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Rudy Giuliani: Will He Run for NY Governor US Senate for NY...
RUDY a RUDY a RUDY!!! Rudy Giuliani, will be or wona t he run for NY Governor or will he instead run forA the US Senate seat for New York? What ever his choice may be, you can bet that the former NYC Mayor who becameA Americaa s Mayor following September 11 will have a great shot of winning for the GOP.
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Political Hot Topics: November 16, 2009
The CNN Washington Bureau's morning speed read of the top stories making news from around the country and the world.
Concerns about Afghanistan...Terror trial defense...Pirate attack fails
On the eve of Hamid Karzai's inauguration for another term as Afghanistan's president, there are continued U.S. concerns about his government.
GOP advisers: Giuliani leans toward a Senate race
In this Oct. 30, 2009 file photo, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani urges supporters to vote for Republican candidate for New Jersey governor Chris Christie, left, in West Milford, N.J. A spokeswoman for Giuliani insists he still hasn't made up his mind and won't be shy to say so when he does.
The New York governor's re-election plight isn't hopeless. New York Gov. David Paterson is planning to run for re-election in 2010, and conventional wisdom suggests he will lose.
Governor's blindness now fodder for jokes, jabs
What does Sarah Palin read? A A Nov. 19: CQPolitics.coma TMs Craig Crawford talks about the answer Sarah Palin finally gave to Katie Courica TMs question, one year and 51 days after it was asked.
Remember that stampede to Barack Obama last year? Thurbert Baker didn't join it.
New York's top politicians clash over 9/11 terror trials
Mayor Mike thinks having the trials in NYC is "fitting." The announcement that Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other accused 9/11 terrorists will stand trial in New York City, has Empire State politicians taking sides: IN FAVOR: Mayor Michael Bloomberg "I support the Obama Administration's decision to prosecute 9/11 terrorists here," says NYC mayor ...
Northfield Fire Services committee begins work
Selectmen last Tuesday evening selected seven citizens to serve on the town's Fire Services Committee along with two selectmen.
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Why Morocco welcomed human rights activist Aminatou Haidar home by arresting her
Fresh off winning a prestigious international human rights award in New York, activist Aminatou Haidar received no warm welcome when she returned to Morocco last Friday.
Instead, she was arrested and deported by Moroccan officials.
Her crime? Leaving the citizenship line blank on her customs form, and writing Western Sahara - the disputed Moroccan territory where she lives - on the address line.
On Monday, Ms. Haidar declared a hunger strike and said she'll carry out her fast "to the death" if authorities continue to bar her return home. It's one of many risks she has taken in a 20-year campaign to win independence for the people of Western Sahara, a region Morocco annexed in 1975.
Gay NY Pol Mulls Challenge to Sen. Gillibrand
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, has a mixed record when it comes to GLBT equality measures.
Giuliani, Clinton Split On Mohammed NYC Trial
Share + Nov 15, 2009 5:32 pm US/Central NEW YORK 1 of 3 Khalid Sheikh Mohammed AP 2 of 3 An image of a courtroom drawing by artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. military, shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and co-defendant Walid Bin Attash attending a pre-trial session on Dec.
In the wake of an $18 million reduction in regional school district transportation handed down from Beacon Hill recently, the Tantasqua Regional School District is weighing two very heavy options in attempts to offset their share of that burden.
NYC political anchor takes bizarre fall from grace - AP
A A A' Big political names abound in New York: Mario Cuomo. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
China's - Black jails' a reality
China continues to operate a network of - black jails' to detain poor people who attempt to go to Beijing to complain about injustices at the hands of corrupt local officials.
Supreme Court ruling could play in 2010 governor's races
If the Supreme Court opens the door to more corporate money in political campaigns, it could affect laws in nearly two dozen states and a host of governor's races next year, including high-profile contests in Texas and Connecticut, experts say.
The sun sets over the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Feb. 2, 2005. REUTERS/Jason Reed
President Barack Obama's Democrats and his Republican opponents enter the 2010 election season facing voters in an anti-incumbent mood over the sour U.S. economy, increasing the political pressure on both sides.
Giuliani blasts trial decision...Terror suspects to...
Giuliani blasts trial decision...Terror suspects to Illinois?...Obama in Asia WASHINGTON The man who was mayor of New York on 9/11 says the accused plotters should face military tribunals instead of trials in federal court.
New York Terror Trial: Giuliani Says Obama Too "Concerned with Rights of Terrorists"
NEW YORK Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani saw firsthand the destruction that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of masterminding September 11, 2001 as jetliners smashed into the Twin Towers.
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