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Addressing a workers’ convention at Pulwama today, she said the lust for power has deprived the NC of any ideological identity. “It would align itself even with the devil not to speak of the BJP with which it had been an alliance partner for six long years,&...<span class="link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/Power-hungry-NC-could-again-tie-up-with-BJP-Mehboo/2953022" title="Power-hungry NC could again tie up with BJP: Mehbooba" rel="bookmark">more</a></span></p> <span class="article_viewsCount" style="font-size:8pt">Views: 279</span> <div style="font-size:8pt"> <span>Tags: </span> <span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Power-hungry">Power-hungry</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=NC">NC</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=tie+up">Tie Up</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=BJP">BJP</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Mehbooba">Mehbooba</a> </span> </div>   </div>  <div class="article_list_preview"> <div id="app2953005" style="float:left;width: 30%"></div>   <h3 style="clear: both"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/World-Press-Freedom-Day-Professionalism-and-Moral-/2953005">World Press Freedom Day: Professionalism and Moral Responsibility Stressed in Nepal</a></h3> <span class="article_list_preview_author_name"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/mohannepali"> Mohan Nepali</a> <span class="article_date"> a week ago </span></span> <span class="article_list_preview_region">Region: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?region=150?ion_state=">Nepal</a></span> <br clear="all"/> <div class="article_list_preview_thumbnail"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/World-Press-Freedom-Day-Professionalism-and-Moral-/2953005" title="World Press Freedom Day: Professionalism and Moral Responsibility Stressed in Nepal" rel="bookmark"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932im_/http://groundreport.com/includes/modules/phpthumb/phpThumb.php?src=01367645726_ARTICLE_IMAGE_DSC_0177jpg.jpg&w=63&h=51&zc=1" style="border:none !important"></a></div> <p style="line-height:1.2">An academic seminar jointly organized on Friday by the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) and the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at Kantipur City in Kathmandu emphasized on the moral standard and professionalism in media work. The seminar under the banner entitled Press Freedom for Better Nepal: Dynamize the Nepali Minds also shed light on the need to address the overall transformation agenda of the Nepali society.  Addressing about 50 participants, most of them mas...<span class="link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/World-Press-Freedom-Day-Professionalism-and-Moral-/2953005" title="World Press Freedom Day: Professionalism and Moral Responsibility Stressed in Nepal" rel="bookmark">more</a></span></p> <span class="article_viewsCount" style="font-size:8pt">Views: 664</span> <div style="font-size:8pt"> <span>Tags: </span> <span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=World+Press+Freedom+Day">World Press Freedom Day</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=journlist">Journlist</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Nepal">Nepal</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=mass+communication">Mass Communication</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=pluralism">Pluralism</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=democracy">Democracy</a> </span> </div>   </div>  <div class="article_list_preview"> <div id="app2952999" style="float:left;width: 30%"></div>   <h3 style="clear: both"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/Security-Continues-As-a-High-Risk-for-Iraqi-Journa/2952999">Security Continues As a High Risk for Iraqi Journalists</a></h3> <span class="article_list_preview_author_name"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/IWPR1"> IWPR</a> <span class="article_date"> a week ago </span></span> <br clear="all"/> <p style="line-height:1.2">Despite ongoing violence, some argue that excessive security checks stop them getting the story. By Laith Hammoudi Jinan Hussein decided to miss the United Nations conference rather than have her brand new iPhone confiscated by a sentry outside the Green Zone in central Baghdad. “I wanted to make a call to the UN official who’d invited me to attend a United Nations conference, because the soldier on the gate wouldn...<span class="link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/Security-Continues-As-a-High-Risk-for-Iraqi-Journa/2952999" title="Security Continues As a High Risk for Iraqi Journalists" rel="bookmark">more</a></span></p> <span class="article_viewsCount" style="font-size:8pt">Views: 294</span> <div style="font-size:8pt"> <span>Tags: </span> <span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Iraq">Iraq</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=journalism">Journalism</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=censorship">Censorship</a> </span> </div>   </div>  <div class="article_list_preview"> <div id="app2952995" style="float:left;width: 30%"></div>   <h3 style="clear: both"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/PLEASE-SPARE-US-THE-SYMPATHY/2952995">PLEASE SPARE US THE SYMPATHY!