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France Legalizes Gay Marriage
French Senate Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill
World stock markets fall as gains are cashed in - U.S. News & World Report
Stocks head south, gold plunges to $1500 - USA TODAY
Kerry in China to Discuss North Korean Challenge
Kerry downplays North Korean threat
Analysts Downplay US Report on N. Korean Missiles
Contrasting Views on North Korea Underscore Sensitivities and Lack of Evidence
Op-Ed Contributor: Bomb North Korea, Before It’s Too Late
US Retail Sales Decline
Wholesale Prices in US Fall More Than Forecast on Energy - Bloomberg
Retail Sales in US Decline by Most in Nine Months - Bloomberg
U.S. Sanctions on Russians Accused of Rights Violations
Treasury Lists Russians Facing Sanctions on Human Rights - Bloomberg
Magnitsky fallout may harm missile progress as US talks to Putin - Reuters
Russia bans American officials in retaliatory move
Ex-President in Germany Charged With Bribe-Taking
World Briefing | Europe: Germany: Former President Wulff Charged
German Trial Spotlights Alleged Spies
Acting president poised to win Venezuelan poll
Winner of Venezuela's Presidential Vote Will Face Challenges Ahead
FBI investigating claims Democratic activists leaked Mitch McConnell tapes - The Guardian
Panel recommends Navy officer in Conn. who faked death to end affair be ... - Washington Post
West Hollywood man diagnosed with bacterial meningitis declared brain dead - Washington Post
Former New York City Ballet prima ballerina Maria Tallchief dies in Chicago at ...Daily Journal
Maria Tallchief, a Dazzling Ballerina and Muse for Balanchine, Dies at 88 - NYT
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Maria Tallchief, a daughter of an Oklahoma oil family who grew up on an Indian reservation, found her way to New York and became one of the most brilliant American ballerinas of the 20th century, died on Thursday in Chicago. She was 88.
World stock markets fall as gains are cashed in
U.S. News & World Report BANGKOK (AP) — World stock markets fell Friday as investors turned cautious and took profits from recent rallies in spite of evidence pointing to an improving U.S. employment picture. Japan's Nikkei 225 index retreated 0.5 percent to close at 13,485 ... and more » |
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The Unfinished Mubarak Business
Daily Beast Egyptians pray for closure as the former dictator and his two sons go back on trial. Like · Tweet. In August 2011, Hosni Mubarak, deposed just six months earlier by the Egyptian revolution, traveled by helicopter to a Cairo courthouse to stand trial. Crowds ... All Share ServicesSalon all 55 news articles » |
Human rights groups are urging U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to raise the treatment of dissidents and other rights concerns during his upcoming visit to China, expected to be dominated by talks on North Korea. Several groups, including Amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders, said in a letter to Kerry this week that they fear human rights concerns have been sacrificed, as Washington pursues economic opportunities in China and seeks Beijing's support on North Korea other ...
Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer who died in disputed circumstances in a ...
RIA Novosti MOSCOW, April 12 (RIA Novosti) – The expected publication this week by the United States of a list of Russian officials subject to sanctions over suspected human rights abuses will damage US-Russia relations, the Kremlin said on Friday. “The appearance of ... and more » |
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US to name Russians targeted for sanctions
Press TV The Congress is expected to release the list on Friday. The Russians on the list will be hit with financial sanctions and visa bans under a law dubbed the “Magnitsky Act,” named after Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in jail in 2009. The law was ... and more » |
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US secretary of state says it is ‘inaccurate to suggest that [North Korea] has fully tested, developed or demonstrated capabilities’ to deliver nuclear weapon
Analysts and officials are cautioning against drawing too many conclusions from the partial disclosure of a U.S. intelligence report that suggests North Korea has succeeded in being able to place a nuclear warhead on a ballistic missile. The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the Pentagon's spy wing, has "moderate confidence" that North Korea has nuclear weapons capable of delivery by a ballistic missile, according to an unclassified portion of the report disclosed Thursday. ...
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Daily Report: Digital Money Is Gaining Champions in the Real World
New York Times (blog) The twins, Cameron and Tyler — Olympic rowers, nemeses of Mark Zuckerberg — are the first prominent figures in the largely anonymous bitcoin world to publicly disclose a big stake. They say they own nearly $11 million worth. Or at least $11 million ... and more » |
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TIME Mexico City Shakes Salt – According to the Guardian, local authorities in Mexico's capital have removed salt shakers from the tables of city's eateries in an attempt to lower people's average salt intake, which is double the recommended level by the ... |
A new Russian cosmodrome will be up and running by 2018 in a drive to make the country the world's top space power.
