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Communist elected to head Nepal government
May 24, 2009KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Lawmakers elected a communist party leader as Nepal's new prime minister on Saturday in a move aimed at ending weeks of political turmoil.
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COMMENTARY Amid losses, India’s left will grow stronger
May 24, 2009NEW DELHI -- While the Left parties here went from 61 seats to 25 seats in the parliamentary elections, their mood is upbeat. The coalition which includes CPI and CPI-M will continue the strategy of building...
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EDITORIAL Cost of anti-immigrant laws
May 24, 2009State after state, some 45 in all, continue to suffer major budget shortfalls due to increased costs of anti-immigrant “enforcement only” local laws. According to a report released last January by the National Employment Law Project,...
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Katrina hero’s story to be told on big screen
May 24, 2009Sony Pictures and Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment have picked up the movie rights to the story of an ex-Marine who orchestrated the rescue of hundreds of his neighbors during the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
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Iran hawks push Obama on deadline for diplomacy
May 24, 2009WASHINGTON, May 22 (IPS) - After an uneventful first meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that seemed to produce no real breakthroughs, hawks in the U.S. and Israel are seizing...
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