ElPais
Mariela, segunda revolución Castro
Activista por los derechos del colectivo LGTB, la mediática hija del actual presidente cubano irrita por igual al sector más cavernario de los exiliados y al más talibán del partido comunista
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Hoy
Los revolucionarios laicos se enfrentan con su peor pesadilla
«Parece que no hubiéramos aprendido nada», se lamentaba ayer a este diario Ahmed Maher, líder del movimiento juvenil 6 de Abril, uno de los instigadores de la revuelta que derrocó a Mubarak. La división del voto liberal, que ya perjudicó a los izquierdistas en las elecciones parlamentarias, ha vuelto a repetirse. Los ánimos estaban bajos ayer entre los laicos revolucionarios, que se encuentran ...
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Huffington Post
Susie Sampson: Memorializin' the War on Women
On this Memorial Day Weekend, I wanted to see what kind of sin those liberal Americans were up to. And I wanted to hear a little more about that pesky War on Women. Is that really a thing? Or does it just sound good to say?
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Le Point
Emirats: un peu de décence s'il vous plaît
Les Emirats arabes unis ont beau être le plus libéral des pays du Golfe, le...
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FOX
Obama Shifts Focus to Winning Blue Collar Voters
POWER PLAY: After shoring up liberal base, president looks to important voter block he appears to be losingObama: Romney's Words 'Cow Pie Of Distortion'Wisconsin a National Battleground
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Washington Post
Liberals to Pelosi: Stop helping the 2 percent!
At first glance, Nancy Pelosi’s call to extend tax breaks to everyone earning under $1 million seems firmly in line with the liberal consensus. “It is unacceptable to hold tax cuts for the middle class hostage to extending multi-billion dollar tax breaks for millionaires,” the House Minority Leader wrote in a letter to John Boehner, demanding an immediate vote for a permanent extension of middl...
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Times LIVE
UAE women launch campaign against 'repulsive' show of flesh
The UAE may be the Gulf's most liberal Arab state but two local women have caused a stir with an online campaign against the "repulsive" habit of Western women to reveal too much flesh in public.
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Los Angeles Times
Bishop J. Jon Bruno leaves hospital, continues leukemia treatment
Episcopal Bishop J. Jon Bruno, who has been hospitalized after being diagnosed with leukemia, was released today and returned to his residence for continued recovery.
The 65-year-old bishop heads the six-county Los Angeles diocese and is credited with leading the church in a more liberal direction.
He will stay at his Episcopalian residence for two weeks, Bruno said Thursday in an open letter. ...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
'It's nonsense,' worker says of EI changes
This time last year, Craig Carter-Edwards was working for a government relations firm and had just bought a North York home with his wife, a teacher. But he was soon let go from his job and, when his severance pay ran out, he started collecting EI. He was on it for about a month before he took a job with Ontarios Liberal Party in the runup to last falls election.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Clark to phase out vehicle emissions testing
Embattled Liberal government says more stringent emission standards on newer vehicles have reduced need for program
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Daily Mail
Another expenses farce! Watchdog who monitors MPs¿ money is claiming £400 a day for meetings they don¿t even attend
Liberal Democrat Sir Bob Russell says members of a watchdog set up to monitor expenses claimed £400 a day for attending meetings despite only taking part by phone.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Tories urged to face voters in Etobicoke Centre
Defeated Liberal MP wants Harper government to call a by-election, accuses Conservatives of working to shut down a seniors polling station
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politico
Dewhurst's light-landing attacks on low-polling rival in Texas
I wrote a few weeks ago about an internal David Dewhurst email in which his strategist Dave Carney insisted that low-polling rival Tom Leffert is on the rise in the three-way GOP Texas Senate primary.
So it was interesting to see this Dallas Morning News piece yesterday on Dewhurst's new strategy about Leppert, which is denouncing him, as anticipated, as a "liberal," but not in the most effecti...
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Mashable
Watch Egypt’s Historic Election Unfold on Social Media
It’s a historic day in Egyptian history: voters are headed to the polls to vote for the country’s first president since the ousting of Hos…
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National Post
Ontario PCs struggling to find coherent opposition to Liberal cost-cutting plan
Scott Stinson: The Tories are ostensibly the party of small government, and yet they sit as Opposition to a party in the throes of a government-reduction plan
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Hoy
El Gobierno garantiza que Bankia tendrá todo el capital que necesite
BFA-Bankia tendrá todo el capital que necesite y el Estado no se retirará hasta el momento adecuado para el interés general y de los contribuyentes. En la comisión correspondiente del Congreso, donde formuló este compromiso, el ministro de Economía, Luis de Guindos, sugirió que la nueva 'banca pública', integrada por Bankia, Catalunya Banc y Novagalicia, que ya representa el 20% del sistema fin...
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Huffington Post
Bob Cesca: The Truth About the President and the Deficit
Arguably the biggest lie coming from the Republicans and the Romney campaign is that President Obama is a tax and spend liberal who's directly and personally responsible for record deficits and a crushing national debt.
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Telegraph
There is no excuse for economic timidity
Telegraph View: We have a disappointing absence of radicalism that is routinely blamed on the intransigence of the Liberal Democrats.
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The Nation
Pak-India interior secretary-level talks start today
ISLAMABAD - The two-day India-Pakistan Interior Secretary-Level Talks starting here on Thursday would unlikely to ink any agreement on liberal visa policy, as Interior Minister Rehman Malik could not bring the matter before the federal cabinet for approval, sources privy to the development Wednesday informed TheNation.
The interior secretary level talks between Pakistan and India would begin fr...
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omg
Slow economy prompts wave of liberal books
With a Democrat in the White House, a wave of books is coming out this year lamenting the slow economy and calling for substantial change.
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perez hilton
Jane Krakowski Is Sad To Say Goodbye To 30 Rock!
And we are too!
