Non-Power Conferences Overlooked by Committee
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In the wake of the 2006 N.C.A.A. Tournament, which featured George Masonâs run to the Final Four, the Selection Committee appeared to shy away from smaller conference teams this year.
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A meeting of delegates from the nations that emit the most pollutants ended without concrete targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions
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Major powers are considering a joint   meeting with Iran next week that excludes the United States as   a way of bridging a divide over its nuclear program, U.S. and   European diplomats said on Saturday.
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Panel stops short of calling for rigorous measures to tackle eating disorders.
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This year the leaders of some of the worldâs most respected financial institutions have been caught either unaware or uninformed about giant risks their companies took.
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Group decides that if alternative proposal to that of Sharonâs not introduced, and no debate held prior to vote, it could be defined as non-democratic.
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Important details in little-seen government reports.
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Organizers of the group, Scientists and Engineers for America, said it would be nonpartisan, but in interviews several said Bush administration science policies had led them to act.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22  - Gloomy news about Iraq and the Middle East peace process on Wednesday overshadowed the second day of the UN&#39;s annual gathering of world leaders.
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It is the season of exploration. Everywhere you look, prospective 2008 presidential candidates are forming exploratory committees. Three leading Republicans and one prominent Democrat who have long been pursuing the presidency announced  such committees in recent days, saying they are not ready to...
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While much was said at the United Nations summit on global warming, the world is still a ways from taking concrete action
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The US House ethics committee&#39;s rebuke of Majority Leader Tom DeLay this week focused on an issue never raised publicly before: the appearance of impropriety created by an exclusive
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Lawmakers are unconvinced by Administration claims that the glass is half full in America's 'forgotten war'
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Climate experts and politicians  will discuss policies they believe may be needed beyond the Kyoto Protocol.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she does not anticipate that the six parties seeking a solution to the North Korean nuclear issue will meet when Asian leaders gather later this week at a security forum in Malaysia.
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Does access to fuel ease nations toward nuclear weapons? Rising demand has nonproliferation experts unsettled.
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UNITED NATIONS - The United States intends to invite Saudi Arabia, Syria, and other Arab countries that do not have relations with Israel to a Middle East peace conference that will be held in the United States this fall, a senior State Department official said yesterday.