Iraqi oil refinery the site of 'apocalyptic' battle
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Iraqi troops did battle with ISIS at an oil refinery in an attempt to drive them out of the area. CNN's Nick Paton Walsh reports.
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Lucifer cleared of wrongdoing by Fifa ethics committee as Sepp Blatter awards ...
Telegraph.co.uk Hell will host the 2026 football World Cup after a Fifa report found “no reason” to overturn the controversial underworld destination's successful bid. A 666-page report seen by The Telegraph concluded that Fifa had acted ethically in awarding its ... and more » |
ISIS militants killed 30 Iraqi soldiers in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq's key Anbar province, security officials told CNN on Wednesday, a day after the launch of a major operation to liberate Anbar and Salaheddin provinces from ISIS.
Aurora shooting trial: prosecutors building case James Holmes was sane by Associated Press in Centennial, Colorado
- State-appointed psychiatrist expected to testify Thursday
- Prosecution says notes and video show he knew right from wrong
Prosecutors are methodically building a case that James Holmes knew right from wrong when he planned and carried out the deadly Colorado theater shootings, hoping to convince jurors he should be convicted and executed and not sent to a mental hospital.
After a month of testimony from victims and investigators, prosecutors this week shifted to Holmes’ mental state. They showed jurors notes that Holmes made on how long it would take police to respond to an attack on the theater as well as a dating website profile on which he asked: “Will you visit me in prison?”
Related: Colorado shooting trial: 'He tried to murder a theater full of people to make himself feel better'
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Abductions. Beatings. Torture. Summary executions of political opponents.
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86% of Russians back Putin government: Survey
Hindustan Times 86% of Russians support the administration under President Vladimir Putin, according to a survey released on Thursday by the Levada Centre, an independent Russian polling and sociological research organisation. The survey also found that only 13% of ... Russia classifies military casualties in peacetimeWashington Post Putin Imposes Blackout on Russian Losses in Special Operationsswissinfo.ch all 61 news articles » |
Fifa: Blatter resolves to ride out scandal with bid for fifth presidential termby Owen Gibson in Zurich, Damien Gayle and Frances Perraudin in London
After crisis meetings at Fifa HQ president resists calls to step down and Uefa decides to back his challenger, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein
Fifa president Sepp Blatter is to press ahead with his bid for a fifth term at the head of football’sscandal-hit world governing body, rebuffing a personal plea for him to quit from the head of the game in Europe.
Uefa, European football’s governing body, ruled out seeking a postponement of Friday’s election and will instead back Blatter’s challenger, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan.
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FIFA's Corruption Stains World Soccer
New York Times At the same time, Swiss prosecutors announced their own criminal investigation into FIFA's puzzling simultaneous award of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments to Russia and Qatar, seizing electronic data and documents at FIFA headquarters. Successful Qatar bid for World Cup aroused suspicion among US officialsWashington Post Down with FIFA! Why the next World Cup should be held in the USAThe Week Magazine Armour: For plenty of reasons, Qatar's World Cup will be worst everUSA TODAY Forbes -ESPN FC -CNN all 6,980 news articles » |
Russian President Vladimir Putin has come out swinging in defense of FIFA's embattled president and against U.S. authorities who've gone after soccer's powerful, polarizing governing body.
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Report: Clinton Foundation Paid Sidney Blumenthal $10000 a Month
Bloomberg Some staffers viewed his hiring as a favor to the Clintons, according to the Politico report. Share on FacebookShare on Twitter · Share on LinkedInShare on RedditShare on Google+E-mail · Ben Brody t @betbrod. Sidney Blumenthal, a longtime Clinton family ... Clinton Foundation Paid Blumenthal $10000 a Month While He Gave Hillary ...Slate Magazine (blog) Don't waste your time reading the first batch of Clinton emailsThe Hill (blog) Clinton Foundation paid Blumenthal 10K per month while he advised on LibyaPolitico Hot Air -Fox News all 56 news articles » |
Slogan T-shirts have been an activism staple for decades. As Pride kicks off this month, we look at how fashion and gay rights have evolved together
Fashion is about self-expression, where saying who you are and what you stand for – and wearing the clothes that back that up – is not only acceptable, it is encouraged. While the labels you choose to wear might do that implicitly, a slogan T-shirt quite literally spells it out. And it is these that are in the frame at the moment, with gay – sometimes explicit – slogans appearing on recently released T-shirts.
