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WRAPUP 1-Lawmakers accuse Obama administration of abusing free speech rights
Reuters(Adds comments from Lofgren, Holder) By David Ingram and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers accused the Obama administration on Wednesday of trampling on free speech rights and evading questions about the Justice Department's...Tags: Chuck Schumer, U.S. Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Washington, DC, News Media
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Our Take: Obama's bumble
Obama's bumble Barack Obama this week declared — well, through a spokesman — the president's belief in a free and unfettered press. His administration has a strange way of showing it. Obama's Department of Justice subpoenaed Associated...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Freedom of the Press, News Media, Crime, Law and Justice
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AP records seizure just latest step in sweeping U.S. leak probe
Reuters* FBI interviews at numerous U.S. government agencies * Signs probe hasn't found target * Media reports on Yemen-based plots at issue By Mark Hosenball and Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON May 15 (Reuters) - The Justice Department's controversial...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Iran's Nuclear Program, Espionage and Intelligence, News Media
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Kuwaiti ministers offer to resign - state news agency
ReutersKUWAIT, May 15 (Reuters) - Some members of Kuwait's cabinet have offered to resign, state news agency KUNA reported, citing the speaker of parliament. Kuwait's elected parliament has been caught in a long-running power struggle with the appointed...Tags: Parliament, Politics, Kuwait
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Spying on the AP
When the government obstructs the ability of a news organization to do its job, the most important victims are not journalists but readers. That's why long-standing guidelines set clear limits on how Justice Department prosecutors are expected to behave...
Tags: Government, Freedom of the Press, Prosecution, The New York Times, Crime, Law and Justice
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Iran MPs urge ban on presidential runs by Rafsanjani, Mashaie
Reuters* Hardliners seek to scuttle prominent independents' candidacies * Move could be meant to pre-empt challenge to Supreme Leader * Intelligence minister warns against election-related plots By Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI, May 15 (Reuters) - Some 100...Tags: Religion and Belief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Islam, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran
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In uproar over U.S. seizure of AP records, focus turns to Holder
ReutersBy Tabassum Zakaria and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was likely to face a storm of questions on Tuesday over the Justice Department's controversial decision to seize telephone records of the Associated...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, News Media, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, National Security
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Watchdog reporting
It's up to a free press to make sure there's accountability in government proceedings. The media is the only source citizens and taxpayers have to regularly make sure government leaders are doing what's in the best interest of the country. The press...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Freedom of the Press, Crime, Law and Justice, The Associated Press
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China urges North Korea to release Chinese fishing boat, 16 crew; owner says ransom demanded
Associated PressBEIJING (AP) — China is urging North Korea to release a Chinese fishing boat whose owner says it was seized by gun-toting North Koreans earlier this month and held for ransom, in the latest irritant in relations between the neighboring allies....Tags: Seafood and Fishing Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Pyongyang (North Korea), North Korea, Fishing
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ECB says in contact with Bloomberg over confidentiality
ReutersFRANKFURT, May 13 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank said on Monday it was in touch with Bloomberg LP after the financial data and news company had allowed journalists to see some information about terminal usage. Bloomberg customers, including the U....Tags: Federal Reserve, Central Bank, Finance, News Media, Economy, Business and Finance
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CNN, MSNBC, Fox show true colors in choice of stories this week
The Baltimore SunLast week was a great one for cable news watching. Not because any one channel did such outstanding work, but rather because several stories clamored simultaneously for the camera’s attention. The choices that a channel makes in such situations are...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Ariel Castro, Television, HLN (tv network), Crime, Law and Justice
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Russia's gays fear more violence after brutal murder
ReutersBy Thomas Grove and Steve Gutterman MOSCOW, May 13 (Reuters) - They beat him. They shoved beer bottles in his anus. They tried to set him on fire. Then they crushed his head with a heavy stone. A 23-year-old man in Russia's southern city of Volgograd...Tags: Moscow (Russia), Russia, Christianity, AIDS, Crime, Law and Justice
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