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Britain Celebrates a Royal Wedding (And Worries About the Bill) (Time.com)

November 16th, 2010

Time.com - It wasn’t a matter of ‘if,’ but ‘when.’ After eight years of dating, Prince William and Kate Middleton have announced their engagement. But while many Brits celebrate in…

Sarkozy nears victory on pension bill as unrest wanes (Reuters)

October 27th, 2010

French university students and striking workers attend a demonstration over pension reforms near the French Senate in Paris October 26, 2010. The placard reads Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy moved closer to victory on Wednesday in his showdown with unions over pension reform, with strikes easing and street marches losing momentum.


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French gov’t undercuts Senate on retirement bill (AP)

October 21st, 2010

A student shouts slogans during a demonstration in Paris, Thursday Oct.21, 2010. Protesters blockaded Marseille's airport, Lady Gaga canceled concerts in Paris and rioting youths attacked police in Lyon on ahead of a tense Senate vote on raising the retirement age to 62. A quarter of the nation's gas stations were out of fuel despite President Nicolas Sarkozy's orders to force open depots barricaded by striking workers. On her cheek reads: No to the reform. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)AP - The French government is short-circuiting a protracted debate in the Senate on a bill raising the retirement age to 62, brushing aside some 250 amendments.


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Mexican leader sends bill to disband local police (AP)

October 7th, 2010

A little girl cuts out a smiling sun during occupational therapy at the Ciudad Juarez branch of Mexico's DIF family development agency August 16, 2010. Neither Mexico's government nor the various independent groups studying organized crime keep track of the number of children dubbed AP - Mexican President Felipe Calderon has sent lawmakers a proposal to abolish Mexico’s notoriously corrupt and ineffective municipal police forces.


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Bill Clinton lobbies for earthquake aid to Haiti (AP)

October 6th, 2010

Former president and UN special envoy to Haiti, Bill Clinton, arrives to visit people who were displaced by the earthquake at the Petionville Golf Club that is being used as a camp for the displaced in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday Oct. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Former President Bill Clinton said desperately needed U.S. aid is coming to Haiti despite delays after listening on Wednesday to refugees in a sprawling homeless camp complain of…

French minister defends bill on losing citizenship (AP)

September 28th, 2010

France's Immigration Minister Eric Besson gestures as he presents to the parliament members his bill at the National Assembly, in Paris, Tuesday Sept. 28, 2010. Besson presents a bill that would strip naturalized French citizens of their nationality if they threaten the lives of police or other legal authorities. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)AP - Does France have second-class citizens? A new bill introduced Tuesday in parliament aimed at toughening immigration rules would strip naturalized citizens of their nationality if they threaten the…

In ANC bill, South African media see threat to press freedom (The Christian Science Monitor)

August 17th, 2010

The Christian Science Monitor - During the height (or depths) of South Africaâ??s racist apartheid era, draconian media laws restricted reporters from meeting with members of the then-illegal opposition movement,…

US wants Iraq to pay bill for war victims (AP)

August 12th, 2010

FILE - In this April 7, 2002 file photo, Marla Ruzicka leads a demonstration calling for U.S. compensation to victims of the recent U.S. led military campaign in Afghanistan, outside of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. The Marla Ruzicka Iraqi War Victims Fund, a special fund earmarked by Congress for innocent civilians killed in U.S. military operations in Iraq, was named for the young American aid worker who was the first to persuade the U.S. Congress to assist civilian war victims in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Recently, members of Congress asked the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Baghdad, which administers the fund, to explore the possibility of Iraq taking over financing and management of the project. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett, File)AP - Off a dusty street flanked by piles of rubble and bombed-out car skeletons, the Saleh family is rebuilding their home with American aid money they got because three…

Israel: Controversial conversion bill shelved (AP)

July 23rd, 2010

AP - Israel’s government is shelving a bill on Jewish conversions that drew sharp criticism from American Jews.

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Bill Clinton returns to Haiti on recovery mission (AP)

June 1st, 2010

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton, left, greets people in the street after a meeting with community leaders at the coastal town of Leogane, Haiti, Tuesday, June 1, 2010. Clinton made his first visit to the Caribbean nation since he was named co-chair of the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Committee overseeing billions in aid. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - Bill Clinton returned to Haiti on a new mission Tuesday to invigorate recovery from January’s devastating earthquake and help millions end lives of poverty and danger.


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