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By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A meat cleaver is clasped in his blood-smeared left hand, the other – stained red with human blood too – waves manically as he shouts at the camera, ranting his justification for the atrocity on the streets of southeast London. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Ali Gharib, on May 23rd, 2013 Ali Gharib on an Israeli government report to discredit a 13-year-old media story.
Continue reading Press Advocates: Israeli Report On Al-Dura Affair "Absurd and Unacceptable"
By Justin Green, on May 23rd, 2013 The Washington Examiner's Byron York catches Florida Sen. Marco Rubio in an awkward set of talking points. Rubio (emphasis added):
Continue reading Marco Rubio is Really Confused About Whether He Trusts the Government
By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Four nights of rioting that has spread across Stockholm immigrant districts has raised fears that decades of integration efforts have gone dangerously awry. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Stockholm riots raise fresh debate on immigration
By Tom Sykes, on May 23rd, 2013 Post Office ordered to monitor King’s calls
Continue reading King Edward VIII’s Phone Was Bugged By His Own Government
By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Premier Li Keqiang has rejected an urbanisation proposal drafted by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading China urbanisation plan hits roadblock over spending fears
By , on May 23rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A Malaysian court on Thursday charged a student activist with sedition and three others, including two opposition politicians, were arrested on the same charge in what critics decried as a crackdown on dissent. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By JEREMY W. PETERS, on May 22nd, 2013 Lois Lerner, the official who disclosed that the Internal Revenue Service had targeted conservative groups, on Wednesday appeared before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Continue reading I.R.S. Official Denies Misleading Congress
By Orly Halpern, on May 22nd, 2013 Orly Halpern rounds up the news from Israel.
Continue reading Does The Israeli Government Support Two States?
By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Tuesday announced a US$1.8-billion military upgrade to help defend his country’s maritime territory against “bullies”, amid an ever-worsening dispute with China. In thinly veiled comments referring to China, Aquino vowed during a speech to mark the navy’s 115th anniversary that the armed forces would be given the resources necessary to protect Philippine sovereignty. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The Venezuelan opposition has released what it says is an audio tape revealing intrigue within the ruling socialist party of the late Hugo Chavez and Cuban meddling in the country’s affairs. The opposition says the tape is of a conversation between well-known state media presenter Mario Silva and a Colonel Aramis Palacios, identified as a Cuban intelligence agent, about a rift among Venezuela’s top leadership. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Venezuela opposition says tape shows ruling party rift
By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Big business and the Occupy Central movement clashed yesterday over the price the city would pay if the pro-democracy movement brought the heart of Hong Kong to a halt. Four business groups warned that Occupy Central could cost the city billions. But Dr Benny Tai Yiu-ting, a founder of Occupy Central, countered that the economic cost of failing to achieve universal suffrage in 2017 could be higher. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Big business, organisers joust over cost of Occupy Central to Hong Kong
By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A suicide bomber struck outside government buildings in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing at least 14 people including a senior local politician, officials said. Emergency services rushed to the scene and took the wounded to hospital after the bomber, who was wearing a police uniform, blew himself up in the centre of Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province. “I collected information from different hospitals and the death toll is 14. Another nine people are wounded,” said Zubair Akbary, the provincial public health director. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Afghan suicide attack kills at least 14
By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Legislators on Monday cast doubts on the securities regulator’s decision to allow the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange to surrender its licence, instead of immediately suspending it, after it emerged that the firm had insufficient capital. The HKMEx, a commodity trader, chaired by Executive Councillor Barry Cheung Chun-yuen, last week handed back its trading licence and suspended operations after it became clear it could no longer meet the requirement that it have sufficient cash to cover nine months of operations. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Lawmakers question SFC handling of HKMEx closure
By By ANNE BARNARD and HALA DROUBI, on May 19th, 2013 Pro-government fighters pushed into parts of Qusayr, in an advance that would be a serious setback for opponents of President Bashar al-Assad and further inflame regional tensions.
Continue reading Syrian Army Moves Into Rebel-Held Qusayr
By , on May 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Two directors from countries with tough film censorship brought bold and probing movies to the Cannes Film Festival on Friday — one exploring China’s social problems, the other delving into the mysteries of the human heart. Jia Zhangke’s “A Touch of Sin” depicts facets of fast-changing China that the government prefers to avoid: corruption, greed, violent crime and the growing gap between economic winners and losers. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Iran’s Farhadi and China’s Jia make Cannes splash
By , on May 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China is phasing out its reliance on executed prisoners for donated organs, but an architect of the country’s transplant system said on Friday that ingrained cultural attitudes are impeding the rise of donations among the general population. Almost all donated organs in China used to come from executed prisoners. A growing proportion now come from ordinary people, but the government is seeking to eliminate prisoner donations altogether. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Cultural attitudes impede organ donations in China
By By BEN HUBBARD, on May 18th, 2013 Human Rights Watch said Friday that visits to two Syrian security centers contained proof of widespread, arbitrary detentions and torture by the government of President Bashar al-Assad.
Continue reading Rights Group Says It Finds Proof of Torture in Syria
By Justin Green, on May 17th, 2013 The Huffington Post reports of a lively religious debate on whether the government should take charge in feeding the poor. I for one am heartened the discussion even took place.
Continue reading The Moral Imperative to Feed the Poor
By David Frum, on May 17th, 2013 For a long time I've propounded the theory that the main thing wrong with the economics of American health care is that insurers are too weak. Somebody has to discipline providers. They have amply proven they will not discipline themselves. It's unrealistic to expect patients to apply the discipline.
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How terror struck out of nowhere
<!– google_ad_section_start –> A meat cleaver is clasped in his blood-smeared left hand, the other – stained red with human blood too – waves manically as he shouts at the camera, ranting his justification for the atrocity on the streets of southeast London. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading How terror struck out of nowhere
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