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News Analysis - Bracing for a Backlash Over Wall Street Bailouts - NYTimes.com
Bracing for a Backlash Over Wall Street Bailouts
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By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Published: March 15, 2009
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is increasingly concerned about a populist backlash against banks and Wall Street, worried that anger at financial institutions could also end up being […]

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Scoop: Ban Calls On Pakistan Resolve Differerences
Ban Calls On Pakistan Resolve Differerences
Sunday, 15 March 2009, 11:07 am
Press Release: United Nations
Ban Calls On Pakistan’s Leaders To Resolve Differences Through Dialogue
New York, Mar 13 2009 7:10PM
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, concerned about the current political crisis in Pakistan, has called on the country’s leaders to engage in dialogue to […]

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FACTBOX-Darfur one of several bloody episodes in Arab world | Reuters
March 15 Reuters - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant this month for Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
International experts say at least 200,000 people have been killed in Darfur, a mainly desert region in western Sudan. […]

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Wallace Baine, Baine Street: Where would I be without the World Wide Web? - San Jose Mercury News
Wallace Baine, Baine Street: Where would I be without the World Wide Web?
By Wallace Baine
Posted: 03/15/2009 10:22:52 AM PDT
I cannot live without the Internet.
Wow, it feels good to get that off my chest.
Honestly, here’s my hierarchy of needs: […]

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BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Sudan leader’s warning in Darfur
Sudan leader’s warning in Darfur
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A defiant Omar al-Bashir dances at a Darfur rally
Sudan’s president has issued a warning to peacekeepers, diplomats and aid staff while visting Darfur, in the wake of a war crimes warrant against him.
Omar al-Bashir said all foreign missions in Sudan […]

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In China, Clinton Focuses on Climate - NYTimes.com
In China, Clinton Focuses on Climate
By MARK LANDLER
Published: February 21, 2009
BEIJING — Declaring that “we hope you won’t make the same mistakes we made,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton invited China to join the United States in an ambitious effort to curb greenhouse gases, as she toured […]

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Belmont Club » Helplessly hoping
Belmont Club
February 20th, 2009 9:59 pm
Helplessly hoping
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Following on news that the Obama Administration is going to participate in preparations for the Durban Conference comes a report from AFP quoting Hillary Clinton as saying that human rights concerns won’t hinder relations with China.
Paying […]

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Asiabizblog - Business and Law for China and Asia: van Etten v. Mitsui — A Few Hackles Raised on First Reading
van Etten v. Mitsui — A Few Hackles Raised on First Reading
I’ve now had a chance to review the complaint in Van Etten v. Mitsui, 09 CV 1071, a reverse discrimination class-action suit brought by […]

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Clinton in China, a U.S. Truth Commission, and Troops to Afghanistan - Council on Foreign Relations
Clinton in China, a U.S. Truth Commission, and Troops to Afghanistan
February 20, 2009
* Iran’s Claim: In an editorial, the paper welcomes the belated rejection by the Iranian government of what it calls the outrageous claim by […]

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Around Town: How many amphitheaters does a city need, anyway?
Brian O’Neill
Around Town: How many amphitheaters does a city need, anyway?
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
By Brian O’Neill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Workers disassemble the Chevrolet Amphitheater at Station Square in 2007.
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In how many celebrity theme bars and chain restaurants must Pennsylvanians drink before the state stops spending […]

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