'Functionally obsolete' bridge collapse shows need to fix aging infrastructure
Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 21:43:43 -0700 | political-news
"We've still got too many roads that are in disrepair, too many bridges that aren't safe." – President Obama, March 2013 A long section of an Interstate 5 bridge connecting the United States to Canada collapsed Thursday evening, and many...
On Tennessee Valley Authority, Republicans seek to defend New Deal from Obama
Posted by: northsunm32
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 19:23:55 -0700 | political-news
The Tennessee Valley Authority dates from 1933 and was a key project in President Franklin Roosevelt's plans to create huge infrastructure projects that would create jobs and produce benefits to those in the area. Hidden away in a new budget...
2 arrested, fighter jets scrambled after threat aboard plane from Pakistan to England
Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Manchester :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-24 22:19:14 -0700 | political-news
A Boeing 777 on route from Pakistan to the United Kingdom, and carrying more than 300 people, was diverted to an airport outside London on Friday after two men threatened to blow the plane up, CNN reported. Police arrested the...
Man killed for being gay in New York City
Posted by: Jerome McCollom
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 11:05:54 -0700 | political-news
Marc Carson was a 32 year old gay man. He was a gay man, because now he is dead. He is dead because of a bullet from one Elliot Morales, a man one year older but who had a much...
Syrian opposition struggles to unify all its factions before peace conference
Posted by: StephenManual
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2013-05-24 21:02:26 -0700 | political-news
The fractious Syrian opposition on Friday struggled to remove all its differences and get united on one platform before the possible international peace conference on Syria in Geneva. Russia and the United States have been striving hard to organize an...
Syria opposition ready to negotiate
Source: BBC
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-24 19:49:42 -0700 | political-news
The main Syrian opposition coalition has said it is willing to attend an international peace conference expected to take place in Geneva next month. But a spokesman for the National Coalition, Louay Safi, told the BBC that it would only...
Kabul urged to consider regional implications of arms deal
Source: DAWN
Islamabad :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-24 19:04:38 -0700 | political-news
The Foreign Office has urged Afghanistan to be mindful of the regional security situation while pursuing an arms purchase deal with India. As a sovereign country Afghanistan can pursue its own policies, but we hope that it would mind the...
Ban on CNG use in big vehicles reversed
Source: DAWN
Islamabad :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-24 19:04:42 -0700 | political-news
The Ministry of Petroleum has declared a directive issued by the Prime Minister Secretariat's as unworkable and withdrawn a ban on the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) in vehicles with engine capacity of over 1000cc. The PM Secretariat's directive...
HARPER: Both sides at fault in government-media standoff
Source: The Washington Times
Harper :: Liberia | updated 2013-05-24 17:33:09 -0700 | political-news
President Obama, who vowed to have a transparent presidency in dealing with the media, seems to have gone to war with journalists and government officials who leak information to reporters. After the revelation that the Department of Justice spied on...
Bringing the history of Jews in L.A. into clearer focus
Source: Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 19:16:25 -0700 | political-news
What is the Jewish experience in Los Angeles? "Nobody even thinks about Jews being here or, if they do, maybe they think about Hollywood," said Karen Wilson, guest curator at the Autry National Center. "They might possibly, if they're local,...
Who's the cleaver-wielding suspect?
Source: CNN
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-24 20:10:41 -0700 | political-news
Who is the bloody, cleaver-wielding man tied to the gory London attack?...Then there was the "crazed ... animal" -- someone who'd brutally hack to death a man in broad daylight on the streets of London, then tried to justify it...
World Briefing | Europe: France: Investigators Tie I.M.F. Chief to Fraud Inquiry Involving Sarkozy
Source: Newyork Times
Paris :: France | updated 2013-05-24 18:39:53 -0700 | political-news
Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund , was made an assisted witness on Friday in an investigation by French judges into allegations of possible fraud and misuse of...
The Saturday Profile: Kilian Kleinschmidt: Calm Boss at Center of a Syrian Refugee Camp's Chaos
Source: The New York Times
Mogadishu :: Somalia | updated 2013-05-24 19:40:34 -0700 | political-news
Mr. Kleinschmidt, who runs the Zaatari camp for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, called the police, but they were busy with a riot as thousands of Syrians tried to cram onto a handful of buses headed back to...
In Race to Fill John Kerry's Seat, Little Talk on Policy
Source: The New York Times
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 22:05:15 -0700 | political-news
For an election that was supposed to be about the big issues of the day, the special election in Massachusetts to fill the Senate seat vacated by John Kerry seems to be about everything but. John Wilcox/Boston Herald, via Associated...
Teen in devastated Okla. town handing out hugs
Source: The Boston Globe
Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 19:37:34 -0700 | political-news
Okla. (AP) The people of the Oklahoma town where a deadly tornado struck could use just about everything cleaning supplies, food, water, shelter. Thirteen-year-old Halle Carr thought residents of her hometown could also use a hug after the twister Monday...
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