Amendment to defense bill requires the US to help Israel remove 'existential threats'
Posted by: northsunm32
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 22:43:14 -0700 | political-news
An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act requires the US to take "all necessary steps" to help Israel "remove existential threats" including preventing a nuclear Iran. A feature of US politics is attaching amendments to important bills that may...
‘Look what the Fox dragged in': Sarah Palin back on the F-Network (Video)
Posted by: VeronicaS
Wasilla :: AK :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 00:31:33 -0700 | political-news
I was so happy to hear someone say aloud what I have vowed to do: Ignore Sarah “Mama Grizzly” Palin. I haven’t written about the warrior princess slash ex-governor-vice-presidential candidate-author-reality star lately, for I had come to the painful conclusion...
Where's Hoffa? The great US mystery
Posted by: April_Johnson
Detroit :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 03:01:14 -0700 | political-news
For almost 40 years the FBI has followed one dead-end lead after another for missing former Teamster president and Mafia boss Jimmy Hoffa. This week authorities are conducting yet another search in a field, not far from Detroit. Tony Zerilli...
Freedom to burn
Posted by:
msarzo
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 20:18:12 -0700 | political-news
L'il Wayne walked right into the middle of a fractious debate. Literally. The rapper, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., recorded a music video for the song "God Bless Amerika" during which he walked over the American flag...
Colorado to limit free speech/ press rights of pro-marijuana magazines
Posted by: Jerome McCollom
Denver :: CO :: USA | updated 2013-06-18 19:57:35 -0700 | political-news
After a wrongful arrest, prosecutors frequently offer the dropping of charges, or expugement of arrest records, if the person wrongly arrested agrees to not sue. This is related to the practice of a wrongfully arrested person agreeing to a settlment,...
Analysis: French EU-wariness complicates life for Hollande
Source: Reuters
Brussels :: Belgium | updated 2013-06-19 00:33:11 -0700 | political-news
Topics France's President Francois Hollande gives a news conference after the G8 summit in Lough Erne, Northern Ireland June 18, 2013. A feeling in France that the European Union no longer works in its interest is fueling tensions between Paris...
Michigan dig resumes in latest hunt for Hoffa
Source: CNN
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 01:16:15 -0700 | political-news
It's unclear whether the slabs were foundations for a barn that once stood there. Scientists from Michigan State University were at the site Tuesday to help with soil analysis. Agents are expected to finish the search this week, possibly in...
SPEAKING FREELY : Modernity makes a mark in Iran vote
Source: Asia Times Online
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-06-19 01:43:14 -0700 | political-news
Modernity makes a mark in Iran vote Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say...The June 14 election in Iran has not only shattered many prejudgments about the supposedly predetermined results of...
Cambodian opposition calls foul on election
Source: Asia Times Online
Phnom Pénh :: Cambodia | updated 2013-06-19 02:00:04 -0700 | political-news
Jun 19, '13 Cambodian opposition calls foul on election Leaders of Cambodia's main opposition group said Tuesday that they will reject the results of upcoming national elections if the ruling party, which is widely expected to win, continues to disrupt...
Top US journalist dies in car crash
Source: BBC
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 01:02:02 -0700 | political-news
Michael Hastings, top US journalist, killed in crash Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings began his career at Newsweek magazine in 2002 Top US journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in car crash in Los Angeles aged 33, his employer,...
Police overtime payments increase
Source: BBC
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-06-19 00:37:26 -0700 | political-news
Overtime payments by three of Wales' four police forces have risen substantially in the last financial year amid UK government efforts to cut costs, BBC Wales has learned. Overtime costs rose in the South Wales, Dyfed-Powys and Gwent areas but...
Lock-up deaths: Dharmendran's son will never be able to celebrate Father's Day again, says mother
Source: The Star
Petaling Jaya :: Malaysia | updated 2013-06-18 23:46:02 -0700 | political-news
Dhamendran will never be able to celebrate Father's Day for the rest of his life, said S. Marry Mariay, 26, the wife of the man who was found murdered in his lock-up cell on May 21 this year. "He is...
Judicial Review application filed to declare appointment of ministers unconstitutional
Source: The Star
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | updated 2013-06-18 23:45:56 -0700 | political-news
Kula Segaran is filing a judicial review application seeking a declaration that the appointment of two ministers and three deputy ministers last month was unconstitutional. Kula Segaran, 56, is applying for an order that Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar ,...
Lock-up deaths: Permanent coroner's court for each state to deal with deaths in custody, says ...
Source: The Star
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | updated 2013-06-18 23:45:56 -0700 | political-news
The Government will set up a permanent coroner's court in each state to deal with deaths in custody, starting with Selangor and the Federal Territory. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nancy Shukri said the coroner's court could be set...
India Ink: On Assam's River Islands, Family Planning Clashes Against Religious Tradition
Source: Newyork Times
New Delhi :: India | updated 2013-06-19 03:13:30 -0700 | political-news
About India Ink This report on India from the journalists of The New York Times and a pool of talented writers in India and beyond provides unbiased, authoritative reporting on the country and its place in the world. India Ink...
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