</a></h3> <span class="article_list_preview_author_name"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/niloofarqureshi786"> Niloofar Qureshi</a> <span class="article_date"> a week ago </span></span> <span class="article_list_preview_region">Region: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?region=100?ion_state=">India</a></span> <br clear="all"/> <p style="line-height:1.2">PLEASE SPARE US THE SYMPATHY! Though I try not to delve too much into the murky realm of politics, I nevertheless anxiously await election times- although for a very selfish reason. For this is the only time when one sees politicians, like court jesters of yore, providing good entertainment by making a spectacle of themselves- and in such depressing times this actually works like an elixir!  My favourite is when politicians after riding roughshod over our hopes and aspirations for four ...<span class="link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/PLEASE-SPARE-US-THE-SYMPATHY/2952995" title="PLEASE SPARE US THE SYMPATHY!" rel="bookmark">more</a></span></p> <span class="article_viewsCount" style="font-size:8pt">Views: 323</span> <div style="font-size:8pt"> <span>Tags: </span> <span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Kashmir">Kashmir</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=New+Delhi">New Delhi</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Sonia+Gandhi">Sonia Gandhi</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Rahul+Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Mani+Shankar+Aiyar">Mani Shankar Aiyar</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Jairam+Ramesh">Jairam Ramesh</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Chidambaram">Chidambaram</a> </span> </div>   </div>  <div class="article_list_preview"> <div id="app2952988" style="float:left;width: 30%"></div>   <h3 style="clear: both"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/Syrian-Conflict-and-Iraq/2952988">Syrian Conflict and Iraq</a></h3> <span class="article_list_preview_author_name"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/IWPR1"> IWPR</a> <span class="article_date"> a week ago </span></span> <br clear="all"/> <p style="line-height:1.2">Uncertain allegiances and fears of spillover. By Laith Hammoudi With no resolution in sight, the conflict in Syria is causing all sorts of headaches in neighbouring Iraq, where a Shia-led government is concerned at the prospect of regime change while its Sunni Arab opponents back the rebels. Caught between the Iran to the east and Tehran’s ally Bashar al-Assad to the west, the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is finding its loyalties ...<span class="link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/Syrian-Conflict-and-Iraq/2952988" title="Syrian Conflict and Iraq" rel="bookmark">more</a></span></p> <span class="article_viewsCount" style="font-size:8pt">Views: 395</span> <div style="font-size:8pt"> <span>Tags: </span> <span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Syria">Syria</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Iraq">Iraq</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=war+and+conflict">War And Conflict</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=politics">Politics</a> </span> </div>   </div>  <div class="article_list_preview"> <div id="app2952980" style="float:left;width: 30%"></div>   <h3 style="clear: both"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/PDP-achieved-positive-land-marks-Mehbooba/2952980">PDP achieved positive land marks : Mehbooba</a></h3> <span class="article_list_preview_author_name"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/vijaykumar"> Scoop News</a> <span class="article_date"> a week ago </span></span> <span class="article_list_preview_region">Region: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?region=100?ion_state=">India</a></span> <br clear="all"/> <p style="line-height:1.2">Srinagar, May 1  (Scoop News) –Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has said while the NC led government has failed to save the interests of the state it has antagonized all sections of people. Addressing a convention of village level committee members of the party from Sonawari constituency she said whether it is the youth, government employees, women or even children this government has hurt every section of the society.  Speaking on this occasion the...<span class="link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/PDP-achieved-positive-land-marks-Mehbooba/2952980" title="PDP achieved positive land marks : Mehbooba" rel="bookmark">more</a></span></p> <span class="article_viewsCount" style="font-size:8pt">Views: 296</span> <div style="font-size:8pt"> <span>Tags: </span> <span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=PDP">PDP</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=NC">NC</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=JK">JK</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=land+marks">Land Marks</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Mehbooba">Mehbooba</a> </span> </div>   </div>  <div class="article_list_preview"> <div id="app2952979" style="float:left;width: 30%"></div>   <h3 style="clear: both"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/A-Slow-Motion-Striptease-In-France/2952979">A Slow Motion Striptease In France</a></h3> <span class="article_list_preview_author_name"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/JIBing"> J