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By Matt Kibbe, on May 17th, 2013 Congress needs to make sure the IRS never does this again, writes FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe.
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By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A woman whose trial riveted viewers with details of sex and violence returns to court on Thursday, as the same jury that convicted her of first-degree murder last week in the death of her boyfriend now weighs whether the former waitress should be sentenced to life in prison or death. Jurors on Wednesday took less than three hours to determine that Jodi Arias should be eligible for the death penalty in the killing of her one-time lover after prosecutors proved the murder was especially cruel and heinous. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Penalty phase begins in Jodi Arias murder trial
By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Two doves celebrated their freedom with a soaring flight over St Peter’s Square yesterday, all thanks to Pope Francis. As Francis toured the square in his open-topped popemobile at his weekly public audience, someone in the crowd thrust a white bird cage with two doves inside at him. Looking puzzled, his security detail took the cage and handed it to Francis. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng said on Tuesday that change in his country was “inevitable” but should be the work of the Chinese themselves rather than be imposed from the outside. “China will undergo a transformation, this is inevitable and in fact this has already begun,” said Chen, a blind self-taught lawyer who dramatically escaped house arrest last year. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Change in China ‘inevitable’, says blind activist Chen Guangcheng
By , on May 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak appeared in court on Saturday to face a new trial for complicity in the murder of hundreds of protesters during the 2011 uprising, as well as for corruption. The 85-year-old Mubarak, who was taken into court in a wheelchair dressed in white and wearing sunglasses, is on trial along with his former interior minister, Habib al-Adly, and six security chiefs. He also faces corruption charges with his two sons, Alaa and Gamal. All defendants pleaded “not guilty” to the charges levelled against them. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Mubarak appears in fresh trial over protester deaths
By Ali Gharib, on May 10th, 2013 Ali Gharib on the controversy over a D.C. thinktank’s report on Israeli press freedom.
Continue reading Is The Israeli Press Only "Partly Free"?
By , on May 8th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> An Italian court on Wednesday upheld a tax fraud conviction for former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, confirming his sentence of one year in prison and a five-year ban from public office. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Italian court upholds Berlusconi tax fraud sentence
By , on April 28th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Italy’s new coalition government was sworn in on Sunday, bringing fresh hope to a country mired in recession after two months of bitter post-election deadlock watched closely by European partners. Prime Minister Enrico Letta was the first to take the oath of office at a ceremony led by President Giorgio Napolitano, who appointed him after the centre-left won February elections but without the majority needed to govern. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Italy’s new government sworn in after deadlock
By , on April 27th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Italy’s prime minister finally unveiled a new government yesterday, breaking a two-month stalemate that shook market confidence in the recession-hit country and tested the patience of European partners. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Enrico Letta says he has support from Berlusconi allies to form a coalition
By , on April 26th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Standing in front of the magisterial brick-and-limestone George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, Bill Clinton summed up the day with a knowing smile. ”I told President Obama,” he said, “that this was the latest, grandest example of the eternal struggle of former presidents to rewrite history.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Four fellow presidents attend opening of George W. Bush library
By , on April 24th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Wednesday asked centre-left deputy leader Enrico Letta to form a new government, signalling the end of a damaging two-month vacuum since elections in the euro zone’s third largest economy in January. The prime minister designate is expected to quickly select a group of ministers, mixed between politicians and technocrats, under the guidance of Napolitano, whose own unprecedented re-election last weekend opened the way for an end to the crisis. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Italy president names centre-left’s Enrico Letta as new premier
By , on April 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A US warship designed to fight in coastal areas arrived on Thursday in Singapore for its Southeast Asian deployment, underlining President Barack Obama’s new strategic focus on Asia. The deployment of the USS Freedom comes at a time of heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula and as China publicly flexes its naval muscle in the South China Sea, where it has competing territorial claims with some Southeast Asian states. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading US warship in Southeast Asia gives punch to US Asian ‘pivot’
By Mike Giglio, on April 16th, 2013 A pianist in Turkey has been convicted of insulting Islam because of statements he made on Twitter. Mike Giglio on the country’s changing limitations on freedom of expression.
Continue reading Turkish Musician Found Guilty
By , on April 11th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> They are Hong Kong’s politicians of the future and, despite coming from different parties, they all consider themselves patriots. But while each has no problem defining their idea of patriotism, they differ on whether a true patriot would call for an end to one-party rule. Holden Chow Ho-ting, the 33-year-old chairman of the Young DAB, a branch of the Beijing-loyalist Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, suggested that a Hong Kong patriot would uphold the “one country, two systems” concept and put the country’s interest first. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading HK’s young politicos confident in patriotism, divided on one-party rule
By , on April 9th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Britain wrestled on Tuesday with violent passions ignited by the death of divisive former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, with critics of the “Iron Lady” clashing with police and supporters preparing to pay tribute to her in parliament. World reaction was also divided with Pope Francis hailing her promotion of freedom but people in the pontiff’s homeland Argentina condemning Thatcher as a warmonger who prolonged the 1982 Falklands War for political ends. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Britain grapples with Thatcher legacy as clashes erupt
By , on April 3rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Singapore’s prime minister has warned that miscalculations in Asia could set back the fast-growing region for years. US President Barack Obama, meanwhile, hailed the island city state for its military co-operation. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Singaporean PM warns against ‘miscalculations’ in Asia
By David Frum, on March 31st, 2013 Adam Winkler’s Gunfight documents how the Black Panthers asserted a radical new form of gun rights: fetishizing weapons as badges of freedom, carrying weapons any place the law permitted them to be carried.
Continue reading David’s Bookclub: Private Guns, Public Health
By , on March 31st, 2013 
The NUT conference will hear claims that the revised national curriculum for schools in England is narrow and outdated.
Continue reading Teachers oppose ‘narrow’ curriculum
By , on March 29th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi insisted yesterday the only way out of Italy’s political deadlock was for his centre-left rivals to accept a coalition deal that would give him a share in power. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Berlusconi insists on share in power in Italy
By , on March 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Constrasting views were expressed on China’s social media on Tuesday after Wu Renbao, the retired Communist Party Chief of Huaxi, died of lung cancer on Monday at 85. Under Wu’s leadership, Huaxi became known as the “the richest village in China”. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Leader of China’s richest village leaves mixed legacy
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Penalty phase begins in Jodi Arias murder trial
<!– google_ad_section_start –> A woman whose trial riveted viewers with details of sex and violence returns to court on Thursday, as the same jury that convicted her of first-degree murder last week in the death of her boyfriend now weighs whether the former waitress should be sentenced to life in prison or death. Jurors on Wednesday took less than three hours to determine that Jodi Arias should be eligible for the death penalty in the killing of her one-time lover after prosecutors proved the murder was especially cruel and heinous. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Penalty phase begins in Jodi Arias murder trial
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