Venezuelans head to the polls April 14th to elect a new president.
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Wholesale Prices in US Fall More Than Forecast on Energy
Bloomberg Wholesale prices in the U.S. fell more than forecast in March as the cost of energy slumped by the most in three years. The 0.6 percent drop in the producer price index was the biggest since May and followed a 0.7 percent gain in the prior month, the Labor ... Wholesale prices drop 0.6 percent in March, biggest decline in 10 months, as ...Washington Post Producer Price Index Falls in MarchTransport Topics Online Wholesale prices drop 0.6 percent in March News 12 Westchester MarketWatch all 33 news articles » |
A dispute between the government in Cyprus and the central bank governor deepened as two members of the central bank board resigned to protest the bank chief's handling of the country's financial crisis.
French lawmakers approved a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children, a flagship promise of President François Hollande that faced strong opposition.
U.S. retail sales declined in March, the second drop in three months. Friday's report from the Commerce Department says sales were off four-tenths of a percent. Economists watch retail sales closely because consumer demand drives most U.S. economic activity. Sales may be off because a tax increase reduced consumers disposable income. A separate report says wholesale prices dropped six-tenths of a percent in March as fuel prices eased.
The French Senate voted to legalize same-sex marriage, putting a landmark bill on track to become law by summer.
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Some 70,000 refugees from northern Mali are stranded in the Mauritanian desert with little hope of a quick return home, according to a report by Doctors Without Borders.
The recent flurry of corruption arrests in New York has sparked anger and led to the proposal of tougher anti-bribery laws to tackle the problem
Moscow has warned Washington against publishing a list of Russian officials who face sanctions for alleged human rights abuses. President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said on Friday that publication of the list would severely strain relations. The list, which was expected to be released Friday, is authorized by the Magnitsky Act, a law passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Barack Obama last December. Sergei Magnitsky was a Russian lawyer who was arrested after exposing a ...
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A final vote on the legislation is scheduled for next week in the lower house of Parliament, where the bill is expected to pass.
European Union finance ministers are pushing ahead with plans to bail out Cyprus and stabilize Europe's banking sector. On Friday, finance ministers meeting in Dublin, Ireland, faced questions following reports that the cost of the Cyprus bailout had jumped by several billion dollars. But EU Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said such worries were not justified. "People have been comparing apples and pears and coming up with oranges. I will refrain from remarking ...
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Stocks were trading in the red Friday as investors turned cautious after two straight days of record closing highs for benchmark indexes. The price of gold plunged more than $66 an ounce to below $1,500 an ounce in midday trading before recovering a bit of ...
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What Will The World Look Like In 50 Years?
Forbes In our world of both exponential growth and accelerating innovation, systems of repetition are “doomed to collapse.” We need to make radical changes to the frameworks in which we operate. Theworld is now an interconnected neural network, where ... and more » |
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The Obama administration imposed sanctions on about two dozen Russians under a new law that has soured ties with Moscow, but avoided targeting many high-level government figures.
Veteran investigative journalist Edwy Plenel founded a crusading website which refused to cosy up to France’s elite and has just toppled a minister
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Magnitsky fallout may harm missile progress as US talks to Putin
Reuters By Gabriela Baczynska. MOSCOW | Fri Apr 12, 2013 1:45pm EDT. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Hope that a shift in U.S. missile defense strategy will improve relations with Russia risks being undermined by a fresh flare-up over human rights when President Barack ... and more » |
Politicians and diplomats tell people to stay calm, but for international residents of Seoul, the threat of war is worrying. Meanwhile, South Korean workers on the border in Kaesong and Chinese truckers have seen their work affected.
Mixed reaction to North Korea threats
Politicians and diplomats tell people to stay calm, but for international residents of Seoul, the threat of war is worrying. Meanwhile, South Korean workers ...
Mixed reaction to North Korea threats
Politicians and diplomats tell people to stay calm, but for international residents of Seoul, the threat of war is worrying. Meanwhile, South Korean workers ...
The unprecedented move against former German President Christian Wulff could be damaging for Chancellor Angela Merkel, just months away from a general election.
