Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain killed ahead of re-polling
Posted by: Jennifer Rees
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-19 12:51:57 -0700 | political-news
Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain, senior vice-president of the Sindh chapter of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was shot dead in Karachi Saturday ahead of a hotly contested re-polling in her district. Hussain was accused of rigging the country’s recent elections, thus...
Legislators push for restricted domestic drone use
Posted by: Jennifer Rees
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 11:28:04 -0700 | political-news
In the wake of rising apprehensions over using drones for domestic surveillance purposes, a bipartisan group of legislators is trying to restrict the use of unmanned observation aircraft or "eyes in the sky.” Republican Reps. James Sensenbrenner and Ted Poe...
No one to hold an umbrella for President Obama
Posted by: prabirghose
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 11:00:01 -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...
Bill Maher: Republican obstruction crosses line into 'treason'
Posted by: itobin53
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 12:29:43 -0700 | political-news
When do Republican actions to obstruct and delegitimize Obama’s presidency stop being called partisan politics and start being called treason? The answer is May 17, 2013. On Friday, HBO’s Bill Maher dared to go where no one has gone before....
Two hanged in Iran for spying: prosecutor
Posted by: willsteven
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-19 13:04:55 -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...
IRS SCANDAL: Agency Targets Tea Party, Ignores Big-Budget Groups
Source: Fox
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 09:46:48 -0700 | political-news
There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups. Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat who is among a small Senate group pushing campaign finance reform measures that would force these big outside groups to disclose...
Pakistan still reeling in the elections and its aftermath
Source: DAWN
Hyderabad :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-19 12:51:57 -0700 | political-news
An army soldier (R) sits on a chair while a voter stamps his ballot papers inside a booth at a polling station during re-polling for the general elections in Karachi, May 19, 2013. Sunday's voting took place at 43 polling...
AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional
Source: The Boston Globe
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2013-05-19 11:39:39 -0700 | political-news
The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was unconstitutional'' and already has had a chilling effect on newsgathering. Gary Pruitt says the Justice Department's secret subpoena of reporters' phone records...
Hofstra graduates honor student killed by police
Source: The Boston Globe
Mineola :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 13:01:14 -0700 | political-news
N.Y. (AP) Students at Hofstra University wore white ribbons at their graduation ceremony to honor a fellow student who was accidentally killed by a police officer tackling an armed intruder. Sunday's ceremony came two days after Andrea Rebello died when...
Russian TV: American accused of spying flies out
Source: The Boston Globe
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-19 09:55:15 -0700 | political-news
Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported. The Kremlin-loyal TV station broadcast video Sunday evening showing Ryan Fogle going through passport...
JI announces names for three ministries in KPK govt
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-19 10:41:20 -0700 | political-news
The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) have announced names for three ministries in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial government. Sirajul Haq, Inayatullah Khan and Habibur Rehman have been put forward for the ministries of education, zakat and finance. Speaking to the media after a meeting...
South Korea: The little dynamo that sneaked up on the world
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-05-19 10:03:51 -0700 | political-news
But it's not easy to ruffle the jaunty vibe of 75-year-old Kim Chong-shik as he strolls among young couples and shoppers along the boutiques of the Gangnam District.
Auditor praises Vt. action on tax districts
Source: The Boston Globe
Montpelier :: VT :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 10:49:32 -0700 | political-news
Vt. (AP) Vermont State Auditor Doug Hoffer is praising lawmakers for passing legislation to clean up glitches in the state's so-called tax increment financing program. Tax increment financing is a public financing method that provides communities with a means to...
NA-250 PTI candidate Arif Alvi wins
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-19 12:31:21 -0700 | political-news
COM 20 mins ago Alvi won 17,489 votes votes, which was far ahead of his opponent Naimatullah Khan of Jamaat-i-Islami, who managed to capture only 446 votes after re-polling in the constituency...Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf's (PTI) Arif Alvi has won the NA-250...
NH Superior Court chief justice gets fellowship
Source: The Boston Globe
Concord :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 10:49:35 -0700 | political-news
N.H. (AP) New Hampshire's Superior Court Chief Justice Tina Nadeau is the 2013 recipient of a fellowship awarded annually by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation...Gross fellowship was established in memory of the late House majority leader to honor an elected...
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