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Egypt’s Mursi accused of stifling dissent in media crackdown

YoopyaAugust 18, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 18, 20120

By Yasmine Saleh CAIRO (Reuters) – A media crackdown in the first month of Mohamed Mursi’s rule has raised fears Egypt’s Islamist president is moving

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Obama: Republican approach to education funding is backward

YoopyaAugust 18, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 18, 20120

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama accused Republicans on Saturday of a backward approach to education funding that would mean further teacher layoffs, in a veiled

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VP candidate Ryan releases two years of tax returns

YoopyaAugust 18, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 18, 20120

(Reuters) – Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan on Friday released tax returns showing he paid an effective tax rate of 20 percent last year,

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Obama recycles earmarks to fund transportation projects

YoopyaAugust 18, 2012June 25, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 18, 2012June 25, 20230

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama is sending $473 million to 49 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., for transportation projects, pulling together funds that were earmarked

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Syria denies Assad’s deputy tried to defect

YoopyaAugust 18, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 18, 20120

(Reuters) – Syria denied reports on Saturday that President Bashar al-Assad’s deputy had defected and his forces pressed an offensive against rebels, bombarding parts of

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Kim visits North Korea’s army unit that launched 2010 shelling of South

YoopyaAugust 18, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 18, 20120

(Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a frontline military detachment, state media reported, and reminded troops of their duty to fight a

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China protests over plans by Japanese group to visit near disputed islands

YoopyaAugust 18, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 18, 20120

(Reuters) – China lodged a formal protest with Japan on Saturday over plans by a Japanese nationalist group including lawmakers to hold a ceremony commemorating

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Russia’s female punk band protesters jailed for two years

YoopyaAugust 18, 2012March 17, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 18, 2012March 17, 20240

(Reuters) – Three women from the Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in jail on Friday for staging a protest against

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Group behind Obama attack ad has Republican Party ties

YoopyaAugust 18, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 18, 20120

(Reuters) – A group of former U.S. spies and commandos that launched a media campaign this week criticizing President Barack Obama’s national security record has

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Budget breather for Greece would spur economic recovery: report

YoopyaAugust 18, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 18, 20120

(Reuters) – Finance ministry officials in Greece have calculated that the debt-stricken country’s economy will recover faster and its debt be more sustainable if it