Okay, so, as 30 Rock fans know, Jenna Maroney can play dead. She watched her whole church group get eaten by a bear.
But alas, Jane Krakowski, the actress that plays Jenna, cannot pretend to be happy that 30 Rock is coming to an end!
When asked about the show's seventh and [...]
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The Guardian
Vince Cable accused of being a socialist by Tory donor
Adrian Beecroft, a venture capitalist, calls business secretary 'a socialist who found a home in the Lib Dems'Vince Cable is a "socialist" who has blocked action to liberalise employment laws that could give a £50bn boost to the economy, according to a Tory donor who wrote a controversial report on cutting red tape.In a sign of some Tories' deep frustrations with the coalition, Adrian Beecroft ...
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Irish Times
May 23rd, 1912
FROM THE ARCHIVES:As the Home Rule Bill awaited its next parliamentary stage, both sides spoke to public meetings in Ireland and England, including this Liberal Party meeting in Barnsley addressed by Nationalist MP John Dillon. –JOE JOYCE
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ElPais
Las tres razones de un fracaso
¿Por qué es un fracaso para Europa que Grecia salga del euro? Por tres razones: educación, economía y posible contagio
La difícil cuestión de la identidad europea nace de la educación. Si nuestros hijos ven desmembrarse a Grecia de Europa, sería hipócrita hablarles de identidad europea. Además, dicha generación no creería en sus propias raíces culturales y normalizaría la salida de otros Estado...
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BBC
Rebels step up caravan tax fight
Conservative and Liberal Democrat opponents of Treasury plans to extend VAT to static caravans are stepping up their campaign.
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lesoir
17:05 Verhofstadt vendredi en Ukraine pour rencontrer Timochenko
Le chef de groupe libéral au Parlement européen Guy Verhofstadt se rendra en Ukraine afin de participer à une conférence sur les relations entre l’Union Européenne et l&...lire la suitehistoires liées17:16 Godinne : la collision n’a pas provoqué d’émanation de vapeurs toxiques17:37 Roland Garros : Goffin franchit le 1er tour des qualifications17:49 Yanina Wickmayer au 2e tour du Brussels Op...
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NEWS.au.com
Doctor worried about Thomson's health
A LIBERAL backbencher who is a qualified doctor is concerned for MP Craig Thomson's mental health.
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lesoir
Le syndicat libéral sort victorieux des élections
Les premiers résultats des élections sociales, qui ont eu lieu du 7 au 20 mai sont connus : les équilibres ne sont que très modérément modifiés......lire la suite
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New York Times
Pro-Euro Zone Alliance Seeks Traction in Greece
A partnership between conservative and liberal politicians seeks to displace the ascendant Coalition of the Radical Left in coming elections that could determine Greece’s future in the eurozone.
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Foreign Policy
Russia's Surprisingly Liberal New Cabinet - By Anders Åslund
Vladimir Putin may have reclaimed the presidency, but his sidekick Dmitry Medvedev is winning the appointments game. Are liberal reforms finally possible?
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New York Times
New Pro-Eurozone Alliance Seeks Traction in Greece
A partnership between conservative and liberal politicians seeks to displace the ascendant Coalition of the Radical Left in upcoming elections that could determine Greece’s future in the eurozone.
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Daily Telegraph
Liberals' two rules on gay hate slur
OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott has been accused of double standards after the Liberal Party backed NSW Senator Bill Heffernan amid a police inquiry.
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el universal
Inician elecciones en República Dominicana
Todas las encuestas indican que las elecciones se decidirán entre el candidato del oficialista PLD (liberal), el exministro de la Presidencia Danilo Medina, y el del opositor PRD (socialdemócrata), el expresidente Hipóli
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Daily Telegraph
Abbott's enforcer accused of assualt
OPPOSITION leader Tony Abbott's political enforcer Bill Heffernan is accused of a homophobic attack on a senior Liberal staffer.
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Washington Post
Conservative groups outspending liberal counterparts 4 to 1 on congressional races
Conservative interest groups have dumped well over $20 million into congressional races so far this year, outspending their liberal opponents 4 to 1 and setting off a growing panic among Democrats struggling to regain the House and hold on to their slim majority in the Senate.
More from PostPolitics:
- Joe Ricketts, a wealthy donor, getting attention in presidential ...
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Reuters
Top Republican woman in Congress becomes a force
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the last three weeks, she has sparred on national television with Democrats over Republican policies toward women, been called a "lying mouthpiece" by a liberal blog, and chided former House speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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New York Times
House Votes to Preserve a Power of Indefinite Detention
The House beat back an unusual coalition of liberal and conservative lawmakers and approved a contentious $642 billion Pentagon policy bill.
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Mail & Guardian
Libya: Just another Nato casualty
Seven months on from Muammar Gaddafi's butchering in the ruins of Sirte, the fruits of liberal intervention in Libya are now cruelly clear.
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USA Today
Rep. Kucinich won't run for Congress in Wash.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, the anti-war liberal who twice ran for president, said today he will not seek election in Washington state and ...
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Hoy
Manuel Valls, un político de origen español para Interior
Manuel Valls, nacido en Barcelona hace 49 años, ha sido nombrado ministro del Interior de Francia, un premio a la trayectoria de alcalde de la ciudad obrera de Evry para este diputado situado en el ala más liberal del Partido Socialista (PS).
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New York Times
Op-Ed Contributor: Can Islamists Be Liberals?
In the Middle East, democracy isn’t enough. True freedom requires a liberal society.
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WSJ
Egyptian President's Job Is Ill-Defined
As Egyptians prepare for what many hope will be their country's first free presidential elections next week, an impasse between liberal politicians and Islamists over a new constitution means candidates are vying for an ill-defined role.
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Daily Mail
Tory Minister slapped down by Lib Dems on gay marriages
Tim Loughton,Tory Minister for Children and Families, left, came under fire from Liberal Democrat partners after he said he was totally opposed to same-sex marriage.
