Sharing a song on YouTube could soon become a felony: the United State Department of Commerce is asking Congress to increase the penalties for streaming copyrighted work, reviving a provision from the failed Stop Online Piracy Act. Opposition from the likes of Google, Wikipedia and the American Civil Liberties Union helped stop SOPA from passing […]
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By Jim Garamone The commander in chief told Marines at Camp Pendleton, Calif., today that the war in Afghanistan has entered its final chapter. President Barack Obama thanked the Marines and their families for the burdens they have carried since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. “I’m here because we recently marked another milestone in […]
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An intercepted conference call between al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and his top operatives was prompted the United States to close its Middle East diplomatic missions, according to a report Wednesday. Online journal The Daily Beast, citing US intelligence sources, said more than 20 Al-Qaeda operatives from across the militant group’s global network were on the […]
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By Ravi Joshi The ongoing crisis in Egypt is symptomatic of the turmoil faced by most of the countries that have undergone a series of mass protests that were broadly labeled as the ‘Arab Spring’. These protests had some common elements: they were unplanned, spontaneous outbursts that caught the regimes by surprise with their popular […]
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By Urs Geiser Restrictions at a new national centre for asylum seekers have prompted a controversy. The authorities say the measures are necessary to prevent tension with residents in the town of Bremgarten. The restrictions include a ban for asylum seekers to be in schoolyards during the day and to visit the outdoor swimming pool […]
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Scholars are warning of the destruction and looting of cultural goods, thousands of years old, as a result of the civil war in Syria. “Countless people have died because of the battles, and their culture, which is 5,000 years old and includes the earliest texts of mankind, has also been lost”, says Ancient Near Eastern […]
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By P.K. Abdul Ghafour Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah on Wednesday reaffirmed Saudi Arabia’s determination to combat terrorism and donated $100 million to support the international counterterrorism center under the United Nations. “Terrorism threatens global peace and stability,” King Abdullah said in a joint Eid Al-Fitr message with Crown Prince Salman. King […]
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By Aijaz Zaka Syed How time flies! Ramadan is nearly gone and Eid is here before one could really live and celebrate the blessed month. This has been another Ramadan spent away from home and loved ones. And let me say this folks; it’s not easy spending the month of fasting and spiritual rejuvenation alone. […]
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By Nang Mya Nadi Thai authorities in the last week have rounded up three leading members of a Burmese human trafficking gang responsible for selling hundreds of their fellow countrymen into slavery and murdering dozens of people. According to the Burmese embassy in Bangkok’s labour attaché Naing Htun, combined forces from the Royal Thai Police […]
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Iran’s President Hassan Rohani says the Islamic Republic is closely monitoring all measures taken by the United States and will respond properly to Washington’s “practical and constructive” moves. “What is important for us is the US administration’s practical response and not statements,” Rohani said in his first press conference. He added that the Iranian nation’s […]
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The proposed minister of health, Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi, says if he takes over the ministry, he will resolve the problem of medical drug shortages by the end of the year. Hashemi told Khabar online that the first step will be to co-ordinate the various government bodies and parties involved, including the Central Bank, importers and […]
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Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church has accused the military of opening fire on unarmed protesters who had sought refuge in a church, killing three and injuring around 15. According to the Tribune, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith made the accusations in a message read at the funeral service of an 18-year-old high school student who was among three […]
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Russia’s Defense Ministry expressed hope on Thursday that upcoming US-Russian talks at a ministerial level would have a “constructive nature” despite several issues that hinder progress in bilateral ties. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are scheduled to take part in “2+2 format” consultations with US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and […]
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By Jim Garamone The NATO-led effort in Afghanistan is “in the red zone,” and now is the time to carry the ball over the goal line, the commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said today. Speaking via satellite from the Afghan capital of Kabul, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., delivered a […]
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The Brent-WTI spread, the price differential between Brent crude oil and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil, averaged just over $3 per barrel in July, its lowest monthly average since December 2010. The spread has been declining steadily since early this year, as midcontinent light sweet crude demand has increased and infrastructure improvement projects have […]
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By El-Achir El-Yassmine As a young person in Morocco, juvenile delinquency concerns me because in my neighbourhood, Dcheira Inezgane, this problem is spreading rapidly and visibly among youth. Similarly, my neighbourhood is not unique. Across the country, more than 70,000 children live in child detention centres, where they are either put as a result of […]
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Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, should immediately withdraw his nomination of Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi for the post of justice minister, Reporters Without Borders, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, and Human Rights Watch said today. Rouhani presented the list of his nominees for cabinet posts to the Iranian parliament during his inauguration ceremony on […]
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By James Stafford The 2010 Kalamazoo spill and the 2013 Exxon leak in Arkansas are the most glaring incidents, but these are just the big leaks that are found right away and reported. Most leaks are found eventually—but there is money to be saved and damage to be avoided by catching them at the smallest […]
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By Molly Corso Whenever Ilya Beruashvili hears his dog bark, he knows the Russians are at the gate. For the past five years, Beruashvili, 53, who lives on the outskirts of the Georgian village of Ditsi, has watched from his windows as Russian soldiers stationed in the neighboring separatist territory of South Ossetia have patrolled […]
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Scientists at the MedUni Vienna, in collaboration with a working group led by Nancy Hynes at the University of Basel, have discovered a new approach in the treatment of breast cancer: an international team involving the Clinical Institute of Pathology at the MedUni Vienna has been able to demonstrate the activation of a receptor, the […]
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