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Ohio residents held disabled woman in slavery government charges
U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach (C) talks at a news conference alongside Stephen Anthony (L) of the FBI and Ashland City Police Lieutenant Joel Icenhour, about the arrest of three individuals accused of human trafficking in Ashland county, at the Justice Center in Cleveland, Ohio June 18, 2013. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk CLEVELAND - Three Ohio residents are accused of holding a cognitively disabled ...
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Millions Of Jeeps Recalled Over Fuel Tank Fears
Chrysler has avoided a showdown with government safety regulators, agreeing to recall 2.7 million older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire. Earlier this month the company defiantly refused the government's request to recall the Jeeps. But Chrysler now says it will go ahead with the recall after getting calls from worried customers. The ...
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Moves to limit contractor access to secrets meets resistance
(Reuters) - Industry executives and some corners of the U.S. intelligence community are pushing back against possible legislative moves to curb contractors' access to classified ...
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U.S. says surveillance thwarted NYSE attack Somali funding
(Reuters) WASHINGTON - U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday identified two of the more than 50 classified cases in which they say National Security Agency eavesdropping helped thwart terrorist plots including a planned attack on the New York Stock ...
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Etheridge calls Jolies mastectomy a fearful choice
Updated: 12:06 p.m. ET Melissa Etheridge said she doesn't agree with Angelina Jolie's choice to have a preventative double mastectomy after learning she had the BRCA gene mutation that could lead to developing breast cancer. In a recent interview with ...
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Air pollution exposure while pregnant linked to autism risk
Exposure to aiir pollution while pregnant may increase a woman's risk that her unborn child eventually develops autism. Researchers looked at more than 116,000 women to determine whether they were exposed to pollution during pregnancy. They found certain chemicals and pollutants were linked to heightened risk for the neurodevelopmental disease that ...
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Torrential rains devastate north Indian state
Rescue efforts are under way after torrential rains and floods washed away buildings and roads, killing at least 64 people in north India, with thousands of pilgrims stranded in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, officials have said.The Indian Air Force scrambled a dozen helicopters to reinforce a military-backed rescue mission in the worst-hit state of Uttarakhand, a spokesman said on ...
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Stuntwoman sues News Corp over hacking
beleaguered media empire News Corp over allegations its British newspapers hacked her phone, the first lawsuit in the US against the company since a hacking scandal broke out two years ago.The lawsuit filed on June 13 by professional stunt double, Eunice Huthart, said reporters from News Corp's ...
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UN Rights Chief Commends Serbian Progress Outlines Weaknesses
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has welcomed Serbia's progress on human rights issues but also outlined areas where more needed to be done. In a statement on June 18 after her first official visit to the country, Pillay said Serbia has adopted "a strong and fundamentally sound body" of laws and standards relating to human rights. She noted that ...
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Radio Farda Investigative Report Wins Silver In New York
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty broadcasts in 28 languages. Most of our programs are available on FM and medium-wave frequencies of local radio stations in the countries of our broadcast area. If you are having problems listening to programs on the internet, please read ...
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The people have spoken
>Editor's note: John D. Sutter is a columnist for CNN Opinion and head of Change the List. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+. E-mail him at ctl@cnn.com.(CNN) -- Remember that scene at the end of that Facebook Movie ("The Social Network") when Mark Zuckerberg's character sits alone at a computer screen hitting the refresh button over and over again -- stuck in a loop of anxiety and ...
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Afghan forces take over as peace talks loom doubts remain
Afghan president Hamid Karzai (right) shakes hands with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen after a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan national forces will lead all military operations in the country from June 19, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday. | Ahmad Massoud/Xinhua/Zuma ...
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Netanyahu calls for an end to all Iranian enrichment
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called on Iran Tuesday to stop the enrichment of nuclear materials at all levels, shortly after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Iran has expressed readiness to stop uranium enrichment to 20 percent in exchange for easing international sanctions.Lavrov's comments to the Kuwait News Agency came a day after Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani ...
