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Agents from the FBI and other law enforcement agencies work at a 24-hour operations in a coordinated investigation of the Times Square attempted bombing, Monday May 3, 2010. FBI Executes Search Warrant In Ricin Letters Case Sat 18 May 2013
SPOKANE, Wash. -- The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are executing a search warrant Saturday in the case of two letters containing the deadly poison ricin that... (photo: AP / Louis Lanzano) Huffington Post
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Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein attends the ASEAN meeting with Southeast Asian business leaders during the 13th ASEAN Summit in Singapore on Tuesday November 20, 2007. Myanmar leader to meet Obama but stalls on reforms Sat 18 May 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Myanmar President Thein Sein's historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That's been based on... (photo: (AP Photo/Romeo GACAD, POOL) / ) my SA
Myanmar   Politics   USA   Wikipedia: Thein Sein   Photos
President Barack Obama tries to wave away a fly buzzing around his head as he announces in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington Obama agenda seems to be weathering controversies Sat 18 May 2013
Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) Dayton Daily News
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Charlotte, N.C. Mayor Anthony Foxx listens as left as Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 29, 2013, after President Barack Obama announced that he would nominate Foxx as transportation secretary succeeding LaHood. Transportation nominee Anthony Foxx prepares for DC debut at confirmation hearing Fri 17 May 2013
WASHINGTON — Anthony Foxx appears to have a clear path to confirmation as U.S. transportation secretary next week, as virtually all of his 16 predecessors have. Yet... (photo: AP / Jacquelyn Martin) The Wichita Eagle
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File - President Barack Obama attends a meeting with electric utility executives and trade association representatives at the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C., May 8, 2013. Curse of Second Term Presidential Collapses Fri 17 May 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling There appears to be a curse stalking second term presidents, specifically starting with Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and... (photo: White House / Pete Souza) WorldNews.com
Photos   Politics   Scandal   US   Wikipedia: Barack Obama
Myanmar's President Thein Sein, left, shakes hands with Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott as they meet at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, March 18, 2013. Burma's Thein Sein heads to US for first state visit Fri 17 May 2013
Burma's President Thein Sein is heading to the US and will meet President Obama on Monday - in the first state visit by a Burmese leader since 1966. More than 20... (photo: AP / Mark Graham) BBC News
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Myanmar political prisoners who were released from Insein prison stand outside the gate of the facility Friday, May 17, 2013 in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar Pardons At Least 20 Political Prisoners Ahead Of U.S. State Visit Fri 17 May 2013
YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's president pardoned at least 20 political prisoners on Friday, just ahead of an historic state visit to the United States that will highlight... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win) Huffington Post
Myanmar   Photos   Political Prisoners   United States   Wikipedia: Burma–United States relations
Middle class people in India watching the cultural activity Why Indian Elites Like to Call Themselves ‘Middle Class’ Fri 17 May 2013
India’s Middle Class What Does the Future Hold? If you are an Indian reading this, you are very likely among the top 10 percent in the country, since you have... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) The New York Times
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Michele Bachmann speaking to students at Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa. Michele Bachmann: Every Weekend People Tell Me They Want Obama Impeached Thu 16 May 2013
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) told a crowd at a tea party rally that she's asked every weekend why Congress isn't working to impeach President Barack Obama. "I will... (photo: Creative Commons / Gage Skidmore) Huffington Post
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President Barack Obama speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. IRS CHIEF OUSTED IN TARGETING SCANDAL Thu 16 May 2013
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama forced out the head of the IRS on Wednesday, seeking to restore the public’s faith in the tax agency while asserting a measure of... (photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta) U~T San Diego
Photos   Politics   Resignation   USA   Wikipedia: Internal Revenue Service
File - A look inside Za’atri refugee camp, host to tens of thousands of Syrians displaced by conflict, near Mafraq, Jordan Jordan to host 'world's largest refugee camp' Thu 16 May 2013
Al-Zaatari refugee camp near Jordan's northern border with Syria is the second largest refugee camp in the world. On days when violence in Syria worsens, between... (photo: UN / Mark Garten) Al Jazeera
Jordan   Photos   Refugee   Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war
From left, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, International Security Assistance Force Commander U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus and Supreme Allied Commander Europe U.S. Navy Adm. James Stavridis talk during the NATO formal Defense Ministerial in Brussels June 9, 2011. Petraeus email objected to Benghazi talking points Thu 16 May 2013
NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — Then CIA-Director David Petraeus objected to the final talking points that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used five days... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen) The Guardian
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UN General Assembly approves Syria resolution UN General Assembly approves Syria resolution Thu 16 May 2013
The U.N. General Assembly approved an Arab-backed resolution Wednesday calling for a political transition in Syria, but more than 70 countries refused to vote "yes"... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider) Jakarta Post
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In this Sept. 14, 2012 file photo, Libyan military guards check one of the burnt out buildings at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, during a visit by Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif to express sympathy for the death of American ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and his colleagues in the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the consulate. White House releases Benghazi emails Thu 16 May 2013
Washington, May 16: The US has released emails exchanged between the various wings of the Obama administration about Benghazi terrorist attack last September that left... (photo: AP / Mohammad Hannon) The Siasat Daily
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President Barack Obama talks about health care reform as he announces his nominee for Surgeon General, Dr. Regina Benjamin, not pictured, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 13, 2009 U.S. tax chief ousted in scandal Thu 16 May 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington's top tax official was fired on Wednesday as President Barack Obama sought to stem a rising tide of criticism over the Internal Revenue... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak) Chicago Tribune
Barack Obama   Internal Revenue Service   Photos   US   Wikipedia: List of Internal Revenue Service political profiling controversies
President Barack Obama meets with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., right, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, and across the table are Vice President Joe Biden, partially hidden, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Saturday, July 23, 2011. Democrats and the IRS Thu 16 May 2013
President Obama fired acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller on Wednesday, two days after claiming it was an "independent" agency. That was certainly a rapid re-education.... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) Wall Street Journal
Democrats   Internal Revenue Service   Photos   Steve Miller   United States   Wikipedia: List of Internal Revenue Service political profiling controversies
Israeli soldiers stand atop of a tank during a military exercise in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights Israel Hints at New Strikes, Warning Syria Not to Hit Back Wed 15 May 2013
Correction Appended WASHINGTON – A senior Israeli official signaled on Wednesday that Israel was considering further military strikes on Syria to stop the transfer... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Hezbollah   Israel   Photos   Syria War   Wikipedia: May 2013 Israeli airstrikes in Syria
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Justice investigating IRS targeting of tea party Wed 15 May 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is investigating the Internal Revenue Service for targeting tea party groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax... (photo: AP / Alex Brandon) RoadRunner
Internal Revenue Service   Justice   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: Political profiling at the Internal Revenue Service
Attorney General Eric Holder, second from left, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. Holder says he played no role in AP phone subpoena Tue 14 May 2013
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder today defended the Justice Department's secret examination of Associated Press phone records though he declared he had... (photo: AP / Haraz N. Ghanbari) Tampa Bay Online
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Rep. Joe Sestak D-Pa., left, listens as Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., right, endorses him during conference call with reporters in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Sestak is running against incumbent Sen. Arlen Specter in the 2010 Democratic primary. Sestak won't run for governor, may run for Senate Tue 14 May 2013
Former U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak has ruled out a campaign for Pennsylvania governor, but he said Tuesday he is seriously exploring another run for U.S. Senate, possibly... (photo: AP / Matt Rourke) WPXI
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