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Sunday, 29 June 2014

Israel's Netanyahu calls for supporting Kurdish independence

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced support for Kurdish statehood on Sunday, taking a position that appeared to clash with the U.S. preference to keep sectarian war-torn Iraq united. Israel has...

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Obama: Battle-hardened militants pose threat to US San Francisco Chronicle

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sees a rising threat that battle-hardened militants who have spent time in...

Terrorists in Iraq, Syria ‘gaining strength,’ Obama admits New York Daily News

President Obama admitted Sunday that terrorists are “gaining strength” in recent months as the situations in Iraq and Syria have deteriorated and that the U.S. has been “under serious threat” for his “entire” time in office....

Rector Rik Torfs expresses his condolences on the sudden passing of the Rector of Stellenbosch University (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) noodls

(Source: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) Professor Hayman Russel Botman, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University in South Africa, died unexpectedly in his sleep on the night of 27 June. In the name of KU Leuven, Rector Rik Torfs expresses his deepest sympathy to Professor Botman's...

Canada's Veterans Affairs Minister marks 61st Anniversary of Korean War Armistice with Korean counterpart (Government of Canada) noodls

(Source: Government of Canada) Reference N14060E June 29, 2014 - Ottawa - Veterans Affairs Canada The Honourable Julian Fantino today welcomed the Honourable Park Sung Choon, Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, Republic of Korea, at a ceremony in Ottawa to commemorate the 61st anniversary of...

Thousands participate in 'National Empty Chair Day' inspired by 'Eastwooding' The Examiner

Clint Eastwood seems to have inspired people all around the country. Many have held the belief that the economy is not getting better,...

EPA to spend over a million taxpayer dollars for a job destroying conference The Examiner

With the national debt at $17.5 trillion, a two-hundred and seven percent increase since the year 2000, and growing, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Obama administration plans to spend $1.6 million of taxpayer dollars for a "Environmental Justice" conference this fall, according...

Veterans competing in Golden Age Games in Arkansas The Charlotte Observer

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. Hundreds of older veterans from across the country are spending the next few days in Fayetteville competing in a variety of sports events. This is the 28th year for the National Veterans Golden Age Games and the first time Arkansas has hosted them, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette...

Four Must Know Facts About Clinton Wealth Huffington Post

Recent attacks from the right wing on the success of Bill and Hillary Clinton since leaving the White House are absurd. If Republicans are looking for someone who is out of touch and does not reflect middle-class values at heart, they only need to look in the mirror. These assaults from the right on...

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