u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi on thursday visited saudi arabia 's unelected advisory council , the closest thing in the kingdom to a legislature , where she tried out her counterpart 's chair -- a privilege no saudi woman can have because women can not become legislators .

A summary about the text above: house speaker pelosi visits saudi arabia s version of legislature

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Summarize this: alarmed by protesters who hold up signs such as `` thank god for dead soldiers '' at military funerals , the maryland house voted wednesday to ban funeral protests that use speech likely to incite a fight .
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funeral protest ban clears maryland house

Text: david ta-wei lee , the incumbent republic of china representative to the european union and belgium who has been designated as the new roc envoy to the united states , said wednesday that if the bush administration agrees to his new assignment , he expects to assume office in washington , d.c. in july .

Summary: envoy-designate may assume office in u.s.

Generate a short summary: islamic charities in kuwait have been ordered to shut down hundreds of charity collection boxes in a bid to better control fund-raising , a minister said in remarks published wednesday .
Answer: kuwait moves to tighten grip on islamic charities

public broadcasting executives are defending the right of the filmmaker ken burns to tell the history of world war ii as he sees fit , in the face of escalating complaints and veiled threats of a boycott from latinos who say his coming pbs documentary `` the war '' slights hispanics ' contributions to the war effort .

Short summary: pbs supports ken burns against latinos complaints

the first thing joe kennedy is going to discover as the silliness surrounding his decision not to run for governor of massachusetts abates is what a wise choice he made .

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Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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kennedy 's wise choice