U.S. lawmakers say federal investigators probing the Boston Marathon bombings are pursuing “persons of interest” in the United States who may have links to the attacks. Speaking Sunday on ABC television, House Intelligence Committee chair Mike Rogers did not provide details. But he said better cooperation is needed with Russia to probe the movements of [...]
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Faith-based skepticism might seem like a contradiction in terms and thus it never fails to amaze me the frequency with which doubt and blind faith are conjoined in some people’s minds when they think about Syria. The latest example comes in response to claims that chemical weapons have been used. If U.S. government officials assert [...]
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By W. Alejandro Sánchez and Amandha Lopes In recent years Brazil has taken its ambitions of becoming a global power to the next level. The Portuguese-speaking giant has experienced major economic and social development over the past decade. As a result, it enjoys a strong military and growing influence both in the geographically defined Western [...]
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Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has won the first round of the horse racing, earning more than $11 million, the Turkmen television has reported. Seven horsemen took part in the first round on Sunday, as Turkmenistan celebrated its annual horse racing day. The Turkmen leader’s horse Berkarar (Powerful) ran the distance within 21.2 seconds, while his [...]
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By Brian Padden As part of its investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings, the FBI has interviewed a number of Chechens in the area who might have known the Tsarnaev brothers, the accused perpetrators who grew up in the United States after their family immigrated a decade ago. At a picnic with friends, Maryam Baieva [...]
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By Estefania Aguirre Pope Francis said the Sacrament of Confession does not work like a dry cleaner but is a moment in which Jesus imparts his peace. “Jesus in the confessional is not a dry cleaner, it is an encounter with Jesus but with this Jesus who waits for us just as we are,” said [...]
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Temple University’s Center for Competitive Government estimates long-run savings of 12 percent to 58 percent when comparing private and public facilities As states continue to grapple with aging correctional facilities, overcrowding, underfunded retiree obligations and other constraints, new research from Temple University’s Center for Competitive Government finds that privately operated prisons can substantially cut costs [...]
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A debilitating mental illness, schizophrenia can be difficult to diagnose. Because physiological evidence confirming the disease can only be gathered from the brain during an autopsy, mental health professionals have had to rely on a battery of psychological evaluations to diagnose their patients. Now, Dr. Noam Shomron and Prof. Ruth Navon of Tel Aviv University’s [...]
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(CORDIS) — Much has been said about the effect of climate change, but little is known about its impact of water-related health issues. Scientists are now suggesting that greater quantities of rainfall and bigger storms could be responsible for more unsettled stomachs in parts of Europe. The VIROCLIME project has studied the impact of climate [...]
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By Horace Campbell Margaret Thatcher became the Prime Minister of Britain in 1979. That year was the last year of a decade that had been significant in many ways. Inside Britain, it had been a decade where the full dimensions of British economic decline had become clear. Edward Heath, the Conservative Prime Minister had been [...]
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By Rene Wadlow In May 1968, there were demonstrations in Paris, first among students, but as the month wore on, workers went on strike; gas was no longer delivered to gas stations, few people could drive and the whole country came to a standstill. Shortly afterwards, Charles de Gaulle, President of the French Republic since [...]
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By Michael Lelyveld China’s coal production has posted a rare decline, raising new questions about the strength of the economy. Production of China’s main fuel fell 0.95 percent in the first quarter from the year-earlier period to 830 million metric tons, while consumption increased only 1.5 percent, the China Coal Industry Association said. The results [...]
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New polling numbers suggest that United States citizens are on average more afraid of their own government then the threat of another terrorist attack. Even after a pair of bombings in Boston two weeks ago injured hundreds, more Americans say they are unwilling to sacrifice constitutional liberties for security than those who are. A handful [...]
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After two bombings, a chase, a shoot-out, a murdered MIT police officer, the Boston police force, with the help of federal and state authorities, cracked down on suspects and shut the city down with a drag net and massive door-to-door search. The subway rail was shut down. People had been asked to lock their doors. [...]
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In fields as diverse as cosmetic surgery and LASIK surgery, we are discovering that healthcare markets can give patients transparent package prices and that costs can be controlled—despite a huge increase in demand and enormous technological change (of the type we are told increases costs for healthcare generally). For services as diverse as walk-in clinics [...]
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Findings from Europol’s latest strategic analysis product – the 2013 EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report – show how the total number of terrorist attacks and related arrests in the EU significantly increased in 2012, in contrast to previous years. This and other findings in the report describe a threat from terrorism that remains strong [...]
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Russia and Japan agreed on Monday to rev up negotiations on a peace treaty, but that does not mean that all problems will be solved overnight, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. Japan considers the decision to resume the stalled peace talks between the two countries – which never signed a permanent peace treaty following the [...]
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The subprime crisis – and the following global crisis – set in when a bank considered “too big to fail” was actually allowed to fail and go bankrupt. Despite five years of reform efforts, the too-big-to-fail syndrome is far from a memory, and it is imperative that economic decision-makers do not divert their attention from [...]
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Born in the twentieth century, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is still largely built on the rules and dispute settlement mechanisms it adopted at its inception in the last century. However, world trade is a rather different beast in the 21st century and will continue to evolve. The WTO must adapt to this new world [...]
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By Anurag Tripathi At least six people were killed and another 37 were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a truck carrying an estimated 80 kilograms of explosives, when he was stopped by Frontier Corps (FC) personnel at a check post near Alamdar Road, a Hazara Shia dominated area, in Quetta, the provincial capital of [...]
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