Women In Politics

Gunmen Kill Pakistani Cabinet Minister
The minister of minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti, a Christian, was ambushed in an attack similar to the recent killing of another liberal politician.

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San Diego-Based Warship Fired On as Somali Pirates Kill Four Americans
Rocket-propelled grenade fired at the USS Sterett during showdown with captors.

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What could kill social media
Righthaven founder Steve Gibson is going after copyright infringers using the murky legal definition of fair use to power a sue-first strategy. Could clicking a Like button soon lead to a lawsuit?

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Uganda bombings kill at least 64 people watching World Cup final at club, restaurant
EPA/STRAn 18-year-old U.S. citizen from Pennsylvania, who did not wish to reveal his name, talks to a nurse as he receives a treatment at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda’s capital. At least 64 people have been killed in three separate…

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Feds kill plan for $100M Md. diplomatic training center
ANNAPOLIS — Federal officials say they are abandoning an effort to build a State Department training facility in Queen Anne’s County. General Services Administrator Martha Johnson announced the decision Monday afternoon, noting community and environmentalist objections to the $100 million anti-terrorism training center planned for 2,000 acres of private land [...]

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APNewsBreak: 8 AK towns seek to kill land bill
Insurance now available for iPhones, but is it good deal with monthly fee and $199 deductible?

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Feds kill plan for diplomatic training center in QA
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Federal officials say they are abandoning an effort to build a State Department training facility in Queen Anne’s County.

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Top kill going as planned: Success in Gulf won’t be known for at least 24 hours
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., lower right corner, and committee member Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., are reflected in a video feed of the oil spill during a news conference Wednesday on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Oil well ‘top kill’ plug readied; agency rapped
BP readied yet another attempt to slow the oil gushing into the Gulf on Tuesday as a government report alleged that drilling regulators have been so close to the industry they’ve been accepting gifts from oil and gas…

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Five weeks of gushing oil: ‘Top kill’ plug readied
Marking five disastrous weeks, BP readied yet another attempt to slow the oil gushing into the Gulf on Tuesday.

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