Europe will ‘pay the price' for arming Syrian rebels warns President Assad
Posted by: Nina Rai
Berlin :: Germany | updated 2013-06-17 20:24:03 -0700 | political-news
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in an interview given Monday to a German newspaper, warned Europe that it will have to "pay the price" if it sends arms and ammunition to Syrian rebel forces seeking to dislodge him. The threat was...
Civil liberties groups demand Congress investigate and reign in scope of surveillance
Posted by: northsunm32
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 19:31:34 -0700 | political-news
A coalition of 86 civil liberties organizations and Internet companies is demanding immediate action from Congress including a committee to investigate the issue and legislation to legally reign in the scope of surveillance. Among the groups signing an open letter...
Conspiracy theories or police corruption: You decide
Posted by:
April_Johnson
Columbus :: OH :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 20:44:33 -0700 | political-news
Over the years we have all heard of conspiracy theories. Many of us have believed in one at some point to a certain degree. One of the most common conspiracy theories today concern corruption in police departments, the FBI, the...
NYPD 'hunts' people like animals
Posted by:
Herbert Dyer, Jr.
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 19:28:21 -0700 | political-news
If there was ever any doubt about how the New York City Police Department (NYPD) sees itself in relation to the citizens of New York, those doubts have now been completely removed. SocialistWorker.org reports that the NYPD's Warrant Squad is...
Edward Snowden says US government has destroyed all chances of fair trial
Posted by: Avaline
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-06-17 22:01:00 -0700 | political-news
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, 29, has said that the US has destroyed all chances of a fair trial. In a live chat with The Guardian readers on Monday, he also said that US leaders shall not be able to “cover...
Former accountant gets 7-year prison term for tax fraud
Source: Toronto Star
Richmond Hill :: GA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 17:54:34 -0700 | political-news
Comments Save to mystar A 68-year-old, former chartered accountant, who lived lavishly in a Markham mansion by swindling Canadian taxpayers of almost $10 million in just five years, will soon be residing in much more modest surroundings. A judge sentenced...
U.S. says it will buy Russian helicopters for Afghan military
Source: Reuters
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-06-17 17:34:53 -0700 | political-news
Topics One of the Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters purchased by Alabama-based Defense Technology Inc (DTI) is seen in Ulan Ude, Russia in this picture taken January 3, 2011. The Pentagon said on Monday it will spend $572 million to buy 30...
What impact have legal aid cuts had?
Source: BBC
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-06-17 19:59:52 -0700 | political-news
So, a few months after the changes have been introduced, what has actually happened? BBC Radio 4's Law in Action asked lawyers in England and Wales to send the programme specific examples of what the changes have meant to them,...
Disability benefits program for federal workers reported rife with waste
Source: Fox
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 19:33:37 -0700 | political-news
Published June 17, 2013 FoxNews.com The government's program for disability benefits for federal workers is rife with waste and abuse, according to a three part series in the Washington Examiner. The series documents many cases of apparently healthy young federal workers...
The GOP's leadership reform challenge
Source: Washington Post
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 17:41:41 -0700 | political-news
House Speaker John Boehner's selective memory...Some of this is due to a perception that Cameron is insufficiently skeptical of European integration an issue without exact parallel in U.S. politics. But Cameron's embrace of environmentalism and gay marriage has also received...
Obama Defends Authorization of Surveillance Programs
Source: Newyork Times
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-06-17 21:20:36 -0700 | political-news
Some people say, Well, you know, Obama was this raving liberal before. Now hes, you know, Dick Cheney, Mr. Obama told Charlie Rose on his PBS interview show. Dick Cheney sometimes says, Yeah, you know, he took it all lock,...
Doc: Bombing victims' rehab just begun
Source: Boston Herald
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 21:19:09 -0700 | political-news
Boston Marathon bombing victim Roseann Sdoia and her bionic leg head to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital this week, where the determined real estate executive will learn how to climb stairs and sit down with her new micro-processer-equipped right foot.
University programs that train U.S. teachers get mediocre marks in first-ever ratings
Source: Washington Post
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-17 21:18:08 -0700 | political-news
The vast majority of the 1,430 education programs that prepare the nation's K-12 teachers are mediocre, according to a first-ever ranking that immediately touched off a firestorm. Released Tuesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality, a Washington-based advocacy group,...
Africa rising - but who benefits?
Source: BBC
Maputo :: Mozambique | updated 2013-06-17 21:16:31 -0700 | political-news
Salim Evoudidi, one such salesman in the Democratic Republic of Congo, seems to typify the type of aspirational worker said to be driving the emerging middle class. He arrives at his regular spot on a busy street in the capital,...
Baker named AP chief for Malaysia, Singapore
Source: The Boston Globe
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | updated 2013-06-17 20:38:19 -0700 | political-news
Mark Baker, photographer and acting bureau chief for The Associated Press in Kuala Lumpur, has been promoted to chief of bureau for Malaysia and Singapore. The appointment was announced Tuesday by Brian Carovillano, the AP's Asia-Pacific news director.
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