visit Michiana, tell their stories
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- Menna, 20, paid no attention to politics until the Egyptian revolution started on Jan. 25, 2011. "We never imagined the president would be overthrown," said the young medical student, who lives in Sohag, a city about 240 miles from Cairo,...Tags: Democracy, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Mongolia, Arab Spring
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Michigan militia members cleared of conspiracy
DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday gutted the government's case against seven members of a Michigan militia, dismissing the most serious charges in an extraordinary defeat for federal authorities who insisted they had captured homegrown rural...Tags: Eric Holder, Lawyers, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Flu
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Girl Scouts under scrutiny from Catholic bishops
AP National WriterLong a lightning rod for conservative criticism, the Girl Scouts of the USA are now facing their highest-level challenge yet: An official inquiry by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The committee that will conduct this inquiry is headed by Bishop...Tags: Abortion, Christianity, HIV, Planned Parenthood, Social Issues
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Ex-Michigan congressman sentenced in terror funding case
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former Michigan congressman and U.S. delegate to the United Nations has been sentenced to a year and one day in prison for lobbying for a Missouri-based Islamic charity that had been identified as a global terrorist...Tags: National Security, Lawyers, Social Issues, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics
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No change in North Korea, expert says
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterDespite the death of longtime dictator Kim Jong Il, don't expect the North Korean people to flood into their nation's squares demanding democracy for their impoverished and long-isolated nation, according to University of Notre Dame professor George...Tags: North Korea, Kim Jong Un, China, Kim Jong Il, George Lopez
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