Afghan interpreters will be allowed to settle in Britain after another coalition U-turn
Posted by:
Eileen Kersey
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-22 14:14:23 -0700 | political-news
The British government has had a rethink and taken another U-turn, this time with regards to British citizenship for hundreds of Afghan interpreters who have worked with foreign military during the war. The men had claimed that they would be...
Sharpton kicks press out of meeting, bullies membership into silence
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Harold Michael Harvey, J. D.
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 10:56:43 -0700 | political-news
Rev. Al Sharpton convened a general membership meeting of the National Action Network Tuesday night in Atlanta at the historic West Hunter Street Baptist Church, once pastored by Rev. Ralph David Abernathy. Before Sharpton appeared at the meeting the organization’s...
Obama needs to fire staff
Posted by:
PJesep
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 14:20:10 -0700 | political-news
President Barack Obama is languishing politically. He must shake up his team. Calling the three controversies now embattling the administration Nixonian are inaccurate, or at least an exaggeration. In addition, comments that his second term is derailed are premature. The...
Capitalism: How it can benefit all Americans, not only greedy corporations
Posted by: Dava Castillo
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 14:54:47 -0700 | political-news
Capitalism is an economic system in which all or most of the means of production and distribution such as land, factories, communications and some transportation systems etc. are privately owned and operated in a competitive environment characterized by a tendency...
IRS official pleads the 5th at US House hearing
Posted by: Dava Castillo
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 16:07:59 -0700 | political-news
Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the storm over the agency’s targeting of conservative political groups, invoked her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination Wednesday and declined to testify at a House hearing on the matter,...
North Korea sends...
Source: Arab News
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-05-22 14:32:02 -0700 | political-news
A top North Korean general and confidant of leader Kim Jong-Un met a senior Chinese official in Beijing yesterday, with relations between the allies strained ahead of a China-US summit. Choe Ryong-Hae, director of the Korean People's Army politburo, is...
U.S. Acknowledges Killing 4 Americans in Drone Strikes
Source: The New York Times
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-22 15:57:56 -0700 | political-news
In a letter to Congressional leaders obtained by The New York Times, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. disclosed that the administration had deliberately killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric who was killed in a drone strike in September...
Obama threatens veto of House student loan plan
Source: Associated Press
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 13:25:45 -0700 | political-news
President Barack Obama is threatening to veto House Republicans' student loan bill. The White House Budget Office said Wednesday the GOP plan does not guarantee current low interest rates for students and creates uncertainty for them. The budget office says...
Conrad Black defends Harper's former chief of staff
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-22 12:03:58 -0700 | political-news
Former media baron Conrad Black says he doesn't believe the prime minister's former chief of staff did anything wrong by writing a personal cheque to Senator Mike Duffy for ineligible expenses. In a wide-ranging interview with CBC radio program Q...
El Salvador president meets pope amid Romero hopes
Source: Fox News
Vatican City :: Vatican City | updated 2013-05-22 11:25:21 -0700 | political-news
El Salvador's president meets with Pope Francis on Thursday amid mounting indications that the stars have finally aligned to move slain Archbishop Oscar Romero onto the first key stage on the path toward possible sainthood. The Central American country now...
Three suspected target killers arrested in Karachi
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-22 13:06:42 -0700 | political-news
The Mithadar Police of Karachi have arrested an alleged target killer Shera alias Tension and his two accomplices identified as Fazalullah and Amanullah along with a stolen car. According to a press release issued here on Wednesday, they were arrested...
Appeals court allows capital retrial of Wolfe
Source: The Boston Globe
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 13:59:21 -0700 | political-news
Va. (AP) A federal appeals court will allow a capital murder case to proceed against an accused drug kingpin from northern Virginia...Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond overturned a federal judge in Norfolk who had ordered a halt to the...
70 mph highway speed limit bill sent to Quinn
Source: Chicago Tribune
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 13:26:13 -0700 | political-news
Clout Street The Illinois House today sent Gov. Pat Quinn legislation that would raise the speed limit on non-urban interstate highways from 65 mph to 70 mph. Supporters said increasing the limit would put Illinois in line with neighboring states...
Naperville extends downtown food cart permits
Source: Chicago Tribune
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 12:50:12 -0700 | political-news
Two food cart vendors can continue cooking for people on the go in downtown Naperville at least until the end of the year. After that point, city officials will take another look at the program to determine what improvements need...
Senate panel passes immigration reform bill: how Republicans helped shape it (+video)
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 13:24:48 -0700 | political-news
Washington The Senate's comprehensive immigration-reform legislation marches on.
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