Why South Africas NO-Bama Coalition is protesting Obamas visit
He posted a photo showing them burning an American flag. The Muslim Lawyers Association of South Africa called on the South African government to arrest Obama on war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Its joined with two dozen other .
In Iraq, a Sunni revolt raises specter of civil war
BEIRUT ��� An eruption of violence in Iraq is threatening to undo much of what U.S. troops appeared to have accomplished before they withdrew, putting the countrys stability on the line and raising the specter of a new civil war in a region already.
Violence widens as Israeli troops, Palestinians clash in east Jerusalem
JERUSALEM ��� The abduction and suspected revenge killing of an Arab youth sparked intense clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem on Wednesday, raising the specter of wider violence two days after three .
What its like to use the Internet in North Korea
North Korea is famously closed off, but even hermetic nations need to get online from time to time. A new BBC report has some fascinating insights into what surfing the Web there is like. Everyday North Koreans dont have access to the Internet, but.
Updated: Unresponsive US plane crashes off Jamaican coast after being tracked.
And right now, its live-tweeting an emergency: A U.S. plane that left this morning from Rochester, N.Y., is flying far off course, somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean. The first Twitter message was posted at 12:46 p.m., acknowledging that F-15 fighter.
Worlds last legal ban on divorce doesnt keep Philippines couples together
Yap was joking. After all, he had his freedom. Last year, the courts in the Philippines, with a population of 100 million, heard just 10,257 annulment cases, granting about 95 percent of them ��� a minuscule number for a large country. But rather than.
Suicide bombers strike rebel-linked mosques in Yemen.
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Suicide bombers strike rebel-linked mosques in Yemen
SANAA, Yemen ��� Suicide bombers attacked two mosques linked to Yemens powerful Shiite rebels Friday, killing scores of worshipers and wounding hundreds more in a further sign that the country is collapsing into sectarian chaos. The attacks come a day .
Deposed Yanukovych wants Russia to give Crimea back to Ukraine
Russia annexed Ukraines Crimean Peninsula after backing pro-Russian forces that seized the parliament building in the Crimean regional capital of Simferopol on Feb. 27. A hastily arranged March 16 referendum there resulted in a vote to join Russia.
US drone camp in the heart of Djibouti
Expansion is underway at the United States first counter- terrorism base, fenced within a one-runway airport shared by military and civilian aircraft in the heart of Djibouti. Scheduled to be complete in the next two years at a cost of nearly $1.4.
Members of the Elders visit Tehran to promote accord with world powers
The visit comes a week after the implementation of an interim agreement to scale back Irans nuclear activities in return for limited relief from international economic sanctions on Tehran. Despite that accord, and growing hope here that Iran is.
A photographic guide to the worlds embalmed leaders
When Hugo Chavezs embalmed body is laid in a glass casket sometime next week, he will join at least eight other world leaders whose remains are on display for all eternity. or at least for as long as their keepers can preserve them. Vice President.
US to seek death penalty in Boston bombing case
The Justice Department announced Thursday that it would seek the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 20-year-old man whom prosecutors have accused of bombing the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 200 others.
No, Russia isnt about to invade Finland and Sweden
As Galeotti elegantly put it in a recent blog post, the current relationship between Russia and its opponents is beginning to look like less like the relatively stable Cold War, but a redo of the Great Game of the 19th century: A confusing, often.
Gunman shoots former co-worker near Empire State Building, is shot by police
Law enforcement sources in Washington also said the shooting appeared to have no connection to terrorism. A New York Fire Department spokesman said a call about the shooting was received shortly after 9 a.m. and that emergency units arrived within .
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