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It wasA two days before the election, and Queens Democrats had gathered around their 19th District City Council candidate Kevin Kim for a rally at the Bay Terrace Shopping Center.

Maine's Clear Choice . November 2nd, 2009 U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen , Tammy Baldwin Gary Ackerman and Howard Berman wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the proposed Anti-Homosexuality Act which has been introduced in the Uganda Parliament.

Daniel J. Halloran III, left, and Peter A. Koo defeated Democratic opponents in City Council races in Queens.

The House is preparing to vote on a resolution condemning the U.N.'s Goldstone Report, but not before making changes to the text to respond to the complaints of Goldstone himself.

Democrat Kevin Kim, left, and Republican/Independent Dan Holloran, right, are competing for Tony Avella's vacated council seat Unlike most districts in this city, district 19 has no clear party allegiance.

21 to press Congress for comprehensive immigration reform . Two buses made the one-day trek from the 11th congressional district in Brooklyn and were hosted by Rep.

Dan Halloran, running for city council spoke at a Republican Party Rally in Flushing, Queens.

A senior State Department official has told Congress that the United States is not lessening its support for reformers in Iran and U.S.-based organizations supporting them.

For all the $billions flushed down the rat hole of "green" technology, in the end we're going to end up with advances like this : In New York, Congressman Gary Ackerman has enlisted about two dozen goats in Kings Point Park on Long Island's Gold Coast.

Over two hours of speeches by 20 speakers - about half of them local politicians - beset the opening of the Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center at Queensborough Community College on Sunday.

Crapster- After feeling very angry at the September 17th Queens Tribune article and subsequent insults aimed at Republican City Council candidate Dan Halloran, I decided that I could not sit idly by and allow this insult to journalism and democracy continue without making a statement.

The war chests are filled; the mailers are flying; and in some cases the heated tones of party rhetoric are getting louder as the candidates running for City Council in Queens make the last efforts for winning over the voters.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference in Kabul , Afghanistan on Tuesday.

Not many parents get a police escort to their parent-teachers conference. Of course, not many parents of school kids are the president.

Democrat Kevin Kim is facing off against Dan Halloran in 19th District race for City Council.

Share + Oct 19, 2009 12:51 pm US/Eastern GREAT NECK, N.Y. A New York congressman has enlisted a secret weapon in a battle to combat the voracious vines overrunning a community park.

Wall Street Journal proves zeemax right: Topic started by Zeeman on Oct 18, 2009 2:47:08 am Not So 'Smart Power' This is said to be the age of "smart power," when the U.S. uses diplomacy and foreign aid, not force of arms, to advance its interests.

By Joseph D. Szydlowski Washington - First, House members expressed doubts about Afghanistan's future.

Congress often laments that the federal government should do more with less. Tighten its belt.

Saturday, October 10, 2009 WASHINGTON: Pakistani critics are manufacturing a crisis over $7.5 billion in US aid for political reasons, one of the US authors of the assistance plan said on Thursday.