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Emory president's essay draws criticisms
Emory president's essay draws criticisms
In recent years, Emory University made a point to acknowledge how the school was once led by slave owners, but an essay by the school president has renewed debate about racial sensitivity on campus. Emory President James Wagner recently wrote about the three-fifths compromise on slavery in 1787 to

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Analysis: Netanyahu gambit appears to backfire
Analysis: Netanyahu gambit appears to backfire
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to bring a dovish rival into his Cabinet appears to be backfiring, drawing heavy criticism both in Israel and from the Palestinians and suddenly complicating the task of forming a viable coalition government, to the point where rivals are openly threaten

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Iranian diplomat seeking asylum in Norway
Iranian diplomat seeking asylum in Norway
A lawyer says an Iranian diplomat in Norway is seeking asylum in the Nordic country. Joergen Loevdal, the Norwegian attorney, says the diplomat, who he declined to name, defected from the Iranian Embassy in Oslo in December, and sought help from his Humlen & Rieber-Mohn law office, which specialize

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Lawmakers dispute records for private gun sales
Lawmakers dispute records for private gun sales
A dispute over whether to require record keeping for private gun sales is holding up a compromise between Republican and Democratic senators over expanding background checks for firearms transactions, one of President Barack Obama's top gun control priorities, people familiar with the private talks

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Singapore sentences 4 Chinese strikers to jail
Singapore sentences 4 Chinese strikers to jail
A Singapore court sentenced four Chinese immigrant bus drivers on Monday to up to seven weeks in prison for instigating the city-state's first labor strike in 26 years. Three of the men were sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment. A fourth driver faced an additional charge of publicizing the strike i

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More than 200 kidnapped Syrian villagers released
More than 200 kidnapped Syrian villagers released
Gunmen from rival Sunni and Shiite Muslim villages in northern Syria have freed more than 200 people snatched in tit-for-tat kidnappings this month, easing tensions that threatened to touch off more sectarian violence, activists said Friday. In Syria's largest city of Aleppo, three explosions that

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Haiti's 'Baby Doc' summoned to court after no-show
Haiti's 'Baby Doc' summoned to court after no-show
A Haitian judge on Thursday summoned Jean-Claude Duvalier to appear in court after the former dictator defied an order to attend a hearing to determine whether he should again face charges for human rights abuses committed during the nearly 15 years of his brutal regime. In an airless courtroom fil

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Car bomb kills at least 53 in Syrian capital
Car bomb kills at least 53 in Syrian capital
A car bomb exploded Thursday near Syria's ruling party headquarters in Damascus, killing at least 53 people and scattering mangled bodies among the blazing wreckage in one of the bloodiest days in the capital since the uprising began almost two years ago. Elsewhere in the city, two other bombs stru

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Gov't downsizes amid GOP demands for more cuts
Gov't downsizes amid GOP demands for more cuts
Republicans and other fiscal conservatives keep insisting on more federal austerity and a smaller government. Without much fanfare or acknowledgement, they've already gotten much of both. Spending by federal, state and local governments on payrolls, equipment, buildings, teachers, emergency workers

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Land scarce Singapore looks underground for space
Land scarce Singapore looks underground for space
Already one of the most densely populated countries in the world, tiny land scarce Singapore is projecting its population to swell by a third over the next two decades. To accommodate the influx, its planners envisage expanding upward, outward and downward. The population target of 6.9 million peop

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Labor, business agree to principles on immigration
Labor, business agree to principles on immigration
Business and labor groups announced agreement Thursday on the principles of a new system to bring lower-skilled workers to the U.S, a key priority for a comprehensive immigration bill. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO reached consensus after weeks of closed-doors negotiations they were

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Large coats a mainstay for next winter from Milan
Large coats a mainstay for next winter from Milan
Many of the fashions displayed on the Milan runway Thursday had a yesteryear appeal — but with a contemporary edge. Coats are a mainstay for next winter, many of them oversized with accentuated cuffs — part of a trend toward architectural references in clothing. Fur coats and jackets make the

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Hirsute in a huff over Gillette ads in Brazil
Hirsute in a huff over Gillette ads in Brazil
Hate that hair? In Brazil, beware. A self-regulatory council for Brazil's advertising industry is looking into complaints against razor maker Gillette for running body-shaving commercials. Council spokesman Eduardo Correa says 20 consumers have filed complaints that the campaign "encourages prejudi

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