Polls suggest Nicolás Maduro’s lead has narrowed during the 10-day campaign – by some estimates, the shortest in Latin American history
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Even in death, the former leader Hugo Chávez plays an omnipresent role in Venezuela’s presidential campaigns as voters prepare to elect their new leader on Sunday.
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FBI investigating claims Democratic activists leaked Mitch McConnell tapes
The Guardian The FBI is investigating allegations that Democratic fundraisers were behind secret recordings that caught top Republican senator Mitch McConnell plotting personal attacks against Ashley Judd, the actor and potential political rival. When the recordings first ... and more » |
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Treasury Lists Russians Facing Sanctions on Human Rights
Bloomberg The Obama administration released a list of 18 Russians who will be subject to financial sanctions and banned from entering the U.S. for playing a role in human rights abuses. The Treasury Department acted today under a law passed last year known as the ... and more » |
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Steve Cohen is Master of the Media
TIME Steve Cohen, a Democratic Congressman from Tennessee, says he has figured out how to game the media: just send a titillating tweet, then delete it. Here's the crux of the strange, meta skirmish that ensued when an eccentric congressman with a bone to ... Rep. Steve Cohen: Culture JammerThe Atlantic Wire all 50 NewsOK.com-Examiner.com-Uproxx all 35 news articles » |
Andrei Belousov has said that a broad slowdown risks turning into economic contraction later this year without efforts to stimulate production
The U.S. Treasury Department released a list of Russian citizens who will face travel restrictions and financial sanctions under a law aimed at punishing Russians blamed for human rights violations.
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In Venezuela both Acting President Nicolas Maduro and his opponent Henrique Capriles have wrapped up their election campaigns to replace President Hugo Chavez, who died from cancer last month. Nicolas Maduro, the former union leader who became President Chavez's vice president in 2012, ended his campaign with a massive rally in Caracas. He has vowed to continue the socialist programs for the poor initiated by his predecessor. But he has also made a number of unsubstantiated ...
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A nine-page letter sent to President Obama is the most significant critique to date of what has become the centerpiece of the United States’ counterterrorism efforts.
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Missile launch is North Korea's exit strategy, analysts say
NBCNews.com By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News. Faced with annoyed allies and unblinking enemies, North Korea is likely to pull the plug on the current crisis by test-firing a missile or two and declaring victory ahead of a national celebration on Monday ... North Korea must end its 'belligerent approach', says ObamaThe Guardian N. Korea may be able to deliver nuke, Pentagon intel saysCNN Kerry hits back as North Korea threatens JapanChandigarh Tribune CBC.ca -Havana Herald -Sun News Network all 3,551 news articles » |
A behind-the-scenes look at how Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a dark-horse candidate who had received little public attention, became Pope Francis.
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is expected to announce a proposal in the coming days to overhaul the nation's immigration system. Lawmakers are said to considering provisions that would relax visa requirements for some foreign workers, increase security on the borders and set terms that would enable immigrants who have illegally lived and worked in the country for years to become U.S. citizens. Analysts disagree over what changes should be enacted to address issues related to ...
Navy officer in Conn. apologizes over affair
San Jose Mercury News GROTON, Conn.—A former submarine commander who faked his death to end an extramarital affair is apologizing to the Navy, the sailors who served under him and his wife. Navy Cmdr. Michael P. Ward II spoke at a hearing Friday before a panel deciding ... and more » |
Taliban militants stormed an Afghan army outpost on Friday, killing more than a dozen soldiers in an area that is a major infiltration route for insurgents crossing the mountainous border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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The Obama administration on Friday named 18 Russians to a U.S. sanctions list for alleged human rights abuses, setting up a likely feud with Moscow over what Russian officials have decried as interference with the country’s internal affairs.
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The United States has determined that China is not manipulating the value of its currency, which has been a major complaint by the Obama administration. The Treasury Department said in its twice yearly report to Congress Friday that China has taken a series of steps to liberalize currency controls and peg the value of the yuan to a more market-determined exchange rate. But the report also says the yuan is still significantly undervalued and that the Chinese economy, as well as others in ...
Panel recommends Navy officer in Conn. who faked death to end affair be ...
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Discharge recommended for Navy officer in Conn.
Bismarck Tribune In this Aug. 3, 2012 photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Cmdr. Michael P. Ward II, center, is saluted during the change-of-command ceremony for the nuclear submarine USS Pittsburgh at the Naval Submarine Base New London, in Groton, Conn. Ward was ... and more » |
The crisis on the Korean peninsula is upsetting a delicate nuclear balance between China and the U.S. and exposing a serious flaw in the relationship: the absence of a regular military dialogue on nuclear arms.
