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Coleman—a former Democrat who was elected as a Republican senator from Minnesota in 2002 and lost a controversial 2008 reelection bid to Al Franken ’73—described center-right views as “moderate in tone” but “bold in scope and passion...
Early in January, world leaders had hoped that the Copenhagen summit would lead to a new climate accord. But climate legislation has lost momentum in Congress. Leaders said this week that no agreement would be reached in Copenhagen...
When 400,000 people fled North Korea in 2000, “the government lost the means through which they were controlling the population” into thinking that the country’s economic state was satisfactory, Kim said...
...prosecutors prompted an Army investigation into the trial, and the convictions were tossed out in 2007. Addressing relatives of the men - only two defendants were still alive, and neither attended the ceremony - then Assistant Army Secretary Ronald James said, "I'm sorry that your father, grandfather and loved ones lost years of their freedom...
...Being represented on the premier stage of the global game is no small feat for a country that is obsessed with both soccer and its national image. Nor have Egypt-Algeria encounters traditionally passed without incident: the 1989 qualifier was followed by riots in which an Egyptian team doctor lost an eye and Interpol issued an arrest warrant for an Algerian player...