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South Africa bars Dalai Lama from peace conference

South Africa barred the Dalai Lama from a peace conference in Johannesburg this week, hoping to keep good relations with trading partner China but instead generating a storm of criticism.


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British court: US asked detainee to drop torture claim

 U.S. authorities asked a Guantanamo Bay detainee to drop allegations of torture and agree not to speak publicly about his ordeal in exchange for his freedom, according to British court documents.


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Grant deadline approaches

Artists looking to advance their careers have the chance to win a scholarship sponsored by the Bloomington Area Arts Council.

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IU play to spotlight in Ireland

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In a single production, actors sing Britney Spears’ “Toxic,” walk on chairs and do somersaults without a single costume change or blackout.But that is just a small aspect of what makes IU independent theater project “A Picture (of Dorian Gray),” based on Oscar Wilde’s novel, a unique production. The play recently was accepted into the International Gay Theatre Festival in Dublin, which will take place May 11 to 17.



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US foreign policy still requires change

As a veteran of the anti-war movement, I have closely followed the tragic sequence of events resulting from the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq.



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Arrogance, incompetence

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The House of Representatives voted 328-93 on Thursday to levy a 90 percent tax on all bonuses paid to employees making in excess of $250,000 at firms receiving $5 billion or more in government funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, known as TARP. A similar bill is likely to pass through the Senate.


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Pearls and politics

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First lady Michelle Obama gathered with a group of fifth graders in Washington to plant a vegetable garden, the first at the White House since Eleanor Roosevelt’s famed victory gardens during World War II.


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A farewell to arms smuggling

The recent dismissal of charges against an Arizona gun dealer accused of knowingly furbishing firearms for Mexico’s Beltrán Leyva cartel has frustrated authorities.





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Going green in the home of Willis Tower

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Someone needs to tell Chicago Mayor Richard Daley that even though he dyed his city’s river green for St. Patrick’s Day, it doesn’t mean Chicago is going “green.”


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Family farm placed in protective easement

The owner of a family farm that dates to the early 1800s and includes one of Indiana’s oldest homes has placed the 500-acre plot in a conservation easement to protect it from encroaching development.




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Judge orders Schrenker to pay restitution damages

An Indiana administrative law judge has ordered a money manager accused of trying to fake his death in a plane crash to pay $304,000 in restitution to bilked investors and $280,000 in state fines.