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Spain reigns supreme once again with Euro triumph
Spain's stranglehold over European soccer doesn't look like it will be ending any time soon after the Under-21 national team emulated the senior side by winning a second straight European Championship title on Tuesday night, outclassing Italy 4-2 at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem.The Spaniards entered the tournament in Israel as a firm favorite and lived up to their billing throughout the ...
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Ending the Chief Rabbinate electoral machinations
The sleazy political machinations surrounding the impending elections for the Chief Rabbinate are shameful.There is today a unique opportunity to end the excessive influence exerted over the nation by ultra- Orthodox groups. This extends beyond the emotional issues of haredim serving in the army and becoming gainfully employed rather than subsisting on state welfare. It relates to the ...
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In my own write Joking aside
I can recall two episodes during which I was seized with uncontrollable laughter, oddly both connected with music.The first happened many years ago, when I attended a chamber concert with my father at a private home. It was all pretty informal, but when the music began, people sat down and listened attentively.All went well at first, until a group of four musicians stepped up. Three of them ...
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Today’s ‘Altneuland’ Jerusalem’s ‘beauty and wisdom’ season
It is symposium season in Jerusalem these days - and hero season in Israel. Every June I am overwhelmed by conferences, often balancing two per week, as academics and activists visit Israel before the summer - and summer heat - really begin.As my daily schedule fills up, I enjoy reading about the annual conferring by Israel's universities of honorary doctorates to intellectual and ...
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Terra Incongnita Rewarding IDF service is not discrimination
The only discrimination of a bill allowing for preferential treatment for army, national service results between Jews who don't serve, those who ...
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G-8 communique sidesteps Assad’s fate
G-8 leaders from left, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama during the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/Lefteris ...
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G8 calls for urgent Syria peace talks despite Russia split
G8 leaders on Tuesday called for a peace conference on Syria to be held as soon as possible but deep divisions remained as Russia stood by its embattled Middle East ...
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Turkish PM Erdogan claims victory after protest crackdown
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday claimed victory over anti-government protesters after a heavy crackdown, as police raided homes and arrested dozens of demonstrators in a bid to stamp out nearly three weeks of ...
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Syria spillover into Lebanon intensifies with clashes in Sidon
The southern Lebanese city of Sidon erupted in heavy clashes as followers of a radical Sunni cleric battled gunmen believed to be sympathisers of the Shia-backed Hezbollah, in the latest outbreak of violence between factions supporting opposing sides in the Syrian ...
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At last it’s time for America to talk to the men from the Taliban
No more long dinners in Qatari restaurants, or idle afternoons in the capital's many shopping centres. Since they were first secretly delivered by US plane to Doha in 2010, the senior Taliban emissaries whom Washington hoped would eventually agree a peace deal with Kabul have not been rushed off their feet; efforts to kick-start a formal negotiating process to end the war repeatedly ...
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Guantanamos Most Dangerous Revealed
A list released by the US government has identified several dozen Guantanamo Bay prisoners designated as too dangerous to release but who cannot be prosecuted. Those on the list are prisoners held without charge under the Authorised Use of Military Force act passed by Congress and signed by President George W Bush in 2001, said Pentagon spokesman, Army Lt Col Todd Breasseale. The ...
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Quake shakes Perus capital of Lima
LIMA (Reuters) - A moderate earthquake shook buildings in Peru's capital on Tuesday but there were no reported injuries or damage, Reuters witnesses and safety officials ...
Boston Spotlight
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Boston Marathon is a multi-faceted event
The Boston Marathon is a serious opportunity for professional marathon runners to prove themselves and for recreational runners to prove to themselves that they can do it. There is also the philanthropic side to the marathon though, with people taking part to make a difference.
Boston is gearing up to once again hold the annual Boston Marathon of 2010. The marathon was first held in 1987, and is a seminal event in the calendar of any serious marathon runner. Athletes from around the world have been training for the big day, and Boston will be visited by 20,000 professional and amateur runners for the event. Read more
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