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Texas executes Mexican after court stay rejected
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Mexican national was executed Thursday for the rape-slaying of a San Antonio teenager after the U.S. Supreme Court turned down a White House-supported appeal to spare him in a death penalty case where Texas justice...Tags: Local Government, San Antonio, Politics, Vermont, Justice System
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Obama to sign nuclear treaty documents Wednesday
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pushing a key foreign policy goal, a nuclear arms treaty with Russia, closer to completion. He was signing documents Wednesday for the New START treaty, a cornerstone of U.S. efforts to "reset" ties with...Tags: Russia, Washington, DC, Dmitry Medvedev, Politics, Elections
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Border Patrol seizes 2 valuable Amazon parrots
LA ROSITA, Texas (AP) — U.S. Border Patrol agents have made an unusual bust while patrolling the U.S. shore along the lower Rio Grande near Rio Grande City. A Border Patrol statement issued Monday says the agents were working near the river Sunday...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Politics, Texas
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Art Callaham: Calculated complexity
Lots of folks love to quote the Constitution. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. The document outlines the structure of our central government and frames the principle of federalism. Federalism is simply a political system that binds a...Tags: U.S. Congress, Freedom of the Press, Politics, Justice and Rights, Government
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Tribal members walk out of Keystone XL Pipeline meeting
RAPID CITY, S.D. - In a historic move, representatives from several Native American tribes united and walked out on a meeting with U.S. State Department officials Thursday, in regards to talks over the Keystone XL Pipeline. Supporters of the project say...
Tags: Keystone XL Pipeline, Barack Obama, Indigenous People, Politics, Interior Policy
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Path clear for Croatia's EU entry after Germany ratifies treaty
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - The German lower house of parliament approved Croatia's entry to the European Union on Thursday, clearing the last formal hurdle for the former Yugoslav republic to enter the bloc. Croatia is scheduled to join the EU on July 1....Tags: Croatia, Parliament, Politics, European Union, Berlin (Germany)
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Iran defends post as chair of UN disarmament conference
Reuters* Disarmament conference deadlocked for over a decade * U.S. urges barring sanctioned states from U.N. posts * Iran says will prioritize nuclear disarmament as chair By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, May 14 (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday defended...Tags: Bashar Assad, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Ban Ki-moon, Politics, Biological and Chemical Weapons
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Divisions hamper Europe's plans to tackle failing banks
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank clashed with Germany on Tuesday over how quickly the euro zone should complete a system to deal with failing banks. A separate rift also emerged at a European Union finance ministers meeting over whether...Tags: Bonds, Parliament, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Politics
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Iran defends post as chair of U.N. disarmament conference
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday defended its election as the rotating chair of the world's sole multilateral disarmament forum after the United States announced that its ambassador to the U.N. Conference on Disarmament would boycott any meeting...Tags: Bashar Assad, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Ban Ki-moon, Politics, Biological and Chemical Weapons
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ECB's Asmussen wants single bank supervision, resolution next year
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Central Bank policymaker Joerg Asmussen threw his weight behind demands by France and the European Commission for the swift establishment of a single supervisory authority and resolution regime for euro zone banks next year....Tags: European Union, Politics, European Central Bank, Germany, International Organizations
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Spain, Portugal push for full banking union as Germany finds hurdles
ReutersBRUSSELS/MADRID (Reuters) - Spain and Portugal called on Monday for the euro zone to complete a banking union as Germany underscored legal hurdles before a central element of the plan to deal with failing banks can be introduced. "It is indispensable...Tags: Parliament, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Politics, Government
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Limited banking union can buy time, German finance minister writes
ReutersBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's finance minister has called for a "two-step approach" towards European banking union, writing that a limited "timber-framed" union, set up without changing European treaties, would buy time to create a future "steel-framed"...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Politics, European Union, Germany
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