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AP
GOP: Economy tops gay marriage as campaign issue
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama delighted his liberal base by coming down on the side of gay marriage, but he cheered the opposition, too....
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physorg
Legislation to ban burqa is liberal overkill, UK researchers claim
Banning and criminalising the Muslim face veil tests the very foundations of modern liberal society, warn researchers from Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Sussex.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Tory campaign-finance reform compounds Liberal leadership debt
New donation limits - applied retroactively by Conservatives - hamstringing former contestants ability to pay off campaign debt
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Los Angeles Times
Episcopal Church is rightful owner of properties, court rules
An Orange County Superior Court judge on Thursday ruled in favor of the Episcopal Church in its long-running legal dispute over the rightful ownership of the properties of two congregations that seceded from the church years ago.
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The Jerusalem Post
Egypt to air first televised presidential debate
Self-proclaimed liberal nationalist Moussa and independent Islamist Aboul Fotouh, seen as top front-runners, to face off.
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Zeit
Religionskonflikt: Der Staat ist liberal, nicht blöd
Ein Religionskrieg findet nicht statt. Weder von Salafisten noch von Rechtspopulisten darf sich der Staat in die Eskalation treiben lassen, kommentiert Heinrich Wefing.
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BBC
Viewpoint: Blame liberal media for same-sex marriage
Two views, conservative and liberal, on same-sex marriage
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The Jerusalem Post
Why Egyptian Salafists support a liberal Muslim
Is Abdelmonem Aboelfotohh's agenda to implement progressive ideas or sharia law?
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La Voix du Nord
Les libéraux se déchirent sur le « cas » Sarkozy
L'ancien Premier ministre Guy Verhofstadt, libéral flamand, s'est réjoui de la victoire du socialiste François Hollande.Articles en rapportUne Monumenta haute en couleur avec la forêt de cercles colorés de BurenMarine Le Pen « pas fermée » à des « ententes » avec l´UMPÉvaluation des profs : à peine publié, le PS promet l´abrogation du décretDernier conseil pour la routeLE VISAGE - Yves Courrièr...
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USA Today
In political gamble, Obama supports gay marriage
With his endorsement of gay marriage, President Obama electrified his liberal base and incensed cultural conservatives.
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Irish Times
Focus on growth may slow Lords reform
PLANS TO reform the House of Lords, which could lead to a revolt by 100 Conservative MPs, look increasingly in jeopardy, following signals from a former Liberal leader that the issue is no longer a top priority.
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AP
Analysis: Obama gambles with gay marriage move
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's embrace of gay marriage is a political gamble that seeks to fire up young and liberal voters at the possible expense of alienating undecided voters in swing states such as North Carolina and Florida....
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Les Echos
La Grèce s'inquiète de savoir si elle recevra une tranche prévue de prêts UE
La Grèce toujours en quête d'un gouvernement après le rejet électoral de l'austérité, s'interrogeait mercredi sur les intentions de l'Union européenne de lui verser ou non comme prévu cette semaine, une tranche de prêts visant à la sauver du défaut de paiement. Selon le quotidien libéral...
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New York Times
Liberal Donors’ Plan Worries Top Democrats
Democratic leaders expressed alarm that George Soros’s $100 million plan to focus on grass-roots organizing would squander a chance to fend off an advertising onslaught from Republican groups.
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BBC
AUDIO: Hollande's policies 'will not affect growth'
Economics editor Stephanie Flanders and Liberal Democrat MEP Sharon Bowles on the impact of the French and Greek election results on the future of the Eurozone.
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Irish Times
'That was the moment when the dream of a liberal church died'
Making an order to cut down cherry trees that another man had cultivated with love; that’s a real story
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Slashdot
Aussie Politician Threatens To Contact Employers of Satirical Article "Likers"
Chuq writes "Tasmanian Liberal candidate for Bass, Andrew Nikolic, was the subject of a satirical article by NewExaminer on Facebook. Nikolic didn't like it, which is understandable. However he then went to considerable lengths to identify the people who liked the article, find out their employers (via their Facebook profiles) and 'name and shame' them on a follow-up post on his own page. Andre...
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Daily Mail
Madeline Grant: Oxford University student fined £120 for joking about her 'great rack' on liberal arts course
Madeline Grant, who is reading English, was forced to defend herself in front of a grim-faced panel of three who, she says, accused, cross-examined and humiliated.
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Al Jazhera
Conservative Johnson re-elected London mayor
Boris Johnson beats Labour rival, but his party and Liberal Democrats suffer crushing nationwide defeat in local polls.
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La Voix du Nord
La Hollande filtre désormais les fumeurs de cannabis
Depuis le 1er mai, les coffee shops du sud des Pays-Bas, prisés des jeunes Nordistes, sont interdits aux non-résidents néerlandais. On est allé voir à Breda, dans le Brabant-Nord à deux petites heures de Lille, comment était appliquée la « wiet pass » : réservée aux membres, cette « carte cannabis » serait destinée à lutter contre les nuisances provoquées selon l'actuel gouvernement libéral hol...
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Washington Post
British voters deal coalition rebuke in local elections
LONDON — Britain’s ruling coalition sustained punishing loses in local elections, with near-final results released Friday showing both the Conservatives and their partner Liberal Democrats giving up hundreds of seats in a stinging rebuke of the two-year-old government of Prime Minister David Cameron.
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Salon
A conservative show goes liberal
Tim Allen’s sitcom “Last Man Standing," which aired the penultimate episode of its first season last night, is winding up with far less braggadocio than it began. The show began as part of a triumvirate of ABC sitcoms about masculinity in crisis, men being besieged and bettered women at every turn (the other two were the hapless-if-sweet dad sitcom “Man Up” and the all-time cross-dressing horr...
