Peace in our time (A fable)
Posted by: Robert Weller
Berlin :: Germany | updated 2013-06-17 18:19:08 -0700 | disasters-news
In recent weeks Allvoices has been full of writers warning against US involvement in Syria. Old stories and not-so-old stories about American mistakes have been reported over and over. Iraq and its phony weapons of mass destruction is number one...
Iran expanding nuclear program despite sanctions
Posted by: StephenManual
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 20:46:45 -0700 | disasters-news
Iran is making steady progress in expanding its nuclear program and economic sanctions imposed by the international community against it does not seem to be slowing it down, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano told Reuters in an...
Russia to oppose no-fly zone over Syria
Posted by: StephenManual
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-06-17 23:27:51 -0700 | disasters-news
It appears as if Russia is all set to give tough time to the United States on Syria. Russian President Vladimir Putin had already questioned the United States decision to arm Syrian rebels in order to enable them to fight...
Edward Snowden denies being spy for China
Posted by: Samantha86
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 23:45:43 -0700 | disasters-news
Edward Snowden, the man who leaked confidential information related to NSA, has denied the allegation that he is a spy for the Chinese government. The infamous NSA leaker is still nowhere to be found, but able to rebuke the spying-for-China...
Boy Praised for Saving His Mother in an Attack
Source: The New York Times
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 21:51:05 -0700 | disasters-news
Hes going to kill my mother! the boy, Jacob Rodriguez, called out from his yard. That Jacobs mother did not die can be credited to his cries for help, and to the quick response of an off-duty police officer, Joseph...
Dad ID'd teen accused in bleach attack, cops say
Source: Boston Herald
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 21:19:15 -0700 | disasters-news
Prosecutors have accused a 22-year-old woman and a 15-year-old girl of teaming up to beat, rob and throw bleach in the face of a T bus passenger and cops say the teen's own alarmed father turned in his daughter after...
Police probe pictures of Nigella Lawson for possible evidence of torture by husband
Posted by: Samantha86
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-06-17 21:32:07 -0700 | disasters-news
The British police are investigating the pictures of celebrity chef Nigella Lawson with husband Charles Saatchi that show him grabbing her by the throat at a London restaurant. There may be trouble in paradise and the British police are bent...
Man accused of murder 7 years after ex-wife found dead
Source: Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 18:24:59 -0700 | disasters-news
Five years later, their rocky relationship rekindled, the Orange County couple flew to Europe for a romantic cruise. But on the morning of May 26, 2006, Lonnie Kocontes reported his ex-wife Micki Kanesaki missing to ship authorities. Her body was...
Trying to build a bomb that won't blow up
Source: Washington Post
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-06-17 17:41:43 -0700 | disasters-news
The bomb would be made with a new variant of ammonium nitrate fertilizer that had been touted as non-detonable. For Pentagon scientists, such as Best, the search for a fertilizer that doesn't explode has been a Holy Grail-like quest ....
Skating coach protests innocence before being sentenced to house arrest for assaulting teen
Source: Toronto Star
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-06-17 16:55:15 -0700 | disasters-news
Save to mystar A skating coach who was convicted last December of kissing and groping a former student more than 30 years ago has been sentenced to six months of house arrest, to be followed by a six-month curfew. Justice...
Bellevue police: woman shot dead in home
Source: Associated Press
Bellevue :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 19:36:01 -0700 | disasters-news
Police say that a woman was found dead from gunshot wounds inside her Bellevue home Monday and investigators suspect foul play. Bellevue police spokeswoman Carla Iafrate says the 35-year-old woman did not show up for work Monday morning, prompting co-workers...
Young woman found dead in Lake Stevens home
Source: Associated Press
Lake Stevens :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 16:38:47 -0700 | disasters-news
Snohomish County detectives are investigating a homicide after a young woman was found dead Monday in a Lake Stevens home. News reports ( http://bit.ly/17hs08A ) the dead woman is in her 20s. Deputies responded to the residence where she was...
Malala denounces 'cowardly' Pakistan attack
Source: Fox News
Quetta :: Pakistan | updated 2013-06-17 18:27:13 -0700 | disasters-news
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban for promoting girls' education, on Monday denounced an attack on a bus carrying female students in Quetta as "cowardly". At least 25 people were killed on Saturday when militants blew up...
Dutch teenagers and father jailed for kicking linesman to death
Posted by: shahzad313
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | updated 2013-06-17 22:38:58 -0700 | disasters-news
Six young footballers and one of their fathers have been jailed for beating a linesman to death as he officiated his son's junior match in the Netherlands. Richard Nieuwenhuizen, 41, from Buitenboys, died after being punched and kicked by players...
Wave of Protests Engulfs Greece
Source: Newyork Times
Athens :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 14:42:33 -0700 | disasters-news
Whether or not that happens and Mr. Samaras may yet find a resolution with his governing partners and skirt the temptation to call an early election the latest drama underscores how instability continues to plague the government despite a growing...
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