Warsaw Journal: Poland Reconnects to Jewish Past With Museum
Source: International Herald Tribune
Warsaw :: Poland | updated 2013-04-19 02:47:22 -0700 | political-news
In the entryway of the new Jewish museum here this week, Poland's chief rabbi unveiled an unusual sculpture: an old, hollowed-out brick engraved with a single Hebrew letter. Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Piotr Malecki for The...
Kenya vote commission cites Bush v Gore in defense
Source: The Boston Globe
Nairobi :: Kenya | updated 2013-03-28 10:39:14 -0700 | political-news
Kenya (AP) A lawyer for Kenya's election commission is citing the American presidential election court case Bush vs. Gore in his argument that Kenya's election result should stand. Ahmednasir Abdullahi told Kenya's Supreme Court Thursday it should adhere to judicial...
Blackout 505 rally at Dataran PJ (live updates)
Source: The Star
Petaling Jaya :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-25 02:50:28 -0700 | political-news
The eighth and final 505 Blackout rally, was scheduled to begin at 5pm Saturday at the Dataran PJ in Petaling Jaya. Police have warned that the rally is illegal as they have not received the 10-day notice as required by...
Thein Sein warns of use of force if needed
Source: United Press International
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2013-03-29 10:30:46 -0700 | political-news
Myanmar President Thein Sein warned he "will not hesitate to use force as a last resort" to put down the Buddhist-Muslim violence in his country. Blaming last week's riots in central Myanmar, which have claimed at least 40 lives and...
5-year-old girl killed by suicide jumper in South Korea
Source: CNN
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-05-23 06:05:58 -0700 | political-news
The incident took place Wednesday in Busan, a port city in the southern part of the country. The girl had left her apartment building with her parents when a 38-year-old tenant made his suicide plunge, said Busan Police officer Kim...
Pope to pray at St. Peter's tomb at Vatican
Source: The Boston Globe
Vatican City :: Vatican City | updated 2013-04-01 12:41:38 -0700 | political-news
Peter, the church's first pontiff, during a visit to the necropolis under St...The Vatican said Francis will go into the vast excavation later Monday, a post-Easter holiday at the Holy See. The new pope's time in the necropolis will be...
Mother of Newtown Victim Gives White House's Weekly Address
Source: The New York Times
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-04-13 14:24:25 -0700 | political-news
The mother of a child killed in the school shooting in Connecticut delivered a raw plea on Saturday for the Senate to pass gun control legislation, using an avenue normally reserved for the president. Struggling to maintain her composure, the...
N Korea stops work at joint industrial zone
Source: Al Jazeera
Pyŏngyang :: North Korea | updated 2013-04-09 06:57:24 -0700 | political-news
07 North Korean labourers have not reported to work at the joint Kaesong industrial complex, Yonhap news agency has reported, a day after Pyongyang said it would withdraw workers and suspend operations indefinitely. The North suspended work at Kaesong, its...
Workers returning from N. Korean factory park after talks rejected
Source: United Press International
Seoul :: South Korea | updated 2013-04-27 08:19:08 -0700 | political-news
South Koreans working at an industrial complex in North Korea began returning home Saturday after Pyongyang rejected Seoul's attempt at dialogue, officials say. Some 127 workers at the jointly run Kaesong industrial complex were expected to cross back into South...
Kuwait PM says two Kuwaitis among 94 accused in UAE plot trial
Source: Reuters
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-03-30 02:30:49 -0700 | political-news
Topics Prime Minister of Kuwait Jaber Al Mubarak Al Hamad Al Sabah addresses the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, September 26, 2012. Two Kuwaiti citizens are among 94 suspected Muslim Brotherhood...
Nepal probing Everest fight between climbers, Sherpas
Source: Fox
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-04-29 12:16:16 -0700 | political-news
Nepal Nepalese mountaineering officials say they are investigating reports of a fight between three foreign climbers and local Sherpa guides on Mount Everest. Dipendra Poudel of the Mountaineering Department said the three climbers -- from Italy, Switzerland and Britain...
Ontario budget 2013: Liberals' budget packed with NDP measures
Source: Toronto Star
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-05-24 02:23:08 -0700 | political-news
Photo Save to mystar Rookie Finance Minister Charles Sousa tabled the $127.6-billion spending plan Thursday, making official what he had been telegraphing for days. Sousa has acted upon NDP Leader Andrea Horwath's key demands for a 15 per cent auto...
Boston bomber suspect died of gunshot wounds
Source: Al Jazeera English
Seattle :: WA :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 07:31:42 -0700 | political-news
55 Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, left, who survived now faces a charge of using a weapon of mass destruction to kill [Al Jazeera] Peter Stefan has 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body and read details from his death certificate on Friday.
Transgender man plans to keep seeking divorce
Source: The Boston Globe
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-04-02 19:50:16 -0700 | political-news
A transgender Arizona man whose divorce request was rejected after his marriage was declared invalid plans to keep trying to get his 9-year union dissolved. Thomas Beatie says Tuesday that he wants the three children to whom he gave birth...
Violence restricts Pakistan's election campaign
Source: DAWN
Peshawar :: Pakistan | updated 2013-04-29 10:07:02 -0700 | political-news
Attacks by the Pakistani Taliban are forcing the main party in the country's restive northwest, an important battleground in the upcoming general election, to campaign in the shadows. The Awami National Party (ANP) ruled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province for the past...
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