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UN: world population to reach 8.1 billion in 2025
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A new U.N. report is forecasting that the world's population will increase from 7.2 billion today to 8.1 billion in 2025 and 9.6 billion in 2050. The report, released Thursday, said most of the population growth will occur in...Tags: Pakistan
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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: North Korea, Washington, DC, Trips and Vacations, Kim Jong Il, Travel
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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: Vatican City, Politics, Gays and Lesbians, Benedict XVI, Birth Control
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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: Palestinian National Authority, Government, Politics, West Bank, Richard III, King of England
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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: Washington, DC, Lifestyle and Leisure, Christopher Stevens, John Edwards, Elizabeth Warren
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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, Washington, DC, National Rifle Association of America, George W. Bush, Interior Policy
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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: U.S. Army, Explosions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Emergency Incidents, American Red Cross
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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: Labor Legislation, Muammar Gaddafi, Political Systems, Hosni Mubarak, National Government
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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: Flu, Government, Judges, Politics, Law Enforcement
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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: HIV, Boy Scouts of America, Planned Parenthood, Social Organizations, Youth Organizations
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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 Il, Kim Jong Un, George Lopez , China
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