No one to hold an umbrella for President Obama
Posted by: prabirghose
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 08:26:05 -0700 | political-news
President Barack Obama had to brave the rains as he headed for a round of golf May 18, 2013 with two members of his cabinet to the Andrews Air Force base. Along with him were the US Secretary of Health...
Two hanged in Iran for spying: prosecutor
Posted by: willsteven
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-19 04:47:35 -0700 | political-news
TWO convicted spies have been hanged in Iran, one found guilty of working for Israel, the other for the United States, the Tehran prosecutor's office says. Mohammad Heydari was convicted of "receiving fee to provide intelligence on diverse security matters...
Harper chief of staff resigns amid Senate expense scandal
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-19 08:32:03 -0700 | political-news
Nigel Wright has resigned as Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff, following revelations he wrote a $90,000 cheque to cover living expenses claimed by Senator Mike Duffy. In a statement issued Sunday, Wright said Harper has accepted his resignation...
Afghanistan's Karzai seeks Indian military aid amid tensions with Pakistan
Source: Reuters
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-05-19 06:11:45 -0700 | political-news
Topics Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul May 4, 2013. Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to discuss potential arms deals with Indian officials during a trip to New Delhi this week, officials said, at a...
American imprisoned in North Korea spared death gulags, say experts
Source: Fox News
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-19 06:12:08 -0700 | political-news
Published May 19, 2013 FoxNews.com It's bad for Kenneth Bae, the Washington man arrested in North Korea last year and sentenced to 15 years in prison, but it could be worse, according to people familiar with the workings of one...
Unscheduled water disruption in Gombak and KL
Source: The Star
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-19 08:23:10 -0700 | political-news
Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) said in a statement Sunday, that a number of areas in Gombak and Kuala Lumpur experienced water disruption and lower pressure due to a critical dip in levels at its main reservoirs, since...
Saudi vegetable seller dies from self-immolation
Source: The Boston Globe
Tunis :: Tunisia | updated 2013-05-19 06:02:19 -0700 | political-news
Saudi Arabia (AP) A Saudi newspaper says a vegetable seller who set himself on fire in Riyadh after police confiscated his goods for standing in an unauthorized area has died. The website for newspaper Sada reported that the man, identified...
EC mulls action against those who slandered it
Source: The Star
Petaling Jaya :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-19 07:00:24 -0700 | political-news
The Election Commission has collected evidence against those who have slandered it and is now mulling the next course of action, said its deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar . The EC has decided not to take the slander...
Minister blasts immigration policies
Source: BBC
Johnstone :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-19 06:03:36 -0700 | political-news
Scottish minister blasts UK immigration policies Humza Yousaf said coalition policies were damaging the Scottish economy The Scottish minister with responsibility for immigration has attacked the UK government's approach to the issue. External Affairs minister Humza Yousaf said coalition...
Maine man's body found after standoff, fire
Source: The Boston Globe
Saco :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 06:02:19 -0700 | political-news
Maine (AP) The body of a 58-year-old Maine man has been found in the rubble of his home following a fire that he's believed to have started during a standoff with police. The state fire marshal's office says the body...
Vt.'s only pharmacy school to hold 1st graduation
Source: The Boston Globe
Colchester :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 06:02:19 -0700 | political-news
Vt. (AP) Vermont's only pharmacy school is graduating its first class in a ceremony at the Champlain Valley Exposition. Seventy-four graduates of the Colchester campus of the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences are receiving doctor of pharmacy degrees...
African refugees face kidnap, torture and death in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula
Source: Toronto Star
Āsmara :: Eritrea | updated 2013-05-19 05:28:50 -0700 | political-news
This land of stick huts and nomads has long been untamed, but any inkling of government order vanished after the revolution that overthrew Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak's police state. Islamist militants roam, smugglers hold sway and crimes are absolved or...
Re-polling in NA-250, Shah Mehmood Qureshi pays tribute to voters
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-19 07:31:53 -0700 | political-news
Re-polling ends in Karachi's NA-250; low turnout reported
NH troopers selling "Boston Strong" shirts
Source: Boston Herald
Concord :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 07:23:24 -0700 | political-news
New Hampshire state troopers are raising money for Boston Marathon victims with their own version of a "Boston Strong" T-shirt. The front of the T-shirt sports a logo reading "Boston Strong" and the date of the bombings: 4-15-13. The back...
NH man dies after rolling kayak
Source: The Boston Globe
Dümmer :: Germany | updated 2013-05-19 06:02:16 -0700 | political-news
N.H. (AP) A New Hampshire man has died after his kayak rolled over while kayaking with his wife. The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says 58-year-old Keith Whitten of Berlin and his wife were kayaking on the Upper Ammonoosuc...
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