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U.S. denies name change for high-fructose corn syrup
WASHINGTON — US regulators denied a request to change the name of high-fructose corn syrup to merely “corn sugar,” in a high-profile dispute between two industries. The effort to change the name comes amid controversy over the sweetener, which is at the epicenter of a dispute over a possible link…
Holder: Minority rights under threat from voter ID laws
The US attorney general, Eric Holder, has warned that gains of the civil rights struggle hang in the balance in the face of a determined effort by many states to roll back laws ensuring the right to vote. Holder told a Washington conference on Wednesday that there is a “growing…
Cartel web presence could be used against them: experts
CANCUN, Mexico — Experts from 20 countries gathered Wednesday at the Mexican resort town of Cancun to discuss a strategy for battling organized crime, in an effort mandated by the recent Summit of the Americas. Mexico drug cartels in particular have increasingly turned to the Internet to improve their communications,…
Are Americans ready for a Mormon president?
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney’s faith emerged as little more than a curiosity on the US campaign trail, but with the Republican nomination securely in his grip, are American voters now ready for a Mormon president? The candidate made history late Tuesday as the first from his religion to win the…
Israel to try reporter over leaked army documents
JERUSALEM — Israel’s attorney general has decided to put a journalist on trial over secret military documents he received from a former soldier who is now in prison for spying, the justice ministry said on Wednesday. “In the near future charges will be filed against (the journalist Uri) Blau for…
Enrichment ‘not a step towards a bomb’: Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN — Iran’s enrichment of uranium to 20 percent “is our right” and “is not a step towards a bomb,” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday in an interview with the satellite television network France 24. The enrichment activity, which world powers are trying to curb in fraught talks with Iran,…
French irked by EU use of English
BRUSSELS — The Brussels-based French-language press corps reacted with fury Wednesday to the release in English of the EU’s annual report cards on the bloc’s 27 economies. In an angry open e-mail to the European Commission, the correspondent for the daily Liberation newspaper Jean Quatremer said — in French: “Once…
Two dead in Seattle shooting, gunman at large
SEATTLE — Two people were killed and three injured in a shooting in north Seattle on Wednesday, and a gunman was still at large, police said. Local King 5 television news reported that a gunman was seen running from the scene of the shooting at the Cafe Racer just north…
Israel says Hamas as strong as Hezbollah
JERUSALEM — The Palestinian group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, has an armed force to rival that of Israel’s Lebanese foe Hezbollah, the head of the Shin Bet security service said on Wednesday. “Hamas has military capabilities almost of a state,” a spokesman quoted Yoram Cohen as telling the…
Radical student leader takes on Quebec government
MONTREAL — A politico and a media hound, 21-year-old radical Quebec student leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois has become a force to be reckoned with in talks with the government over tuition fee hikes. The spokesman for the student union Classe showed up for an interview with AFP on foot, stubble on…
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