ROME, June 19 -- A crowd swarmed Italian ambulance drivers responding to an emergency, marking the third aggressive act against emergency workers in ...
- UPI - US
The lawyer for an Ohio woman accused of keeping a mentally disabled woman and her daughter as slaves and threatening them with deadly snakes, says his ...
- ABC News - US
If the NSA's massive spying operation sounds a lot like a Bush-era program ... that's because it is.
- Foreign Policy Magazine - US
June 20, 2013 1:22 AMTOULOUSE, France - Flash floods in south-western France claimed two elderly victims in the space of 24 hours as unseasonal storms ...
- The Straits Times - SG
BERLIN -- President Obama on Wednesday announced plans to go beyond the reductions outlined in the New START treaty with Russia and said he would seek ...
- Los Angeles Times - US
Glendon Scott Crawford is a 49-year-old industrial mechanic for General Electric in New York.
- Stuff - NZ
Three people have died and fourth is being treated at a hospital after a shooting in at condominium complex. Dwight Mitchell, a Louisville Metro ...
- Voice of Russia - RU
Obama's plan to reduce nuclear weapons does too little and will take too long.
- Foreign Policy Magazine - US
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment today of Major General Michel Finn, of Ireland, as head of Mission and Chief of ...
- UN - INT
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This week, the Philippines will become the first ivory-consuming country to purposely destroy its stocks of ivory ...
- Big Think - US
On the Mini Roast today: Cory Bernardi tries to link same-sex marriage to bestiality again, and a study shows over half of Australian TV is news ...
- Guardian Newspaper - UK
June 20, 2013 5:56 AM - United States talks with the Taleban are likely to be held within the "next few days" in Qatar, a senior US official said on ...
- The Straits Times - SG
Violent clashes have erupted in the northern city of Fortaleza in the hours leading to a Confederations Cup match with Mexico. Dozens were hurt as ...
- Russia Today - RU
Recently, some Egyptian officials have blamed the IMF for delays in reaching an agreement over a $4.8 billion loan to the country. Apparently, the ...
- Brookings - US
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Facing a tight withdrawal deadline and tough terrain, the U.S. military has destroyed more than 170 million pounds ...
- Washington Post - US
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake shook central Chile on Wednesday, causing buildings to sway in the capital but apparently causing no major damage. The US ...
- The Hindu - IN
There are hidden reservoirs of compromise and consensus between Armenians and Azerbaijanis that are being ignored and can be the basis for a peace ...
- Carnegie Endowment - US
Almost a year after it ended, the London Olympics has become mired in a cheating controversy.
- Stuff - NZ
By David Schwartz PHOENIX - The co-founder of the Minutemen civilian border patrol group that for several years watched for unauthorized immigrants ...
- The Raw Story - US
ZAMALKA, Syria, June 19 -- Syrian rebels and their supporters accused government forces of launching a chemical weapons attack on Zamalka Wednesday, ...
- UPI - US
Since the state broadcaster was shut down last week and its 2,600 employees fired, there has been an outpouring of solidarity, despite its long ...
- New York Times - US
Scientists are expecting a very large dead zone' in the Gulf of Mexico based on several NOAA -supported forecast models.
- MercoPress - FK
The regulator said the meatpacker is by far the largest user of derivatives among nonfinancial companies in Brazil.
- Wall Street Journal - US
The burgeoning number of desperate families heading out of Syria have revealed harrowing tales of their escape.
- Telegraph - UK
By Jane Sutton GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba - U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein urged the Pentagon on Wednesday to stop force-feeding ...
- The Raw Story - US
Governments bear the primary responsibility to ensure that natural resources do not fuel conflict by ensuring that land and mineral wealth are managed ...
- UN - INT
Star of HBO's hit series The Sopranos may have suffered heart attack in Italy, according to cable network spokeswoman• James Gandolfini's life and ...
- Guardian Newspaper - UK
Guidance on surrogacy overseas
- British Foreign & Commonwealth Office - UK
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On July 19, Earth's residents will get to see what their home looks like from Saturn: specifically, from the ...
- Big Think - US
Somalia's al-Qaida linked Shebab insurgents shot and blasted their way into the U.N. compound in Mogadishu on Wednesday, leaving nine people dead in ...
- Japan Today - JP
This is an edited version of a Praxis post that originally appeared on October 9, 2012.
We are hours or days away from a ruling in Fisher v. ...
- Big Think - US
For an urban elite, including some protesters, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s response to demonstrations has led to a final break that ...
- IHT - US
Millions of people around the world are likely to be pushed back into poverty because climate change is undermining economic development in poor ...
- The Raw Story - US
A great gap between India and China is in the provision of essential public services — a failing that depresses living standards and is a ...
- New York Times - US
That the Taliban has agreed to negotiations is not surprising. It has much to gain from participating in negotiations – yet almost no incentives ...
- Brookings - US
June 20, 2013 6:02 AM LONDON - The new Middle East coronavirus that has killed 38 people after emerging late last year is a serious risk in hospitals ...
- The Straits Times - SG
"A drunk mind speaks a sober heart" is a saying often attributed to French Enlightenment philosopher Jean-Jaques Rousseau, himself quite a drunk. The ...
- Big Think - US
ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 19 -- Three U.S. Naval Academy football players Wednesday were charged with raping a female midshipman and lying in an official ...
- UPI - US
The US affiliate of a Russian software company has developed a database for the city of Baltimore that would help its police department track down ...
- RIA Novosti - RU
What began two days ago as a silent protest in Istanbul has begun to take on unusual forms.
- Voice of Russia - RU
The birth rate in Russia grew 30 percent since 2007, Russian Minister of Labor and Social Protection Maxim Topilin said on Wednesday.
- RIA Novosti - RU
Obama's Syria policy is a riddle wrapped in an enigma surrounding nothing.
- Foreign Policy Magazine - US
The police in the northeastern city of Fortaleza fired tear gas and rubber bullets at an estimated 35,000 protesters, whose message was echoed by ...
- New York Times - US
Chancellor Angela Merkel seemed to confirm the president’s comments on the controversy, which has followed him on his diplomatic trip abroad.
- IHT - US
Russian prosecutors have charged Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev with plotting mass riots during a demonstration in Moscow last May, their ...
- Voice of Russia - RU
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit the central Chilean region of Valparaiso at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, causing buildings to sway in the nearby capital ...
- Voice of Russia - RU
In a move that opens the door to sanctions, the US Department of State named Russia and China among the world's worst countries in terms of forced ...
- RIA Novosti - RU
Visited by nearly six million Christian pilgrims every year, the site is turning to the faithful for financial relief after storms inundated the ...
- IHT - US
Event Information June 20, 20132:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDTSEIU Building1800 Massachusetts Ave. NWWashington, DC Register for the EventOn June 20, the Center ...
- Brookings - US
An historic trawler, originally from the city of Hull could be returned to the city as part of commemorations to mark the centenary of the First World ...
- MercoPress - FK
