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November, 2025
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9 November
Bill Clinton vs. Peter Jennings
The network news anchors usually stay away from controversy. So last night [Thursday, November 18] when Peter Jennings (search) questioned Bill Clinton (search) about how historians have ranked his moral authority, eyebrows went up. Here’s some of what happened. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP, “PRIMETIME LIVE”) PETER JENNINGS, “PRIMETIME LIVE”: They gave …
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9 November
The Abortion Debate Continues
Forty million is a big number. That’s how many people have not been born in America since the Roe vs. Wade decision. Whatever one thinks of abortion, 40 million is a lot of non-people. They had no children, or grandchildren of their own. They contributed nothing to science, to culture …
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9 November
Everglades Cleanup Exposes Environmentalists
Don’t tell me that so-called “environmentalists” are “for” the environment. The ongoing controversy over the cleanup of the Florida Everglades is further evidence that eco-activists are more interested in uncontested political power and dominating business interests than in workable environmental protection. TheFlorida Everglades (search)are experiencing an overgrowth of cattails that …
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9 November
Smithsonian Wrongs Wrights … Again
TheSmithsonian Institution (search)is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ first flight with a Web presentation and the grand opening of a new branch of the National Air and Space Museum. The tribute is ironic as the Smithsonian spent 28 years denying the Wrights credit for the first flight …
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9 November
Grin and Bear It
Sometimes it takes a little thing to make a big point. I was at a charity event and while people are still milling around, I overheard a conversation. A woman was complaining about her sinus condition. It turned out that was just the tip of her problems. In just the …
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9 November
Maldives court sentences sacked defense minister to 11 years in prison for possessing firearm
MALE, Maldives – A court in Maldives has sentenced a former defense minister to 11 years in prison for importing and possessing a firearm. A criminal court in Male, the capital island of this Indian Ocean archipelago state, has passed the sentence against Mohamed Nazim Thursday night. The same court …
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9 November
UN mission says Libya talks will resume in Morocco this week
CAIRO – The United Nations mission in Libya says talks between the country’s rival factions will resume this week in Morocco. The U.N. and its envoy to Libya, Bernardino Leon, have been trying to help resolve the crisis in the North African country, now bitterly divided between two rival governments …
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9 November
US draft urges UN to condemn use of chlorine in Syria
UNITED NATIONS – The United States has circulated a draft resolution in the U.N. Security Council that condemns the use of toxic chemicals such as chlorine in Syria without assigning blame, while threatening militarily enforced action in the case of further violations. The draft obtained Thursday by The Associated Press …
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9 November
5 feminist activists still detained in China after Women's Day crackdown, group says
BEIJING – Five Chinese feminist activists remained in police custody Monday after authorities detained at least 10 women’s rights proponents across the country in the run-up to International Women’s Day, according to a Chinese activist. Activist Feng Yuan said the activists still in detention were Li Tingting, Wei Tingting, Wang …
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