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August 28: Dead deer, Suffolk rules, N. Hempstead zoning,
Oh, deer: costly disposal issue After reading earlier this week about the deer carcass removal in Brookhaven Town, I couldn't help but have some questions ["Board eyes cost of deer removal," News, Aug. 15]. How on earth could it possibly cost $400 per...Tags: Hyde Park, Parliament, Laws, Suffolk County (New York), Town of Hempstead
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West Issues Warning; Putin Fumes
Associated PressWestern leaders warned Russia on Wednesday to "change course," hoping to keep a conflict that already threatens a key nuclear pact and could even raise U.S. chicken prices from blossoming into a new Cold War. Moscow said it was NATO expansion and Western...Tags: Ceremonies, Vladimir Putin, NATO, George H.W. Bush, Charity
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Tensions build between Russia, West
Associated PressWestern leaders warned Russia yesterday to "change course," hoping to keep a conflict that already threatens a key nuclear pact and could even raise U.S. chicken prices from blossoming into a new Cold War. Moscow said it was NATO expansion and Western...Tags: Ceremonies, NATO, Charity, Society, Dmitry Medvedev
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What's NATO worth?
Today's question: How far east should NATO expand? Should the United States concede Russian dominance over the Caucasus in exchange for admitting, say, Ukraine into NATO? Previously, Moynihan and Meier discussed Russia’s membership in G-8 and...Tags: Treaties, Barack Obama, National Government, Wars and Interventions, NATO
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Can the civilized world civilize Russia?
Today's question: Russia is in the G-8 but not the World Trade Organization. Should membership in those bodies be contingent on Russia's behavior? Or is bringing Russia into those bodies the way to improve Moscow's behavior? Previously, Meier and Moynihan...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Newspaper and Magazine, Foreign Aid, Economic Policy, George Bush
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Ex-President Clinton sidesteps controversy in his latest speech
The Associated PressThe Comeback Kid is having a convention comeuppance. Bill Clinton was supposed to beam at the side of his wife at the Democratic convention as she was crowned their party's presidential nominee. Instead, he will have reason to wince as their upstart...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Tennessee, Political Candidates, Elections
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Thai protesters storm premier's compound
Thousands of anti-government demonstrators pushed into the Thai prime minister's office compound and rallied outside several ministries today, and a violent masked mob from the same protest group forced a state-run TV station off the air. The right-...Tags: Values, Defense, Television Industry, Armed Forces, Police
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Colombia's Uribe problem
President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia is possibly the most popular elected leader in the world. The military's dazzling rescue of hostages held for years by leftist rebels, including Franco-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three American military...Tags: Defense, Court Administration, Alvaro Uribe, Hugo Chavez, Armed Forces
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Myanmar: Reform effort has a setback
U.N. special envoy Ibrahim Gambari failed to meet detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi before he left Myanmar on Saturday, an apparent setback in his bid to promote democratic reforms in the country. In a meeting with diplomats Saturday, Gambari...Tags: United Nations, Diplomacy
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Ever-more-expensive court races heading higher
AP Political WriterState courts across the country are caught in a high-stakes, high-priced fight between groups trying to get a handle on large damage awards and others who are concerned consumers and wronged employees are going to be left in the dust. The struggle is...Tags: Court Administration, Lawyers, Michigan, Referenda, Voting
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Myanmar gems lure buyers despite ban
Associated PressYANGON, Myanmar — Thousands of sapphires, rubies, diamonds, emeralds, jade and other gems glitter in long glass display cases as merchants haggle with professional buyers—most of them foreigners—and tourists. Business is good here at...Tags: Economic Sanctions, Foreign Aid, Human Rights, George Bush, Coup d'Etat
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Cuba's future: Democratic reforms key to real change
For over half a century, the history of Cuba has been the history of the Castro brothers and their ideas. As this era comes to an end a new battle of ideas for the future of Cuba is taking place. The combatants are Cubans in exile and in Cuba, the...Tags: Civil Rights, University of Miami, Justice and Rights, Economic Policy, International Organizations
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