Venezuela’s post-election crisis is growing deeper, with seven people killed during clashes between the opposition and police. Sixty-one others have been injured. Meanwhile, President Nicolas Maduro has accused Henrique Capriles of staging a coup. The deaths occurred on Monday, when hundreds of protesters took to the streets in various parts of Caracas and other cities. [...]
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A New York Police Chief and a librarian have been charged in a plot to murder women and children. According to the FBI, Richard Meltz, chief of police for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for the Bedford, Massachusetts Veteran Affairs Medical Center, and Robert Christopher Asch, a former high school librarian, were arrested for [...]
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A bipartisan study finding “indisputable” evidence of torture for which the highest United States officials bear responsibility should spur the US government to thoroughly investigate detainee abuse since September 11, 2001, and provide redress to victims, according to Human Rights Watch. The 560-page study, “The Report of the Constitution Project’s Task Force on Detainee Treatment,” [...]
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During the first hour after the atrocity in Boston, journalists and others were quick to exercise what I would call zealous caution: don’t talk about bombs — all we know is that these were explosions. Sure, we didn’t know. But anyone could reasonably talk about what appeared to be explosions caused by bombs. I understand [...]
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Last summer when a delegation of Robert Kennedy Center landed in Morocco to visit the Moroccan southern provinces and to meet with Moroccan human rights activists and Moroccan officials, the President of that center Mrs Kennedy claimed that “the delegation will seek to assess the human rights situation on the ground by speaking to human [...]
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By US President Barack Obama On the 65th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, I join my fellow Americans in wishing the Israeli people a joyous Independence Day. On this date 65 years ago, the Jewish people realized their dream of the ages—to be masters of their fate in their own sovereign [...]
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THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. I’ve just been briefed by my national security team, including FBI Director Mueller, Attorney General Holder, Secretary Napolitano, and my Counterterrorism and Homeland Security Advisor Lisa Monaco, on the attacks in Boston. We continue to mobilize and deploy all appropriate law enforcement resources to protect our citizens, and to investigate [...]
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A Pakistan election tribunal has disqualified former president Pervez Musharraf from the legislative elections that are scheduled to be held next month. The tribunal’s ruling comes just weeks after his repatriation and claims that he was ready to “save the nation,” reports MISNA. It is reported that Musharraf has said he will appeal the tribunal’s [...]
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There is no current indication to suggest that the bombings in Boston are part of a broader plot, said Tuesday U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Nevertheless, Napolitano said that “out of an abundance of caution, DHS continues to keep in place enhanced security measures at transportation hubs, utilizing measures both seen and unseen.” Napolitano [...]
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By Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr. Dynamic and compelling commitment from the United States is necessary to confront growing uncertainty in Afghanistan and the region when the International Security Assistance Force mission ends next year, the top commander of NATO and U.S. forces in Afghanistan said today. “We [must] confront growing uncertainty [...]
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(RFE/RL) — The European Commission has delayed the release of reports on progress made by Serbia and Kosovo in their bids for closer ties with the bloc. The reports had been scheduled to be released on April 16. In a statement, EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said the reports were not adopted since the EU’s [...]
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President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation is handling the bombings at the Boston Marathon as an act of terror but a clear motive has yet to be established. Less than 24 hours after a pair of explosives detonated near the finish line of the annual 26-mile run in [...]
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The alliance between the United States and South Korea is stronger than ever, the top military officers from both countries said today. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Jung Seung-jo, his South Korean counterpart, convened the 37th Republic of Korea-United States Military Committee meeting via teleconference. “On [...]
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Pakistani police have detained former President Pervez Musharraf and presented him in court after he fled when a judge ordered his arrest on Thursday. Musharraf was arrested at his farmhouse residence on the outskirts of Islamabad early on Friday and taken to court over allegations he committed treason while in office. He had been holed [...]
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By Jamal Kanj Lebanon commemorated the 38th anniversary of its Civil War last week. In the days leading up to April 13, 1975 the country was virtually divided across sectarian lines. The military presence of the Palestine Liberation Organization and its perceived alliance with the Lebanese left and Muslims against the right wing, predominantly Maronite [...]
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When one writes daily about the personalities, events and issues of the day, there is a point at which it occurs that you have revisited a particular story before and that is because each successive generation is apparently compelled to visit the same issues and make the same mistakes over and over again. Two classic [...]
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During President Eisenhower’s first term, 60 years ago, the United States faced an invasion across its southern border. Illegal aliens had been coming since World War II. But, suddenly, the number was over 1 million. Crime was rising in Texas. The illegals were taking the jobs of U.S. farm workers. Under Gen. Joseph May Swing, [...]
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A massive police operation has been taking place in Watertown, Massachusetts, outside the city of Boston, which is still reeling from Monday’s bombing of the city’s prestigious marathon. Media reports say one suspect is in custody in Watertown, although it is unclear whether the operation is linked to Monday’s bombing or the fatal shooting Thursday [...]
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By Jerome Socolovsky Police in Massachusetts are conducting a massive manhunt for one of the suspects in Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings, after killing the other suspect in a shootout late Thursday. US media are reporting the suspects are brothers of Chechen origin. Authorities say the “white hat” suspect from the marathon bombings, known as Suspect [...]
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The suspects in Boston bombing were identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and his brother Dzhokhar, 19. The elder brother was killed in the stand-off with the police, while the younger one remains at large. The father of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Anzor Tsarnaev, says his son, who still remains at large, is “accomplished medical student” and “a [...]
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