Litter levels on Welsh beaches will only fall if people cut the rubbish they drop on the street or flush down drains, campaigners say.
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MPs fire their last pre-budget shots
MPs have fired their last pre-budget shots before Treasurer Wayne Swan announces his budget speech.
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Rep. Frederica Wilson Gets 4 A.m. Deportation Of Dad Stopped
There wasn’t much time.
Rene Rivas, a father of four, was to be deported at 4 a.m. Tuesday, less than seven hours after his son made the bombshell announcement at the tail end of an immigration forum U.S. Rep Frederica Wilson hosted in North Miami with four other members of Congress (background here).
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Richard (RJ) Eskow: A Pledge For Mr. Waxman
Rep. Henry Waxman should make a promise to his constituents, but he doesn’t want to. So, instead of promising that he’ll protect Social Security from President Obama’s proposed benefit cut, Waxman told one of his constituents the very idea of asking Representatives to make “pledges” is wrong.
This notion that “pledges are bad” a new Washington cliché in this, the age of anti-democratic (with a small “d”) and anti-Democratic (with a big “D”) budget deals. There’s just one little problem: Representatives begin their terms by taking a pledge. It’s called the “Oath of Office,” and in it each member of Congress promises to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
The Oath of Office pledge is clearly acceptable, which raises the question: Which pledges are not?
Cattle exports may increase to Indonesia
Qld and NT’s agriculture ministers say they may have brokered a deal with Indonesia to boost cattle exports.
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Phone records of journalists seized by US
Federal investigators secretly seized two months of phone records for reporters and editors of The Associated Press in what the news organization said Monday was a “serious interference with AP’s…
China, Japan seek Arctic influence as ice cap melts
TOKYO — Japan, China and South Korea are seeking to expand their influence in the Arctic as melting ice caused by global warming offers potentially lucrative access to resources and…
US abortion provider convicted
A US abortion provider has been found guilty of murdering three babies with scissors after they were born.
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Toronto Maple Leafs Collapse In Game 7 As Boston Bruins Rally For 5-4 Win In Overtime (VIDEO)
BOSTON — The Boston Bruins turned back Toronto’s comeback with a rally of their own.
Trailing by three goals in the third period and still by two with less than 90 seconds left in their season, the Bruins scored twice in a span of 31 seconds to tie it and then eliminated the Maple Leafs on Patrice Bergeron’s goal at 6:05 of overtime to win 5-4 in Game 7 on Monday night.
Both sides condemn convicted Pa. abortion doctor
Dr. Kermit Gosnell considered himself a pioneering inner-city doctor who helped desperate women get late-term abortions, but a Philadelphia jury called him a murderer who killed three babies after they…