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  • Yemen's separatists want a Sudan-style referendum on southern secession if protests seeking to end the three-decade rule of President Saleh succeed, a senior separatist leader said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

    Libya in stalemate; Yemen opposition joins demonstrators 2011

  • The city of Orange Cove, with a population of about 10,000, reversed a nearly three-decade relationship with the Fresno County Sheriff Department in late 2009 by reopening a 10-person police department with a $1 million annual budget.

    Cities Seek to Turn Over Policing Role Bobby White 2011

  • The Justice Department has been buoyed by its rash of recent successes in the face of a three-decade trend in which federal courts have steadily shrunk the scope of the antitrust laws.

    AT&T Case Shows Antitrust Mettle Thomas Catan 2011

  • Another segment of Friday's crowd of protesters objects to the governor because he once served as a high-ranking officer in the police force, which has one of the worst reputations for abuse during Mubarak's three-decade rule, thought Mikhail was not among dozens of security officials now under detention over various allegations including killings of protesters.

    Crowds protest Christian governor in south Egypt 2011

  • Two key subsidies for ethanol fuel -- a tax credit for domestic ethanol and a tariff on imports -- came to an end at the close of 2011 after a three-decade, $20 billion run, a casualty of budget woes and an unusual alliance of fiscal conservatives and liberal environmentalists.

    Mason Inman: The Climate Post: Fight Over Tar Sands Pipeline May Lead to Cancellation, "Huge" Consequences Mason Inman 2012

  • Most of the layoffs are expected to take effect July 22, though the exact timing depends on when Atlantis launches the 135th and final mission of the three-decade shuttle program.

    Job cuts pose challenges as shuttle program winds down 2011

  • In West Bengal state, a Congress Party ally, the Trinamool Congress, swept to power after inflicting a crushing defeat on communist parties, thereby ending its three-decade reign.

    West Bengal Vote Ends 34 Years of Communist Rule 2011

  • He has rarely been heard from since and the transcript offers the public his most extensive comments yet about the final days of his three-decade rule.

    Mubarak denies responsibility for deaths 2011

  • In West Bengal state, a Congress Party ally, the Trinamool Congress, swept to power after inflicting a crushing defeat on communist parties, thereby ending its three-decade reign.

    West Bengal Vote Ends 34 Years of Communist Rule 2011

  • Two key subsidies for ethanol fuel -- a tax credit for domestic ethanol and a tariff on imports -- came to an end at the close of 2011 after a three-decade, $20 billion run, a casualty of budget woes and an unusual alliance of fiscal conservatives and liberal environmentalists.

    Mason Inman: The Climate Post: Fight Over Tar Sands Pipeline May Lead to Cancellation, "Huge" Consequences Mason Inman 2012

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