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Orrin Hatch faces Utah primary challenge – San Francisco Chronicle
Apr 22nd
MiamiHerald.com Orrin Hatch faces Utah primary challenge San Francisco Chronicle Sandy, — Utah – Utah Republicans denied US Sen. Orrin Hatch a clear path to a seventh term Saturday, forcing the 78-year-old lawmaker into a June primary with 37-year-old former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist
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Loading ...HDP calls for wheel-jam strike in Quetta tomorrow
Apr 14th
QUETTA: Hazara Democratic Party (HDP) has given a call for wheel-jam strike within the city as well as on the nati
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...State of emergency in Kazakh oil town after deadly riots
Dec 18th
ASTANA: Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Saturday declared a state of emergency in the Caspian town of Zhanaozen after clashes between police and laid-off oil workers killed at least 11 people. The state of emergency will last until January 5 to “ensure public safety, rebuild law and order, and defend citizens’ rights and freedoms,” said a decree posted on the president’s official website. Nazarbayev denounced the rioters as “hooligans” for attacking local residents gathered near a stage set up in the town’s main square for independence day celebrations Friday.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Bonn Moot: Faster troop withdrawal demanded
Dec 4th
BONN: This Monday, ten years after the first Afghanistan conference, a summit in Bonn convenes to flesh out the details of a withdrawal by international forces from Afghanistan. Once again the future of Afghanistan is on the agenda.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Suu Kyi party launches Myanmar political comeback
Nov 25th
Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition applied to re-register as a political party Friday, beginning its formal return to mainstream Myanmar politics and paving the way for her to run in elections.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...EU backs humanitarian action in Syria
Nov 24th
BRUSSELS: The European Union said Thursday that protecting civilians caught up in Syria’s crackdown on anti-government protests “is an increasingly urgent and important aspect” of responding to the bloodshed there. But it stopped short of endorsing French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe’s call for EU-backed humanitarian corridors to allow aid groups a way in
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Suicide blast leaves 5 dead in Quetta
Aug 31st
Staff Report QUETTA: At least five people were killed and over a dozen wounded when a powerful bomb went off outside Hazara Eidgah in Quetta on Wednesday. The blast took place on Gulistan Road in front of Hazara Eidgah a few moments before the start of Eid prayers
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Japan parliament approves Noda as PM
Aug 30th
TOKYO: The Japanese parliament’s lower house voted in Yoshihiko Noda on Tuesday as the nation’s sixth prime minister in five years.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Canada’s Layton led NDP to strongest performance ever
Aug 27th
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Jack Layton, who died last week, was the voice and the heart of Canada’s left-leaning New Democratic Party, which he led to its strongest ever performance in the May 2 federal election.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Canada Finds Hope In Instantly Famous Last Words
Aug 27th
Jack Layton, head of Canada’s New Democratic Party, died this week. His final letter illustrates why the mourning crosses party lines. “My friends,” he wrote, “love is better than anger.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Quetta firing incidents spark shutter down strike, angry protests
Jul 31st
QUETTA: Complete shutter down strike is being observed in the provincial capital city against the last two days of target killing incidents on the call of the Hazara Democratic Party here, Geo News reported. The anguished and angry citizens protesting voiced slogans against the terrorists killing spree and the government’s utter failure to g
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Around 100 feared dead in DR Congo boat collision
Jul 31st
KINSHASA: Around 100 people were feared dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday after the latest in a string of boat accidents in the central African country, officials said. “We’ve counted 110 survivors out of over 200 that were on the canoe,” said Rebecca Ebale, local communications minister for the northern Equateur province wh
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Measles kill over 1000 DR Congo children: UN
Jul 28th
KINSHASA: A measles epidemic has killed 1,145 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo since January, the UN’s Humanitarian Affairs mission in Kinshasa said Monday. The epidemic “has already affected 115,600 children and killed 1,145″ between January and June, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a st
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...‘Ides of March’ Trailer Promises A Smart Political Drama
Jul 28th
Whenever George Clooney gets behind the camera, the results are always memorable – even if not, per se, in a good way (see: Leatherheads ). Hence the excitement for his latest directorial effort, The Ides of March , which also stars the Oscar-winner as a governor aspiring to become the next president of the United States
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Oregon lawmaker to resign over young woman’s accusation – Los Angeles Times
Jul 26th
Telegraph.co.uk Oregon lawmaker to resign over young woman's accusation Los Angeles Times Democrat David Wu was facing an ethics investigation over allegations of an unwanted sexual encounter with an 18-year-old girl. By Shane Goldmacher, Los Angeles Times Democratic Rep. David Wu of Oregon announced Tuesday that he would resign from …
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Oil lower on US debt concerns
Jul 25th
SINGAPORE: Oil fell in Asian trade Monday on concerns over a possible US default if President Barack Obama and lawmakers fail to reach a deal to raise the country”s debt ceiling, analysts said. New York”s main contract, West Texas Intermediate light sweet crude for September delivery, sank $1.08 to $98.79 a barrel, and Brent North Sea crude — also for September delivery — dropped 60 cents to $118.07.
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