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Support grows for U.N. sanctions against Zimbabwe
A majority of U.N. Security Council member countries support a proposal to sanction Zimbabwe and freeze the assets of President Robert Mugabe, French and U.S. officials said today, but Russia warned it might veto the plan. A vote on a U.S. draft...Tags: Government, National Government, Political Candidates, Economic Sanctions, Elections
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Swiss nationalist force referendum on minaret ban
Associated Press WriterSwiss nationalists are forcing a popular vote on whether to ban the construction of Muslim minarets -- a proposal that, if approved, could clash with Switzerland's constitutionally protected right to freedom of religion. The Interior Ministry said it...Tags: Government, Civil Rights, Political Candidates, Referenda, Freedom of Religion
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A right to asylum?
Sun reporterGrowing up in the West African nation of Mali, Alima Traore assumed that girls everywhere had to undergo the procedure. "In my country, it is usually an old lady" who performs the crude surgery, the 29-year-old woman said during an interview in her...Tags: National Government, Health Organizations, Health and Safety at School, International Law, Laws
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1919: President Woodrow Wilson received a tumultuous welcome in Manhattan after his return from the Versailles Peace Conference in France. 1947: Demolition work began in Manhattan to make way for the new permanent headquarters of the United Nations.Tags: Woodrow Wilson
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Daily almanac
1776: Col. John Nixon gave the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 1889: The Wall Street Journal was first published. 1947: Demolition work began in New York City to make way for the new permanent headquarters of the...Tags: Kevin Bacon, Douglas MacArthur, Celebrity
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Christie Brinkley touts herself as supermom
luis.perez@newsday.comTo the world, she is the former supermodel, but in her home, Christie Brinkley testified Monday in her divorce trial, she was really the Supermom. For Christmas, her $30 million Bridgehampton mansion was transformed into a "wonderland." She made her...Tags: Divorce, Family, Newspapers, Mass Media, Christie Brinkley
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World: Afghanistan Bombing undermines Karzai Regional tension surged and the already shaky confidence in the president takes a hit after a blast kills more than 40. C1 Dave Fairbank Where does the truth lie? Not long ago, Brett Favre was in...Tags: Brett Favre, Carrollton, Fires, Anheuser-Busch, Murder
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Congo warlord to stay in custody during appeal
A panel of judges at the International Criminal Court ruled Monday that a former Congolese warlord must remain in custody while they consider prosecutors' appeal of the decision to free him. Judges at the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal...Tags: Prosecution, Witnesses, International Law, Judges, Court Administration
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On July 8, 1822, English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley drowned off Livorno, Italy; he was 29. In 1889 The Wall Street Journal began publishing. In 1907 Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first "Follies" show in New York. In 1919 President Woodrow Wilson...Tags: Ojai, Florenz Ziegfeld, Woodrow Wilson, Satellite and Cable Service, Douglas MacArthur
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Today in History - July 8
Today is Tuesday, July 8, the 190th day of 2008. There are 176 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: One hundred years ago, on July 8, 1908, businessman and philanthropist Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, a liberal Republican who served as...Tags: National Government, Dwight David Eisenhower, History, Douglas MacArthur, Celebrity
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