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... in this year's State of the Union, communities across the country are looking at their own attempts to crack down on poor attendance and searching for the most effective strategies. In Washington, D.C., where 20 percent of students miss 15 or more days of school each year, parents ...
... humility and conciliation in Dr. King's speeches and writings, my dad heard the call to action. So that's what his children heard too. For years, I scanned the footage of that day, searching for a glimpse of my father marching along in his clerical collar. It doesn't ...
... die for my principle and for the justice of my community. HARI SREENIVASAN: Bhatti was the second lawmaker murdered recently after opposing laws that call for the death penalty for insulting Islam. The top NATO commander in Afghanistan has apologized for the killings of nine boys in a helicopter attack ...
... the Pakistani government, officials in Pakistan with the Taliban. How seriously is the government taking those reports? STEVE COLL: Well, the United States has been searching for a long time for a formula of engagement with Pakistan that will equip the Pakistani government to fight terrorism inside its borders, motivate ...
... Smith follows the interesting exchange between President Obama and Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito here, here and here, while John Harris says the president was searching for a strategy: "[It] was inescapable that his 69-minute speech -- for all the rush of words and policy ideas -- was a document of ...
... took steps today to curb one Bush-era terror-fighting tool while at the same time extending others. The Justice Department is making it tougher for the government to withhold information by claiming secrecy protection. Agencies under threat of a lawsuit will now have to convince a team of Justice ...
... more continuity than we're going to see change. For example, I think we will find the new pope will be very liberal on social justice issues, on issues of war and peace. Just like John Paul II, he's going to be very strong, speaking for the poor in ...
... on what you heard today and also what you know about the court, could you sense which way they're leaning or what they're searching for here? MARCIA COYLE: I think the court is very trouble by the fact that the detention of an American citizen could be indefinite ...
... about extra territorial law here so they're not part of the chain of command. They're also not part of the code of military justice. We have to remember that they're also not exclusively working for the Defense Department. They're working for other companies, whether they be ...
... that 12 people were taken to the hospital, including two in intensive care. The station also reported six people were in custody and authorities were searching for others. A commentator from KTXN later said that preliminary and unconfirmed reports suggested the cause of death was asphyxiation and dehydration since the ...
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