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News.co.au
Swan issues please explain to Pyne
TREASURER Wayne Swan has issued a 'please explain' to Liberal frontbencher Christopher Pyne over his contact with the staffer at the centre of sexual harassment allegations against Speaker Peter Slipper.
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Times of India
Raising age for consensual sex will club India with Uganda, Rwanda
While the age of consent across the world ranges from 13 to 18, the bulk of the countries, including the most liberal ones, have it at 16.
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Times of India
Age of consent 16 in most liberal countries
While the age of consent across the world ranges from 13 to 18, the bulk of the countries, including the most liberal ones, have it at 16.
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Hindustan Times
India to get bank info from Switzerland on liberal terms
Switzerland has agreed to provide India with the identity of persons on liberal terms, a move that is expected to lift the veil over names of “black money” account-holders in the alpine nation. HT reports.
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Telegraph
Lib Dems fear Government will stifle debate over online 'snooping' laws
Senior Liberal Democrats fear the Government could force online "snooping" laws through Parliament by including them in widely-supported reforms of the fight against organised crime.
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Telegraph
Fraudster Michael Brown faces questions about his £2.4 million donation to the Lib Dems
The fraudster who gave the Liberal Democrats £2.4 million before fleeing the country is to be questioned when he returns to Britain to help determine if the party will be forced to pay back the cash.
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Hoy
Lady de Olmedo
Inteligente, sexy, glamurosa, abogada de altos vuelos, pero también fría, calculadora y pragmática. Son algunos de los calificativos que los ingleses dedican a la vallisoletana Miriam González Durántez (Olmedo, 1968). Los británicos se sienten atraídos por el magnetismo que destila la esposa del viceprimer ministro, Nick Clegg, en el punto de mira de la prensa desde las últimas elecciones de 20...
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Foreign Policy
So it turns out I'm the optimistic realist...
The latest issue of The National Interest is out, and it's a special issue devoted to the "Crisis of the Old Order." Fittingly enough, I have a review essay in there of Charles Kupchan's latest book, No One's World: The West, The Rest, and the Coming Global Turn. Kupchan's book is pretty pessimistic about the current order:
In No One’s World
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Irish Times
A Liberal ladies' man of letters
BRITISH PRIME minister Herbert Asquith walked onto the stage of the Theatre Royal in Dublin in July 1912 to a rapturous reception from a specially invited audience who had come to hear him speak in favour of Home Rule.
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dlisted
The Government Is Watching Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon's friends now know why every time there's a leak in her ceiling, she truly believes it's from a wire tapper in her attic dropping his glass of water after a rat jumped in front of him. During a Q&A about politics at the Tribeca Film Festival with fellow liberal activist Michael Moore, an audience member asked both of them if they've ever felt like they were unde...
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Telegraph
Dmitry Medvedev promises freedoms as Vladimir Putin's prime minister
Russia's outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev outlined his liberal credentials on Tuesday as he prepared to assume the premiership post under his mentor and successor Vladimir Putin.
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Daily Telegraph
Austerity row sinks Dutch PM
DUTCH Prime Minister Mark Rutte's liberal government has resigned after losing its parliamentary coalition.
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National Post
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s cabinet quits after rift with far-right
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s liberal government resigned on Monday after the collapse of its parliamentary partnership with a far-right party, paving the way for early elections.
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Le Figaro
Le gouvernement des Pays-Bas démissionne
Le premier ministre libéral Mark Rutte n'a pas réussi à trouver un accord avec les populistes de Geert Wilders sur les coupes budgétaires nécessaires au respect des normes en matière de déficit public.
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Le Figaro
Le gouvernement des Pays-Bas présente sa démission
Le premier ministre libéral Mark Rutte n'a pas réussi à trouver un accord avec les populistes de Geert Wilders sur les coupes budgétaires nécessaires au respect des normes en matière de déficit public.Articles en rapportAccident de train à Amsterdam : une dame décèdeEn Italie, les partis mènent grand trainBahreïn : des heurts en marge du Grand PrixL'ONU vote le déploiement de 300 observateurs e...
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The Nation
Blind leading the blind
India allows Pakistani industrialists to set up industries in India. This announcement was made by Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma. Pakistan has welcomed the idea of liberal trade. Pakistan’s Minister Makhdoom Amin Faheem has also endorsed the idea. This initiative of foreign direct investment (FDI) will certainly be packaged in a number of attractive privileges and ...
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The Nation
Blind leading the blind
India allows Pakistani industrialists to set up industries in India. This announcement was made by Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma. Pakistan has welcomed the idea of liberal trade. Pakistan’s Minister Makhdoom Amin Faheem has also endorsed the idea. This initiative of foreign direct investment (FDI) will certainly be packaged in a number of attractive privileges and ...
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The Nation
Blind leading the blind
India allows Pakistani industrialists to set up industries in India. This announcement was made by Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma. Pakistan has welcomed the idea of liberal trade. Pakistan’s Minister Makhdoom Amin Faheem has also endorsed the idea. This initiative of foreign direct investment (FDI) will certainly be packaged in a number of attractive privileges and ...
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science blogs
I'm famous [Stoat]
You knew that, obviously, or you wouldn't be here. I have an entry on Conservapedia, you don't get much more famous than that. Compare that with so-called climate "scientists" like James Annan - even his tippling great-uncle only gets a few lines (and no invective, how dull). I see that a while ago I mocked Conservapedia for being dumb but said that, whilst nearly fact free, it was "not really ...
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Reuters
Dutch PM's party leads in opinion poll, elections loom
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - As the Netherlands heads for early elections, Prime Minister Mark Rutte's Liberal Party has strengthened its lead, an opinion poll published on Sunday showed, followed closely by two leftist parties.