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The surprising reason the US is prosecuting the FIFA case
Vox The United States is pursuing corruption charges against 14 current and former officials from FIFA, the global governing body for international soccer, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. There is some irony in the fact that this case is being brought by ... Thoughts on the ex-FIFA exec's $6000 cat apartment, in no particular orderWashington Post (blog) Former FIFA member Blazer's plea seems key to investigationClay Center Dispatch Chuck Blazer: Fifa 'supergrass'BBC News CNN all 194 news articles » |
Putin has managed to baffle, bewilder, and distract everybody with his hybrid war in Ukraine. But the consequences of his failures and mistakes will likely be much more enduring than his shock-and-awe tactics.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has arrived to open world football's congress - hours after refusing a request by UEFA to step down.
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FBI looking into IRS data breach
The Hill The Federal Bureau of Investigation is launching an investigation into a recent data breach at the Internal Revenue Service. The FBI said Thursday that it is working with other agencies “to determine the nature and scope of this matter,” and urged taxpayers ... Hack into US taxpayers' data sparks questions in CongressToronto Star IRS: Hackers Steal 100000 Tax RecordsThe VAR Guy all 40 news articles » |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former senior Chinese official, who went into hiding after being sought by anti-corruption investigators in China, has been detained in the United States, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said on Thursday.
UEFA President Michel Platini (left) and FIFA President Sepp Blatter (right) in the stands ... Soccer - 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa - Group C - Slovenia v USA - Ellis Park ... 18-06-2010 ... Johannesburg ... South Africa ... Photo credit should read: Mike Egerton/EMPICS Sport. Unique Reference No. 9046793 ... File Photo: Six Fifa officials, including vice-president Jeffrey Webb, have been arrested on suspicion of corruption in dawn raids at a Zurich hotel ahead of Friday's presidential election.
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Rights Groups: Saudi Death Penalty Rate Surgesby webdesk@voanews.com (Heather Murdock)
Human Rights groups say there has been a surge of executions in Saudi Arabia. Usually carried out by public beheadings, some analysts say the increase could be a show of force by Saudi authorities as they seek to keep a regional security crisis outside their borders. Wednesday, Saudi Arabia executed its 89th prisoner this year, roughly the number killed in all of 2014. Human Rights Watch Middle East researcher Adam Coogle said officials have given no reason for the...
Boston Marathon bomber to be sentenced June 24
Miami Herald Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-HAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) will be formally sentenced to death on June 24. U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr. set the date on Thursday. A jury determined earlier this month that Tsarnaev should get the ... and more » |
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No Exit for Female Jihadis, Syria is One-way Journey
Voice of America PARIS —. When three British schoolgirls trundled across the Syrian border; when a pregnant 14-year-old ran away from her Alpine home for the second time; when a sheltered girl from the south of France booked her first trip abroad, they were going to a ... US training of Syria rebel fighters expands to Turkey - sourceReuters all 161 news articles » |
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License decision on Ukraine TV station postponed
Washington Post KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine's government broadcasting licensing authority has postponed a hearing on whether to rescind the license of one of the country's most popular TV channels. The national television and radio broadcasting council was to meet ... Putin classifies information on deaths of Russian troops on special missionsReuters Canada all 155 news articles » |
World soccer body's president stays out of site as Russian leader accuses U.S. of targeting him, and Moscow's 2018 World Cup
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Putin classifies information on deaths of Russian troops on special missions
Reuters MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin on Thursday declared all deaths of Russian soldiers during special operations to be classified as a state secret, a move that comes as Moscow stands accused of sending soldiers to fight in eastern Ukraine. Putin, who has ... License decision on Ukraine TV station postponedWashington Post Report Says Russia At War With UkraineRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Putin Imposes Blackout on Russian Losses in Special OperationsBloomberg Deutsche Welle -iAfrica.com -The Moscow Times all 110 news articles » |
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Carter seeks ways to improve Iraq training, equippingby By LOLITA C. BALDOR
SINGAPORE (AP) -- U.S. military leaders are searching for ways to bolster the Iraqi forces following the Islamic State group's takeover of Ramadi earlier this month, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Thursday, highlighting the importance of training and equipping the Sunni tribal militias. It's an effort that has repeatedly failed to take hold amid sectarian tensions in Iraq....
