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Australian Sex Party enters political fray
MELBOURNE, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Organizers of a new Australian political party set for its official debut this week said their slogan is that the Australian Sex Party is "serious about sex."
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Emilio Naranjo, 1916-2008: Friends, family honor political titan
Photo: Friends, family and political allies eulogize longtime Rio Arriba County political leader Emilio Naranjo on Monday as he is laid to rest following Mass at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Española. Naranjo, 92, died in his sleep Thursday at a son’s home in Albuquerque.
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Political spin disguised real reason Mary Rose sank, study says
Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose was sunk by a French cannonball and this was covered up by political spin, a new study suggests.
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Defying Political Labels, Staten Island?s New Congressman Is Seen as a Pragmatist
City Councilman Michael E. McMahon is seen as a practical centrist who is unconcerned with political philosophy.
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JLP, PNP looking to search supporters at political rallies
THE country's two major political parties - the JLP and the PNP - said yesterday they would be seriously looking into the idea of implementing security measures to search supporters at major political conferences.
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Students discuss the effects of political bias in the classrom
Following the completion of the polarizing election season, the nonpartisan CSU Center for Public Deliberation held a forum Monday night to encourage public deliberation on issues affecting the Fort Collins community, including a student discussion on the role of political opinions in the classroom.
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Pemberantasan Korupsi di Papua Tak Cukup Dengan "Political Will"
Banyak kasus dugaan korupsi di Provinsi Papua dan Papua Barat hingga kini belum ditangani dan ditindak secara tegas oleh lembaga penegak hukum walaupun sudah ada "political will" dari pemerintah pusat maupun daerah untuk memberantas penyakit sosial yang memiskinkan rakyat Papua.
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PM grilling delayed as political crisis brews
18 November 2008 KUWAIT: The three Islamist MPs who threatened to file a request to grill the prime minister yesterday decided to delay the filing until today morning as the country braced for another political crisis that could lead to dissolving the National Assembly.
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World stocks fall on Citigroup cuts
Most world stock markets fell Monday after Citigroup Inc. said it would cut another 53,000 jobs around the world to deal with the fallout from the financial crisis. Asian shares were steady earlier.
Obama, Biden speaks with world leaders
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden spoke with several world leaders by phone Monday.
Biden speaks with world leaders
Vice President-elect Joe Biden spoke with several world leaders by phone Monday.
World cotton production falls as farmers turn to new crops
World cotton production is set to fall six percent to 24.7 million tons over the next year as growers turn to other crops to make money, an international trade body said Monday.
TOKYO: World's second-largest economy is in recession
Japan's economy slid into a recession for the first time since 2001, the government said. The world's second-largest economy contracted at an annual pace of 0.4 percent in the July-September period after a declining an annualized 3.7 percent in the second quarter. The result was worse than expected.
World stocks slide on Citigroup jobs cull
U.S. and European stock markets fell Monday after Citigroup Inc. announced that it would cut another 53,000 jobs around the world in the coming quarters to deal with the fallout from the financial crisis. Asian shares were steady earlier.
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