Opponents to the governor's bill to eliminate collective bargaining rights for many state workers have retaken over the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, March 9, 2011.
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Wisconsin Republicans pass parts of Budget Repair bill without Democrats present
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Today the Wisconsin Republicans reframed arguably the most important part of Governor Scott Walker's (R-WI) Budget Repair Bill in order to pass it without Democrats present. The Republicans sent the bill to conference committee where the separated the collective bargaining parts of the bill from the rest of the bill. The Wisconsin Constitution...
Wisconsin Senate Minority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, left, R-Juneau, and Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, right, D-Kenosha exchange words during a conference committee at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, March 9, 2011.
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Wisconsin Senate passes union limits despite Democratic walkout
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Wisconsin Senate passes anti-union bill Madison, Wisconsin (CNN) -- Wisconsin's Republican-led state Senate passed Gov. Scott Walker's proposed restrictions on collective bargaining for public employees Wednesday, getting around a Democratic walkout by stripping financial provisions from the bill. "Tonight, the Senate will be passing the items in...
Egyptians who oppose the continued presence of protesters at Tahrir Square, the focal point of the Egyptian uprising in Cairo, and army soldiers prepare to remove the belongings of youths camping out at the square in order to press their demand for a complete break with the ousted regime on Wednesday, March 9, 2011.
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Clashes Kill 13 as Old Woes Beset New Egypt
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By MATT BRADLEY And DAVID LUHNOW CAIRO—Clashes between Coptic Christians and Muslims have killed more than a dozen people in recent days in Egypt, heightening a sense that the country's postrevolutionary euphoria is yielding to enduring problems including sectarian violence, poverty and misogyny. View Full Image Reuters A Christian at Egypt's...
Egyptian pro-democracy advocate Mohamed ElBaradei, former chief of the UN nuclear watchdog agency and Egypt's reformist leader, talks during a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb.4, 2011. The Egyptian military guarded thousands of protesters pouring into Cairo's main square on Friday in an attempt to drive out President Hosni Mubarak after a week and half of pro-democracy demonstrations.
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ElBaradei 'to run' for president
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Mohammed ElBaradei, the Nobel laureate and former head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency, has said on a privately owned TV channel that he intends to run for president in Egypt's 2011 presidential election. "When the door of presidential nominations opens, I intend to nominate myself," ElBaradei said on ONTV channel on Wednesday. ElBaradei also...
Anti-Gadhafi rebels ride on a truck with a multiple rocket launcher, as flames rises from a fuel storage facility that was attacked during fighting with pro-fighters, in Sedra, eastern Libya, Wednesday March 9, 2011. A high-ranking member of the Libyan military flew to Cairo on Wednesday with a message for Egyptian army officials from Moammar Gadhafi, whose troops pounded opposition forces with artillery barrages and gunfire in at least two major cities. Gadhafi appeared to be keeping up the momentum he has seized in recent days in his fight against rebels trying to move on the capital, Tripoli, from territory they hold in eastern Libya.
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Libya: BBC crew beaten and given mock executions
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A BBC television crew seized at a checkpoint in western Libya were held, beaten and given mock executions in the most extreme case of the Gaddafi regime's harassment of international journalists. Goktay Koraltan, a BBC cameraman, was beaten by the Libyan authorities Photo: BBC By Richard Spencer, Tripoli 11:29PM GMT 09 Mar 2011...
Immigrants celebrate the end of their hunger strike, in central Athens, on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. About 250 immigrants in Greece ended their six-week hunger strike on Wednesday after reaching a compromise with the government, supporters for the protest said. Thanassis Karabelis, a prominent campaigner for the protesters, said the fast ended following a meeting with government ministers, who granted the mostly North African hunger strikers temporary residence permits.
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Immigrants in Greece end hunger strike
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DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press= ATHENS, Greece (AP) — About 250 immigrants in Greece ended their six-week hunger strike Wednesday after reaching a compromise with the government to delay deportation proceedings against them, supporters of the protest said. The hunger strike had emerged as a crisis for the government as the number of people...
In this photo released by the Royal Palace, Morocco's King Mohammed VI flanked by his son Moulay El Hassan, left ,and his Brother Prince Moulay Rachid, right , listen to the national anthem after he delivered a speech to the nation, Wednesday, March, 9, 2011 at the king's Palace in Rabat. Morocco's king announced constitutional changes in a rare speech, aimed at consolidating democracy.
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Morocco's king announces constitutional changes aimed to consolidate democracy in the country
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RABAT, Morocco - King Mohammed VI announced Wednesday a broad revision of Morocco's constitution, a move aimed to boost democracy in the North African country amid recent turmoil in the Arab world. In a rare speech to the nation on radio and TV, the king said a new commission would recommend constitutional revisions to him by June, and the overall...
This photo provided Wednesday, March 9, 2011 by the Illinois Information Service shows Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signing legislation to abolish the state's death penalty at his office in Springfield, Ill. Quinn's signing came more than a decade after the state imposed a moratorium on executions out of concern that innocent people could be put to death by a justice system that had wrongly condemned 13 men.
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Illinois Bans Capital Punishment
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Illinois became the 16th state to ban capital punishment as Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday signed an abolition bill that the state legislature passed in January. Related Times Topic: Capital Punishment “Since our experience has shown that there is no way to design a perfect death penalty system, free from the numerous flaws that can lead to...
