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By By JOHN M. BRODER, on June 19th, 2013 Officials said President Obama would announce new policy initiatives in the coming weeks, including the first limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing power plants.
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Taliban claimed responsibility on Wednesday for an attack in Afghanistan that killed four American troops just hours after the insurgent group announced it would hold talks with the US on finding a political solution to ending the nearly 12-year war in the country. The deadly attack underscores the challenges ahead in trying to end the violence roiling Afghanistan through peace negotiations in Qatar with militants still fighting on the ground. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Air pollution from 196 coal-fired power stations in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei caused 9,900 premature deaths in 2011, with the province, a big coal consumer, deserving most of the blame, according to a new study. The study looked at the health impact of burning the fossil fuel to generate electricity. The research was co-authored by Greenpeace and American air pollution experts. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> An Afghan police chief survived a suicide car bomb attack on his convoy that wounded three officers early on Monday, officials said. It was the latest apparent attempt on a commander’s life in an intense Taliban assassination campaign. Broken glass and the charred remains of the bomber’s car were strewn in a main road in the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah after the attack. Helmand provincial Police Chief Mohammad Nabi Elham sustained only minor injuries when the car bomber struck as he was on his way to his office at about 7am. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse pledged on Sunday to proceed with the first-ever provincial polls in the island’s former war zone but his government said the powers of the elected council will be clipped. The ruling coalition had promised to share limited power with Tamils, pointing to elections to local councils, after the military crushed separatist Tamil rebels in May 2009 and ended 37 years of ethnic bloodshed. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> “Long live Rowhani,” tens of thousands of jubilant supporters chanted as security officials made no attempt to rein in crowds — joyous and even a bit bewildered by the scope of his victory with more than three times the votes of his nearest rival. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Iranians celebrate in streets for new president Hassan Rowhani
By By CLIFFORD KRAUSS, on June 14th, 2013 Environmental concerns complicate a plan by an energy company to mine an Indian tribe’s enormous deposit of coal and ship it from Montana to Asia.
Continue reading A Fight Over Coal Exports and the Industry’s Future
By , on June 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> President Barack Obama has authorised sending US weapons to Syrian rebels for the first time, a US official said on Thursday after the White House said it has proof that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons against opposition forces fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Elisheva Goldberg, on June 13th, 2013 Elisheva Goldberg reports on how schizophrenia causes paralysis among Israel’s ruling coalition.
Continue reading No Peace With the Palestinians, No Peace Inside the Israeli Coalition
By , on June 12th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The government has closed public television and radio broadcaster ERT, in a shock move that affects nearly 2,700 jobs. Thousands rushed to the broadcaster’s main headquarters in a northern Athens suburb shortly after the announcement on Tuesday to show their support for the workers. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By NIKI KITSANTONIS, on June 12th, 2013 The decision to disband the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation prompted protests in Athens and threatened the fragile coalition government.
Continue reading Closing of State Broadcaster Leaves Greece in Turmoil
By By KIM SEVERSON, on June 12th, 2013 The Moral Mondays rallies at the state Capitol, led by a coalition assembled by the N.A.A.C.P., have raised a voice against the loss of the state’s centrist leadership.
Continue reading Protests in North Carolina Challenge Conservative Shift in State Politics
By By NIKI KITSANTONIS, on June 11th, 2013 In a surprise move that angered labor unions and its junior partners, the conservative-led coalition government cut the signal of the broadcaster, ERT, around 11 p.m. Tuesday.
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By Brent E. Sasley, on June 11th, 2013 Brent E. Sasley on a threat to break-up Israel’s coalition government that doesn’t hold much water.
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By Emily L. Hauser, on June 11th, 2013 If the new Lobby for the Land of Israel caucus within the Knesset is any indication, a majority of Netanyahu’s government coalition members actively oppose a two-state solution, writes Emily Hauser.
Continue reading The Anti-Two-Staters Dominating Israel’s Government
By , on June 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Afghan security forces have been praised for overwhelming Taliban insurgents who launched a pre-dawn grenade and gun attack on Kabul airport yesterday. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up and all five other attackers were killed when elite troops stormed two half-built mansions where the militants were holed up near the airport’s perimeter fence. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Afghan forces rise to challenge by putting down Taliban airport attack
By , on June 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Australia’s ruling Labor Party may lose as many as 40 seats in the September elections, including those held by nine ministers, The Australian newspaper reported yesterday, citing an internal survey by the party. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Move against Gillard tipped as poll shows 40 seats gone if Rudd not PM
By , on June 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Taliban insurgents on Monday launched a grenade and gun attack on Kabul airport, firing on military facilities before being overwhelmed in an operation hailed as a victory for Afghan security forces. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up and all five other attackers were killed when elite Afghan troops stormed two multi-storey buildings where the militants were holed up near the airport’s perimeter fence. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Taliban fighters shot dead after Kabul airport attack
By , on June 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the continuing attack on Kabul airport on Monday, saying that military facilities had been targeted by gunmen. “Yes, we claim responsibility. This morning a group of mujahedeen attacked the military part of Kabul airport,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP. Militants launched a suicide and grenade attack on Kabul airport early on Monday, taking over a nearby building which security forces attempted to storm as blasts and gunfire rocked the Afghan capital. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 5th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Truck driver N. Dhamendran entered a Malaysian police station on May 11 to record a statement over a scuffle he was involved in. He never came out alive. Ten days later, police produced the 32-year-old’s battered corpse, his ears grotesquely pierced with a stapler, and said he died of a heart attack. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Afghanistan’s Taliban say they killed 4 US troops
<!– google_ad_section_start –> The Taliban claimed responsibility on Wednesday for an attack in Afghanistan that killed four American troops just hours after the insurgent group announced it would hold talks with the US on finding a political solution to ending the nearly 12-year war in the country. The deadly attack underscores the challenges ahead in trying to end the violence roiling Afghanistan through peace negotiations in Qatar with militants still fighting on the ground. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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