UN: Talk with Iran over nuclear program a failure
The U.N. nuclear agency acknowledged renewed failure Wednesday after a trip to probe suspicions of covert Iranian nuclear weapons work, in a statement issued just hours after an Iranian general warned of a pre-emptive strike against any foe threatening the country. The IAEA made little progress three weeks ago and confirms these talks were equally More...
Greece bailed out again by European leadership
Photo/halltoonsThe EU has approved another aid package for Greece, “hopeful” that the worst phase of the sovereign debt crisis is over and a persistent source of stress on global markets has been removed. New More...
ESPN firing over ‘Chink in the armor’ comment ridiculous
Photo/Cyberkuhn via wikicommonsNo “Chink in the Armor” is not only offensive, is a phrase worthy of losing your job. Jeremy Lin, born in the U.S. is of Taiwanese heritage, is off to one of the best starts More...
US and UK plead with Israel NOT to attack Iran
The United States and Britain have urged Israel against any military action against Iran and its nuclear programme, after Iranian warships passed through the Suez Canal to dock at the Syrian port of Tartous, ratchetting More...
Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab, Underwear bomber, gets life in prison
Umar Farouk Abdulmuttalab, the famous “Underwear Bomber”, was sentenced to life in prison. A federal judge in the US has sentenced the Nigerian man to life in prison for attempting to blow up a US airliner More...
‘Gay in not okay’ sign at Iowa church has lead to death threats on Pastor’s life
A church’s stance that homosexuality is a sin can lead to backlash, criticism and possibly threats. Just ask Rev. Michael Demastus of Fort Des Moines Church of Christ who now receives death threats over a More...
White House not good at budget estimates and deficits predictions
News rolled as President Barack Obama released a budget today that estimates the federal deficit will drop to $901.4 billion in fiscal 2013, resulting in the first federal deficit of less than $1 trillion since More...
Hondurus prison fire update: death toll continues to rise
Trapped inmates screamed from their cells as a fire swept through a Honduran prison, killing at least 272 inmates, authorities said Wednesday. Updated reports now state that 357 inmates have died. Reuters reported More...
Israel: Iran, Hezbollah responsible for Embassy bombings
Bombers targeted staff at Israel’s embassies in India and Georgia on Monday, wounding four people, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of involvement. More...
Saudi blogger, Hamza Kashgari, to be deported by Malaysia
Gflores via wikimedia commons Two days after Malaysian officials detained a Saudi blogger who fled his country after some allegedly insulting tweets about the Prophet Mohammad last week, the predominately Muslim More...
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