W.Va. town transfixed by teen girls' murder plot
Source: The Boston Globe
Star City :: AR :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 07:53:30 -0700 | political-news
W.Va. (AP) For nearly nine months, the people of this small West Virginia town saw the face of missing 16-year-old honors student Skylar Neese everywhere beaming at them from fliers on utility poles, in gas stations, even at the local...
A Jewish renaissance, tucked away in a Budapest apartment
Source: Christian Science Monitor
Budapest :: Hungary | updated 2013-05-25 07:49:08 -0700 | political-news
The elevation of the ultranationalist Jobbik party to the parliament in 2010 and the provocative, anti-Semitic statements made by their members that followed has led many to wonder: Who would want to be Jewish in this Central European, former Communist...
Libertarian movement gaining steam in New Hampshire
Source: Fox News
Keene :: NH :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 07:02:42 -0700 | political-news
Published May 25, 2013 FoxNews.com Libertarians eager to move beyond mere ideological victories are making progress in a long-term effort to migrate to one state to concentrate efforts and reshape communities based on their ideals of less government and individualism....
Learning About Old Glory
Source: Fox
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 06:22:38 -0700 | political-news
Published May 24, 2013 FoxNews.com The flag was just what the major ordered. It was gigantic -- 42-by-30-feet -- so big that the flag maker couldn't even lay it out in her house...This was during the War of 1812 and...
Gaza exports have plummeted under Israeli blockade
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Palestine :: TX :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 06:19:15 -0700 | political-news
Gaza City, Gaza After a wave of international flotillas laden with humanitarian supplies for Gaza were headed off by Israeli forces, with one standoff resulting in nine deaths, Mahfouz Kabariti had a new idea: a reverse flotilla that would carry...
Cross-border travelers face busy weekend
Source: The Boston Globe
Highgate :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-25 05:48:55 -0700 | political-news
Vt. (AP) Anyone traveling across the U.S.-Canadian border this weekend is being advised to leave some extra time to get to their destination. Border crossings at Highgate, Vt., Champlain, N.Y., and elsewhere are expected to be very busy with holiday...
Priest who defied Mafia is beatified in Sicily
Source: Fox News
Rome :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-25 05:46:47 -0700 | political-news
An Italian priest who stirred consciences with his anti-Mafia preaching and was gunned down by mobsters has been honored by the Vatican as a martyr...Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi was beatified in a ceremony Saturday in Palermo, the Sicilian capital where he...
Former sex slave: Japanese mayor's remarks 'absurd'
Source: Fox
Ōsaka :: Japan | updated 2013-05-25 05:41:32 -0700 | political-news
Japan A former sex slave says a Japanese mayor's remarks about Japan's wartime sex slavery are "absurd." Kim Bok-dong, who is from South Korea, was referring Saturday to comments by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto. He has angered many by...
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...
Obama asks Americans to honor fallen soldiers on Memorial Day
Source: United Press International
Upi :: Philippines | updated 2013-05-25 09:53:56 -0700 | political-news
Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard," participates in the annual Flags-In ceremony, May 23, 2013, at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Soldiers place American flags in front of more than 260,000 gravestones in the cemetery in honor of Memorial Day....
Interpol rejects Russia's 'political' case against fund manager Browder
Source: Reuters
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-05-25 05:18:37 -0700 | political-news
Interpol has refused to include UK-based fund manager William Browder on its international search list after deciding that Russia's tax evasion case against him is "of a predominantly political nature". The decision is the latest twist in a long-running battle...
Charges over soldier killing posts
Source: BBC
Bristol :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-05-25 05:11:10 -0700 | political-news
Online posts over Lee Rigby killing sparks charges Drummer Rigby was killed in south-east London on Wednesday A backlash of anger following the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby has led to several people facing charges over comments posted on social...
Anwar: Conditions in Jusuf Kalla's polls pact not met
Source: The Star
Petaling Jaya :: Malaysia | updated 2013-05-25 05:02:42 -0700 | political-news
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has denied he reneged on a peace pact brokered by former Indonesian vice- president Jusuf Kalla to respect the results of the recent polls. "As I had clarified, he (Jusuf) came into the country about a...
Japan's Abe in Myanmar on landmark visit
Source: World News
Yangon :: Myanmar | updated 2013-05-25 05:04:01 -0700 | political-news
The Japanese prime minister has visited Myanmar's mausoleum, which commemorates the national hero, General Aung San , and is due to meet Aung San's daughter Aung San Suu Kyi , Myanmar's democracy icon, and the current leader, Thein Sein ,...
Dozens march in Ukraine's first-ever gay rally
Source: Associated Press
Kiev :: Ukraine | updated 2013-05-25 09:35:49 -0700 | political-news
At least 50 gay rights activists have marched peacefully in the country's first gay rally despite a court ban and attempts to disrupt the event. Participants of the Saturday's rally in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, held banners against discrimination and...
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