Is there more police brutality, or is the rise in technology bringing it to light?
Posted by:
April_Johnson
Columbus :: OH :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 20:51:44 -0700 | political-news
Police brutality has been a problem for many years in the United States. The police have taken their brutality a step further and have begun killing innocent people. In 2007 USA Today featured a story about the rise of police...
Congress hits new low in public opinion poll
Posted by:
TomCleveland
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 20:03:01 -0700 | political-news
If you were working for 10 people, but only one had confidence in your ability, how long would you keep your job? Congressmen hit a new low of 10 percent in the latest Gallup poll, but they obviously will stay...
Why Biden and not Obama dedicated the Frederick Douglass statue
Posted by:
Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 21:56:49 -0700 | political-news
“It must be admitted, truth compels me to admit, even here in the presence of the monument we have erected to his memory, Abraham Lincoln was not, in the fullest sense of the word, either our man or our model....
FBI director reveals drones used for surveillance within US
Posted by: arkar
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 21:26:51 -0700 | political-news
Quite alarmingly, it was recently revealed that the US government, through a secret program, was closely monitoring its citizens, gathering personal details about them from internet data and phone records. This came to light when a National Security Agency analyst...
USA eager to initialize peace talks with Taliban despite Karzai's boycott
Posted by: rooys
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-06-19 22:06:51 -0700 | political-news
President Barack Obama wants reconciliation with Taliban of Afghanistan. He stated that although war on terror is ongoing but there is an alternate way to reconcile politically. He stated the announcement after the official announcement of Taliban’s Qatar office. After...
The Greeks who worship the ancient gods
Source: BBC
Athens :: Greece | updated 2013-06-19 18:54:13 -0700 | political-news
Tryphon Olympios leads many of the ceremonies It's a telling sign of how far they have come already, in a nation where 98% of the public are said to identify themselves as Orthodox Christian. In 2007, an official of the...
'NOT THE TIME':Pols Question Obama Call To Cut Nuclear Arsenal
Source: Fox
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-06-19 18:31:02 -0700 | political-news
President Obama's pledge to cut the United States' nuclear arsenal by one-third is sending the wrong message to the global community, some Washington lawmakers said Wednesday. Now is not the time to pursue further strategic nuclear force reductions, Sen....
Proposal would allow more women to come to U.S. under immigration bill
Source: Washington Post
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 19:35:05 -0700 | political-news
Under their amendment, the female senators propose reserving 30,000 residency cards each year for fields in which women hold most of the jobs, such as nannies, home health-care workers and early childhood educators. At least 12 women have signed on...
Athens Journal: Muffling of a Voice Provokes an Outcry in Greece
Source: Newyork Times
Athens :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 18:02:43 -0700 | political-news
A bit melodramatic, lagging in parts, but full of feeling, the performance of Nimrod from Elgars Enigma Variations captured something in Greece. It became the soundtrack to a country falling apart, a dirge for a social order dissolving with each...
Turkish Liberals Turn Their Backs on Erdogan
Source: Newyork Times
İstanbul :: Turkey | updated 2013-06-19 18:02:38 -0700 | political-news
Gezi Park in Taksim Square here, the intense police crackdown the use of tear gas and water cannons, and the detention of protesters, lawyers, journalists and medics represented the final and most painful break with Mr. Erdogan and his Justice...
Police 'hold too many mentally ill'
Source: BBC
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-06-19 17:56:50 -0700 | political-news
Mentally ill people held by police too often, say watchdogs Detention in cells is intended be used in exceptional circumstances only Too many mentally ill people are being held in police cells, say four watchdog bodies in England and Wales....
MCMC offers free money to small businesses, few takers
Source: The Star
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | updated 2013-06-19 21:36:21 -0700 | political-news
RM50mil grant for 50,000 eligible small and medium-sized businesses to set up websites but less than 7,000 have taken advantage of the grant since it was launched in Jan 2013...Announced in Budget 2013, it is offered on a first-come-first-served basis...
Haze: Muar's 200 schools to close temporarily from today's afternoon session
Source: The Star
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | updated 2013-06-19 21:36:20 -0700 | political-news
All afternoon session schools in Muar have been directed to temporarily close following hazardous air pollutant index (API) readings recorded in the area on Thursday...Ghani said that the API reading had touched 337 and a directive had been issued for...
American pastor's murder: Two more Pakistan nationals charged
Source: The Star
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | updated 2013-06-19 21:36:13 -0700 | political-news
00 PM Updated: Thursday June 20, 2013 MYT 12:13:20 PM American pastors murder: Two more Pakistan nationals charged Pastor David James Ginter, 62, (left) seen here with his wife Sheryl. Two more Pakistan nationals have been charged with murder of...
Funeral for hen party crash teenager
Source: BBC
New York :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 21:31:55 -0700 | political-news
M62 hen party crash victim Bethany Jones's funeral due Beth Jones's funeral takes place in South Elmsall on Thursday The funeral of a teenager who was killed when a hen party's minibus crashed will take place later. Bethany Jones, 18,...
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