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Sonatas and Politics in the West Bank
New York Times, United States

And politics are never far away. Some Palestinian teachers couch the instruction in propaganda, calling it a means of “resisting the occupation.” Across the border in Israel, which has a mother lode of classical music talent, there is little awareness …

Obama: Tiller death 'heinous'
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he is shocked and outraged over the killing of an abortion provider at a Kansas church. Dr. George Tiller was shot and killed Sunday morning while he was serving as an usher at a church in Wichita, Kan. …
Obama 'outraged' at abortion doctor murder AFP
Obama 'shocked, outraged:' Doc-slaying The Swamp - Tribune’s Washington Bureau
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Party Financial Activity Summarized for the 2008 Election Cycle …
Docuticker

Democratic party receipts for the 2008 election cycle represent a 58% increase over the 2006 cycle and a 10.8% increase over the 2004 presidential election cycle. Republican party receipts grew 32.4% from 2006, and 1.3% from 2004. …
Partisan Differences Show in Party Fundraising Methods CQPolitics.com
GOP recovery a matter of when, not if South Bend Tribune
Parties raise $1.6B in '08 election cycle United Press International
Atlantic Online - Savannah Morning News
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Iowa presidential campaigning returns
The Associated Press

Campaigning for the caucuses begins earlier with each presidential election cycle, but interest among Republicans could be especially strong this time because of last year's example. That's when an underdog first-term senator from Illinois patiently …
Kennedy advocates for Iowa presidential caucuses Quad City Times
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Minuets, Sonatas and Politics in the West Bank
New York Times, United States

And politics are never far away. Some Palestinian teachers couch the instruction in propaganda, calling it a means of “resisting the occupation.” Across the border in Israel, which has a mother lode of classical music talent, there is little awareness …

What Muslims want to hear from Obama
The Associated Press

Comments from ordinary Muslims, analysts and President Barack Obama ahead of his speech to the Muslim world. ___ "The Bush administration, with its arrogance, destroyed the harmony between the United States and Islamic world. We hope under Obama, …

Clinton & Rove? two of a feather
The Choate News, CT

Hillary Clinton has joined Karl Rove in distracting our nation from the real problems that we need to face. Instead of showing that she can put aside politics to achieve solutions, Sen. Clinton has shown to us that she cares more for her own political …
Clinton leads 2008 money chase with $27 million Bangladesh News 24 hours
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Obama seeks 'common ground' on abortion
Calgary Herald,  Canada

By Mira Oberman, Agence France-PresseMay 19, 2009 President Barack Obama sought "common ground" over the divisive abortion debate in a controversial speech on Sunday at one of the top Catholic universities in the United States. …
Impact of Obama at Notre Dame expected to last The State Journal-Register
Obama Woos Catholics With Nuanced Abortion Talk U.S. News & World Report
Politics of civility needed in debate on immigration Los Angeles Daily News
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John McCain working to win fifth Senate term
KSWT-TV, AZ

John McCain is reconnecting with Arizona voters across the state, rounding up political endorsements, raising money and opening a campaign office in Phoenix, vowing not to "take one vote for granted." McCain, who lost out to Barack Obama in last year's …
McCain faces Senate primary challengers United Press International
McCain gears up for 2010 Senate bid AZ Central.com
mccain: Small business needs bailout as well Inside Tucson Business
Arizona Daily Star
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Barack Obama — The Price of Love
TMZ.com, CA

President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle hopped a jet to New York last night to see a Broadway play and then grabbed some dinner at a chic West Village restaurant. The only problem, Barack critics say, is that it's the American taxpayers who footed …
Video: Raw Video: First Couple Bound for Broadway Show The Associated Press
US President Barack Obama has fulfilled a pre-election promise by … BBC News
May 30 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama and his wife … Bloomberg
Times Online - People Magazine
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It's Time for Native Americans to Start Thinking Independent
Huffington Post, NY

In cities like Rapid City there are local elections for mayor, city council, school board, etc., already in their conclusive state. It seems that we live in a world of non-stop elections and politics. The longevity of Election 2008 took its toll on …

Cuba could derail Clinton visit
Taipei Times, Taiwan

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton risks walking into what one analyst calls a Latin American minefield over ties with Cuba when she visits El Salvador and Honduras this week. The issue will hover over today's inauguration of Salvadoran …
Obama's efforts to engage Cuba facing big test The Associated Press
Cuba and US inch closer Christian Science Monitor
Fight over Cuba to dominate OAS meeting WEAR
The Associated Press
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Cuba, US to resume talks on migration, mail
CNN International

The move came as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton left for a trip to El Salvador and Honduras. The US made the overture on May 22 to resume the talks. State Department spokeswoman Heide Bronke-Fulton told CNN, "We intend to use the renewal of talks …
Cuba accepts US migration talks BBC News
Cuba Offers Additional Direct Talks with US New York Times
US, Cuba agree to resume migration talks Reuters
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McCain faces Senate primary challengers
United Press International

PHOENIX, May 31 (UPI) — Former Republican presidential hopeful John McCain says he's not taking anything for granted in seeking a fifth US Senate term in Arizona in 2010. After spending two years on the presidential campaign trail, in recent months …
McCain gears up for 2010 Senate bid AZ Central.com
mccain: Small business needs bailout as well Inside Tucson Business
Political notebook: Brewer's stance on plan for tax-hike push is … Arizona Daily Star
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Cuba accepts US migration talks
BBC News, UK

The news comes ahead of a visit by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Honduras for a meeting of the Organization of American States, where Cuba's possible readmission is expected to be discussed. The unnamed state department official described the …
Cuba agrees to resume US talks AFP
What we think: Expect more from Cuba Orlando Sentinel
Official: US-Cuba talks on immigration to resume The Associated Press
Janesville Gazette - The Associated Press
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Obama rejects bid for liberty
The Age, Australia

US PRESIDENT Barack Obama has asked the Supreme Court to reject a request by Chinese Uighurs, cleared of all charges but still held at the Guantanamo Bay prison, to be released on US soil. The petitioners "have already obtained relief. …
Obama asks Australia to take Guantanamo detainees Reuters
BTL:Obama Adopts Bush-Lite Policies on Guantanamo Detainees Bay Area Indymedia
Australia pressed to take Uighurs BBC News
The News Herald - Hot Air
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Majority of GM Bondholders Back Debt-for-Equity Deal
Wall Street Journal

The Obama administration plans to usher GM into bankruptcy court Monday as part of its ambitious effort to remake the American car industry at the tail end of its decades-long decline. President Barack Obama is expected to announce the government's …
Video: GM Bondholders Back New Offer Fox Business
Obama to Announce GM Bankruptcy Filing: Report NBC Bay Area
General Motors news Detroit Free Press
AFP - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Can it be? Iowa presidential campaigning returns
The Associated Press

Campaigning for the caucuses begins earlier with each presidential election cycle, but interest among Republicans could be especially strong this time because of last year's example. That's when an underdog first-term senator from Illinois patiently …

MARK JOSEPH: Obama Brings His A-Game to Supreme Court Fight — Too …
FOXNews

comi enjoy American politics on two levels: first and most foremost, because it is where public policy is debated and decided. It's where ideas either succeed or fail and are enshrined into the law that we all agree to live by or discarded like …

FACTBOX-Palestinian security forces in the West Bank
Reuters

Some 1600 members of Abbas's National Security Force and Presidential Guard have undergone US-funded training since January 2008. Israel has slowly come to back the programme as a test of Abbas's ability to rein in militants, one of its main conditions …