UK Supreme Court rules families of soldiers killed in Iraq can sue government
Posted by: Eileen Kersey
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-06-19 08:49:21 -0700 | political-news
News reports Tuesday that the families of British military personnel murdered whilst on active service in Iraq can pursue claims for damages under the Human Rights Act looks set to open a real can of worms. The UK Supreme Court...
Biden says fight for gun ban is far from over
Posted by: wendyzachary
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 07:16:12 -0700 | political-news
Pouncing once again on the gun violence debate, Vice President Joe Biden vowed to beat gun lobbyists with a string of much stronger laws across the country. Speaking on the issue after quite a while, Biden says that some lawmakers...
BT's Livingston to be trade minister
Source: BBC
Livingston :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-06-19 06:10:02 -0700 | political-news
Ian Livingston to leave BT to become trade minister Ian Livingston, chief executive of BT Group, appeared on the BBC's Bottom Line last year BT chief executive Ian Livingston is to step down in September to become a UK government...
State Department whistleblower: Law enforcement ‘harass her children'
Source: The Washington Times
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2013-06-19 08:03:50 -0700 | political-news
The whistleblower who came forth with claims that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton helped cover up misconduct that occurred in the department during her tenure now says law enforcement agents are harassing her. Aurelia Fedenisn , a former investigator...
Estimate shows wages would drop under Senate immigration bill, despite economic uptick
Source: Fox News
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 08:03:53 -0700 | political-news
While supporters of the Senate immigration bill tout a new analysis that shows the legislation would boost the economy and trim the deficit, critics are seizing on another, less rosy stat -- the average American wage would drop, and not...
Official, private assessments contradict president's claim that Al Qaeda is on ‘path to defeat'
Source: Fox News
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-06-19 05:01:21 -0700 | political-news
The threat posed by al Qaeda terrorism around the world continues to increase despite President Barack Obama's recent claim that the central group behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks is on the path to defeat, according to U.S. and foreign...
Suspected drunken driver plows into home in Carrollton
Source: The Dallas Morning News
Carrollton :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 05:17:21 -0700 | political-news
A drunken-driving suspect crashed into a home in Carrollton shortly after midnight this morning. The 20-year-old driver, who has not been identified, was speeding west on Peters Colony Road when he lost control of his white pickup and struck two...
Drug grower banned from his shed
Source: BBC
New York :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 05:01:09 -0700 | political-news
Shed ban for drug grower Simon Redclift of Dinas Powys Simon Redclift admitted producing cannabis and possession with intent to supply A former cannabis user is dismantling the garden shed where he used to grow his drugs after being banned...
No contract extension for Hartford superintendent
Source: The Boston Globe
Hartford :: CT :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 04:24:02 -0700 | political-news
Conn. (AP) Hartford's superintendent of schools is defending her record after the city's Board of Education voted to not extend her contract when it expires next year. Superintendent Christina Kishimoto said in a statement after the board's vote Tuesday night...
Maine man gets 3 years for stealing VA benefits
Source: The Boston Globe
Bangor :: ME :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 04:24:01 -0700 | political-news
Maine (AP) A Maine man has been sentenced to three years in prison for fraudulently obtaining veterans' disability benefits from the federal government. Richard Ramsdell Jr. of Cutler was also ordered Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to pay...
TAUBE: An unexpected victory for the Second Amendment
Source: The Washington Times
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 04:14:05 -0700 | political-news
Last year, President Obama was eagerly moving forward with his personal war against guns. He was ready to ignore the Second Amendment and hoped to change the way Americans viewed gun ownership as a fundamental right. Very few shots have...
Listening to terror calls: Worth it?
Source: CNN
Kansas City :: MO :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 07:34:45 -0700 | political-news
David Sterman is a graduate student at Georgetown University's National Security Studies Program. (CNN) -- Sometime in late 2007, Basaaly Saeed Moalin, a cabdriver living in San Diego, began to have a series of phone conversations with Aden Hashi Ayrow,...
Immigration reform helps cops
Source: CNN
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 07:35:07 -0700 | political-news
I write this as a former police chief in Mesa, Arizona, who now serves as the district attorney of San Francisco. I am an immigrant who came to the United States from Cuba at age 13, as my family sought...
Head of Russian news website faces prison
Source: Washington Post
Yekaterinburg :: Russia | updated 2013-06-19 06:59:38 -0700 | political-news
Aksana Panova, 39, in her office at a start-up news website called znak.com, is fighting criminal charges that were brought against her when she offended the authorities...Russia There was a time when a wily and adept journalist had room to...
UT Arlington closes campus after Dallas police say gunman may be headed there
Source: The Dallas Morning News
Dallas :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 06:09:14 -0700 | political-news
UT Arlington is closed while police investigate reports that an armed man may be headed to campus. The tip came from Dallas police, according to several alerts the university began issuing around 4:30 this morning. Police continue to investigate unconfirmed...
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