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...unpatriotic and simply aids his anti-U.S. foreign policy. Democrats and advocates for the poor disagree. In a website video for Boston-based Citizens Energy, which helps distribute the Citgo oil, director Joseph Kennedy, son of Senator Robert Kennedy, says, "Some people say it's bad politics to [accept the fuel]. I say it's a crime against humanity...
...officers' and executives' pay and cut back on travel. Unlike competitors FedEx and UPS, the agency is hoping to avoid shedding jobs. Still, since September, 156,000 employees at the nation's largest employer - from executives on down - have been offered voluntary early retirement. About 5% are expected to accept: a first wave of 3,685 workers effectively retired on Dec. 31, while about 4,000 more will exit in February. Several thousand more departures are expected in March. The retirees will not be replaced. These reductions are accelerating a trend: before they began, there were already 100,000 fewer...
...with Representative Bobby Rush calling the Senate the "last bastion of plantation politics." After initially dismissing the appointment out of hand, Dems have been put on the defensive, and they are now quick to say that if Burris were to be appointed by Lieut. Governor Pat Quinn, they would accept Burris with open arms. "This is a lose-lose situation for Reid and the Democrats," says Mark J. Rozell, a political science professor at George Mason University in Virginia. "They can either look like they are accepting the choice of a corrupt governor who tried to sell the seat...
...terrorist organization by the U.S. and E.U., but which provides much-needed social and welfare services to Palestinians - its exiled leader is a bit of a paradox. Mashaal, who has been based in Damascus since 1999, preaches a fiery brand of militancy but has indicated a willingness to accept the existence of a Jewish state (which Hamas's charter rejects) alongside a Palestinian...
...accept a state on the June 4 line with Jerusalem as capital, real sovereignty and full right of return for refugees, but without recognizing Israel." -Defining Hamas's position as being amenable to a long-term truce whereby Palestinians and Israelis would live side by side, though he reiterated that Hamas would not formally recognize the Jewish state...