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BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: Maliki takes early Iraq poll lead
First results from Iraq's election show PM Nouri Maliki's grouping leading in two southern provinces, the electoral body says. [Link]
Under the Dome blog: Fewer ABC boards proposed
LIQUOR CHANGES PROMOTED : The state's top liquor regulator on Wednesday proposed shrinking the number of local ABC boards in the state through mergers and putting them under the thumb of county governments. Jon Williams, chairman of the state ABC Commission, also recommended allowing private … [Link]
BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: Tories pledge 'fastest broadband'
The Conservatives say they will make Britain the first country in Europe to have widespread super-fast broadband. [Link]
BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: UK giving US control of Musa Qala
UK forces are to hand security powers in the Afghan district of Musa Qala to US troops, the defence secretary says. [Link]
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com: Jamie Court: Jerry Brown's Role As Truthsayer Could Give Him The Advantage Over Megabucks Whitman
A lot of progressives in California are worried of late that California's Attorney General Jerry Brown might talk a little too much truth, and that will hurt his gubernatorial run against Megabucks Meg Whitman, e-bay pioneer who has already spent around 40 mill selling California on some very … [Link]
Think Progress: ThinkFast: March 11, 2010
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) issued a new directive yesterday distancing himself from Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s effort to strip protections for LGBT students from all state colleges and university non-discrimination policies. McDonnell initially supported Cuccinelli’s legal … [Link]
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed: Congress Holds Historic Debate On Afghan War, But Media is MIA
Wednesday marked the first major congressional debate about U.S. military operations in Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion. Where was the press? [Link]
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed: How Some Leading Environmental Groups Are Putting Profit Before Planet
They are supporting a system they know will lead to ecocide, because more revenue will run through their accounts, for a while, as the collapse occurs. [Link]
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com: Mike Papantonio: GOP Mocks Own Donors in Document
Two weeks ago the folks who run Republican fundraising made a sloppy mistake. They left the blueprint for their party fundraising plans at a posh resort where they had hosted a GOP retreat. That document is now in the hands of the media. RNC Chairman Michael Steele is having to put a good light on … [Link]
Commondreams.org Views: Breaking the Silence on War in Our Schools
by Rethinking Schools When the World Trade Center was attacked, the international crisis reverberated in schools all over the United States. In kindergarten through high school classrooms, teachers struggled to figure out age-appropriate ways to talk about the violence. read more [Link]
Paul Krugman: Fifty-One Herbert Hoovers
Everything bad is good again. [Link]
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com: Bart Stupak: Abortion Foe Calls Health Care Resistance A Sign Of 'Courage'
WEST BRANCH, Mich. — Shortly after entering Congress in 1993, Rep. Bart Stupak withstood President Bill Clinton's charm offensive and voted against free-trade legislation – an early display of the independent streak that has put him at odds with fellow Democrats many times since. … [Link]
BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: Extradition over Auschwitz theft
A Stockholm court rules a Swedish man can be extradited to Poland for trial over the theft of a sign from Auschwitz. [Link]
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