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Presidents of public universities are taking home bigger paychecks, and a growing number are raking in more than $1 million. But Graham Spanier, the former head of Pennsylvania State University, who was fired amid a sex abuse scandal, takes the cake, earning $2.9 million in fiscal 2011-2012.
Monday, May 20, 2013 03:23 |
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By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will walk a fine line between fostering a U.S. ally in China`s backyard and trying to defend human rights when the president of Myanmar becomes the first head of his country to visit the White House in 47 years on Monday. Rights groups and some U.S. lawmakers fear Obama has moved too quickly since forging a dramatic breakthrough in relations in 2011 after half a century of military rule in Myanmar, also known as Burma. U.S. ...
Monday, May 20, 2013 00:18 |
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Manu Ginobili isn`t hurt this time, and the upset won`t be so unusual if it happens.
Friday, May 17, 2013 21:32 |
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MILAN (AP) The European auto industry may be showing the first signs of a slowdown in its sales free-fall, according to data from the European automaker`s association.
Friday, May 17, 2013 12:23 |
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Family Radio`s founder predicted Jesus would return and the world end on May 21, 2011.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013 00:58 |
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KAIROUAN, Tunisia (Reuters) - Supporters of the hardline Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia clashed with Tunisian police on Sunday after the government banned its annual rally, saying it posed a threat to society. Ansar al-Sharia, which openly supports al Qaeda, is considered the most radical of the hardline Islamist groups to emerge in Tunisia since a 2011 revolution overthrew secular dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. ...
Sunday, May 19, 2013 13:10 |
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The authorities in Ivory Coast arrest militia leader Amade Oueremi, suspected of one of the worst massacres during 2011 post-election violence.
Saturday, May 18, 2013 22:02 |
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By Joe Bavier ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Authorities in Ivory Coast on Saturday arrested a militia leader accused of participating in one of the worst massacres committed during the West African nation`s post-election violence in 2011, a military official and witness said. Some 3,000 people were killed in the brief armed conflict that broke out after incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo refused to acknowledge defeat at the hands of his rival Alassane Ouattara in a run-off poll in late 2010. ...
Saturday, May 18, 2013 19:01 |
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PARIS (Reuters) - More than 8,000 French households` tax bills topped 100 percent of their income last year, the business newspaper Les Echos reported on Saturday, citing Finance Ministry data. The newspaper said that the exceptionally high level of taxation was due to a one-off levy last year on 2011 incomes for households with assets of more than 1.3 million euros ($1.67 million). ...
Saturday, May 18, 2013 18:25 |
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WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland`s opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party has overtaken the ruling Civic Platform in an opinion poll released on Saturday, showing the government may be increasingly vulnerable to the economic downturn. The center-right Civic Platform, led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk won 40 percent of the vote at the 2011 election, but its support was down to 23 percent in the survey carried out by CBOS, one of Poland`s biggest polling organizations. ...
Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:10 |
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