A high-ranking United Nations official has been appointed dean of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park.

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The U.S. Senate hit a new low on Dec. 4, 2012, when 89-year-old Bob Dole, disabled war veteran and former Republican leader, was wheeled into the chamber to urge passage of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), only to have it fall five votes short of the requisite two-thirds majority.

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Maryland Legal Aid is spearheading an effort advocating for migrant workers' access to legal services and community service and healthcare providers.

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HAGERSTOWN — An Army private charged in the biggest security breach in U.S. history is trying to avoid trial by claiming he has already been punished enough by being locked up alone in a small cell and having to sleep ...

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OCEAN CITY — A family has permission to install a set of energy-generating wind turbines on the roof of their Boardwalk home. The set of three will comprise the first turbines on the roof of a single-family residence in Ocean ...

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My old boss, Vice President Joe Biden, weighed in on “American exceptionalism” during a speech Monday. In subscribing to the idea, the former chairman of both the U.S. Senate Judiciary and Foreign Relations committees provided the unique perspective that our ...

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LONDON — Gilead Sciences Inc., one of the world’s biggest producers of AIDS drugs, will allow some of them to be made by generic manufacturers — potentially increasing their availability in poor countries, particularly in Africa, officials said Tuesday. In ...

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WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of 10 lawmakers is suing President Barack Obama for taking military action against Libya without war authorization from Congress. The lawmakers say Obama violated the Constitution in bypassing Congress and using international organizations like the ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Environmentalists are heading to Annapolis to speak out against public spending on bottled water as part of World Water Day events. Tuesday is World Water Day, established by the United Nations to focus attention on the importance of ...

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HAGERSTOWN — The United Nations says it is looking into a complaint that the Army private suspected of giving classified documents to WikiLeaks has been mistreated in custody. The UN office for torture issues in Geneva said Wednesday it received ...

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