Russia reveals CIA Moscow station chief's identity, declares him persona non grata
Posted by: arkar
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-18 18:49:25 -0700 | political-news
Last week, Russian authorities announced they had arrested and detained a US spy who was in the process of trying to recruit a Russian spy. Officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) intercepted and detained the man, known as...
US defends seizure of press phone records as necessary
Posted by: Nathan Salant
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 21:31:20 -0700 | political-news
US officials said this week that the unprecedented seizure of two months of telephone records from several Associated Press bureaus to find out who leaked government secrets was justified because of the importance of the information. Deputy Attorney General James...
Obama's Morehouse commencement speech carries its own controversy
Posted by:
VeronicaS
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 21:18:43 -0700 | political-news
Like my wise mom use to say, “When it rains it pours,” and this adage aptly describes President Barack Obama’s week of scandals—some of them manufactured but all of them equally exhausting. Now it seems our president can’t catch a...
Republicans on cutting food stamps: 'The poor are always with us' (Part I)
Posted by:
Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 19:20:11 -0700 | political-news
The Huffington Post has published an interesting report on the Republican and Democratic congressional debate over cuts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or food stamps this week. The issue turned on where would Jesus Christ stand on the...
Republicans on cutting food stamps: 'The poor are always with us' (Part II)
Posted by: Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 21:02:00 -0700 | political-news
For Part One of this report, please see: http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-new
Italy protests turning the heat up on new Prime Minister Enrico Letta
Posted by: rooys
Rome :: Italy | updated 2013-05-18 21:33:32 -0700 | political-news
Many people dissented in Rome on Saturday against somberness arrangements and heightened unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to keep tabs on making jobs to assist haul the country out of retreat. "We trust that this government will at...
Security guards 'chopped up like meat' at Cheras condo
Source: The Star
Kuala Lumpur :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-18 16:59:48 -0700 | political-news
Three security guards were slashed with machetes and chopped up like meat at a condominium in Cheras here. Four foreign guards were on duty at the condominium when two men wearing motorcycle helmets attacked the guard- house of Vistaria Residency...
After decades-long hiatus, train service to Cape Cod embarks on trial run before official debut
Source: The Boston Globe
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 17:50:27 -0700 | political-news
The service is set to officially debut next weekend , but several hundred T and commuter rail officials, along with general train fanatics, boarded the car today to ride along on its trial run. Next weekend will be the first...
Maze Prison's Future Stirs Up Ghosts of Its Past
Source: The New York Times
Mazé :: France | updated 2013-05-18 17:42:04 -0700 | political-news
A Prison Site's Future Stirs Up the Ghosts of Its Notorious Past Associated Press Maze prison in 1979 in Northern Ireland. A center for the study of peace and conflict resolution is planned for the site. Northern Ireland On a...
President Obama exercises a fluid grip on the levers of power
Source: Washington Post
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 17:20:48 -0700 | political-news
Obama has been willing to push the bounds of executive power when it comes to making life-and-death decisions about drone strikes on suspected terrorists or instituting new greenhouse gas emission standards for cars...When immigration activists first urged him to halt...
No bats found on property where horse died from lyssavirus
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-18 16:59:53 -0700 | political-news
No bats have been found on a southern Queensland property where a horse died from the bat-borne lyssavirus. The yearling died at Highborne Farm near Allora last weekend. It is the first confirmed case of lyssavirus in a horse, however...
Pakistan's Railroads Sum Up Nation's Woes
Source: International Herald Tribune
Peshawar :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-18 18:37:55 -0700 | political-news
Ruk Station, in the center of Pakistan, is a dollhouse-pretty building, ringed by palm trees and rice paddies. Once, it stood at the junction of two great Pakistani rail lines: the Kandahar State Railway, which raced north through the desert...
Senior member of Pakistani political party gunned down, police say
Source: Fox
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-18 17:01:29 -0700 | political-news
Published May 18, 2013 Associated Press Police say gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a senior member of a leading Pakistani political party. Police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz says Zohra Shahid was gunned down outside her home in the...
The Caucus: Sunday Breakfast Menu, May 19
Source: The New York Times
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 16:47:23 -0700 | political-news
Archive Recent Posts May 18 White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer and conservative lawmakers take to the Sunday shows to talk about a tough week for the White House. May 18 Political news from today's Times and a look at the...
New York slaying considered hate crime
Source: CNN
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 19:55:43 -0700 | political-news
It is the third violent attack in two weeks believed to be motivated by anti-gay bias, police said. The suspect's anti-gay remarks were noted before the shooting took place, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said. The man was seen urinating on...
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