Iddhis Bing</a> <span class="article_date"> a week ago </span></span> <span class="article_list_preview_region">Region: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?region=74?ion_state=">France</a></span> <br clear="all"/> <div class="article_list_preview_thumbnail"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/A-Slow-Motion-Striptease-In-France/2952979" title="A Slow Motion Striptease In France" rel="bookmark"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932im_/http://groundreport.com/includes/modules/phpthumb/phpThumb.php?src=01367412266_ARTICLE_IMAGE_jcahuzac_mai_2012jpg.jpg&w=63&h=51&zc=1" style="border:none !important"></a></div> <p style="line-height:1.2">Slow Motion Striptease In France  La Trés Grande Affaire Cahuzac Iddhis Bing special to groundreport               “What bothers me is that I still have an account open with UBS... The only way to close it is to go there? With an account open there I'm fucked, since UBS is not necessarily the most hidden of banks. It stinks. Is any sort of proxy possible?...Above all, so that the holdings somehow stay at UBS an...<span class="link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/A-Slow-Motion-Striptease-In-France/2952979" title="A Slow Motion Striptease In France" rel="bookmark">more</a></span></p> <span class="article_viewsCount" style="font-size:8pt">Views: 1089</span> <div style="font-size:8pt"> <span>Tags: </span> <span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=France">France</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=striptease">Striptease</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=politics">Politics</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=tax+evasion">Tax Evasion</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Jerome+Cahuzac">Jerome Cahuzac</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Fran%C3%A7ois+Hollande">Fran莽ois Hollande</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=UBS">UBS</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=HSBC">HSBC</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Lebranchu">Lebranchu</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Mediapart">Mediapart</a> </span> </div>   </div>  <div class="article_list_preview"> <div id="app2952977" style="float:left;width: 30%"></div>   <h3 style="clear: both"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/Will-speakers-like-Narendra-Modi-win-the-elections/2952977">Will speakers like Narendra Modi win the elections---A question mark?</a></h3> <span class="article_list_preview_author_name"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/neelskusum"> Kusum Ambardar</a> <span class="article_date"> a week ago </span></span> <span class="article_list_preview_region">Region: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?region=100?ion_state=">India</a></span> <br clear="all"/> <div class="article_list_preview_thumbnail"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/Will-speakers-like-Narendra-Modi-win-the-elections/2952977" title="Will speakers like Narendra Modi win the elections---A question mark?" rel="bookmark"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932im_/http://groundreport.com/includes/modules/phpthumb/phpThumb.php?src=01367398404_ARTICLE_IMAGE_thumb_272867_1367253215jpg.jpg&w=63&h=51&zc=1" style="border:none !important"></a></div> <p style="line-height:1.2"> On Sunday ,Narendra Modi spoke at a rally in south Bangalore and the eager crowd followed his every signal. Mr Modi's politics may be  diverging, but  he magnetises crowds. The Gujarat Chief Minister is really adding  to the prestige of the party's campaign as he pursues Karnataka in his one-off style.  But will BJP win elections? A big question to be answered in the present environment  The Congress high command dismisses the Modi factor. And still dreams...<span class="link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/Will-speakers-like-Narendra-Modi-win-the-elections/2952977" title="Will speakers like Narendra Modi win the elections---A question mark?" rel="bookmark">more</a></span></p> <span class="article_viewsCount" style="font-size:8pt">Views: 354</span> <div style="font-size:8pt"> <span>Tags: </span> <span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Narendra+Modi">Narendra Modi</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=speaker">Speaker</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=elections">Elections</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=BJP">BJP</a> </span> </div>   </div>  <div class="article_list_preview"> <div id="app2952975" style="float:left;width: 30%"></div>   <h3 style="clear: both"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/Rivers-State-Future-Princewill-Receives-IDC-Limite/2952975">Rivers State Future: Princewill Receives IDC Limited baseline Survey Report</a></h3> <span class="article_list_preview_author_name"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Nwaorgu22Faustinus"> Faustinus Nwaorgu</a> <span class="article_date"> a week ago </span></span> <span class="article_list_preview_region">Region: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?region=157?ion_state=">Nigeria</a></span> <br clear="all"/> <p style="line-height:1.2">Rivers State Future: Princewill Receives IDC Limited baseline Survey Report   Prince Tonye Princewill, a PDP Chieftain has received the report of a socio-economic baseline survey of the 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers State from a World Bank Consultancy Firm, International Development Consultancy (IDC) Limited based in United Kingdom that will positively affect the economic and political fortunes of the State.   