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euronews
Pologne: la droite catholique s'élève contre le gouvernement libéral
Près de 20 000 personnes se sont rassemblées à Varsovie. Al'issue d'une messe aux côtés de Jaroslaw Kaczynski, à la tête du principal parti…
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La Voix du Nord
Sarkozy affirme qu´il n´y a "plus de risque d´implosion de l´euro"
Nicolas Sarkozy a affirmé vendredi sur RTL qu'il n'y avait "plus de risque d'implosion de l'euro", mais que l'Europe était en "convalescence".histoires liéesDes grands patrons publient un "manifeste" libéral pour la réduction des dépenses publiquesLe CAC 40 efface ses gains depuis le 1er janvierLa SNCF va lancer des autocars sur l´international et prépare un TGV low costHollande pour une baisse...
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Nikkei
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Pravda
Russian politician offers to ban and classify bad news
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of the Liberal and Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), set out his claims to Russian media
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Wired
Memeorandum Colors 2012: Visualizing Bias on Political Blogs
As you?d expect, the universe of political blogs is largely split in two, with conservative and liberal blogs rarely covering the same stories or linking to the same sites. But it can be very challenging to tell their political leanings at a glance, especially with names like 'Balloon Juice,' 'Weasel Zippers,' or 'The Volokh Conspiracy.' So, four years ago, I launched a project with Delicious/T...
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taz
Piratenpartei im Inhalte-Check: Hartz IV ohne Zwang und Gängelei
Die Piraten bezeichnen sich gerne als liberal, teilen aber nicht die Staatsskepsis der FDP. Sie fordern gleichere Einkommen und lehnen Privatisierung ab. mehr...
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BoingBoing
Sergei Brin on the existential crisis of the net: walled gardens + snooping governments
Google co-founder Sergey Brin gave an interview to The Guardian in which he expressed his fear that the rise of walled gardens like Apple's iOS ecosystem and Facebook, combined with increased state action (even in so-called "liberal" western states) to spy on and control the Internet, that the Internet faces a real existential crisis. The [...]
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Zeit
Sylvia Löhrmann: "Grüne sind bereit, höhere Steuern zu zahlen"
Die Grünen-Kandidatin in NRW will Abgaben für Wohlhabende, um die Schulden zu tilgen. Im Gegensatz zur FDP seien die Grünen wirklich liberal, sagt sie im Interview.
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Times LIVE
Liberal media, NGOs, Khoza part of a third force: Nzimande
The mainstream liberal media, some "liberal NGOs" and business leaders like Nedbank chairman Reuel Khoza are part of an "ideological third force" that fear black rule, Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said on Friday.
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science blogs
Kommentar von axel bei "Rechte Bildung verträgt sich nicht mit Wissenschaft" (Geograffitico) am 13.04.2012
Ist es nicht so, dass die Republikaner dem Kreationismus huldigen, weil man den Schulterschluss mit den religiösen Fundamentalisten suchte? Und Klimaforschung bekämpft wird, weil man Klimapolitik verhindern will?
Es geht doch im Grunde gar nicht darum, ob liberal oder konservativ die Einstellung zu den Wissenschaften beeinflusst. Die besondere Situation in den USA entstand dadurch, dass politi...
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Reuters
South Korea's conservatives headed for a surprise parliamentary win
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's ruling conservatives were headed for a surprise victory in a parliamentary election on Wednesday, boosting leader Park Geun-hye's stature as a top presidential contender despite a liberal surge.
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Reuters
MIDEAST MONEY-Jordan's anti-business backlash scares investors
* Opposition to liberal economic policies post-Arab Spring
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Reuters
South Korea's Twitter generation may give liberals upset win
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's liberal opposition, bolstered by the under-40s and power of social media, could spring a surprise win in this week's parliamentary elections despite opinion polls that show it tied with the ruling conservatives.
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Reuters
Analysis: Justice Kagan--Giving liberals a rhetorical lift
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - During three days of arguments over the Obama healthcare plan, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan put on a display of rhetorical firepower, reinforcing predictions that the newest liberal justice is best equipped to take on the conservative, five-man majority controlling the bench.
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CNN
GOP version of Dream Act holds promise
You may have heard that a group of Republicans in Congress -- including GOP rock star and possible vice presidential pick Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida -- are getting ready to introduce their version of the DREAM Act.You also may have heard that Democratic lawmakers and liberal advocacy groups despise the Republican alternative and derisively label it "DREAM Act Lite."
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MarketWatch
Darrell Delamaide's Political Capital: Liberal moaning over JOBS Act is misguided
Liberal pundits and bloggers are up in arms over the JOBS Act, which they see as a new monument to deregulation. But Darrell Delamaide says the law would help capital formation with little risk of fraud.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Campbell Newman scraps literary awards
THE new Liberal National Party government has canned the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, claiming it would save $240,000.
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AP
Egypt's Brotherhood fields presidential candidate
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, in control of almost half the seats in parliament, announced on Saturday it was fielding its own presidential candidate, reversing an earlier decision not to do so and escalating its confrontation with the nation's ruling generals and the group's secular and liberal critics....
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Times of India
The great Indian poverty debate
The great poverty debate has been re-ignited, pitting liberal, pro-market economists against left-of-centre economists of the JNU genre.
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FT
Partisan poison seeps into US Supreme Court
Coverage of hearings on Obama’s heath reform law shows how the court has become politicised, with liberal and conservative wings
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sueddeutsche
FDP verhindert Schlecker-Rettung: Unfähig, kalt, liberal
Schlechte Bezahlung, keine Rechte und jetzt keine Rettung - dabei hätte es nur 71 Millionen Euro gebraucht, in Zeiten von Rettungsschirmen ein fast läppischer Betrag. Schlecker-Mitarbeiter zweifeln nicht nur an Marktwirtschaft und Kapitalismus, sondern verzweifeln auch an Politikern - zum Beispiel aus der FDP. Sie betreiben Politik nach dem Motto: Wer ist der Kälteste im Land?
