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Council asks city to look at its investments

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Seattle Times - By Lynn Thompson - Nov. 15 (News Report) - The Seattle City Council on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution in support of Occupy Seattle that calls on the city to examine its banking and investment practices, home-foreclosure patterns and the financing of local elections.

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Mind Your Manners: The Secrets of Switzerland's Last Traditional Finishing School

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Time - By William Lee Adams - Oct. 24 (Special Report) - If lunch at the Institut Villa Pierrefeu (IVP) often feels like a rehearsal, that's because it is. Under the watchful eye of Rosemary McCallum, a Cordon Bleu-trained chef and expert on table manners, 13 female students practice the skills they've studied in courses on European etiquette and table service. As the meal unfolds in a stately dining room with corniced ceilings, McCallum gently reminds the five student servers that they must pick up champagne glasses near the bottom of the stems and offer the pear-and-Roquefort tarts from the left. Back home, four of the five women serving have live-in staffs. But the program requires them to rotate through the service role anyway so they can better train and manage their employees. Vera, a 30-year-old playing the role of hostess, steers the conversation from her work with orphans back home in Lebanon to a Mexican guest's love of horseback riding. All goes well until Vera's fondness for Toblerone mousse leads her to commit a crucial error. "Your husband is still eating, and you've already finished," McCallum says. "Remember to pace yourself." Vera glares across the table at her husband, played by a female classmate from India. "Well," Vera says, "my husband should learn to eat faster."

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Discharged for Being Gay, Veterans Seek to Re-enlist

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By James Dao - Sep. 04 (Investigative Report) - .By some estimates, hundreds of gay men and lesbians among the more than 13,000 who were discharged under the policy have contacted recruiters or advocacy groups saying they want to re-enlist after the policy is repealed on Sept. 20.

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Live blog: Rebels fighting pockets of resistance; journalists escape hotel

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Aug. 24 (Breaking News) - With reported pockets of fighting remaining in Tripoli on Wednesday, the whereabouts of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi were still not known. Rebels seized Gadhafi’s vast compound on Tuesday. Celebratory gunfire was virtually nonstop as rebels streamed in and out of the compound, many leaving with weapons and ammunition seized from the complex. A senior NATO official warned that the war "is not over yet, although it's close."

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Egypt fires 600 top police officers in purge

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Leila Fadel - Jul. 13 (News) - Egypt sacked nearly 600 top police officers Wednesday, the start of a promised cleansing of a force blamed for chronic abuses during the rule of Hosni Mubarak, state television reported.

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After Years of Struggle, South Sudan Becomes a New Nation

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Jeffrey Gettleman - Jul. 09 (News Report) - After more than five decades of an underdog, guerrilla struggle and two million lives lost, the Republic of South Sudan, Africa’s 54th state, declared its independence in front of a who’s who of Africa.

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Alienated nation: Americans complain of government disconnect

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CBS News - By Brian Montopli - Jul. 04 (Poll) - Americans see their leaders in Washington as overpaid agents of wealthy individuals and corporations who are largely disconnected from the concerns of average Americans.

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Deaths as fresh protests rock Syria

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Jun. 17 (News) - Anti-government protests have begun in several towns and cities across Syria, with the army reportedly entering a town in the rebellious northwest. Rallies started in Homs, Hama, Deraa, Jableh and other cities after Friday prayers.

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Syrian troops 'widening' crackdown

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Jun. 14 (News) - Syrian security forces are reportedly widening an operation in the north of the country aimed at cracking down on anti-government protests.

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After 4 Years, Egypt Reopens Its Border With Gaza

Sat, 28 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Ibrahim Barzak - May. 28 (News Report) - Egypt lifted a 4-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, greatly easing travel restrictions on the 1.5 million residents of the Palestinian territory in a move that bolstered the Hamas government while dealing a setback to Israel's attempts to isolate the militant group.

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G-8 Finds $40 Billion for Arab Spring From Development Banks, Direct Aid

Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Bloomberg - By Gregory Viscusi, Tony Czuczka - May. 27 (News) - Group of Eight leaders pledged to support pro-democracy movements in North Africa, announcing a mix of loans from international development banks and direct aid totaling at least $40 billion.