Latest on flooding: Flood risk for city southwest of Houston
Washington Post 9:35 a.m. (CDT). Authorities are asking those who live in about 300 homes in the small southeastern Texas city of Wharton to leave due to the risk of flooding. Wharton emergency management coordinator Steve Johnson says the Colorado River should crest ... and more » |
Defense Secretary Ash Carter has said U.S. defense policy officials and military officers are looking for ways to improve and speed up the program to train and equip Iraqi forces.
WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Corruption is a leading indicator for political instability and 64 countries where fraud and bribery are widespread risk falling into violent upheaval, a global think tank said in a new report.
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) says 90 percent of the world’s chemical weapons stockpile has been destroyed.
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A ‘superpower’ is a country that wields enough military, political and economic might to convince nations in all parts of the world to do things they otherwise wouldn’t. Pundits have rushed to label China the next superpower—and so have many ordinary Americans—but the rumors of America’s decline have been greatly exaggerated. In the key categories of power, the U.S. will remain dominant for the foreseeable future. These facts show why America is still the world’s only superpower, and why that won’t change anytime soon.
1. Economics
China’s economy is growing at an impressive rate. But it’s not just the size of an economy that matters—it’s also the quality. According to the World Bank, GDP per capita in the US was $53,042 in 2013; in China it was just $6,807. In other words, little of China’s dramatic economic growth is finding its way into the pockets of Chinese consumers—the byproduct of an economy driven by massive state-owned enterprises rather than private industry. China’s headline growth may be higher, but it’s the U.S. economy that’s allowing its citizens to grow along with it.
And crucially, the American economy remains the bedrock of the global financial system. Over 80% of all financial transactions worldwide are conducted in dollars, as are 87% of foreign currency market transactions. As long as the world continues to place such faith in America’s currency and overall economic stability, the U.S. economy remains the one to beat.
2. Military
America’s military superiority remains unrivaled—full stop. The US accounts for 37% of global military spending, and spends more than four times what China, the world’s No. 2 spender, does on its military. The U.S. dominates across land, sea, air and space. America’s Middle East misadventures gave the U.S. military a black eye, but the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan speak more to the changing nature of warfare than declining U.S. military superiority. Terrorists and guerilla fighters give conventional military powers fits by design. The U.S. must ultimately learn to scale down to better meet those challenges. Nevertheless, while conventional military strength might not deter terrorists, it still does a terrific job of deterring hostile nations.
3. Political Influence
Political power comes in many dimensions. For the U.S., foreign aid is an effective way to cement its political clout globally. In 2013, the U.S. doled out $32.7 billion in financial assistance; second was the UK at $19 billion. Turns out that money buys strong political cooperation from countries in need.
But in order to have political power abroad, you must first have stability at home. The U.S. has the oldest working national constitution in the world, as well as strong institutions and rule of law to accompany it. While far from perfect, the governing document created by America’s founding fathers has evolved along with its people. The numbers show the enduring attraction of this system: 45 million people living in the U.S. today were born in a foreign country. That is more than four times higher than the next highest country. For many people around the world, America remains the ideal place to start a new life.