In a Stuttgart courtroom, a couple stands accused of working for more than two decades as Russian spies, living an unremarkable middle-class life while passing on NATO and European Union secrets to the Soviets and Russians.
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A coalition of insurgents criticized a more radical group’s decision to team up with Al Qaeda’s Iraq branch as a mistake that would benefit only their enemy, President Bashar al-Assad.
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Nicolás Maduro, the one-time bus driver widely expected to become Venezuela's next president in Sunday's elections, has resorted to an unusual campaign gimmick.
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A sudden round of finger-pointing in the American intelligence community this week also highlighted the sensitivity surrounding nuclear threats in the wake of failures in Iraq.
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North Korea’s Musudan missile threatens the security of America and its allies. President Obama should order a narrow, defensive strike before it’s launched.
Kazakhstan-born Elmira Abdrazakova clinched the country's top beauty pageant crown but to some she is "not Slavic enough".
Probe reopened in case of teen's alleged rape
CNN (blog) Police in eastern Canada announced Friday they "are reopening the investigation involving Rehtaeh Parsons," the 17-year-old who tried to kill herself after she was allegedly gang-raped and bullied. Rehtaeh, a high school student from Halifax, Nova Scotia, ... and more » |
The growing U.S. crackdown on immigration is leading to a grim reality: While the number of people crossing the border is down, the number who die while doing so is rising as immigrants take more dangerous routes to avoid apprehension.
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 | Washington Post LOS ANGELES — A 33-year-old West Hollywood man who felt sickened by bacterialmeningitis earlier this week has been declared brain dead amid warnings to sexually active gay men about the deadly strain of illness, officials said. Brett Shaad was ... Caution advised after West Hollywood lawyer stricken with meningitisLos Angeles Times Warning About Bacterial Meningitis Sounded by West Hollywood, Health OfficialsNBC Southern California Meningitis death may be linked to White PartyKMIR-TV Stabley Times-UPI.com-KTLA all 26 news articles » |
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German prosecutors charged former President Christian Wulff with corruption on Friday, more than a year after he quit amid accusations that he had accepted favors from business executives before becoming president.
Some 60 students and activists rallied Friday in Washington, D.C., for human rights around the world. Participants in the annual "Get on the Bus Day" event, organized by Amnesty International USA, marched to five different embassies to urge justice for those whose basic rights have been violated. They began at the embassy of the Dominican Republic, calling for answers to the 2009 disappearance of rights activist Juan Almonte. Witnesses say police kidnapped him. Authorities call him ...
Russia has released a list of 18 Americans banned from Russian soil in response to a similar move by the U.S. a day earlier when Washington released a list of banned Russians. Officials in Moscow say the U.S. had dealt a "powerful blow" to bilateral relations and mutual trust. Russia's list released Saturday includes two officials from the administration of George W. Bush, and two former commanders of the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The U.S. issued its ...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has told Chinese President Xi Jinping that now is a "critical time" as the two men discuss North Korea's nuclear program and other issues. Kerry is meeting with President Xi in Beijing Saturday, as North Korea's East Asian neighbors wait to see if Pyongyang will do as it has threatened and test a nuclear missile. The top U.S. diplomat has been urging Chinese officials to use their influence as North Korea's strongest ally to influence ...
MOSCOW – As promised, Russia on Saturday released the names of American officials who are now banned from the country, in retaliation for the Magnitsky list made public in Washington on Friday.
The United States imposed visa and banking sanctions on 18 Russian officials suspected of human rights abuses. Russia responded by naming 18 Americans it accuses of human rights violations at the Guantanamo prison camp, or of having had a role in the detention of Russian citizens in third countries. That second category primarily concerns the convicted Russian arms dealer, Viktor Bout, who was arrested in Thailand in 2008 and then turned over to U.S. authorities.
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The United States imposed visa and banking sanctions on 18 Russian officials suspected of human rights abuses. Russia responded by naming 18 Americans it accuses of human rights violations at the Guantanamo prison camp, or of having had a role in the detention of Russian citizens in third countries. That second category primarily concerns the convicted Russian arms dealer, Viktor Bout, who was arrested in Thailand in 2008 and then turned over to U.S. authorities.
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