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According to Politico and CREW, John McCain likes to play craps. In a recent article at The Crypt, John McCain is alleged to have had some winnings from the MGM in Vegas and has not reported it on his Senate Finance Disclosure forms.

UK denounces       ‘power grab’ as  . Mugabe swears  . in new deputies Chris McGreal The U.K. Guardian October 14th, 2008           Zimbabwe’s president,  Robert Mugabe,  pressed ahead with his unilateral imposition  of a new government yesterday,  in defiance of a power-sharing deal with  Morgan Tsvangirai, by swearing in  two new vice-presidents.

The Denver police union made this shirt to commemorate the beating of DNC protesters.Later this week, I’ll post a closer look at how organizers of protests against the Republican National Convention were arrested as “terrorists.” But first I want to address some of the talk, in the mainstream press and even in activist circles, about violence at mass protests.

Hundreds of economists have signed letters opposing Obama's economic and tax plans (here, and here): We are equally concerned with his proposals to increase tax rates on labor income and investment. His dividend and capital gains tax increases would reduce investment and cut into the savings of millions of Americans.

Hundreds of economists have signed letters opposing Obama's economic and tax plans (here, and here): We are equally concerned with his proposals to increase tax rates on labor income and investment. His dividend and capital gains tax increases would reduce investment and cut into the savings of millions of Americans.

PM meets Australian parliamentary leaders Canberra (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung continued his official visit to Australia on October 13 with a series of meetings with political and parliamentary leaders and talks with overseas Vietnamese.

Former Tory PPC for Watford receives suspended prison sentence for hate campaign Written by The Voice on 13th October 2008 – 7:42 pm Readers of Lib Dem Voice will well recall the story of Ian Oakely, the Conservative candidate for Watford and Hillingdon councillor*, who appeared in court and

Kolkata, Oct 12 (IANS) Two anonymous telephone calls threatening to kill Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee were received at her residence Monday, police said. Police Commissioner Gautam Chakraborty said the calls were made in the afternoon on the landline of Banerjee’s residence at Kalighat in the southern part of the city.

Kochi, Oct 13 (IANS) Work on the Rs.15 billion Smart City project here will start only after it gets special economic zone (SEZ) status, its board decided at a meeting here Monday.The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Smart City Dubai in March 2007

Abhisit suggests House dissolution Opposition Democrat party leader, Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva, suggested the Government dissolving lower House to resolve prevailing political deadlock. Mr. Abhisit stated today (October 13) that he did not believed that two task forces established by Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Mr.