First lady: Daughters need thick skin in politics

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Published
May 30, 2012

First lady: Daughters need thick skin in politics

Michelle Obama says her daughters are learning that even the kids of politicians have to have a thick skin.
Published
May 30, 2012

UN rights body to hold session on Syrian massacre

The council rarely holds such sessions but has done so several times since the Arab Spring revolutions last year to discuss dire human rights situations in the Middle East.
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May 30, 2012

New lab turns SD gold town into scientific mecca

A little town called Lead will be known in scientific circles as the place where evidence of the origins of the universe may finally be detected.
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May 30, 2012

Romney clinches nomination, but Trump overshadows

Mitt Romney has said he believes Obama was born in America, but he has not condemned Trump's comments.
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May 30, 2012

Ex-Liberian president gets 50 years for war crimes

Charles Taylor, the 64-year-old warlord-turned-president, is the first former head of state convicted by an international war crimes court since World War II.
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May 30, 2012

UK top court backs extradition of WikiLeaks founder

Julian Assange, 40, has spent the better part of two years fighting attempts to send him to the Scandinavian nation, where he is accused of sex crimes.
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May 30, 2012

Ex-Rutgers student in webcam case to go to jail

A day after apologizing for the first time for using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate, Dharun Ravi gives up his right to remain free.
Published
May 27, 2012

Watching dissidents is big business in China

China has outsourced watching political dissidents to co-workers, neighbors, government workers, unemployed young people, gang members and whoever else is willing to accept money to conduct surveillance.
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May 27, 2012

Lady Gaga cancels Indonesian show after threats

Lady Gaga canceled her sold-out show in Indonesia after Islamist hard-liners threatened violence. Some accused police of buckling to the will of a small group of thugs.
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May 27, 2012

Syria denies massacre, UN council meets

The Syrian government blamed the killings on "hundreds of heavily-armed gunmen", who also attacked soldiers in the area, it said.