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Pamela Geller Branded as Hate Group Leader

Pamela Geller Branded as Hate Group Leader The New York Daily News reports : Manhattan blogger Pamela Geller and her posse of anti-Islamic protesters have been branded a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center . Stop the Islamization of America was included in …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 26, 2011

Clinton: Biofuels Could Cause Food Riots

Clinton Warns Biofuels Could Cause Food Riots The AP reports : WASHINGTON (AP) -- With global food prices rising and more corn being diverted to the production of ethanol fuel, Bill Clinton is warning of food riots in poor nations. The former president told farmers and …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 26, 2011

Security Council Meets to Discuss Libya

Security Council Meets to Discuss Libya The New York Times reports : WASHINGTON — One day after the United States closed its embassy in Tripoli and imposed unilateral sanctions against Libya , the United Nations Security Council prepared to meet in New York on Saturday to …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 26, 2011

Qaddafi's Forces Attacks Civilians from Ambulances

Qaddafi's Forces Attacks Civilians from Ambulances The New York Times reports : TRIPOLI, Libya — An increasingly gruesome picture began to emerge Saturday of the violent tactics used by the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi to quell protesters in Tripoli, the Libyan …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 26, 2011

Street Shootings Continue In Tripoli

Street Shootings Continue in Tripoli The Washington Post reports: BENGHAZI, LIBYA - Government paramilitary forces opened fire Friday on protesters who swarmed the streets of Tripoli in what opponents hoped would be a final push to  topple Moammar Gaddafi's regime . Witnesses …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 26, 2011

Iranian Nuclear Plant Fails To Start Up

Iran Nuclear Plant Won't Start Up The New York Times reports: Iran told atomic inspectors this week that it had run into a serious problem at a newly completed nuclear reactor that was supposed to start feeding electricity into the national grid this month, raising questions …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 26, 2011

Providence, RI Sends Every Teacher A Pink Slip

A Pink Slip For Every Teacher in Providence The Los Angeles Times reports: PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The school board of Rhode Island's financially troubled capital city has voted to send termination letters to all of its nearly 2,000 teachers after city officials said the move would give …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 26, 2011

US Imposes Sanctions on Libya

US Imposes Sanctions on Libya The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — The United States closed its embassy in Tripoli on Friday and imposed unilateral sanctions against  Libya , including the freezing of billions in government assets, as the Obama administration made its most …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 26, 2011

Government Shutdown Might be Averted

Government Shutdown Might be Averted Politico reports : strong> Threats of a government shutdown Republicans John Boehner President Bill Clinton Senate Democrats Democrats Harry Reid

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 26, 2011

Ferry Arrives In Malta, With Americans Aboard

American Ferry Arrives In Malta The New York Times reports: VALLETTA, Malta — After a two-day wait in the Tripoli harbor followed by a rough eight-hour crossing, more than 300 evacuees from  Libya landed here on Friday night on a high-speed ferry chartered by the United States …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 26, 2011

South Koreans Charge Captured Somali Pirates

S Korea Charges Captured Pirates The BBC reports: Prosecutors in South Korea have charged five Somali men suspected of being pirates with attempted murder. The charge can carry a sentence of life in prison, or death; lesser charges such as maritime robbery were also brought …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 26, 2011

Saif Qaddafi May Have Plagiarized PhD Thesis

Saif Qaddafi May Have Plagiarized PhD Thesis Schumpeter writes at The Economist : THE scandal over Saif al-Islam Qaddafi's PhD thesis, from the London School of Economics, grows. Why was he allowed to commission research from Monitor, a consultancy, to pad out the thesis? I had always …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 26, 2011

Texas Gov. Rick Perry Hesitant To Back Walker

Perry Hesitant To Back Walker Politico reports: Texas Gov. Rick Perry, chairman of the Republican Governors Association, stopped short of endorsing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s budget plan to end collective bargaining for most public unions Friday morning. Appearing with his …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 26, 2011

Charlie Sheen Rant May Cost CBS $250 Million

Charlie Sheen's $250M Rant The New York Times reports: Charlie Sheen ’s latest antics may leave  CBS and  Warner Brothers with a quarter-billion-dollar headache. The two companies decided on Thursday to halt production of the hit CBS comedy “Two and a Half Men” after Mr. Sheen, …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday February 26, 2011

Kathleen Parker Leaves CNN Show

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Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 25, 2011

Bartlett: Tea Party Holding Hatch Hostage

Bartlett: TP Holding Hatch Hostage Bruce Bartlett writes in the Fiscal Times : The  Tea Party  is making life very difficult for long-serving Republicans in both the House and Senate. Their usual methods of achieving power and success in Congress have been turned on their head, …

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Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 25, 2011

Pawlenty to Speak at Tea Party Patriots Event

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Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 25, 2011

Regan Affidavit Alleges That Ailes Asked Her to Lie

Regan Affidavit Alleges Ailes Asked Her to Lie The New York Times reports: It was an incendiary allegation — and a mystery of great intrigue in the media world: After the publishing powerhouse  Judith Regan was fired by HarperCollins in 2006,   she claimed that a senior executive …

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Written by FrumForum News on Friday February 25, 2011