Union says Porter using lawsuit to stifle workers
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Toronto :: Canada | updated 2013-05-22 16:21:10 -0700 | business-news
Porter Airlines is using a lawsuit to stop the union representing 22 striking workers from protesting the way the airline treats its employees, the Canadian Office and Professional Employees union contends. Wednesday that a lawsuit filed by Porter over comments...
Holder: Drones killed 4 Americans
Source: CNN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-22 18:28:26 -0700 | disasters-news
In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, Attorney General Eric Holder said the United States specifically targeted and killed one U.S. citizen, al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, in 2011 in Yemen, alleging he was plotting attacks against...
Facebook posts: Suit filed over vet's detention
Source: Fox News
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated 2013-05-22 15:48:03 -0700 | political-news
Va. A civil liberties group has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of an ex-Marine, claiming his rights were violated when he was detained in a psychiatric facility after posting anti-government messages on Facebook. The Rutherford Institute's attorneys filed...
Postcard from... Ubeda
Source: The independent
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-22 17:02:04 -0700 | sports-news
More than three-quarters of a century after it was destroyed in the Spanish Civil War, and after 18 years of restoration, a statue attributed to Michelangelo is set to make its return to the small Andalusian town of Ubeda. The...
Mary Ward Brown, 95, Award-Winning Short Story Writer, Dies
Source: The New York Times
Pen :: India | updated 2013-05-22 16:19:12 -0700 | disasters-news
Mary Ward Brown, Award-Winning Short Story Writer, Dies at 95 Published: May 22, 2013 Mary Ward Brown, a small-town farmer's daughter who resumed a literary career 25 years after putting it aside to run the family farm and raise a...
Anti-Islam Protesters March On Streets Of London After Grisly Murder
Source: BusinessInsider
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 16:21:45 -0700 | travel-news
Following a brutal murder this morning that is believed to have been an act of terror , a large number of anti-Islam protesters are marching in South East London. The protesters are affiliated with the English Defense League (EDL), a...
Art Basel Hong Kong Opens on Thursday
Source: International Herald Tribune
Hong Kong :: China | updated 2013-05-22 15:27:20 -0700 | entertainment-news
Schoeni Art Gallery The inaugural Art Basel Hong Kong art fair, which officially opens Thursday, balances works by Asian and Western artists. Clockwise from left: still images from Eating Noodles, a video by Hung Keung at Schoeni Art Gallery. Tyrone...
Bruins' Daniel Paille and Rangers' Dan Girardi Divide Their Hometown
Source: International Herald Tribune
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 18:09:51 -0700 | sports-news
Brendan Bannon for The New York Times Carol and Mark Girardi, parents of the Rangers' Dan Girardi, at home in Welland, Ontario. More Photos » Paille's family lived on the east side, spoke French and cheered for the Montreal Canadiens....
NASA investing in 3-D food printer for astronauts
Source: Reuters
Cape Canaveral :: FL :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 16:53:37 -0700 | technology-news
Kennedy Space Center visitors complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida April 14, 2010. In a scene right out of Star Trek, a Texas company is developing a 3-D food printer for astronauts to create custom meals on the fly.
Astro and Maxis to deliver new-age TV service in Klang Valley
Source: The Star
Petaling Jaya :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-22 16:37:40 -0700 | technology-news
TV services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite instead of traditional terrestrial, satellite signal and cable TV formats, resulting in a superior entertainment experience for content providers, advertisers and customers. Internet access, would be supplied through a single fibre...
New GCC tobacco tax...
Source: Arab News
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2013-05-22 16:16:21 -0700 | technology-news
Thursday 23 May 2013 Last Update 23 May 2013 1:31 am The dilemma facing GCC finance ministers as they deliberate over a 100 percent increase in duty on tobacco products is underlined by a White Paper published yesterday which spotlights...
European banks stop sending money to North Korea - aid groups
Source: Reuters
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-05-22 15:47:40 -0700 | political-news
Topics A woman walks past a sign of Bank of China at its branch in Beijing in this March 26, 2013 file photo. European aid groups said their banks in Europe had stopped sending money to North Korea in the...
Storm-scattered items return home via Facebook
Source: CNN
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 15:47:00 -0700 | technology-news
Storm-scattered mementos finding their homes via Facebook One of the many photos discovered in the aftermath of the Oklahoma tornado that struck May 20, 2013. (CNN) -- On Sunday, a mystery photograph fluttered from the sky and landed near Leslie...
WHO: Health officials must collaborate on health threats
Source: United Press International
Sars :: Russia | updated 2013-05-22 15:32:36 -0700 | health-news
Rarely has the world collaborated, on so many levels, with such a strong sense of shared purpose...Rarely has the world collaborated, on so many levels, with such a strong sense of shared purpose...Though the number of cases remains small, limited...
Jose Canseco called suspect in sexual assault case
Source: Fox
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-22 15:28:54 -0700 | sports-news
Published May 22, 2013 FoxNews.com Baseball player Jose Canseco has been named a suspect in a sexual assault case, Las Vegas police say. The former MLB slugger has not been charged with any crime, but an investigation remains ongoing, the...
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