Vermont passes physician-assisted suicide law
Posted by:
Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Montpelier :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 20:49:58 -0700 | political-news
Vermont joined three other states on Monday by allowing doctors to assist terminally ill patients who wish to end their own lives. According to Reuters, the bill was signed into law by Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, and includes a...
Republicans are good at scandals, bad at governing
Posted by: itobin53
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 19:10:51 -0700 | political-news
Republicans could not be happier about the trio of scandals rocking the Obama administration, and they are doing their best to keep the fires burning. If they put as much effort into actual governing, America might be a better place....
Obamacare Facebook page inactive since November
Posted by: Punditty
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 00:41:12 -0700 | political-news
Despite widespread criticism that President Barack Obama’s administration is not doing enough to inform citizens about compliance with the Obamacare mandate to purchase health insurance, the Facebook page I Like Obamacare has been inactive since November. The page is maintained...
North Korea out on a limb - speeds up mending fences with China
Posted by: prabirghose
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-22 02:07:54 -0700 | political-news
North Korea is, needless to say, out on a limb and appears to be in a fence-mending mood. First it has released the 16 Chinese fishermen who had been caught and kept hostages with demands of ransom - the boat...
Iran bars Rafsanjani from standing for president
Source: DAWN
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-22 03:27:29 -0700 | political-news
Iran's moderate ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been barred from standing in next month's presidential election, along with a controversial aide of incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. Rafsanjani, who served as president from 1989 to 1997,...
North Korea sends military leader as 'special envoy' to China
Source: World News
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-05-22 02:35:33 -0700 | political-news
North Korea on Wednesday sent a top military official to China as a personal envoy of leader Kim Jong-Un , at a time of strained relations with Beijing and ahead of a key China-US summit. Choe Ryong-Hae, the director of...
Young and dynamic: social entrepreneurship in Austria
Source: The Guardian
Vienna :: Austria | updated 2013-05-21 23:30:12 -0700 | political-news
Yadid Levy/Getty Images Social entrepreneurship in Austria is still a young sector 75% of all initiatives are not older than four years. But they are growing constantly as is the awareness about what social entrepreneurship is and how social innovation...
Afghan students protest women's rights decree
Source: Fox News
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-22 00:56:43 -0700 | political-news
Afghanistan Hard-line Islamist students are protesting in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic. More than 200 male students protested in front of Kabul University on Wednesday against...
Anthony Weiner announces bid for NYC mayor- Hundreds of protesters call to repeal NY gun law
Source: Fox
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 00:50:09 -0700 | political-news
Published May 22, 2013 FoxNews.com Former Congressman Anthony Weiner has announced he is running for mayor of New York City, almost two years after resigning over a Twitter scandal. In a video released Tuesday night on his website , Weiner...
Ceremony planned for fallen Conn. soldier
Source: The Boston Globe
Hartford :: CT :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 00:36:48 -0700 | political-news
Conn. (AP) A ceremony is planned at the state Capitol complex to honor a Connecticut soldier recently killed in Afghanistan...Andrew Pedersen-Keel of Madison will be added to the Wall of Honor tribute, located between the state Capitol and the Legislative...
Kerry pushes $2.1 billion Raytheon deal in Oman
Source: Fox News
Muscat :: Oman | updated 2013-05-22 00:29:21 -0700 | political-news
Secretary of State John Kerry is talking with officials in Oman about their plans to buy a $2.1 billion air defense system from American manufacturer Raytheon. Kerry was meeting Wednesday with the Arab country's defense minister, a day after discussions...
China media: Xi Jinping's US visit
Source: BBC South Asia
Rancho Mirage :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 23:59:11 -0700 | political-news
After becoming president in March, Xi Jinping will hold his first summit with US President Barack Obama in the resort city of Rancho Mirage, California, on 7 and 8 June on his way back from a tour of Latin America...
Disgraced Weiner to run for NYC mayor
Source: CNN
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 23:45:30 -0700 | political-news
Disgraced ex-congressman Weiner says he's running for NYC mayor From Alison Harding , CNN updated 1:44 AM EDT, Wed May 22, 2013 (CNN) -- Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner is running for New York City mayor, he announced Wednesday morning...
Senate committee approves immigration overhaul bill
Source: Fox
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 02:41:53 -0700 | political-news
Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of...
Ahmadinejad slams decision to bar ally from Iran vote
Source: World News
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-22 02:35:30 -0700 | political-news
Tehran , May 22: Iran 's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hit out today at a decision to disqualify a close ally from a vote to elect his successor, while former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani had no objections to his own omission....
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