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(Photo: AP Photo / Rajesh Kumar Singh)Bal Thackeray again attacks Rahul Gandhi
Indian Congress party candidate Rahul Gandhi, left, interacts with rural women in Musafirkhana area of Amethi constituency, India, Monday, March 29, 2004. Rahul, the youngest member of the Nehru-Gandhi family to enter active politics, was given a rousing reception as he entered his prospective constituency, a seat once represented by his father Rajiv Gandhi....Full Story

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The Big Question: What is parliamentary privilege, and is it being abused?
| Why are we asking this now? | Three Labour MPs, Elliot Morley, David Chaytor, Jim Devine and a Tory peer, Lord Hanningfield, have been charged with false accounting over their expenses claims. They deny the offences and are trying to avoid a criminal trial by invoking...Full Story
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BY EVANGELINE DE VERA | A COMPLAINT for impropriety filed by a losing litigant in a "tele-sabong" or online cockfight betting against a Supreme Court justice has showcased a masked animosity between two rivals for the position of chief justice. | Associate Jus...Full Story
Preachers of hate
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | I agree with Wajahat Malik (February 1) that the electronic media should not promote fanatics as their only agenda is to create war hysteria, slander every state institution except the army, cripple the nation's ability to look within for mi...Full Story
Parishioners unite to oust priest
| Mumbai: The simmering cauldron at the seemingly peaceful St Michael’s Church, Mahim, could soon boil over with angry parishioners coming together to oust controversial parish priest Fr Hugh Fonseca. He has been accused of corruption, being autocratic, and of mis...Full Story
Schumer recommends openly gay man for federal judgeship
| February 8, 2010   | New York Sen. Charles Schumer announced Monday that he has recommended an openly gay man to President Barack Obama to serve as a judge in federal court in Manhattan, a history-making nomination. | Schumer said Daniel Alter, a former federal p...Full Story
GOP ready to lay an egg
| Panicky Republicans are clucking and cackling like the anxious chickens in the Super Bowl ad for Denny's pancake emporium. President Obama has invited Rs & Ds to chat about health care in a televised meeting this month. Pandemonium in the hen house. | Rooster-less Rep...Full Story
Don't Lie, Don't Cheat, Don't Steal: Corruption Case Goes to Jury
updated 6:18 p.m. ET Feb. 8, 2010 | For both the government and the defense, the closing mantra was "Don't lie, don't cheat, don't steal." | But they were talking about two different sides of the same coin. | Federal prosecutors were talking about Jersey City Deputy May...Full Story
Would you like to keep your First Amendment rights?
| Photo by euthman | A very important article was posted on the Indiana Pagan Announcements Yahoo! Group recently that warranted a reprint on Examiner.com.  There's been such outrage about these developments that it requires the attention of Pagans everywhere, not ...Full Story
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BOOK REVIEW: "The Boleyn Wife" by Brandy Purdy
The Examiner | "The Boleyn Wife" www.printedpage.us | Lady Jane Parker was a vile, jealous and cruel woman.  The wife of George Boleyn, sister-in-law and lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn, and accomplice to Katherine Howard had a malicious and resenti...
Should the government fund libel suits against its citizens?
Newsvine | At around dinner time on Feb. 6, 2008, a knock at the door at the Rawdon, Que., home of Steve Solo set the dogs barking. It was a pair of Sûreté du Québec police officers, on hand to usher in the local huissier -- the bailiff -- on an unannounce...
Pennsylvania Nonprofits Received More Than $3.8 million in 2009 From the Verizon Foundation to Support Education, Literacy and Domestic Violence Prevention Initiatives
PR Newswire | PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 1,450 nonprofit groups in Pennsylvania received more than $3.8 million from the Verizon Foundation in 2009, enabling recipient organizations to improve literacy skills, enhance educational opportunitie...
Verizon says it gave $4M to Pennsylvania nonprofits last year
The Business Review Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | | | reCAPTCHA™ | said Monday that its Verizon Foundation donat...
HARRY PHIBBS: Privileged? No one is above the law
The Daily Mail | Three Labour MPs facing prosecution for expenses fraud are claiming that their Parliamentary status gives them some sort of immunity. But as the eighteenth century lawyer Sir Thomas Fuller declared: ‘Be you never so high, the law is above you...
Court notice to NBA leader Medha Patkar in defamation cases
DNA India | New Delhi: A Delhi court today issued a notice to Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar asking her why she would not be prosecuted for perjury for allegedly filing fake medical certificate to seek exemption from personal appearance in tw...
'Don't ask' was built on fear, bigotry
Chicago Sun-Times | Hats off to Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Mike Mullen for initiating the move to restore full rights to gays and lesbians in the military. It's overdue, not just for reasons of equality or because many possess badl...
Power vs. the people
National Post  By Adam McDowell, National PostFebruary 8, 2010 4:08 AM   | At about dinnertime on Feb. 6, 2008, a knock at the door at the Rawdon, Que., home of Steve Solo set the dogs barking. It was a pair of Surete du Quebec police officers, on hand to usher...
Libel Cases
National Post  National PostFebruary 8, 2010 4:08 AM   | HALTON HILLS, ONT. | -A local Internet-based news outlet was sued by the town for comments about the local director of the parks and recreation department. In April 2006, Justice David Corbett tossed the ...
Club owners want former lobbyist Britt banned for good
The Providence Journal | PROVIDENCE - Several nightclub owners, including Alexander Tomasso, are seeking to block a former lobbyist and political consultant from a half-dozen Providence establishments, alleging he is putting a dent in business by disturbing and intimidatin...
Business Partner Fined for Slander via Facebook
Khaleej Times DUBAI ' The Court of Misdemeanours sentenced on Sunday a Syrian buisness partner to paying a fine of Dh3,000 for defaming one of his former employees on Facebook. | The 26-year-old defendant earlier admitted in the court to having uploaded several pi...
Standing one’s ground
The Daily Tribune | DIE HARD III | 02/08/2010 | President Joseph Estrada stood his ground when he defied the importunings of the Edsa II plotters in 2001. Although they tried but failed to force him to sign away his mandate to the presidency through a resignation lett...
Sun 7 Feb 2010
Sunday, February 7: Stop driving and talking on cell
Longview News Journal | As a person who travels frequently by car, and as a nurse who has worked in local hospitals caring for wreck victims, promoting public awareness of safety hazards is vital to me. For too long, we have allowed drivers to continue using cell phones w...
Malaysia: Anwar wants sodomy trial judge removed
The News & Observer | KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The sodomy trial of a Malaysian opposition leader who claims he is a victim of political persecution was temporarily halted Monday after he called for the removal of the presiding judge. | Anwar Ibrahim is accused of sodom...
How to Avoid Hiring a Bad Egg
Wall Street Journal By COLLEEN DEBAISE | Adapted from THE WALL STREET JOURNAL COMPLETE SMALL BUSINESS GUIDEBOOK (Three Rivers Press). | As you begin recruiting and interviewing employees, you'll obviously be drawn to certain candidates because of their experience, educa...
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