The powerful group warns both protesters and the president to keep planned protests peaceful.
2013
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World/Nation Dispatches
JOHANNESBURG Mandela in critical condition, South African president says Nelson Mandela’s health has deteriorated and he is now in critical condition, the South African government said Sunday. The office of President Jacob Zuma said that he had visited the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader at a hospital Sunday evening and was informed by the medical team that […]
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Major League Roundup: Blue Jays’ win streak goes to 11
TORONTO – Edwin Encarnacion homered and drove in four runs, Josh Johnson got his first win of the season and the Toronto Blue Jays matched a team record by winning their 11th straight game Sunday, finishing a three-game sweep of Baltimore with a 13-5 win. Toronto also won 11 straight in 1987 and 1998. Ryan […]
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Fatal air show crash in Ohio: Why be a wing walker? Thrill, risk, lure of sky
The dozen or so practitioners in the U.S. receive extensive training, but three have died since 2011.
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Hikers’ 50th reunion recalls rescue
Three men meet atop Mount Washington where, in a 1963 storm, one man broke the rules to save the other two.
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State House notebook: Override of budget veto in spotlight
With the scheduled legislative session over as of last week, the last large item looming over state government is the most important one: Maine’s next two-year budget. The Legislature has approved the $6.3 billion budget due to take effect July 1, but Gov. Paul LePage has said he is going to veto it. He has […]
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LePage remark a GOP liability?
His blunt style may please the tea party, but moderate Republicans on the same ticket could lose votes.
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Vermont wary of tar sands oil pipeline
The governor asks for a federal environmental review if a Montreal-to-Portland flow is proposed.
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Rena Price, 97, involved in start of Watts riot
The arrest of her son, Marquette Frye, touched off six days of tumult that killed 34 people.
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Michael Potter, 89, did ground-breaking tumor research
The scientist won top awards and laid the framework for a Nobel Prize win.