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Pakistan to charge 3 over failed Times Square bomb
Sep 8th
Pakistan will soon bring terrorism charges against three men alleged to have helped the failed Times Square bomber meet up with militant leaders close to the Afghan border and send him money to carry out the attack, a senior police officer said Wednesday.
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Loading ...Ten million without shelter in Pakistan floods: UN
Sep 7th
ISLAMABAD: More than 10 million people have been left without shelter in Pakistan”s floods for the past six weeks, the United Nations said Tuesday, in “one of the worst humanitarian disasters” in UN history. “According to new estimates following the most recent flooding in Sindh… at least 10 million people are currently without shelter,” said Maurizio Giuliano, spokesman in Pakistan for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...China to have 200 million vehicles by 2020
Sep 6th
SHANGHAI: The number of vehicles on China”s roads will more than double to at least 200 million by 2020, a top official was quoted Monday as saying, further straining the nation”s environment and energy supply. China must make it a top priority to develop fuel-efficient and alternative energy cars, the China Securities Journal said, citing Wang Fuchang, vice minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. China”s auto sales hit 13.64 million units last year, overtaking the United States as the world”s top car market, while sales this year are forecast to hit 15 million units
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...CCI to mull over flood situation on Monday
Sep 4th
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani announced to call All Parties Conference, as over 20 million people have been affected as a result of the most devastating floods in the country, CNews News reported Saturday.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...US places TTP on terror outfit list
Sep 2nd
WASHINGTON: The United States slapped Pakistani Taliban chief, Hakimullah Mehsud, with terrorism charges on Wednesday for his alleged role in the murder of seven Americans at a CIA base in Afghanistan. The Justice Department move came as the State Department added the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to a blacklist of foreign terrorist organizations, which means members face asset freezes and travel bans
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Send Pakistan aid, not jobs, urge U.S. textile groups
Sep 2nd
WASHINGTON: U.S. textile groups and cotton farmers on Wednesday strongly objected to proposed new trade benefits for Pakistan, saying the United States should send aid to the flood-ravaged country, not U.S. jobs
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Hector E. Sanchez: The Latino Community’s Stake in a Clean Energy Economy
Sep 2nd
The risks of climate change due to excess carbon dioxide in our atmosphere are significant for everyone, and are an even greater concern for working Latino families. The majority of Latinos are concentrated in urban areas in 15 states that account for 86.5% of the total Latino population. Over 80 percent of Latinos within the United States live in counties that violated at least one federal air-pollution and our children are 2.5 times more likely to develop asthma than non-Latino children
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Obama Iraq Speech: Fort Bliss Remarks Honor Troops As Combat Mission Ends
Sep 1st
WASHINGTON — Opposed to the war from the start, President Barack Obama on Tuesday formally ended the U.S.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Taufiq Rahim: Imam Feisal Abdul-Rauf Praises America as Muslims Applaud Him
Sep 1st
” There is a deep linkage between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – structurally. We have to shift the divide and elevate the discourse…As Muslims we also have to get back to our values – where are the synagogues that were there for hundreds of years in [my birthplace] Egypt?
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Gary Johnson: Legalize Marijuana to Stop the Drug Cartels
Aug 27th
There were 72 bodies found on a ranch ninety miles south of the Texas border — obvious victims of a drug cartel massacre. Bullets have been hitting public buildings in El Paso, and the Washington Post is reporting that at least $20 billion a year in cash is being smuggled across the U. S
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Lloyd Garver: If They Build It, People Will Complain
Aug 27th
We are in the midst of the biggest recall in American history. Obviously, I’m talking about eggs. Many of us have worried about this danger for years, but we were branded as “alarmists.” These eggs have proven to be a huge danger to the health and vitality of our nation.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Alberto Gonzales: Don’t Repeal The 14th Amendment
Aug 23rd
Most recently, some politicians and concerned citizens have expressed a desire to amend the 14th Amendment of our Constitution, which says in Section 1, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” Proponents want to discourage undocumented mothers from crossing our borders to give birth to children derogatorily referred to as “anchor babies,” who by law are American citizens. Such a change is difficult to carry out, as it should be, requiring a new amendment ratified by three-quarters of the states
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Leah Anthony Libresco: Censoring Moderates Fuels Radicals
Aug 21st
Even though the legal options to block the Cordoba House mosque from being constructed two blocks from Ground Zero have dwindled away to nothing, conservatives are still using the issue to stir up the base.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Marjorie Cohn: California Assembly Votes to Report on Human Rights to U.N. Committees
Aug 20th
On August 9, the California Assembly took the historic step of becoming the first state to agree to publicize the text of three ratified U.N. human rights treaties, and to submit the required reports to the State Department for consideration by the U.N.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Laura Flanders: The F Word: What Good is the 14th Amendment?
Aug 6th
The 14th amendment has done it again! No wonder right wing radicals want to repeal it.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Robert J. Elisberg: Finally, It’s Time to Shred the Constitution
Aug 5th
The press has been reporting hints from a few top Republicans, about repealing the 14th Amendment. That’s the constitutional right for anyone born in the United States to be a U.S. citizen
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