Aung San Suu Kyi Freed by Burmese Junta

Aung San Suu Kyi Freed by Burmese Junta The New York Times reports : YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi , was freed from house arrest on Saturday, setting her on the path to a possible new confrontation with the generals who had kept her out …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 15, 2010

Cameron Lobbies for UK to Host World Cup

Cameron Lobbies for UK to Host World Cup The Daily Mail reports : Prime Minister David Cameron has emerged as England's best - and possibly last - hope of securing the World Cup finals for England in 2018. Bid officials have intensified their lobbying as the …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 15, 2010

Lid Dem President: Tory Pact is 'Raving Mad'

Lid Dem Prez: Tory Pact is 'Raving Mad' The Independent reports : The new president of the Liberal Democrats last night dismissed the idea of a long-term pact with the Tories as "absolutely stark raving mad". In comments likely to raise the hackles of traditional Conservatives…

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 15, 2010

Obama Seeks Arms Deal by Year End

Obama Seeks Arms Deal by Year End The Wall Street Journal reports : YOKOHAMA, Japan—U.S. President Barack Obama promised his Russian counterpart a "full-court press" to ratify their nuclear arms accord this year, before a more Republican Senate makes passage considerably more …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 15, 2010

Axelrod to Begin Re-election Campaign Next Year

Axelrod to Begin Re-election Campaign Next Year USA Today reports : In case you were wondering if President Obama will seek re-election: Top adviser David Axelrod confirmed today he will leave the White House in the first half of next year to start organizing Obama's 2012 …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 15, 2010

Dem Strategists to Obama: Don't Seek Reelection

Dem Strategists to Obama: Don't Seek Reelection Pat Caddell and Douglas Schoen write in the Washington Post : President Obama must decide now how he wants to govern in the two years leading up to the 2012 presidential election. In recent days, he has offered differing visions of …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 15, 2010

Report: Nazis Sheltered by CIA after WWII

Report: Nazis Sheltered by CIA after WWII The New York Times reports : WASHINGTON — A secret history of the United States government’s Nazi-hunting operation concludes that American intelligence officials created a “safe haven” in the United States for Nazis and their collaborator…

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 15, 2010

GOP 2012 Hopefuls Line Up Donors

GOP 2012 Hopefuls Line Up Donors The New York Times reports : Mitt Romney is not running for president, yet. But a handful of big donors have each contributed in the realm of $100, 000, or more, to Mr. Romney this year through a network of state political action committees …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 15, 2010

IRS Withholds Data That Might Find Missing Children

IRS Withholds Data That Might Find Missing Children The New York Times reports : For parents of missing children, any scrap of information that could lead to an abductor is precious. Three years into an excruciating search for her abducted son, Susan Lau got such a tip. Her …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 15, 2010

Cigarette Companies Fight New Restrictions

Cigarette Companies Fight New Restrictions The New York Times reports : As sales to developing nations become ever more important to giant tobacco companies, they are stepping up efforts around the world to fight tough restrictions on the marketing of cigarettes . Companies …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 15, 2010

Clinton Silent on Iraq's Christian Genocide

Clinton Silent on Iraq's Christian Genocide Reza Aslan writes : A full-scale genocide is under way in Iraq: a well-planned, well-financed, deliberate plot to cleanse the country of its Christian citizens. And thus far, neither the Iraqi government nor the United States is doing …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 15, 2010

Madoff Auction Nets Over $2 Million

Madoff Auction Nets Over $2 Million The NY Daily News reports : The way his stuff was selling, you'd think people actually liked the guy. Despised Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff 's bling went under the hammer in New York yesterday, and hundreds of buyers swapped their …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 15, 2010

British Couple Held by Pirates Freed

British Couple Held by Pirates Freed The Guardian reports : A British couple held captive for more than a year by Somali pirates said they were "skinny and bony" but otherwise fine today after a substantial ransom was paid to secure their release. Taken hostage after pirates …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday November 15, 2010

UK's Top Soldier: Al Qaeda Can't be Beat

UK's Top Soldier: Al Qaeda Can't be Beat The Daily Telegraph reports: The new head of Britain's armed forces, Gen Sir David Richards, has warned that the West cannot defeat al-Qaeda and militant Islam. He said defeating Islamist militancy was "unnecessary and would never be …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 14, 2010

Michael Moore: Dems 'Can't Keep Blaming Bush'

Michael Moore: Dems 'Can't Keep Blaming Bush' Mediaite reports: One of the Old Guard has begun to change his tune: Michael Moore is calling for a moratorium on blaming President Bush. Well, sort of. On last night’s Real Time , Moore told his co-panelists and host Bill Maher that …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 14, 2010

The Harm Done by 'Voluntourism'

The Harm Done by 'Voluntourism' Ian Birrell writes in The Observer : By 10pm, the aptly named Bar Street is pulsating with tourists drawn to Siem Reap by the famous Cambodian ruins of Angkor Wat. As hip-hop blares from clubs, children playing traditional instruments are led …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 14, 2010

Bartlett: How Obama Misplayed the Tax Card

Bartlett: How Obama Misplayed the Tax Card Bruce Bartlett writes: One of the key sticking points, dating back to the presidential campaign, is President Obama’s desire to limit extension of the tax cuts to those with annual taxable incomes below $250, 000. His rationale has …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 14, 2010

Lib Dems Never Wanted Coalition with Brown

Lib Dems Never Wanted Coalition Deal with Brown The Daily Mail reports: Buckingham Palace helped David Cameron and Nick Clegg keep Gordon Brown in Downing Street in the days after he lost the Election to make it easier for the Coalition to take power, a former Cabinet Minister …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 14, 2010

Karzai to U.S.: Scale Back Military Ops

Karzai to U.S.: Scale Back Military Ops The Washington Post reports: President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday that the United States must reduce the visibility and intensity of its military operations in Afghanistan and end the increased U.S. Special Operations forces night raids …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday November 14, 2010

Rahm Announces Chicago Mayoral Bid

Rahm Announces Mayoral Bid The Chicago Tribune reports: As Rahm Emanuel made his entry into Chicago's mayoral race official Saturday, a major theme of his campaign echoed off the school gymnasium walls: He is the tenacious leader Chicago needs during tough times. The former …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday November 13, 2010