Mr. Princewill who received the bulky documents on April 29, 2...<span class="link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/Rivers-State-Future-Princewill-Receives-IDC-Limite/2952975" title="Rivers State Future: Princewill Receives IDC Limited baseline Survey Report" rel="bookmark">more</a></span></p> <span class="article_viewsCount" style="font-size:8pt">Views: 259</span> <div style="font-size:8pt"> <span>Tags: </span> <span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Rivers+State+Future%3A+Prin">Rivers State Future: Prin</a> </span> </div>   </div>  <div class="article_list_preview" id="last"> <div id="app2952957" style="float:left;width: 30%"></div>   <h3 style="clear: both"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/The-Supreme-Military-Court-of-Libya-is-deciding-lo/2952957">The Supreme Military Court of Libya is deciding lots of the Ukrainian peace technicians</a></h3> <span class="article_list_preview_author_name"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Kally"> Kally</a> <span class="article_date"> a week ago </span></span> <span class="article_list_preview_region">Region: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?region=122?ion_state=">United Kingdom (Great Britain)</a></span> <br clear="all"/> <div class="article_list_preview_thumbnail"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/The-Supreme-Military-Court-of-Libya-is-deciding-lo/2952957" title="The Supreme Military Court of Libya is deciding lots of the Ukrainian peace technicians" rel="bookmark"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932im_/http://groundreport.com/includes/modules/phpthumb/phpThumb.php?src=01367308746_ARTICLE_IMAGE_imagesjpeg.jpeg&w=63&h=51&zc=1" style="border:none !important"></a></div> <p style="line-height:1.2">The World Community and the International Human Rights Organisations are still concerned about lots of 19 Ukrainian civil technicians sentenced by new Libyan revolutionary power to long imprisonment for ostensibly interplay with the Gaddafi dictatorial regime. It’s expected that in May the Supreme Military Court of Libya considers Ukrainian appeal against the severe judgment of court given last year by Military Court of Tripoli to Ukrainian citizens who lawfully worked in Libya under pe...<span class="link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/Politics/The-Supreme-Military-Court-of-Libya-is-deciding-lo/2952957" title="The Supreme Military Court of Libya is deciding lots of the Ukrainian peace technicians" rel="bookmark">more</a></span></p> <span class="article_viewsCount" style="font-size:8pt">Views: 396</span> <div style="font-size:8pt"> <span>Tags: </span> <span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Ukraine">Ukraine</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Libya">Libya</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Tripoli">Tripoli</a> , <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/article_list.php?tag=Supreme+Military+Court">Supreme Military Court</a> </span> </div>   </div> <br clear="all"/> <div id="pagination"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/routes.php?url=Politics&range_start=1&range_end=10&page=1#page_top" id="previous"><img border="0" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932im_/http://www.groundreport.com/images/previous.gif" alt="previous"/></a> <div id="numbers"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/routes.php?url=Politics&range_start=1&range_end=10&page=1#page_top" class="number">1</a><span class="number_current">2</span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/routes.php?url=Politics&range_start=1&range_end=10&page=3#page_top" class="number">3</a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/routes.php?url=Politics&range_start=1&range_end=10&page=4#page_top" class="number">4</a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/routes.php?url=Politics&range_start=1&range_end=10&page=5#page_top" class="number">5</a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/routes.php?url=Politics&range_start=1&range_end=10&page=6#page_top" class="number">6</a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/routes.php?url=Politics&range_start=1&range_end=10&page=7#page_top" class="number">7</a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/routes.php?url=Politics&range_start=1&range_end=10&page=8#page_top" class="number">8</a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/routes.php?url=Politics&range_start=1&range_end=10&page=9#page_top" class="number">9</a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/routes.php?url=Politics&range_start=1&range_end=10&page=10#page_top" class="number">10</a> </div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932/http://www.groundreport.com/routes.php?url=Politics&range_start=1&range_end=10&page=3#page_top" id="next"><img border="0" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130511115932im_/http://www.groundreport.com/images/next.gif" alt="next"/></a> <br clear="all"/> </div> </div> <div> <div id="advertising">  <div id="advert" style="position: absolute; 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