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lesoir
Pare-feu de la zone euro : « insuffisant » selon Verhofstadt
Le renforcement du pare-feu financier contre la crise vers lequel s’achemine la zone euro est insuffisant, a déploré le chef de file du groupe libéral au Parlement européen. ...lire la suite
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Les Echos
Pare-feu de la zone euro: "insuffisant" selon le chef des eurodéputés libéraux
Le renforcement du pare-feu financier contre la crise vers lequel s'achemine la zone euro est insuffisant, a déploré mardi le chef de file du groupe libéral au Parlement européen, Guy Verhofstadt. "La zone euro doit se doter d'un vrai pare-feu et non d'un nouvel extincteur" obtenu en se contentant...Articles en rapportLa Bourse de Paris avance avec prudence, avant des indicateurs aux USA (+0,32...
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Foreign Policy
Egyptian liberal bloc walks out of Islamist-dominated parliament
Lawmakers
from the liberal bloc walked out of an Egyptian parliamentary vote deciding on the composition
of a 100-person
panel tasked with drafting Egypt's new constitution. The bloc, which includes
three liberal parties that hold nine percent of seats in Egypt's lower house of
parliament, cited differences with the Islamist parties, which hold a majority
in both houses of the legislature. Th...
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Los Angeles Times
Newton: Is Eric Garcetti mayoral material?
He's a strong contender to be the next mayor of L.A., but his fortunes depend in part on who else runs.Eric Garcetti is one of the city's more likable public officials. He's smart, dapper, quietly confident, attentive to detail, seasoned enough to be taken seriously by power brokers but boyish enough to tend his Twitter feed. He's quite liberal but also a member of the Navy reserve. He's a good...
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Times of India
Australia's ruling Labor Party crushed in state polls
Australia's ruling Labor Party has suffered a crushing defeat in an election in the state of Queensland, handing the conservative Liberal National coalition the biggest majority in the state's history.
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BBC
Egypt liberals boycott panel vote
Egypt's liberal MPs walk out of a vote to choose a panel drafting a new constitution over fears Islamists will monopolise the process.
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Daily Mail
'Exceptionally damaging' stamp duty rise for £2m homes may not work, Osborne warned
Economists reported that the Liberal Democrat proposal for a mansion tax would have been a better option and could have raised ‘considerably more revenue’.
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The Lancet
[Perspectives] Defending democracy and the National Health Service
The dismantling of the National Health Service (NHS) and of the welfare state proceeds apace. The historic settlement of 1948, born of the recession of the 1920s and 1930s and the carnage of World War 2, is being picked apart systematically by the UK's Coalition Government, which ironically includes the remnants of the Liberal Party that played such an important part in building the foundations...
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Washington Post
Editorial Board: A purge in China
THE DOWNFALL of the Chinese party baron Bo Xilai, who on Thursday was unceremoniously purged from his post in the Chongqing region, looks at first glance like good news for the cause of liberal reform. Mr. Bo, after all, had been whipping up popular support for a neo-Maoist “red revival” in his territory, staging public singings of old Communist standards and texting Mao’s maxims to Chongqing c...
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Telegraph
Lib Dems drop opposition to scrapping 50p tax in new Budget deal
The Liberal Democrats have dropped their opposition to scrapping the 50p top rate of tax and offered the Conservatives a Budget deal that would cut taxes for the highest earners.
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siliconindia
Budget 2012: Liberal Tax System for DTC
The Standing Committee on Finance has suggested a very moderate tax regime in its proposals on the Direct Taxes Code Bill, 2010 (DTC).
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siliconindia
Is CRR Reduction a Solution
by danendra jain In the name of adventure in credit growth banks had followed the path of misadventure both in credit growth and in branch expansion and consequences are now surfacing. It is true that such relaxation will for the time being provide ventilator to sick economy of the country and critical position of banks. Private banks will at least gain by this liberal attitude of th...
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DerSpiegel
Sicherheit in Thailand: Terroristenjäger im Lächel-Paradies
Thailand hat die Gefahr durch Terroristen lange verharmlost, um Touristen nicht abzuschrecken - dann kamen die Anschläge vom Valentinstag. Ein neuer Sicherheitschef warnt nun: Kontrollen sind zu lasch, Kriminelle haben es bei der Einreise zu leicht. Wird das Land der offenen Grenzen bald weniger liberal?
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National Post
Is The Lorax really just ‘hawking big SUVs?’
Is The Lorax a sly liberal campaign to “indoctrinate children,” a giant car commercial in disguise or just a harmless animated film based on the classic Dr. Seuss tale? It depends who you ask
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Irish Times
Louth progress at their leisure
LEINSTER UNDER-21 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST ROUND Louth 6-34 Kilkenny 0-2:It was a slaughter at Ballyragget last night but Louth did no more than give free expression to their liberal talents when thrashing Kilkenny.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: MP argues for MS liberation therapy
Liberal Kirsty Duncan says the health minister has not done nearly enough research into the liberation theory, and explains how the bill calls for Canada to be at the forefront of the new research.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
MP kept in dark on extent of hacking
POLICE failed to tell Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes that a PI had his address, home phone number and personal details about his friends
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Reuters
Giddy stars party night away after Oscars show
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Giddy with joy and liberal with kisses, Oscar's newly crowned stars celebrated late into the night on Sunday, feasting on delicacies ranging from caviar and smoked salmon to burgers with macaroni and cheese.
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Gizmodo
Read Reddit's Crowdsourced "Free Internet Act," Which Would Make It Hugely Difficult To Monitor The Web [Sopa]
After playing a major role in defeating SOPA legislation, Reddit users decided to craft their own "Free Internet Act," which, they hoped, could be used as a far more liberal replacement bill. More »
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Newman not home and hosed
THE Liberal National Party will almost certainly win government in Queensland on March 24, but it may prove to be a difficult task.
