John Kerry begins his visit to Middle East to revive peace talks
Posted by: saleh1966
White Center :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 09:13:41 -0700 | political-news
US Secretary of State John Kerry starts Tuesday his fourth tour to the Middle East since being appointed the top US diplomat at the beginning of February. He will visit Oman, Jordan, Palestinian territories and Israel. During his visit, Kerry...
Sen. Whitehouse fingers GOP's global warming denial for Oklahoma tornadoes
Posted by:
Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 10:13:36 -0700 | political-news
Even as Americans were transfixed before their television sets, soaking up the almost surreal scenes of mass death and damage as miles-wide tornadoes with winds in excess of 200 mph rampaged throughout the state of Oklahoma, Rhode Island Democratic Sen....
Oklahoma destruction: Obama affirms disaster declaration in state of climate denier
Posted by: PrairieDogPress
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 10:16:33 -0700 | political-news
People who live in states along the path of “tornado alley” say they are prepared for monster storms and tornadoes but the massive two-mile-wide twister that smashed its way through 20 miles of the area from Newcastle to Moore, Okla.,...
Is Sharpton's Atlanta Chapter of NAN under IRS scrutiny?
Posted by: Harold Michael Harvey, J. D.
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 09:28:25 -0700 | political-news
While the tea party has found renewed zeal after it came to light that the Internal Revenue Service singled them out for extra scrutiny, a group headed by the president and founder of one of the tea party’s chief critics,...
Is Separation of Church and State in big trouble with Supreme Court case?
Posted by: VeronicaS
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 09:57:55 -0700 | political-news
Opinion Despite the Founding Fathers’ expressed intent to keep Church and State separate, religion has barreled its way into politics as more and more of our elected officials blatantly push laws based on their religious ideology. Critics say the Supreme...
Fresh bid to push change in Manila charter gained protests
Posted by: GerryAlbert
Manila :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-21 09:14:12 -0700 | political-news
By John Lloyd Hoffman and Gerry Albert Corpuz MANILA, Philippines- The effort of staunch allies of Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino III to push the revision of the 1987 Constitution to eliminate current restrictions on foreign investments and ownership of...
Hundreds seek compensation in Japan nuclear crisis
Source: Fox News
Marumori :: Japan | updated 2013-05-21 09:34:47 -0700 | political-news
Hundreds of people living just outside Japan's Fukushima prefecture say they have been denied adequate compensation after the country's 2011 nuclear disaster despite suffering elevated radiation levels. Nearly 700 residents from Hippo district in Miyagi prefecture, just northeast of Fukushima,...
Saakashvili ally charged in Georgia
Source: BBC
Kutaisi :: Georgia | updated 2013-05-21 09:12:05 -0700 | political-news
Saakashvili ally charged with corruption in Georgia Mr Merabishvili was arrested after coming in for questioning in Kutaisi Georgian ex-Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili, a close ally of President Mikheil Saakashvili, has been detained and charged with corruption.
Notre Dame Cathedral evacuated after man commits suicide
Source: Fox News
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 09:32:37 -0700 | political-news
Paris police say Notre Dame Cathedral has been evacuated after a man committed suicide in the 850-year-old monument and tourist site. A police official says officers closed the cathedral to the public after the incident Tuesday afternoon. The official could...
State Department official says he was scapegoated by bosses over Benghazi
Source: Fox News
Benghazi :: Libya | updated 2013-05-21 09:14:13 -0700 | political-news
Published May 21, 2013 FoxNews.com A mid-level State Department official sidelined in the aftermath of the Benghazi terror attack is speaking out, publicly accusing his bosses of scapegoating him for the security lapses in eastern Libya. Raymond Maxwell, who was...
Police shut down, search Ugandan newspaper offices
Source: United Press International
Kampala :: Uganda | updated 2013-05-21 09:26:22 -0700 | political-news
Ugandan police closed down the offices of the Daily Monitor after it ran a series of articles about the president making his son successor, journalists said. Longtime Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is apparently grooming his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to be...
Massive Roxbury raid targets dozens of drug, violent crime suspects
Source: Boston Herald
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 08:33:38 -0700 | political-news
A huge drug-trafficking sweep this morning in Roxbury has netted a series of arrests, authorities said. Boston police, armed with warrants out of Roxbury District Court and Suffolk Superior Court, and a small number out of U.S. District Court, undertook...
'Stop and frisk': 7 questions about New York's controversial policing tactic
Source: Christian Science Monitor
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 09:48:09 -0700 | political-news
7 questions about New York's controversial policing tactic A federal class-action lawsuit regarding the New York Police Department 's stop-and-frisk program has raised questions about the controversial practice made legal under a 1968 US Supreme Court ruling.
Braintree police credit Amber Alert with quick end to parental kidnapping case; children are safe
Source: The Boston Globe
Braintree :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 09:19:49 -0700 | political-news
Police today credited the Amber Alert system with the quick recovery of two children who were allegedly kidnapped from a foster home here Monday by their father, who did not have custody rights. Braintree Police Chief Russell Jenkins said the...
Crown Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz arrives in Turkey
Source: Arab News
Ankara :: Turkey | updated 2013-05-21 06:19:57 -0700 | political-news
Arab News Tuesday 21 May 2013 Last Update 21 May 2013 2:58 pm Ankara: Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, arrived in Ankara today at the start of an official visit to the...
Cartoons of The Day
People In The News
Contributors
Build Your Allvoices Brand. Gain Influence. Make Money.
News From Hot Locations
