Global Mali unrest prompts U S advisory and protests
The Obama administration monitors Mali turmoil with reports of a possible coup. U S Embassy in Bamako urges Americans to stay indoors as radio signals fail and troops surround the presidential palace. Demonstrations and gunfire are feared in Bamako.
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Washington
Obama
Mali
U.S
Bamako
State Department
Victoria Nuland
Nuland
Toulouse siege ends days of standoff with gunman Merah
Police blast shutters and deploy heavy force to pressure Mohamed Merah a French citizen of Algerian descent with al Qaida ties to surrender after killings at a Jewish school and paratroopers. The standoff near Toulouse stretches into a second day as negotiators seek his capitulation.
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France
Mohamed Merah
Interior Ministry
Michel Valet
Associated Press
Afghanistan
Pakistan
al- Qaida
Paris
Francois Molins
Merah
Didier Martinez
SGP Police Union
Europe
Afghanistan-Pakistan
Waziristan
Molins
Abdelkader
Iraq
Supreme Court rules property owners deserve EPA hearing in wetlands dispute
The Supreme Court ruled 9 to 0 that property owners facing EPA threats to fines for building on their land are entitled to a civil hearing. The Sackett case centered on a Idaho lot near Priest Lake claimed as wetlands, challenging EPA jurisdiction and the agency's use of compliance orders.
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Supreme Court
Idaho
Environmental Protection Agency
Michael
Chantell Sackett
Sacketts
Priest Lake
EPA
9Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Antonin Scalia
United States
Scalia
Army sought to scrub suspect references from websites
The Pentagon deleted or redacted mentions of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales from Army sites to protect his family's privacy after the 16 Afghan killings. Despite efforts, cached pages and reports still circulated, while contrasts with the rapid release of Maj. Nidal Hasan’s name in 2009 were noted.
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U.S
Robert Bales
Iraq
Bales
Pentagon
Bates
Nidal Hasan
Fort Hood
Texas
New Hampshire House Rejects Bill To Repeal Gay Marriage
The New Hampshire House voted 211 to 116 to kill a measure aimed at repealing the state's gay marriage law and replacing it with a civil union framework. Supporters vow to push into the fall elections while the governor had promised to block the move.
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N.H
New Hampshire
State House
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