The crew of space shuttle Discovery, from left, mission specialist's Nicole Stott, Michael Barratt, pilot Eric Boe, commander Steve Lindsey, and mission specialist's Alvin Drew and Steve Bowen gather after landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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Space shuttle Discovery lands, ends flying career
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CAPE CANAVERAL: Discovery ended its career as the world's most flown spaceship on Wednesday, returning from orbit for the last time and taking off in a new direction as a museum piece. After a flawless trip to the International Space Station, NASA's oldest shuttle swooped through a few wispy clouds on its way to its final touchdown. "To the ship...
The Pennsylvania farmhouse where police say seven children, including a 7-month-old girl, perished in a fast-moving fire Tuesday while their mother milked cows and their father dozed in a milk truck down the road, is seen Wednesday, March 9, 2011, in Loysville, Pa.
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Fire in central Pa. farmhouse kills 7 kids
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LOYSVILLE, Pa. - Seven children including a 7-month-old infant perished in a fast-moving fire in a home on a Pennsylvania dairy farm while their mother milked cows and their father dozed in a milk truck down the road, police said Wednesday. No cause or origin of the fire had been determined by early Wednesday morning, but the children's...
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Saudi Shiite protesters hold Saudi flags and portraits of unidentified Saudi Shiite prisoners during a demonstration in Qatif, Saudi Arabia,Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Activists in Saudi Arabia's Shiite Muslim minority have issued Internet calls for a "Day of Rage" on Friday. The small white signs at left in Arabic read: "Freedom, Freedom"
By SUMMER SAID in Qatif, Saudi Arabia, and ANGUS MCDOWALL in Dubai Saudi Arabia's aged leaders are grappling with their biggest challenge in years as demands for sweeping internal change follow a wave of Arab unrest that has unseated a key ally in...
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the parliament about the 750 billion euro rescue package in Berlin, Wednesday, May 19, 2010.
DEREK SCALLY in Berlin THE GERMAN chancellor has warned that the euro cannot remain stable if some member states feel the euro zone rules do not apply to them. Speaking at the traditional Ash Wednesday event of her Christian Democrats (CDU), Angela...
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A man works in a field near rows of apartment buildings under construction on the outskirts of Beijing, China
CLIFFORD COONAN in Beijing CHINA WILL spend Euro140 billion this year to build 10 million low-cost homes, a senior housing official told the country's annual parliament, the National People's Congress, yesterday, part of government efforts to narrow...
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Workers process chicken meat at the Huadu Foodstuffs Company near Beijing Monday Nov. 12, 2007. Beijing Olympics organisers took journalists on a tour of food processing companies which will provide food for the 2008 Olympics Monday, in an effort to allay fears over food safety standards in China. The tour followed a series of recent scares over tainted foods and products
2011-03-10 08:12:36.0Zhao YinanStronger food safety regulations debatedfood safety,law,punishment11051003Proposals2@webnews/enpproperty--> BEIJING - Lawmakers and experts have urged stronger punishments and improved law enforcement to ensure food...
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An anti-government protestor, center, carried by others, reacts during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. The Yemeni government escalated its efforts to stop mass protests calling for the ousting of President Ali Abdullah, with soldiers firing rubber bullets and tear gas at students camped at a university in the capital in a raid that left at least 98 people wounded, officials said.
Tweet - At least two people were killed Wednesday in a fresh round of deadly clashes across Yemen, where anti-regime protests have been raging since late January, medical and official sources said. One protester died of gunshot wounds early Wednesday...
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Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., left, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., arrive to vote on the spending bill in the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2011.
The Senate fails to advance the House-approved spending bill or an alternative Democratic plan. President Obama is facing greater pressure to influence the congressional debate. Share By Michael A. Memoli, Washington Bureau...
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A Predator drone unmanned aerial vehicle gets ready for takeoff on a U.S. Customs Border Patrol border mission from Fort Huachuca, Ariz., Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In an unusual briefing, a top Pakistani general leading troops in the volatile North Waziristan region has acknowledged the effectiveness of the American drone strikes against foreign militants, according to reports in the...
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Gen. David Petraeus the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the NATO's head quarter in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan says fighting this summer may be worse than last year but some reduction in American forces is still possible in July.
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EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton delivers a statement during a debate on the situation in Libya, Wednesday March 9, 2011, at the European Parliament, in Strasbourg eastern France.
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In this file photo, Carlos Slim speaks during a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, in New York. The New York Times Co. says it has approved a $250 million investment by the Mexican telecommunications billionaire.
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A German engineer of Cairos Technologies tests the new Adidas ball "Pelias 2" with a micro-chip inside at National Satium in Lima, Peru on Monday, Sept 12, 2005. FIFA intend to experiment with new technology at the upcoming World U17 champs. The ball is going to be fitted with a micro-chip and the referee will wear some sort of device that will send him a signal every time the ball goes out of play or over the goal line. If successfull will be used at next years world cup.
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Egyptians who oppose the continued presence of protesters at Tahrir Square, the focal point of the Egyptian uprising in Cairo, and army soldiers prepare to remove the belongings of youths camping out at the square in order to press their demand for a complete break with the ousted regime on Wednesday, March 9, 2011.
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A Pakistani rescue worker looks at the belongings of mourners left behind after a bomb blast in Matani near Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday, March 9, 2011. A suicide bomber attacked a funeral attended by anti-Taliban militiamen in northwest Pakistan killing many mourners and wounding more than 100 others, police said.
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An anti-government protestor chants slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, March 8, 2011. A Yemeni security official says about 2,000 inmates have staged a revolt at a prison in the capital, taken a dozen guards hostage and joined calls by anti-government protesters for the country's president to step down. The official says the unrest in the Sanaa prison erupted late Monday when prisoners set their mattresses ablaze and occupied the facility's courtyard.
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