Letter to the editor American Conservative Union
Sunday's article , we are not "lobbying to ensure that budget cuts do not extend to national defense and transportation contracts of [our] liking." As we have for almost 50 years, the American...
View ArticleBangladesh crackdown on bloggers escalates
Bangladesh should immediately drop charges against and release four bloggers and a newspaper editor arrested this month, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. All five are facing criminal charges solely...
View ArticleEx-Times editor James Harding named BBCs news director
The ex-editor of the Times, James Harding, has been named as the BBC's director of news on Tuesday. Harding resigned from the paper in December, saying it had been made clear that publishers News...
View ArticleDemand for electronics soaring in India
A top technology official in India says demand for electronics is growing so fast in the Asian nation it is nearing "non-sustainable levels." "The problem we are facing is that the demand is growing so...
View ArticleHigh court hears Indian adoption case
The U.S. Supreme Court heard argument Tuesday about a toddler taken from her white adoptive parents and given to the Indian father who initially rejected her. The emotionally charged case pits South...
View ArticleJudge orders Chinese former NASA contractor held until trial
Chinese scientist Bo Jiang, charged with lying to federal investigators in Virginia, must remain in custody while he awaits a trial, a judge ruled. Jiang, 31, a former contract worker at the NASA...
View ArticleGrand jury extends investigation of Steubenville Ohio rape case
Grand jury selection began as officials investigate if any other crimes were committed in the Steubenville, Ohio, juvenile rape case, court documents said. Questions remain in the case in which a judge...
View ArticleFBI breaks up high-end gambling ring in NYC tied to Russian mafia
Federal agents said they raided a posh Manhattan hotel and gallery as part of a crackdown on illegal gambling operations conducted by the Russian mafia. More than 30 people have been charged in...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines grounds flights due to computer problems
American Airlines said Tuesday it has grounded all its flights "until later this afternoon" due to outages in its computer system. "American's network system is experiencing intermittent outages," the...
View ArticleColorado student with pot-laced brownies takes plea deal
A former University of Colorado student, accused of sickening a professor and other students with marijuana-laced brownies, pleaded guilty to the felony. Mary Essa, 19, pleaded guilty to one count of...
View ArticleTestimony heard in manslaughter trial of London party DJ Thomas Evans
The disc jockey who allegedly killed a man at an all-night party in a London apartment claimed self-defense in his manslaughter trial Tuesday. Thomas Evans, 32, testified he fell asleep at the 10-hour...
View ArticleBostonGlobe.com Other Sites Drop Paywalls Following Boston Marathon Explosions
by: Andrew Beaujon | Poynter BostonGlobe.com will be available to nonsubscribers as the news organization continues to cover the explosions in Boston, Globe spokesperson Ellen Clegg said by phone. The...
View ArticleBoston Marathon Bombs possibly carried in black nylon bags
Crime scene investigators dig through the scene of a bombing on Boylston Street in Boston, Massachusetts on April 16, 2013. Two bombs detonated near the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday...
View Article10 Maoists die in clash with Indian police
Police said at least 10 rebel Maoists were killed during a clash in a remote area of the eastern state of Chhattisgarh. The fighting took place in the tribal Bastar area, close to the border with...
View ArticleStudy finds newspaper readers are engaged but local papers need to do more on...
Newspapers are still better at engaging audiences than any other form of media, according to a new Newspaper Association of America (NAA) survey conducted by Nielsen, and print newspaper advertising...
View ArticlePakistan defense budget to go up -- report
Pakistan's defense spending next fiscal year could rise to $6.37 billion from this year's $5.53 billion, budget documents showed. Dawn newspaper reported Wednesday the priorities committee, which met...
View ArticleThe New York Times history of false reporting exposed by TimesWatch
(NaturalNews) The "Old Gray Lady," as The New York Times is often called, has long been referred to as "the newspaper of record" in the United States. While these were terms of endearment once upon a...
View ArticleState-run newspaper identifies Chinese woman as victim in Boston Marathon blasts
BEIJING, China - A state-run Chinese newspaper says the third person killed in the Boston Marathon bombings is a Chinese graduate student at Boston University originally from China's northeastern city...
View ArticleNigeria Leadership Editors Appear in Court Released
Leadership newspaper A federal high court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, yesterday granted two LEADERSHIP staff members, group news editor Mr Tony Amokeodo and political reporter Mr. Chibuzo Ukaibe,...
View ArticleHRH the Prime Ministers wise farsighted visions in favor of Gulf unity...
Manama: April 17 (BNA) The Bahraini local daily newspaper Al-Bilad emphasized that the speeches made by HRH the Prime Minister have always been all-encompassing, deep-fathomed and drew the attention...
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