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Handelsblatt
Liberal und konservativ: Wie sich der designierte Präsident positioniert
Was wird das zentrale Thema für Joachim Gaucks Amtszeit als Bundespräsident? Kritiker warfen dem DDR-Bürgerrechtler und selbsternannten Freiheitsliebhaber thematische Einsilbigkeit vor. Nicht ganz zu Recht.
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Les Echos
Un militant des droits de l'Homme de l'ex-RDA sera le président allemand
[[365266]] BERLIN (AFP) : Joachim Gauck, 72 ans, un pasteur ancien militant des droits de l'Homme dans l'ex-RDA, sera le prochain président allemand, a déclaré la chancelière Angela Merkel. Les Union chrétiennes (CDU/CSU) de Mme Merkel et son petit allié libéral (FDP), le Parti social-démocrate...
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The Sun
Let 'em pray
LOCAL Government secretary sparks new war between Parliament and liberal judges by saying 'let them pray'
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circleID
Mobile Broadband Boom the Killer App FttH
It still amazes us that respected industry commentators join liberal politicians in questioning the need for FttH in the wake of the enormous success of mobile broadband.
They refer to this phenomenon as proof that people are bypassing their fixed broadband and are now using the smartphones and tablets to obtain most of their broadband access.
However, after several years of mobile boom the...
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Times of India
Mumbai votes for infrastructure and a liberal culture
As Mumbai votes today to decide who will rule the BMC – supposedly the richest municipality in the country – for the next five year, there are two main questions that cross my mind when I think of what Mumbaiites really want from their municipality. Infrastructure….and a liberal culture. Over the last twenty years, both have been attacked and both have suffered; consumed by the parochial and ru...
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Salon
Rick Santorum will pay for this
If one statistic explains why Rick Santorum was able to score such an impressive three-state sweep on Tuesday night, it's this: In all three states that voted -- Minnesota, Colorado and Missouri -- his favorable rating with Republicans stood at over 70 percent, well above the numbers for Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.There was a very good reason for this: Romney left him alone.After suffering a...
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Krone
Studie: Niedriger IQ macht Menschen eher zu Rassisten
Geht es nach Gordon Hodson an der Brock University im kanadischen St. Catharines, sind Rassisten und Konservative sowie Menschen mit Vorurteilen dümmer als liberal Denkende. Und: Die spätere Einstellung lasse sich schon im Kindesalter ablesen, so der Psychologe, der Daten aus zwei Langzeitstudien mit knapp 16.000 Briten analysiert hat.
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Number10
Resignation of Chris Huhne
Prime Minister David Cameron has responded to the resignation of Energy Secretary Chris Huhne
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Handelsblatt
Gastkommentar: Nach der Arabellion kommt der „islamische Frühling“
Die politischen Umwälzungen in Ägypten und Tunesien haben die Islamisten an die Macht gespült. Die geben sich moderat und liberal. Und doch bekommt die Demokratie in beiden Ländern eine deutlich religiöse Färbung.
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BBC
Russia bars liberal from election
Russian liberal leader Grigory Yavlinsky is barred from the March presidential election because of alleged errors in his registration.
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Les Echos
Premières ombres sur la présidentielle russe
La campagne présidentielle russe augure mal du scrutin honnête et transparent promis par Vladimir Poutine. Iavlinski, fondateur du parti libéral Iabloko, va être très probablement disqualifié par la commission électorale. Un quart des 2 millions de parrainages nécessaires à l'enregistrement de sa...
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FAZ
Allensbach-Umfrage: Der geteilte Liberalismus
Viele halten sich für liberal, aber der Wirtschaftsliberalismus, der als Markenzeichen der FDP gilt, ist weitgehend unbeliebt. Darin gründet der Niedergang der Partei.
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New York Times
WORLD: TimesCast | Egypt's Revolution Continues
January 24, 2012 - The Lede blogger Robert Mackey interviews liberal activist Gigi Ibrahim from Cairo on the one-year anniversary of the Egyptian revolution.
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news.com.au
Australia could end up like EU - Costello
AUSTRALIA will end up in the same economic position as Europe if the Government doesn't curb spending, says former Liberal treasurer.
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DieZeit
Wissenschaft: Politische Ansichten teilweise biologisch begründet
London/Lincoln (dpa) - Die politischen Ansichten eines Menschen sind zumindest teilweise biologisch begründet. Zu diesem Schluss kommen US-Forscher nach Experimenten mit liberal und konservativ einge...
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Hoy
Protestas por el acto de la Eurocámara
El homenaje conjunto que el lunes brindó el Parlamento Europeo a Manuel Fraga y al expresidente checo Vaclav Havel ha levantado ampollas entre un grupo de eurodiputados, que considera inadecuado que se equiparase a ambos políticos. La primera piedra la lanzó ayer la británica liberal Sarah Ludford, quien criticó la decisión del ya expresidente de la Eurocámara, Jerzey Buzek, de guardar un minut...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Jan. 16: Letters to the editor
Todays topics: Liberal promises, actions; modern ships; food truths; Scottish independence ... and more
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Obama seeks to merge U.S. trade agencies
Request comes amid growing concerns about huge deficits, and could protect Obama from charges that his is a big-government liberal
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Times of India
US aided Pak group which supported extremists
The US gave money to a Pakistani Muslim group that organized anti-Taliban rallies, but which later demonstrated in support of an extremist who killed a leading liberal politician, the US Embassy in Pakistan said Wednesday.
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Irish Times
Islamists ahead in Egypt election
Islamists aimed to cement control over Egypt's lower house of parliament as a final phase of voting began today, while a secular party's plan to boycott elections for the upper chamber threatened to weaken the liberal bloc.
