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Pluto: A Celestial Second Opinion

After Pluto got dissed into nonplanethood, lawmakers from Pluto's discoverer's home county are fighting back!"Seven months after a conclave of scientists downgraded the distant heavenly body to a "dwarf planet," a state representative in New Mexico aims to give the snubbed...

created by Jordan Yerman | 2 years ago | updated 4 days ago
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YankeeJim

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McChrystal backs Afghan plan to skeptical Congress

Karsai predicts 5 years Obama 2 and its the money problem that rears its ugly head, how does Afghanistan pay for it new large army. Well there is black gold and plenty of gas, dig deep and they can find gold. I...

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created by Babel-Fish | 2 wks ago | updated 2 wks ago
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Congressman wants Lawmakers to enroll in Government Health Care

By Albert N. Milliron, Editor Politisite.com and Iron Mill NewsIf Government health care is good enough for the American people shouldn't it be good enough for the legislators themselves? Congressman John...

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created by politisite | 22 wks ago | updated 18 wks ago
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Senator won't deny CIA program was "Cheney Assassination Ring"

Gosh, it's hard to believe Dick Cheney would run an assassination ring through the CIA and not tell Congress, as required by law. Dick Cheney loves America, right? H-h-he wouldn't break the law,...

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created by TheCameraObscura | 23 wks ago | updated 23 wks ago
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Iraq MPs hold vote to allow UK troops to stay

"Aqeel Abdul-Hussein, head of the Sadr bloc in parliament, told reporters afterwards that Sadr supporters opposed any agreements backing the presence of foreign troops. The deal "is an extension of occupation...

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created by 158 | 23 wks ago | updated 23 wks ago
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Nauman Umair Khan

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Muslim woman appointed as Obama's advisor

USA, the land of opportunities, keeps on proving the great values which form basis of it's greatness. It's true that United States of America isn't great in all respects, only Guantanamo Bay is enough to validate...

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opinion by Nauman Umair Khan | 34 wks ago | updated 30 wks ago
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TheCameraObscura

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Colin Powell’s Top Aide says CIA Does Lie, Congress is Spineless

Recently House Minority Leader John Boehner demanded that the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi prove that the CIA lied to her or apologize. Unelected non-office holder, professional corporate lobbyist Newt...

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created by TheCameraObscura | 30 wks ago | updated 30 wks ago
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US administration makes urgent aid plea for IDPs in Pakistan

Nauman Umair Khan

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US administration makes urgent aid plea for IDPs in Pakistan

As reported by Dawn, US administration on Tuesday made urgent aid plea for IDPs (Internally displaced persons) in Pakistan. As a consequence of recent Swat operation against Taliban, more than a million people have...

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created by Nauman Umair Khan | 32 wks ago
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Blue Crush

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Canada: Giving Our Internet Some Love

The season of love is upon us. We know the open Internet, with all it's innovative services, is the real love of your life. So why not go ahead and show how much you care, make the Internet your...

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created by Blue Crush | 44 wks ago | updated 44 wks ago
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cassy82

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Lawmakers Reluctant to Release $350 Billion Foreclosure Bailout

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd recently said that lawmakers were demanding to see more concrete action from government before it approves the release of the remaining $350 billion bailout funds...

created by cassy82 | 48 wks ago
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Obama Pledges 3 Million New Jobs, but How?

.This sounds good but thequestion becomes wherethe money will come from.If it just adds to the deficitand national debt it couldbe counter preoductive. " Obama will meet with Democratic as well as Republican...

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created by 158 | 50 wks ago | updated 50 wks ago
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Emilio Lizardo

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Iran majority faction says no to Mahsouli (UPDATED)

" UPDATED: Iranian lawmakers are deciding whether to give a vote of confidence to Sadeq Mahsouli, the nominee for the post of interior minister. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered a speech at the formal...

created by rahul | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Senate stunned by sugar mills scam

"ISLAMABAD, Nov 13: The Senate on Thursday was stunned by revelations made by two PML-Q lawmakers about what they termed the biggest sugar mills scam hitting Sindh. Interestingly, no one from the treasury side came out to defend or reject the allegations made by opposition...

created by pakalert | 1 year ago
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Barry Artiste

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New controversy surrounds Ahmadinejad

Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is confronting more difficulties with the Parliament (Masjid). After his Home Minister was shamefully impeached for forging an PhD degree from Oxford University,...

created by rahul | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Pelosi supports new help for ailing US automakers

The US has been rife with specualtion over whether the US government would inject huge amounts of money into the US auto industry in order to keep it afloat or let it die. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi...

created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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