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Saakashvili's party seeks relevancy in the Georgia it created
Nearly a decade after Mikheil Saakashvili's United National Movement ushered in the Rose Revolution and reshaped Georgia, the party is once again on the outside looking in.
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Energy Voices Energy security means power made in the US (+video)
Daphne Wysham, founder and co-director of the Sustainable Energy and Economy Network, speaks about her vision for a bipartisan clean-energy policy, in a roundtable discussion hosted by the Monitor.
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Saakashvili's party loses as Georgian democracy takes step forward (+video)
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili announced that his party would go into opposition, after being topped by the party of Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili in Monday's elections.
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Mitt Romney says he pays 13 percent in taxes. How low is that?
Mitt Romney has tried to fend off criticism about how much he has paid in federal taxes. But his 13 percent tax rate during the past 10 years puts him in peculiar company.
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Companies paid CEOs more than they paid in taxes
In all, 26 companies paid their CEOs more in 2011 than they paid in 2011 federal taxes. A new study says Citigroup, Abbott Labs, and AT&T, among others, paid CEOs more than they gave to Uncle Sam.
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Will the United Nations' legacy in Haiti be all about scandal?
The accomplishments of the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti have been overshadowed by scandals, from a cholera outbreak to sexual abuse cases. How will this affect future missions?
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Fukushima meltdown could be template for nuclear terrorism, study says
The Fukushima meltdown showed how some nuclear plants are vulnerable to cooling-system failures. That might be of interest to Al Qaeda, which considered attacking US nuclear facilities after 9/11, a new study says.
06/08/2011 12:47 am -
Report: 'Unacceptable threat' from spent-fuel pools at US nuclear power plants
Overcrowded spent-fuel pools at US nuclear power plants pose an 'unacceptable threat to the public,' says risk assessor. Much of the leaked radiation from Japan's stricken Fukushima Daiichi came from spent-fuel pools.
05/25/2011 03:43 pm -
Opinion How the US is like North Korea
Much of North Korea’s population is starving, yet its government pours money into missile and nuclear programs. Such behavior seems to be the height of irrationality. But North Korea is only following the international community’s – especially America’s – example.
04/14/2011 11:52 am -
Japan's radiation leak: Shades of Three Mile Island and Chernobyl?
Scientists at a press conference for anti-nuclear power groups say the Japanese nuclear reactor crisis could get worse before it gets better. But other scientists say it's not yet clear whether the accident will become another Three Mile Island – let alone a Chernobyl.
03/12/2011 06:12 pm -
News that Raymond Davis is CIA could further jeopardize his return
The news that Raymond Davis, the American being held in Pakistan for a double murder, is a CIA agent that previously worked for Blackwater adds public pressure on Pakistan not to release him.
02/22/2011 10:47 am -
David R. Francis This jobless recovery could be the worst yet
Shifting attitudes towards employees may make this recovery the weakest in 30 years for job creation.
10/06/2010 04:26 pm -
David R. Francis What happened to all that anger over CEO pay?
Now that most of the firms that received taxpayer money have paid back the government, they're setting their own compensation levels again. CEOs of major US firms make nearly 300 times the wage of the average American worker.
07/12/2010 04:10 pm -
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar capture: Triumph of Pakistan-US cooperation?
The announcement that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Afghanistan Taliban's military chief, was arrested underscores increasing US-Pakistan intelligence cooperation, targeting Taliban leaders inside Pakistan for arrest and assassination.
02/16/2010 09:29 am -
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar capture: Triumph of Pakistan-US cooperation?
The announcement that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Afghanistan Taliban's military chief, was arrested underscores increasing US-Pakistan intelligence cooperation, targeting Taliban leaders inside Pakistan for arrest and assassination.
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ECONOMIC SCENE: US begins crackdown on CEO pay. Will it work?
In 1965, CEOs of major US firms made 24 times an average worker’s pay. By 2004, that ratio was 431 times.
09/10/2009 01:00 am -
Hillary Clinton, in Liberia, targets good government
The country, led by Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, has made significant strides since its brutal civil war ended in 2003.
08/13/2009 01:00 am -
ECONOMIC SCENE: ‘Tax me,’ some rich Americans tell Obama
Petition is one sign that the idealistic wealthy are not a small minority.
08/11/2009 01:00 am -
Arabs losing hope in Obama's ability to broker Mideast peace
In a push for progress, three heavy hitters from the administration – Mitchell, Gates, and Jones – visited the region this week.
07/29/2009 01:00 am -
Tax the heirs of the rich (at least of few of them)
Efforts to keep the estate tax would help trim looming US deficits.
04/23/2009 01:00 am -
Mass protests in Georgia aim to unseat Saakashvili
As many as 100,000 people are expected to demonstrate Thursday against the president.
04/09/2009 01:00 am -
Big win for Pakistan protesters
The government agreed Monday to restore deposed judges. Activists want further reforms.
03/17/2009 01:00 am -
Pakistan’s Sharif capitalizes on lawyers’ march
The opposition lawyer has championed the popular protest that began Thursday. Some see a rule-of-law hero; others cite political expedience.
03/13/2009 01:00 am -
Should CEO pay restrictions spread to all corporations?
One analyst likens huge compensation packages as 'a form of robbery.'
03/09/2009 01:00 am -
Pakistani power struggle flares up
Protesters rallied in several cities after a court banned popular opposition leader Nawaz Sharif from running for office.
02/27/2009 12:00 am
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