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China slams US criticism of Internet controls

BEIJING – Beijing issued a stinging response Friday to Hillary Rodham Clinton's criticism that it is jamming the free flow of words and ideas on the Internet, accusing the United States of damaging relations between the two countries by imposing its “information imperialism” on China. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu defended China's policies regarding the Web, saying the nation's Internet regulations were in line with Chinese law and did not hamper the cyber activities of the world's largest online population. His remarks follow those made by the U.S.

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China slams US criticism of Internet controls

How to Talk to Your Conservative Relatives

You are probably at this very moment attempting to communicate with family members you have almost nothing in common with. What do you do if it turns out Aunt Edwina is a birther? First of all, this is not a list of “counter-arguments,” or methods by which you can convince a conservative relative that their beliefs are wrong.

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How to Talk to Your Conservative Relatives

Obama to name openly gay ambassador

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama plans to nominate an openly gay lawyer as the United States' ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, an administration official said Wednesday. David Huebner was the lawyer who would be announced for the post, said an official who would speak only on condition of anonymity ahead of an announcement. If confirmed by the Senate, Huebner would the administration's first openly gay ambassador

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Obama to name openly gay ambassador

Iran: US behind missing scientist

Iran today accused the US of being behind the disappearance of an one of its nuclear scientists in Saudi Arabia and called into question a uranium deal agreed in principle in Geneva last week.

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Iran: US behind missing scientist

Sarah Palin, Washington Post Op-Ed Writer

In what is possibly the most bizarre coupling since Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley married, Sarah Palin and the Washington Post have come together as one and given birth to a Sarah Palin Washington Post op-ed piece.

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Sarah Palin, Washington Post Op-Ed Writer