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lesoir
Guy Verhofstadt ne doute pas de l’avenir de l’euro
Le chef de groupe libéral au Parlement européen, Guy Verhofstadt, est persuadé que 2012 ne verra pas la fin de l’euro, mais bien des réformes profondes auxquelles les ...lire la suite
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China Daily
The West tries out old tricks in Russia
Long before the State Duma elections of Dec 4, the ultra-rightist and liberal mass media, collaborating with anti-Russian elements in the West, forecast that the ruling United Russia party would suffer a serious defeat.
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The Nation
Pak, India efforts for trade normalisation
LAHORE - With Pakistan and India fast heading towards full normalization of trade and economic relations, a very liberal visa policy is likely to be in place very soon as all formalities to this regard had already been agreed between the two sides.
This was stated by Pakistan High Commissioner…
Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story
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euronews
L'opposition russe continue à manifester, mais la mobilisation baisse
Quelques milliers de personnes ont manifesté aujourd'hui à Moscou, à l'appel du parti libéral Iabloko, un rassemblement de moindre ampleur…
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Daily Mail
Football agents branded 'parasites' and 'spivs' by furious MP
Football agents have been labelled 'parasites' and 'spivs' by Liberal Democrat MP Bob Russell, who believes the money would be better used in other areas of the sport.
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Irish Times
Cameron to defend veto as Lib Dems criticise move
British prime minister David Cameron will defend his decision to veto a new European Union treaty amid criticism from his Liberal Democrat deputy Nick Clegg that the move was “bad for Britain”.
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Reuters
Liberal Portland mayor emerges as Occupy critic
PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Portland Mayor Sam Adams is a self-described strong liberal, but despite sharing the politics of many anti-Wall Street protesters who rocked his city, he has also emerged as one of their harshest critics.
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Le Echos
Le bréviaire libéral de Fondapol pour 2012
La Fondation pour l'innovation politique, un think tank proche de l'UMP, a livré hier ses « 12 idées pour 2012 » et après... pour enrayer une crise qu'elle juge « profonde ».
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The Nation
Islamists look to extend gains in Egypt
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians voted on Monday in run-off contests for parliamentary seats, with the Muslim Brotherhood's party trying to extend its lead over hardline Islamists and liberal parties in a political landscape redrawn by the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak.The Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) is set to take the most seats in Egypt's first free election in six decades, bolsteri...
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Mail & Guardian
Islamist-liberal clashes continue in Tunisia
Islamist supporters descended on Tunis on Saturday to confront liberal demonstrators rallying against extremism as a new constitution is drafted.
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WSJ
Barney Frank to Retire From Congress
Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Barney Frank, a key lawmaker on financial issues and a longtime liberal voice on Capitol Hill, said he will retire from Congress at the end of next year.
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Foreign Policy
Internet can kill you. Especially if you are liberal.
If you think that American journalists misunderstand the Interwebs, the Kuwaiti literatti can prove you wrong anytime: Kuwaiti Liberal: Uncensored Internet Discourse May Lead to Assassination of LiberalsKuwaiti liberal columnist Ahmad Al-Saraf published an article criticizing Internet users for posting opinions on issues about which they are profoundly ignorant, and for using grossly ina...
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# |
Countries |
MIX |
| 1 | United States | 32.715 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 6.001 |
| 3 | India | 3.935 |
| 4 | Philipines | 3.530 |
| 5 | Canada | 3.280 |
| 6 | Australia | 2.190 |
| 7 | Romania | 1.595 |
| 8 | Spain | 1.490 |
| 9 | Sweden | 1.140 |
| 10 | Indonesia | 1.120 |
| 11 | Brazil | 0.795 |
| 12 | Korea South | 0.750 |
| 13 | Colombia | 0.645 |
| 14 | Germany | 0.477 |
| 15 | Argentina | 0.390 |
| 16 | Turkey | 0.385 |
| 17 | China | 0.360 |
| 18 | Denmark | 0.310 |
| 19 | Pakistan | 0.240 |
| 20 | France | 0.200 |
| More Countries >> |
# |
Media |
MIX |
| 1 | WALL STREET JOURNAL USA | 3.050 |
| 2 | foxnews | 3.000 |
| 3 | New York Times | 2.200 |
| 4 | ABS-CBN News Channel | 1.500 |
| 5 | USA Today | 1.400 |
| 6 | GMA TV | 1.300 |
| 7 | San Francisco Chronicle | 1.200 |
| 8 | newsweek | 1.100 |
| 9 | newsoftheworld | 1.050 |
| 10 | abc live | 1.000 |
| 11 | the telegraph | 1.000 |
| 12 | CNN | 1.000 |
| 13 | The Independent | 1.000 |
| 14 | Houston Chronicle | 1.000 |
| 15 | MSNBC | 1.000 |
| 16 | CBC | 0.800 |
| 17 | News Australia | 0.800 |
| 18 | El Pais | 0.800 |
| 19 | Joong Ang Ilbo | 0.750 |
| 20 | IBN live | 0.750 |
| More Media >> |
# |
Languages |
MIX |
| 1 | English | 53.033 |
| 2 | Spanish | 2.722 |
| 3 | Romanian | 1.595 |
| 4 | Swedish | 1.140 |
| 5 | Indonesian | 1.120 |
| 6 | Portuguese | 0.815 |
| 7 | German | 0.557 |
| 8 | Turkish | 0.385 |
| 9 | Danish | 0.310 |
| 10 | Finnish | 0.300 |
| 11 | French | 0.200 |
| 12 | Chinese | 0.130 |
| 13 | Norwegian | 0.070 |
| 14 | Czech | 0.040 |
| 15 | Italian | 0.030 |
| 16 | Japanese | 0.000 |
| 17 | Korean | 0.000 |
| 18 | Dutch | 0.000 |
| 19 | Arabic | 0.000 |
| 20 | Polish | 0.000 |
| More Languages >> |
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Lists |
| 1 | Macro Economic words |