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Colombia lawmakers reject controversial gay marriage bill
BOGOTA — Colombian lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a polarizing bill to allow same-sex marriage in the predominantly Roman Catholic nation, as hundreds of people took to the streets to demonstrate for and against the measure. The bill was rejected...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Elections, Bogota (Colombia), Marriage, Colombia
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On Obamacare, sequester and taxes: predictions revisited
Politicians (including former politicians) like to be right more than most people. You see, in politics, public officials live or die by their (very) public opinions concerning the issues of the day. It is with this somber thought in mind that I reissue...
Tags: Gerard Depardieu, POLITICO LLC, Harry Reid, Employment Opportunities, Congressional Budget Office
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France's discomfort with capitalism
Historians note the American alliance with King Louis XVI sustained the American cause during the darkest days of the Revolution. The history is impossible to escape. But for the deal struck in February 1778, General Washington and his Continental...
Tags: Elections, Muammar Gaddafi, Libya, Personal Income, White House
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Rachel Marsden: Is Putin the Russian Reagan?
It would seem that we're now at the stage of global economic lunacy where the worldwide socialist slide is so far gone that the president of Russia is lecturing the world, and particularly Europe, about the risks of socialism. Speaking at the Asia-...
Tags: Bernard Arnault, France, Political Systems, Illegal Immigrants, International Trade
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Past Baltimore-Washington organizer considers 2024 Olympic bid
The Olympic flame may not be extinguished along the Chesapeake Bay.
A key organizer of the region's unsuccessful bid for the 2012 Summer Games is gauging interest in making a run at the 2024 Games. Dan Knise, president and CEO of the Washington-Baltimore...Tags: Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony, Sports Organizations, International Olympic Committee, NBC (tv network)
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Baltimore should say no to a 2024 Olympics bid
Even before the 2012 London Olympics held its closing ceremonies last night, organizers and politicians were already looking ahead to the next round of bidding to host the games. Toronto is examining whether to throw its hat into the ring for the 2024...
Tags: Auto Racing, Olympic Games, Tourism and Leisure, University of Oxford, Grand Prix of Baltimore
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Rachel Marsden on Waiting for a European Santa Claus
While your co-workers hover around the water cooler debating whether it matters if Mitt Romney bullied some kid in his youth, a formerly First World nation called Greece is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. Why, you might ask, should Middle America...
Tags: Greece, France, Federal Reserve, Nicolas Sarkozy, Barack Obama
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Putin returns, and so does a Cold War mentality
Now that Vladimir Putin is Russia's president once again, the result of still another fraudulent election, we should expect ever more hostile relations with Moscow. Mr. Putin, a vain and vulgar man, was born and bred to despise the United States. And...
Tags: Elections, The New York Times, Defense, Entertainment Events, Robert Gates
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