A new kind of Republican?
(multimedia) Mia Love is unlike any Congressional candidate ever — she is African-American, she is Mormon, and she is conservative. Republicans have deemed her race in Utah’s newly drawn 4th district one of the...
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Iraq turns to U.S. drones to protect oil platforms
(Reuters) – Iraq is buying unmanned drones from the United States to help protect its southern oil platforms as the OPEC nation ramps up production after the withdrawal of the last American troops, U.S....
Catholic organizations file suit against contraception mandate
Catholic archdioceses and institutions filed suit in federal district courts across the country Monday against the so-called contraception mandate, in one of the biggest coordinated legal challenges to the rule to date. Claiming their...
Pakistan supply routes row hits Nato summit
A row between the US and Pakistan over supply routes to Afghanistan is threatening to overshadow the summit of Nato leaders in Chicago. The two sides have been unable to reach agreement on Pakistan’s...
Aftershocks rattle Italy, residents sleep outdoors
(Reuters) – Thousands of people in northern Italy slept in tents and cars overnight as more than 100 aftershocks rocked the area hit by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that killed seven people and inflicted...
PROFESSIONAL DEMONSTRATORS SHOW UP FOR NATO SUMMIT WEEKEND
NATO weekend is officially here. Busloads of Occupiers, anarchists, communists, and other radicals have been arriving for the past few days in Chicago. Events and “actions” began on Monday this week with 8 arrests...
Chicago Braces, NATO Has Arrived
(multimedia) On Friday, thousands of protesters have gathered in downtown Chicago leading up to a two-day NATO summit that is expected to draw even larger demonstrations. Many office buildings were closed as workers were...
Euro austerity example Ireland ‘may need second bailout’
Ireland, seen as the eurozone’s “poster child” for implementing austerity, could require a second bailout, economists warned. As households struggle to pay their mortgages, the country’s rescued banks may need €4bn (£3.2bn) more to...
What Would Greece Exit Look Like?
(multimedia) European politicians failed to see that the single currency’s existence is in peril, trying to blame the system’s failures on individual countries, Aditya Chakrabortty, lead economics writer for The Guardian newspaper, gives his perspective...
Israel becomes a target in Egypt’s presidential vote
(Reuters) – Israel has become a punchbag for politicians vying for votes in Egypt’s presidential race, playing on popular antipathy in Egypt towards its neighbor, but the realities of office are likely to ensure...
