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22 companies are listed for alleged Iran ties, sanctions
The state Board of Public Works is expected to put 22 companies on notice Wednesday that they must show they are not investing in Iran's energy sector or be disqualified from doing business with the state. The companies are the first to be targeted under...Tags: Government, Business Institutions, Lawyers, Angola, Hyundai Motor Co.
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Pakistan's nukes
The attack by Taliban fighters this week on a major Pakistani air base where nuclear weapons allegedly were stored offered a dramatic example of what the U.S. fears most about its unstable, nuclear-armed ally. Though Pakistan claimed its forces repelled...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Taliban, Weaponry, Haqqani Network, Pakistan
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Cynthia Earl Kerman, Villa Julie professor
Cynthia Earl Kerman, a retired Villa Julie College faculty member who wrote biographies of a Quaker economist and a Harlem Renaissance writer, died of pneumonia July 22 at the Glen Meadows retirement community. She was 89 and had lived in Lauraville....Tags: Marlborough, Colleges and Universities, Islamabad (Pakistan), Biography (genre), Pneumonia
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Brazil, Russia, India and China: The world's trouble children
As the world struggles to deal with its two largest foreign-affairs dilemmas, Syria and Iran, resolutely standing in the way are the BRICs. That's the acronym foreign-policy wonks use for the block of nations that routinely refuses to join the...
Tags: Health Organizations, Bashar Assad, Entertainment Events, Culture, Social Sciences
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Op-ed takes a too rosy view of Iranian intentions
Commentator Ray McGovern charges Israel with using the pretext of alleged Iranian support for terrorism, to "whip up support for war" ("Is Israel fixing the intel? Netanyahu's rhetoric has echoes of Bush administration's justification for the Iraq war,"...Tags: Tony Blair, Iran's Nuclear Program, Gaza Strip, Barack Obama, Madeleine Albright
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Guns and terrorism, American style
Six Sikhs have died in a gurdwara in Milwaukee thanks to an angry white supremacist named Wade Michael Page, who authorities say barged in there with an assault rifle and shot worshipers down in cold blood ("Shooter had hate-group ties," Aug. 7). In...Tags: Gun Control, Islam, Laws, Barack Obama, Weaponry
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Obama, Romney miss the elephant in the room
The unemployment rate has been stuck above 8 percent for months. President Barack Obama continues to blame the moribund economy on President George W. Bush while claiming that he has created 4.5 million jobs. Republican challenger Mitt Romney announces...
Tags: Japan, North American Free Trade Agreement, Barack Obama, Software Industry, Trade Dispute
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Researcher hunts for sickle cell anemia cure with gene targeting, stem cells
Halfway around the world in India, Sivaprakash Ramalingam had heard of Johns Hopkins researchers using a promising new technique for gene therapy that he hoped to integrate with stem cells to cure diseases.
After getting a doctorate in biochemistry in...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Sickle Cell Disease, Anemia, Health and Safety at School, Blood Disorders
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Storms and power outages are harbingers of what's to come
I had to laugh at your epic-length editorial on the subject of Baltimore's power outages ("Feeling powerless," July 3). It exemplified the frustration of city dwellers with BGE for leaving them high and dry after the freak storm that passed through...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Conservation
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For the poor, the lack of health insurance can be deadly
As a practicing endocrinologist, I write with heavy heart regarding your article on medical insurance ("Maryland braces for Supreme Court decision on health care reform law," June 19). Through the years of recession, several patients of mine lost their...Tags: Cell Phones, Government Health Care, Diabetes, Health Insurance, Loss of Weight
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Father-and-son team heading for Central America to help the poor
Owings Mills ophthalmologist Marc Honig and his son, Evan, could have simply donated some money to help the disadvantaged in Honduras. They could have collected some old eyeglasses, or solicited their colleagues and fellow students for help, or tried to...Tags: Central America, Honduras, Pikesville, Hospitals and Clinics
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Kale takes the spotlight as foodies hail its health benefits
After years of being relegated through the purgatory of forgotten foods, kale has found itself in the spotlight for the first time in decades and is ready to prove it belongs there permanently. A crop of the ancients, kale has been cultivated for over 2,...
Tags: Chicago, Brussel Sprouts, New York City, Cook County, Egypt
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