4. Innovation
Of the 9 largest tech companies in the world, 8 are based in the U.S. Give the growing importance of the technology sector, that’s a big deal. For decades America worried about energy dependency, yet today America is the world’s No. 1 producer of oil and natural gas, in large part due to the development of hydraulic fracturing, a product of public research and private energy. America’s research universities and scientific institutions are best in class, allowing the nation to focus its ingenuity where it’s needed most. And America is spending the money to keep its comparative advantage intact: 30% of all research and development dollars are spent in the U.S.
5. Culture/Lifestyle
In 2012, Americans spent $370 million on pet costumes. Earlier this year the Fury 325 opened up in North Carolina, claiming the title of world’s tallest rollercoaster—until 2016, when the next ‘giga’ coaster is scheduled to open in Orlando, Florida. In the most recent Charities Aid Foundation survey, Americans ranked #1 internationally when it came to helping strangers. These stats may seem disconnected, but together they point to the fact that Americans continue to enjoy a quality of life unmatched by the rest of the world. When you combine this with America’s strength across the board in economics, military, political influence and innovation, it is no wonder that the U.S. enjoys its privileged position in the world today. Superpower indeed.
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More Texas towns brace for high water; death toll climbs
USA TODAY PARKER COUNTY, Texas — At Horseshoe Bend in Parker County, residents hope luck isn't running out. The community of several hundred trailers and RVs sits on the banks of the swollen Brazos River. County Judge Mark Riley ordered Horseshoe Bend be ... Latest on flooding: Flood risk for city southwest of HoustonWashington Post Residents along Texas rivers urged to leave amid flood threatFox News New flood warning for Texas, where storms have killed 16Reuters Christian Science Monitor all 1,289 news articles » |
The Iraq war investigation is one of a series that the authorities use to airbrush official errors or at least to delay embarrassment.
LUANDA (Reuters) - An Angolan journalist was given a six-month suspended sentence on Thursday after he was convicted of slander for accusing generals of human rights abuses at diamond mines, concluding a high-profile trial in one of Africa's most repressive states.
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BERLIN (AP) -- The mystery of Swiss cheese and its disappearing holes has been solved: The milk's too clean....
CNN's Jim Sciutto recently got exclusive access to a U.S. Navy surveillance plane on a secret mission near China, where they flew over a string of man-made islands. China's Navy issued eight warnings to the plane and told it to leave the area. On Tuesday, Jim answered questions from the Reddit community during an "Ask me anything" session. Below are highlights from the conversation.
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The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said the achievement was “a major milestone” toward eradicating the weapons.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.-led coalition has staged 26 air strikes since early Wednesday targeting Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq against, according to the Combined Joint Task Force leading the air operations.
Wife Of Hospitalized Russian Opposition Activist Urges His Evacuation by noreply@rferl.org (Carl Schreck)
The wife of a prominent Russian opposition activist who mysteriously fell ill in Moscow this week is seeking his evacuation to Europe or Israel for toxicology tests, saying his condition has not improved.
MOSCOW—If there was one weak spot in Russian support for the Kremlin’s aims in Ukraine this year, it was the population’s strong aversion to sending in Russian troops – something Russia denies doing, despite mounting international evidence to the contrary.Read full article >>
EXETER, N.H. (AP) -- George Pataki, the 9/11-era New York governor who achieved electoral success as a Republican in a heavily Democratic state, announced his candidacy for the presidential nomination Thursday, offering himself as a unifying figure in a divided nation....
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Песков сомневается в адекватности слов о поставке Донбассу крематориев
РИА Новости Ранее некоторые СМИ сообщили, что погибшие на Украине российские военные сжигаются в передвижных крематориях, доставленных из РФ. Подобные утверждения вызывают сомнения в адекватности тех, кто их опубликовал, считает Дмитрий Песков. Пресс-секретарь президента ... Песков считает неадекватными сообщения о российских мобильных крематориях в ДонбассеГазета.Ru Песков прокомментировал сообщения СМИ о российских крематориях в ДонбассеИА REGNUM Песков усомнился в адекватности распространителей слухов о российских мобильных крематориях на УкраинеВести.Ru ЛІГА.net Все похожие статьи: 44 » |
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