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By Eli Lake, on May 21st, 2013 Part of why the State Department has taken the brunt of the political blame for the Benghazi attack, writes Eli Lake, is that clandestine services by definition have very little public oversight.
Continue reading CIA Honors Benghazi Chief ‘Bob’
By Michael Tomasky, on May 21st, 2013 Months after his state was ravaged by extreme weather, the New Jersey governor is now publicly denying climate change. Expect more of that kind of idiocy as he gears up for 2016.
Continue reading Chris Christie, Climate Change Denier
By By JENNIFER PRESTON, on May 20th, 2013 A tornado touched down south of Oklahoma City on Monday afternoon, causing widespread destruction in the suburb of Moore after a severe weather outbreak that spawned more than two dozen tornadoes in Oklahoma, Kansas, Illinois and Iowa over the weekend.
Continue reading The Lede: Powerful Tornado Causes Widespread Damage Near Oklahoma City
By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A 48-year-old divorced Briton locked in a bitter custody battle has confessed to killing his two young children by slitting their throats near the eastern French city of Lyons. The bodies of a five-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy were discovered on Saturday afternoon in the man’s apartment in Saint-Priest, a suburb of Lyons. Witnesses said the man, covered in blood, fled the scene of the crime on roller skates. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Tal Harris, on May 20th, 2013 OneVoice partnered with Members of Knesset from various factions to establish the first-ever caucus for the two-state solution, taking place today in Israel.
Continue reading The Arab Peace Initiative Makes Its Way to the Knesset
By Noah Charney, on May 20th, 2013 Noah Charney finds 10 mistakes and over-simplifications in Dan Brown’s new book ‘Inferno.’
Continue reading Fact-Checking ‘Inferno’
By By REUTERS, on May 20th, 2013 A massive storm front swept north through the central United States on Sunday, hammering the region with fist-sized hail, blinding rain and tornadoes, including a half-mile wide twister that struck near Oklahoma City. News reports said at least one person had died.
Continue reading Powerful Tornadoes Strike in Four Central U.S. States
By By TRIP GABRIEL, on May 20th, 2013 At each mention of the government’s targeting of conservative groups, the 8,000 delegates at the state party convention in Richmond roared their approval.
Continue reading Virginia G.O.P Pleases Crowd With Barbs About I.R.S.
By By BEN PROTESS and PETER LATTMAN, on May 20th, 2013 Steven A. Cohen, rather than be subject to broad questions from prosecutors, is expected to assert his constitutional right against self-incrimination.
Continue reading DealBook: Cohen Gets Subpoena in SAC Capital Trading Inquiry
By , on May 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A single winning ticket for a record US Powerball lottery jackpot worth US$590.5 million was sold in Florida, organisers said late on Saturday, but there was no immediate word about who won or where in the state the ticket was bought. The winning numbers from Saturday night’s drawing were: 10, 13, 14, 22 and 52, with a Powerball number of 11, and the odds of winning were put at one in 175 million. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> South Korea on Sunday condemned North Korea’s latest short-range missile launches as “provocative” and again urged it to hold talks about a suspended jointly run industrial park. The North on Saturday launched three short-range guided missiles off its east coast, apparently as part of a military drill, at a time when cross-border relations remain icy after months of simmering tension. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese authorities were on Sunday investigating claims that unidentified North Koreans hijacked a Chinese fishing boat, kidnapping 16 sailors and demanding a ransom, local media and an official said. Armed North Koreans on May 6 hijacked the boat and escorted it towards North Korea while it was sailing in waters around 70 kilometres from North Korea’s western coast, reports and the boat’s owner Yu Xuejun said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading China investigates North Korea boat hijack claim
By , on May 18th, 2013 
No 10 denies that “anyone in Downing Street” made comments reported in several newspapers describing Tory activists as “mad, swivel-eyed loons”.
Continue reading No 10 issues ‘loon slur’ denial
By , on May 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> An aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned home from a trip to North Korea on Saturday but declined to shed any light on the reason for his mysterious visit. Isao Iijima, a senior adviser to Abe, was tightlipped when confronted by reporters in Beijing on his way home. “I won’t accept any interview on this issue,” he told reporters, according to Japan’s public broadcaster NHK. Abe said on Saturday that Iijima would report back to chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga, Japan’s top government spokesman, on the visit. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By Robert Shapiro, on May 18th, 2013 We like to think that the United States is unique among nations in the way it attracts and integrates immigrant. But in our increasingly globalized and prosperous world, the data suggests America is just average.
Continue reading A Nation of Immigrants?
By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Osaka’s abrasive mayor on Friday hit back at US criticism of his remarks on wartime sex slavery, claiming American troops abused Japanese women during their seven-year occupation. Washington denounced as “outrageous” comments earlier this week by Toru Hashimoto, who said “comfort women” forced to provide sex to Japanese troops during the second world war were a military necessity. “Mayor Hashimoto’s comments were outrageous and offensive,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters, urging Tokyo to work with its neighbours to address the past issue. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Osaka mayor says US troops abused women during occupation
By By MICHAEL R. GORDON and ERIC SCHMITT, on May 17th, 2013 Antiship cruise missiles could make it more difficult for the United States and its allies to impose a naval embargo, establish a no-fly zone or carry out airstrikes in support of Syria’s rebels.
Continue reading Russia Provides Syria With Advanced Missiles
By By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, on May 17th, 2013 The State Department, under Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, created a special arrangement for Huma Abedin to work as a consultant while serving as a top department adviser.
Continue reading Weiner’s Wife, Huma Abedin, Failed to Disclose Consulting Work Done While a State Dept. Aide
By By BEN HUBBARD, on May 17th, 2013 A constellation of armed groups battling to advance their own agendas is creating the outlines of separate armed fiefs, and the war’s biggest casualty appears to be the integrity of the Syrian state.
Continue reading Pressure of War Is Causing Syria to Break Apart
By , on May 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Ten tornadoes tore through the US state of Texas overnight, killing at least six people as they levelled homes, local authorities said on Thursday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Divorced Briton confesses to killing his children in France
<!– google_ad_section_start –> A 48-year-old divorced Briton locked in a bitter custody battle has confessed to killing his two young children by slitting their throats near the eastern French city of Lyons. The bodies of a five-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy were discovered on Saturday afternoon in the man’s apartment in Saint-Priest, a suburb of Lyons. Witnesses said the man, covered in blood, fled the scene of the crime on roller skates. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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