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Blago Jury Reaches Verdicts On 18 Counts

Yahoo! News reports : Jurors deliberating in the corruption trial of ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich told a judge on Monday that they have reached a verdict on 18 of the 20 counts against him, and attorneys in the case have agreed that the verdict should be read. Judge James Zagel …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

U.S., India To Hold Economic Talks

The Associated Press reports : Top U.S. and Indian officials are discussing economic cooperation and financial sector reforms that could promote American investment in the fast-growing Asian country. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is hosting Indian Finance Minister Pranab …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Supreme Court Rejects Detainees' Abuse Claims

The Huffington Post reports : The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from former detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq who wanted to sue defense contractors over claims of abuse. The justices turned aside the appeal Monday from Iraqis who said they or their relatives were abused by …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Supreme Court Rules Against CA Violent Games Ban

Yahoo! News reports : The Supreme Court says California cannot ban the rental or sale of violent video games to children. The high court agreed Monday with a federal court's decision to throw out California's ban on the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. The 9th U.S. Circuit …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Japan PM Adds Cabinet Jobs on Tsunami, Nuke Crisis

The Associated Press reports : Japan's prime minister on Monday created two Cabinet posts to oversee the nuclear crisis and tsunami reconstruction efforts as he hopes to shore up his administration against criticism of its handling of the crises. Prime Minister Naoto Kan named Ryu Matsumoto …

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Russia: Iran's Nuclear Plant to Start Up in August

The Associated Press reports : A top Russian diplomat reportedly says Iran's first nuclear power plant will finally start up in August. Moscow and Tehran signed a US$1 billion contract to build the 1,000-megawatt Bushehr plant in 1995, but delays — the latest caused by the replacement of …

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China: Military Action Won't Solve Libyan Crisis

The Associated Press reports : Military action alone won't resolve the Libyan crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday in a warning to nations conducting the NATO-led air campaign in Libya. Following talks in London with British Prime Minister David Cameron, the Chinese leader said …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Bachmann Launches Campaign

The Associated Press reports : Republican Michele Bachmann is casting herself as the "bold choice" in the 2012 presidential race. The outspoken congresswoman and tea party favorite formally launched her bid Monday in her Iowa birthplace, after first making her intentions clear at a debate …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Syria Lets Opposition Meet

The New York Times reports : Scores of opposition figures met publicly for the first time in Damascus on Monday in a government-sanctioned gathering that underlined both the changes a three-month uprising has wrought in Syria and the challenges ahead in breaking a brutal cycle of protests …

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TSA Stands By Pat-down Of Elderly Woman

CNN reports : The Transportation Security Administration stood by its security officers Sunday after a Florida woman complained that her cancer-stricken, 95-year-old mother was patted down and forced to remove her adult diaper while going through security. Reports of the incident took hold …

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Fukushima Radiation 'Poses No Health Threat'

CNN reports: Japanese researchers have found radiation in all 15 people tested last month from the area near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Cesium was found in the participants, ranging from 4 to 77 years old, through two rounds of testing conducted by Nanao Kamada …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Weiss: Syria's Web Crackdown

Michael Weiss writes in The Daily Telegraph : One of the ways Bashar al-Assad has tried to clamp down on the Syrian revolution is by restricting people’s access to the Internet. Since March 15, when the first protests in Syria began, anti-regime activists have uploaded thousands of …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Florida: GOP Showdown Looms

USA Today reports: The opening Iowa caucuses are emerging as a contest to be the standard-bearer for the party's social conservatives, a battle that draws Michele Bachmann, Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum and Herman Cain. The first primary, in New Hampshire, is shaping up as a fight to represent …

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Khmer Rouge Leaders On Trial

The Associated Press reports: The top four surviving members of the brutal Khmer Rouge went on trial Monday before a tribunal aimed at finding justice for the estimated 1.7 million people who died in Cambodia's "killing fields" of the 1970s. With the aging leaders all in their late 70s or …

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Obama's Election Game Plan

Newsweek reports: It was a rare confessional moment for Barack Obama. At a Miami fundraiser in mid-June, the president acknowledged that it’s “not as cool” as it was in 2008 to support him. It isn’t just a matter of fewer hip posters and viral videos. It’s a matter of votes. Rekindlin…

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011

Debt Talks 'Likely To Miss Deadline'

The Hill reports: President Obama will now take a leading role in negotiations to raise the debt limit, a test of his leadership that will have profound economic effects. It appears negotiators will miss the July 1 deadline they set for themselves to reach an agreement after House …

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Greek MPs Begin Austerity Debate

The Associated Press reports: Greek lawmakers begin debating new austerity plans Monday that must pass this week if the debt-ridden country is to receive the critical next installment of loans from its international bailout plan and avoid default. The deeply unpopular spending cuts and …

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Dornan: Newt's Relentless Nemesis

The Daily Beast reports: I have a voicemail Newt Gingrich doesn’t want to hear. The Tiffany's affair, the Newt for President exodus—those were nothing compared to this. “Bryan, Bob Dornan…” the voicemail begins. “I’d like to talk to you folks about Newt Gingrich. What a piece of work. …

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Gay Marriage Emerging As '12 Wedge Issue

The Wall Street Journal reports: New York's decision to permit same-sex marriages sets the stage for battles in half a dozen other states and could propel gay rights as a political wedge issue in the 2012 elections. The new battle lines were already being drawn as states such as …

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Bachmann: God "Called Me To Run"

CBS reports: Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., says that she prayed to God about whether or not to run for political office and that those prayers provided her with a "sense from God" of "assurance about the direction" she was taking. In a Sunday morning appearance on CBS' "Face the Nation," …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 27, 2011