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China Blocks "Egypt" From Web Searches

China Blocks "Egypt" From Web Searches The Wall Street Journal reports : BEIJING—Chinese authorities have blocked the word "Egypt" from searches on Twitter-like microblogging sites in an indication of concern among Communist Party leaders that the unrest there could encourage …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday February 1, 2011

WH: Huntsman to Step Down

WH: Huntsman to Step Down The New York Times reports: Jon Huntsman, the United States ambassador to China, has informed the White House that he plans to step down in the next few months, further stoking speculation about his presidential ambitions. The White House press …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 31, 2011

Ex-Airline Employee Admits to Terror Charges

Ex-Airline Employee Admits to Terror Charges Reuters reports: A former British Airways computer expert pleaded guilty on Monday to offering himself for terrorist training or insurgent operations abroad and encouraging others to do the same. Rajib Karim, 31, of Newcastle …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 31, 2011

Bloomberg Probes AZ Gun Shows

Bloomberg Probes AZ Gun Shows Politico reports: Bloomberg brought a little muscle to the gun show. In a move reaching far beyond the New York City mayor's turf, Bloomberg sent private, undercover investigators to an Arizona gun show. And Bloomberg says his agents found sellers …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 31, 2011

Mubarak Offers Talks with Protesters

Mubarak Offers Talks with Protesters The New York Times reports: The political forces aligned against President Hosni Mubarak seemed to strengthen on Monday, when the Army said for the first time that it would not fire on the protesters who have convulsed Egypt for the last …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 31, 2011

Italian Foreign Minister Warns of Radical Islam in Egypt

Italian FM Warns of Radical Islam in Egypt ANSAmed reports : (ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS, JANAURY 31 - "We do not want a solution that leads to radical Islamism finding itself in power". This is according to the Italian Foreign Minister, Franco Frattini, who has arrived at the EU …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 31, 2011

Read: Why the Poor Need School Choice

Read: Why the Poor Need School Choice Kevin Huffman writes : Williams-Bolar has become a cause célèbre in a case that crosses traditional ideological bounds. African American activists are outraged , asking: Would a white mother face the same punishment for trying to get her kids a …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 31, 2011

Palin Speaks at Gun Owners Conference

Palin Speaks at Gun Conference The Daily Beast reports : It's 8:00 on Saturday night in Reno, and 2,500 of the most avid members of Safari Club International —the sort of hunters who target lions instead of, say, ducks--are packed into the Tuscany Ballroom at the Peppermill Hotel …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 31, 2011

Rubio Won't Attend CPAC

Rubio Won't Attend CPAC TampaBay.com reports : Sen. Marco Rubio is the latest top-name Republican to bail on the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, set to begin Feb. 10. The newly-elected lawmaker will be focused on his Senate duties that week then "return to …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 31, 2011

Kabul Bank Missing $900 Million

Kabul Bank Missing $900 Million The New York Times reports: Fraud and mismanagement at Afghanistan ’s largest bank have resulted in potential losses of as much as $900 million — three times previous estimates — heightening concerns that the bank could collapse and trigger a …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 31, 2011

AZ Birther Bill Could Keep Obama Off Ballot

AZ Birther Bill Could Keep Obama Off Ballot David Corn writes at Mother Jones : The birthers have a plan to end Barack Obama's presidency—and in Arizona, they're making progress. Last week, Arizona state Rep. Judy Burges , a Republican, introduced a bill that would bar …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 31, 2011

Protesters Call for 'March of Millions' Tuesday

Protesters Call for 'March of Millions' Tuesday BBC reports: Tens of thousands have gathered in central Cairo for a seventh day of protest, calling for a general strike. Police have been ordered back to the streets, to positions they abandoned on Friday, but it is not clear …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 31, 2011

White House Expecting Huntsman to Run

WH Expecting Huntsman to Run Politico reports : The White House expects Jon Huntsman, the U.S. Ambassador to China, to resign his post this spring to explore a bid for the Republican presidential nomination, top Democrats said. GOP allies of Huntsman have already begun …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 31, 2011

ElBaradei Speaks to Opposition in Egypt

ElBaradei to Speak for Opposition The New York Times reports : Egypt’s powerful Muslim Brotherhood and the secular opposition banded together Sunday around a prominent government critic to negotiate for forces seeking the fall of President Hosni Mubarak, as the army struggled …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 31, 2011

House GOP Seeks to Redefine Rape

House GOP Seeks to Redefine Rape MotherJones reports : Rape is only really rape if it involves force. So says the new House Republican majority as it now moves to change abortion law. For years, federal laws restricting the use of government funds to pay for abortions have …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 31, 2011

Read: Weiss on Daniel Bell

Read: Weiss on Daniel Bell Michael Weiss writes : The death of sociologist Daniel Bell was remarkable for several reasons, the first being that there is no such thing as a New York intellectual anymore, the second being that his concept of the post-ideological age -- to which …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 31, 2011

US Calls for "Orderly Transition" in Egypt

US Calls for Orderly Transition in Egypt The New York Times reports : WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called on Sunday for “an orderly transition” to a more politically open Egypt , stopping short of telling its embattled president, Hosni Mubarak …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 31, 2011

Oklahoma GOP Pushes for Creationism

Oklahoma GOP Pushes for Creationism NewsOK reports : With a Democrat no longer in the governor's office to keep them in check, Republican legislators have filed numerous bills that could violate federal and state prohibitions against mixing religious doctrine with government, a …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 31, 2011

Detroit Mosque Bombing Plot Foiled

Detroit Mosque Bombing Plot Foiled The New York Post reports : DETROIT — A 63-year-old Southern California man who had explosives in his vehicle was arrested outside one of the nation's largest mosques in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, authorities in Michigan said. Dearborn …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 31, 2011

25 Protestors Arrested at Koch Meeting

25 Protestors Arrested at Koch Meeting Forbes reports : RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Twenty-five people were arrested for trespassing Sunday as hundreds protested outside a strategy session of conservative political donors at a resort near Palm Springs, authorities said. The …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 31, 2011