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Paton bill aims to protect Arizonans from libel tourism

Richard Tackett, Cronkite News Service//February 18, 2010//

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Paton bill aims to protect Arizonans from libel tourism

Paton bill aims to protect Arizonans from libel tourism

Richard Tackett, Cronkite News Service//February 18, 2010//

Dr. Zuhdi Jasser isn’t reluctant to speak his mind about oil barons he believes to be financiers of terrorism. He does so through the group he founded, the American Islamic...

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