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More than 350 hurt in protests at Israel's embassy in Cairo

Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Haaretz - May. 16 (News) - More than 350 people were injured in a protest held outside Israel's embassy in Cairo to mark the displacement of Palestinians during when the state was created in 1948, the Egyptian state news agency said on Monday.

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Syrian forces raid homes to quell protests

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Apr. 24 (News) - Secret police raided homes near Damascus overnight, rights campaigners said , as popular opposition to President Bashar al-Assad mounted following the bloodiest attacks on pro-democracy protesters in weeks of demonstrations.

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Yemen's president agrees to resign, official says

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Apr. 23 (News Report) - Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh has accepted a deal brokered by neighboring Persian Gulf nations to step down, a senior Yemeni Foreign Ministry official said Saturday. Both Saleh and the Yemeni opposition have agreed to the deal in principle. But Saleh has yet to sign the agreement, which mandates that he leave office within 30 days and provides complete immunity for him and those who served in his regime, said the official.

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Syria government approves lifting state of emergency

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Khaled Yacoub Oweis - Apr. 19 (News Report) - Syria's government passed a draft law on Tuesday to lift 48 years of emergency rule, a concession to unprecedented demands for greater freedom in the tightly-controlled Arab country.

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'Three Cups of Tea' author forced to defend against claims he lied

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Apr. 17 (News Report) - Greg Mortenson, the high-profile advocate of girls' education in Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been forced to defend his best-selling book "Three Cups of Tea" against charges that key stories in it are false. Mortenson shot to international fame with the book, which describes his getting lost on an effort to climb the world's second-highest peak, being rescued by Pakistani villagers and vowing to return to build a school for local girls. He also claims to have been captured by the Taliban and held for several days before being released. But another best selling-author, Jon Krakauer of "Into Thin Air" fame, told a "60 Minutes" investigation to be aired Sunday that the story is not true. "It's a beautiful story. And it's a lie," Krakauer is quoted as saying.

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Mubarak and sons' detention a victory for Egypt's opposition

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By Kristen Chick - Apr. 13 (News Report) - Egypt’s public prosecutor ordered former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons detained Wednesday for 15 days for corruption investigations, in what appeared to be a response by Egypt’s military rulers to escalating pressure from protesters to see their former ruler behind bars.

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Hosni Mubarak detained over corruption allegations

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Adam Gabbatt, Jack Shenker - Apr. 13 (News) - Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak has been detained and his two sons are being held in prison as officials investigate allegations of corruption and abuse.

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Ivory Coast fighters surround presidential palace

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Selay Kouassi, Ed Pilkington, David Smith - Apr. 05 (News) - Fighters loyal to Alassane Ouattara have surrounded the presidential palace in Ivory Coast with the help of UN and French helicopters, as incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo's grip on power appeared increasingly tenuous.

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France Takes Control of Airport in Ivory Coast

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Steven Erlanger - Apr. 03 (News) - French forces took over the Ivory Coast’s main airport on Sunday so that foreigners could be evacuated as fighting continued in Abidjan between rival presidents.

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C.I.A. Agents in Libya Aid Airstrikes and Meet Rebels

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Mark Mazzetti, Eric Schmitt - Mar. 31 (News Report) - The Central Intelligence Agency has inserted clandestine operatives into Libya to gather intelligence for military airstrikes and to contact and vet the beleaguered rebels battling Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s forces, according to American officials.

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Assad blames 'conspirators' for Syria unrest

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Mar. 30 (News) - Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has blamed "conspirators" for two weeks of anti-government protests that have rocked the nation.

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Syria's Assad deploys army in port to keep order

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - Mar. 27 (News Report) - President Bashar al-Assad, facing the gravest crisis in his 11-year rule, deployed the army for the first time in Syria's main port of Latakia after nearly two weeks of protests spread across the country.

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200 arrested as hardcore anarchists fight police long into night in Battle of Trafalgar Square after 500,000 march against the cut

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Mail - By Ian Galla - Mar. 27 (News Report) - Over 200 people were arrested as extremists brought violent chaos to central London yesterday after hijacking the much-heralded trade union protest against public spending cuts.

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Rebels push towards Gaddafi stronghold

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - Mar. 26 (News Report) - Bin Jawad is the latest town to fall as Libyan rebels' rapid advance west takes them closer to Gaddafi-held Sirte.

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