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Here is our weekly survey of news stories to round out the week of March 9-15, 2015.
A top freedom-of-information expert is calling Hillary Clinton’s email system “laughable” http://t.co/fBIf7D5ghD
— POLITICO (@politico) March 12, 2015
Iceland drops EU membership bid: ‘interests better served outside’ union http://t.co/JX8ICPPnXN
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 12, 2015
Marco Rubio lands top Romney aide for likely 2016 campaign http://t.co/aOJZJ01bZQ
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) March 12, 2015
How #Russia‘s media abandoned their mission of informing the public. http://t.co/tksUomCoCL #opinion #longreads pic.twitter.com/rTIaLXU5CK
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) March 12, 2015
Daily Mail deeply angered by Ed Miliband’s “Communist” kitchen http://t.co/tyvHXtERuh pic.twitter.com/STwBLBpDKk
— The Independent (@Independent) March 12, 2015
Turkey and Armenia will see a “political row that could easily have been avoided” on April 24, says @TomdeWaalCEIP: http://t.co/6S4HPE0Jme
— Carnegie Endowment (@CarnegieEndow) March 12, 2015
Should Canada deport accused terrorists without trial? http://t.co/z5Cfnnfcsz #topstories
— TorontoStar (@TorontoStar) March 12, 2015
The senseless shooting of 2 Ferguson police threatens a reform movement that is just starting: http://t.co/oBJ6dtGzxn pic.twitter.com/LMCfLD9lT6
— Slate (@Slate) March 12, 2015
Islamic State group spokesman says leader accepts Boko Haram allegiance pledge: http://t.co/XARZvEv7Kf
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 12, 2015
If Hillary Clinton doesn’t run, do Democrats have a Plan B? http://t.co/GKVU8kdHqb
— CS Monitor (@csmonitor) March 12, 2015
Obama’s proposed #greentip #ammoban misfires: http://t.co/Qb8OfcwHll pic.twitter.com/hCq04AbWAt
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) March 12, 2015
Report: World powers in talks to lift Iran sanctions http://t.co/EpwmgrmJhy
— POLITICO (@politico) March 12, 2015
This movie drew the least diverse audience of 2014 http://t.co/ghegdFKTZY
— TIME.com (@TIME) March 12, 2015
Budget Referee Sees Less Deficit Reduction in Obama’s Proposal http://t.co/JQZrFZwJbO
— Real Time Economics (@WSJecon) March 12, 2015
Would Obama’s new ISIS authorization also let him bomb Boko Haram? http://t.co/2SBzOVivJn pic.twitter.com/IJTBnqecCc
— Slate (@Slate) March 12, 2015
Forget Russia — if Kiev wants to save the country, it needs to drum corruption out of its ranks. http://t.co/z43IXzKAJI
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) March 12, 2015
Expelling Oklahoma students for racist video is likely unconstitutional http://t.co/7RlyoAwT8f
— CS Monitor (@csmonitor) March 12, 2015