President Barack Hussein Obama and Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Washington Times | SAN JOSE, January 21, 2013 – It seems a bit amazing that President Obama’s inaugural celebrations and the celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day occur on the same day. Can the overlap be viewed as something like an alignment of the planets? Not quite, but the conjunction of the two...
Russia moves to enact anti-gay law nationwide Boston Herald | MOSCOW — Kissing his boyfriend during a protest in front of Russia's parliament earned Pavel Samburov 30 hours of detention and the equivalent of a $16 fine on a charge of "hooliganism." But if a bill that comes up for a first vote later this month becomes law, such a public ki...
Microcosm of Society, Seeking an Anchor The New York Times | “The Pirogue,” a remarkably cleareyed, quietly ambitious film from the Senegalese director Moussa Touré, takes a different approach. In chronicling a perilous sea voyage from Africa to Spain — a common, frequently fatal und...
Visit hailed as a testimony of commitment to Palestine The Star | PETALING JAYA: Both politicians and non-governmental organisations have described Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s historical visit to Gaza as a testimony of Malay- sia’s commitment to the Palestinian cause. | In congratulati...
Om Prakash Chautala, son sentenced to 10 years in jail The Times Of India NEW DELHI: Former Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala were on Tuesday sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for illegally recruiting over 3,000 junior basic trained (JBT) teachers 12 years ago, with a Special CBI court brus...
How the Vietnam war will shape Obama's second term Japan Times | STANFORD, California — The men who fought in Vietnam, a war that symbolizes America's overreach and failures abroad, haven't ascended to the presidency in the way that the World War II generation did. But now, under President Barack Obama, Vi...
Gurong nagpakasal sa estudyante, sinisante Journal Online | KGG. na Atty. Acosta, | Ako po ay isang dating guro sa high school sa isang pribadong eskwelahan. Niligawan po ako ng isang estudyanteng 18 taong gulang at sa kalaunan ay nahulog ang aking loob sa kanya. | Hindi po mahalaga na 10 taon ang pagitan n...
Failing again The Daily Tribune | The anti-Enrile civil society groups, along with the yellow media, all of whom really are nothing but sanctimonious shits, still won’t stop in their bid to destroy Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile, despite the fact that he has proven that he do...
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Higgins warns speculation driving hunger crisis Irish Times | JOANNE HUNT | Chronic hunger is “one of the most serious challenges facing the global community,” President Michael D Higgins has said. | In his opening address at Fe...
Hand Sanitizer Spread Faster Than the Flu Wall Street Journal Hand Sanitizer Spread Faster Than the Flu | The flu may be spreading quickly this season, but if sales of hand sanitizer are any indication, germaphobia has already infected every ...
Monsanto versus the people Al Jazeera | Last week Monsanto announced staggering profits from 2012 to celebratory shareholders while American farmers filed into Washington, DC to challenge the Biotech giant’s righ...
Inverse Moral Hazard: A Slaughter Rule For Finance Seeking Alpha | By Karl Smith | The Fed minutes from 2007 reveal that members of the Federal Open Market Committee began to struggle to find a middle ground between action that was internationalist enough to ward off a systemic financial collapse on the one hand, ...
Brookfield pharmacist charged with 11 counts of felony prescription fraud Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Thousands of dollars worth of controlled substances including amphetamine salts, oxycodone, morphine and dextroamphetamine are among the list of controlled substances a Brookfield pharmacist allegedly took from his job between 2009 and 2012. | James ...
Marten Transport reports flat 4Q earnings Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Marten Transport Ltd. on Tuesday reported profit growth of less than 1% in the fourth quarter, with record earnings of $7.72 million, or 35 cents a share, compared with $7.67 million, or 35 cents a share, in the same period last year. | Operating rev...
UN chief Ban urges innovation to resolve worldwide crises in 2013 The Examiner | In an address to the United Nations General assembly on Tuesday in New York City, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon discussed numerous global crises requiring resolution in 2013, stating, “We will have to think and act innovatively and differently … to throw off another brake on our common progress: the tyranny of the status quo.” | Accordin...
Obama goes back for the future China Daily | Free of re-election pressures, US President Barack Obama used the inauguration speech for his second term to spell out an unabashedly liberal agenda. | Obama renewed his oath of office in front of Congress in a public ceremony, which followed his and Vice-President Joseph Biden's official inaugurations on the constitutionally mandated date of Jan...
