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Obama speech: The full text
Spin CycleObama released excerpts earlier, and now the full speech. It's after the jump. So the drama is the delivery and the crowd, not the words. Here's the ending, invoking King's "Dream" speech in a passage about the "American promise:" "It......Tags: Kansas, Nuclear Weapons, Defense, George Bush, Same-Sex Marriage
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Beware of what Republicans want
You just gotta love those Republicans! They want lower taxes, less government intrusion into our lives, and more human rights for the world -- as long as they can tap our phones, give the tax breaks to their buddies, hire illegal aliens for their sweat...Tags: Government, National Government
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Barack Obama's convention address
Prepared remarks of Sen. Barack Obama for his address to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night in Denver, as released by the campaign: To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin, and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation:...Tags: Kansas, Nuclear Weapons, Defense, George Bush, Same-Sex Marriage
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Chalabi aide is arrested in deadly Iraq bombings
McClatchy NewspapersU.S. forces have arrested a deputy of Ahmad Chalabi, who was once the Bush administration's favorite Iraqi politician, and implicated him in bombings that killed Americans and Iraqis, Chalabi and Iraqi government officials said Thursday. The U.S....Tags: Armed Forces, Saddam Hussein, Police Arrests, Defense, Government
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich lays off 325 state workers to balance budget
Chicago Tribune reportersTwo dozen state parks and historic sites will close and heavy caseloads for workers who help abused children will increase as Gov. Rod Blagojevich lays off 325 state workers to balance the state budget. The cuts will take place over the next three...Tags: Michael Madigan, Gardens and Parks, Oregon, Tourism and Leisure, Frank Lloyd Wright
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Mexican Supreme Court upholds legal abortions
Los Angeles TimesIn a lopsided ruling, Mexico's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a year-old law in Mexico City legalizing abortions during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. The court rejected arguments by abortion opponents that the law violates the Mexican Constitution,...Tags: Reproduction, Medical Specialization, Court Administration, Abortion, Church and State Relations
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Argentine ex-generals guilty of 'dirty war' death
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA pair of octogenarian ex-generals who served during Argentina's "dirty war" against internal dissent were sentenced to life in prison Thursday after defiantly declaring they were innocent of the murder charges on which they were convicted. "I am being...Tags: Physical Fitness, Murder, Government, Local Elections, Coup d'Etat
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Mexican Supreme Court upholds legalized abortion law
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn a lopsided ruling, Mexico's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a year-old law in Mexico City legalizing abortions during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. The court rejected arguments by abortion opponents that the law violated the Mexican Constitution,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Court Administration, Church and State Relations, Rape, Sexual Assault
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Deadly Afghan Raid May Have Been A Setup
Associated PressAfghan officials said Thursday that a deadly U.S.-led special forces raid on a remote western village last week was based on misleading information provided by a rival clan. It was the latest twist in a tangled debate over what happened. U.N. officials...Tags: NATO, Hamid Karzai, Terrorism, Wars and Interventions
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Cuban punk rocker fined for disobedience
A Cuban punk rocker whose songs have ridiculed the Cuban government was fined for public disorder Friday after prosecutors reduced a more serious "social dangerousness" charge that could have sent him to prison for four years.
Gorki Aguila, 39, was...Tags: Aquila Incorporated, Drug Trafficking, Economic Sanctions, Foreign Aid, Crimes
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WORLD & NATION UPDATE: ABROAD
Mexico's Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to abortion-rights legislation yesterday in a decision likely to reverberate across the rest of largely Roman Catholic Latin America. By a vote of 8-3, the court ruled that the measure passed last...Tags: Demonstration, Abortion, Murder, Coup d'Etat, Parties and Movements
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World Briefing
GUATEMALA Abducted American girl, 3, freed Police freed a 3-year-old U.S. girl kidnapped in Guatemala in a raid on the home where she was being held, killing three men and two women in a gun battle, authorities said. The girl was not harmed in the...Tags: Armed Forces, Bodies of Water, Lawyers, Kidnapping, Organized Crime
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