Libya suffers from chronic violence as militias push their own agendas
Posted by: northsunm32
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-05-23 00:47:57 -0700 | political-news
The past few weeks have seen continued violence in various places in Libya, including the capital Tripoli and the eastern city of Benghazi. Militias continue to operate, while the central government seems unable or unwilling to confront them. UPI recently...
Report: Four US citizens died in drone attacks since 2009
Posted by: prabirghose
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 03:15:39 -0700 | political-news
The Obama administration has acknowledged the death of four American citizens in counterterrorism drone strikes since 2009. Fox News reports indicate that US President Barack Obama had ordered the disclosure of the deaths in keeping with the promise he made...
Farm bill cuts could prompt hungry Americans to beg for foreign aid
Posted by: itobin53
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 02:41:50 -0700 | political-news
Imagine turning on your television and seeing hungry children huddled together wearing rags. Then the voice over the images makes a plea for donations to buy them food so they won’t starve. Now imagine that the donations are not destined...
MQM's Rabita Committee disbanded
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-23 02:11:00 -0700 | political-news
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement's Rabita (Coordnation) Committee was disbanded on Thursday. The new rabita committee would be formed on Saturday in a general workers' meeting of the party. In the meantime, administrative affairs of the party would be managed by...
RENEWED EFFORT: Obama to Restart Push to Shut Down Guantanamo
Source: Fox
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-23 02:10:48 -0700 | political-news
Published May 23, 2013 FoxNews.com President Obama will announce Thursday that the White House plans to lift the ban on sending detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Yemen, Fox News confirms, a move that could effectively resume efforts to close down...
Hashimoto echoes Japan's past failure
Source: Asia Times Online
Hashimoto :: Japan | updated 2013-05-23 01:09:12 -0700 | political-news
Although the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and other political
Large migrant population a security threat, says Sabah's top cop
Source: The Star
Kota Kinabalu :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-23 00:59:52 -0700 | political-news
The presence of a large migrant population in Sabah poses a certain security threat to the state and its people, police chief Datuk Hamza Taib told the Royal Commission of Inquiry. He said the Feb 9 Tanduo intrusion in Lahad...
France backs call to put Hezbollah armed wing on EU terror list
Source: Reuters
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-05-23 00:24:58 -0700 | political-news
Topics French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius speaks to the media after the Friends of Syria alliance meeting in Amman May 22, 2013. France is ready to support a British initiative to put the armed wing of Hezbollah on the European...
Malaysian Opposition Figures Are Detained
Source: Newyork Times
Bangkok :: Thailand | updated 2013-05-23 00:14:48 -0700 | political-news
The Malaysian government began a crackdown on political opponents on Thursday, arresting a prominent member of Parliament, charging a student activist with sedition and detaining a vocal foe of the governing party. The arrests come two and a half weeks...
Golden Gate Bridge jumper rescued by sailing crew
Source: Fox
Santa Cruz :: Bolivia | updated 2013-05-23 00:04:53 -0700 | political-news
A man who survived a jump off the Golden Gate Bridge was rescued by a sailing crew. Scott Walecka told the Marin Independent Journal he was taking his 38-foot vessel to San Francisco around 2 p.m...They heard a Coast Guard...
Crane accident cuts power to one-third of Vietnam
Source: The Boston Globe
Hanoi :: Vietnam | updated 2013-05-23 02:33:02 -0700 | political-news
Vietnam (AP) One mistake by a clumsy crane operator caused a 10-hour blackout over about a third of Vietnam, exposing the fragility of the nation's power grid. State electricity company EVN said in a statement Thursday that the blackout occurred...
Second man arrested in May 14 Brockton homicide
Source: The Boston Globe
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 02:32:59 -0700 | political-news
A second suspect was arrested and charged with murder Wednesday in the shooting of a man in Brockton on May 14, said the office of Plymouth District Attorney Timothy J...Allen-Robinson, 21, was arrested in Waltham and charged with killing Charles...
Patrick appoints new chairman of Roxbury Community College board
Source: The Boston Globe
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 02:32:59 -0700 | political-news
The embattled Roxbury Community College has a new chairman of its board of trustees. Governor Deval Patrick appointed Gerald Chertavian Wednesday to the post, said the Executive Office of Education. Chertavian founder and chief executive of Year Up, a job...
NH woman convicted of child porn to be sentenced
Source: The Boston Globe
Concord :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 02:32:59 -0700 | political-news
N.H. (AP) A New Hampshire woman convicted earlier this year of sexually exploiting her teenage daughter to produce child pornography faces up to 100 years in prison at her sentencing in federal court. The woman a 43-year-old Manchester lawyer was...
Developer plans to turn vacant school into hotel
Source: The Boston Globe
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 02:32:57 -0700 | political-news
R.I. (AP) A developer plans to turn a vacant North Kingstown elementary school into a hotel. The Providence Journal reports (http://bit.ly/18k5uJc ) that Stanley Weiss, the man behind the Hotel Providence, has a six month $1.1 million option to purchase...
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