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Investigators consider possibility Pyongyang contracted out work in last month’s cyber-attack on Sony Pictures
US investigators believe that North Korea most likely hired hackers from outside the country to help with last month’s cyber-attack against Sony Pictures, an official close to the investigation has said.
The official said that since North Korea lacked the capability to conduct some elements of the sophisticated campaign by itself, American investigators were looking at the possibility that Pyongyang “contracted out” some of the work.Continue reading...
President Obama Focused on ‘Long-Term’ Projects in Final Two Years by webdesk@voanews.com (Victor Beattie)
President Barack Obama says, as he enters the final two years of his presidency and with the economy stronger at any time since taking office in 2009, he is able to focus on what he calls "long-term projects" in domestic and foreign affairs. During an interview with U.S. public media organization NPR, Obama also said he won’t rule out improved relations with Iran, and cited Myanmar and Tunisia as examples where democracy has a chance to advance. Obama said his...
Since the very first issue of TIME, the Milestones section has marked important moments of the week and celebrated the lives of those who died recently. Staffers, critics and those who knew the late, great figures share what made those people special. Here are a few of 2014’s most notable Milestones obituaries for the people who defined the political shape of our world.
Nancy Reagan on James ‘Jim’ Brady: “Jim was a patriot. He loved his country and was proud to serve. Ronnie insisted that Jim remain his press secretary [after he was seriously wounded during the 1981 assassination attempt on President Reagan], because it was the right thing to do and the White House just did not seem complete without Jim.”
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Senator Bernie Sanders on Jim Jeffords: “In Washington, he was a strong advocate for education, disability rights, the environment and the arts. Millions of Americans–whether they realize it or not–have benefited from his efforts.”
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Alex Altman on Jeb Magruder: “Drive without discipline is a dangerous thing, particularly at the highest rungs of power. In 1974, when former White House aide Jeb Magruder became a confessed felon, he made a candid statement about the source of his moral failures. ‘Somewhere between my ambition and my ideals,’ he admitted, ‘I lost my ethical compass.'”
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George J. Mitchell on Ian Paisley: “Ian Paisley was a historic and controversial figure in Northern Ireland and throughout the U.K. For many years, he stood at the intersection of religion and politics in Northern Ireland as he led opposition to power sharing between his Protestant majority and the Catholic minority. Often flamboyant, he called the Pope ‘the Antichrist’ and criticized Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair as ‘liars.'”
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Nate Rawlings on Otis Pike: “As head of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, he spearheaded the first congressional examination of secret dealings by the CIA, including illegal spying on Americans at home. During the combative hearings, Pike was ‘the model of a properly pugnacious public servant,’ TIME wrote, ‘sharp-tongued and not easily intimidated.'”
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Tom Segev on Ariel Sharon: “Sharon often felt misunderstood and misrepresented as a knee-jerk belligerent. I asked him if he had liked participating in war. The former army general began his response solemnly, saying only a man like him–a man who had fought in all of Israel’s wars and sustained injuries in two of them–could love peace as much as he did. But then, in a more pensive vein, he added that, to him, fighting was like farming: both activities were essential to life.”
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James A. Baker III on Eduard Shevardnadze: “He will have an honored place in history if for no other reason than that he and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev refused to use force to preserve the Soviet empire.”
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Bob Ney on Jim Traficant: “Some remember Jim for how his career ended, but those of us who knew him remember his passion, humor, wit and concern for the average person. Many in his district fondly recalled the good things he did as he left the House for the last time with his famous closing line: ‘Beam me up, Mr. Speaker.'”
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Russia says new US sanctions may hamper dialogue on Iran, Syria
Reuters UK MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that a widening of U.S. sanctions against Moscow this week may hamper bilateral cooperation on issues such as Iran's nuclear programme and the Syrian crisis. "The actions by the United ... and more » |
The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on four more Russians tied to allegations of human rights abuses. Two officials — Deputy Prosecutor General Victor Grin and Andrei Strizhov, an investigator — were said to be involved in the cover-up of the death of Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer who died in prison after exposing large-scale corruption, a senior State Department official said. Visa bans and asset freezes were also imposed on two senior officials of the Chechen Republic implicated in the kidnapping and torture of a Chechen activist, Ruslan Kutayev. The Treasury Department identified the Chechen officials as Apti Alaudinov, deputy minister of internal affairs, and Magomed Daudov, chief of staff of the executive office.
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Russia says new US sanctions may hamper dialogue on Iran, Syria
Reuters UK MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that a widening of U.S. sanctions against Moscow this week may hamper bilateral cooperation on issues such as Iran's nuclear programme and the Syrian crisis. "The actions by the United ... Russia: Sanctions Imposed on 4 OfficialsNew York Times all 106 news articles » |
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Pussy Riot, the Russian feminist punk band, has released a music video urging protest against the sentencing of Alexei Navalny. The Kremlin critic has been given a suspended sentence for embezzling money and his brother has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail in a case seen as part of a campaign to stifle dissent Continue reading...
A journalist who survived detention in an Islamic State (IS) prison in Syria has told RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq about the horrific torture and psychological abuse to which he was an eyewitness.
Russia Warns U.S. Sanctions Could Harm Cooperation On Iran, Syria by noreply@rferl.org (RFE/RL)
Russia has warned the United States that the widening of sanctions under the Magnitsky Act could hinder cooperation on Iran's nuclear program, the Syria conflict, and other major international issues.
Small plane crashes feet from home, killing pilot
WWMT-TV CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- A small plane crashed just feet away from a home south of Denver, killing the pilot. The Cessna 404 came down in the front yard, several feet away from the residence, after taking off from nearby Centennial Airport around 4:30 a.m. ... and more » |
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On the eve of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Douglas Livermore, former U.S. Army officer and Special Forces captain, reflects on his experience in the country, where he helped train...
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At first, Pussy Riot’s new video of protest looks like a sexy perfume commercial. It is actually a call to action, asking Russian dissenters to demonstrate outside the Kremlin Tuesday for the sentencing of opposition leader Alexei Navlny.
In “Witches of Pussy Riot clean Manezhku,” the camera zeroes in on members Masha Alekhina and Nadya Tolokonnikova, joined by other female activists — as they put lipstick on puckered lips, pull stockings up their legs, and fly off on broomsticks to go to a demonstration at Manezhka square.
“This is above all a propaganda video,” Tolokonnikova told BuzzFeed News. “It’s a play on the classic stereotype that for girls/princesses/Cinderellas, the most important thing is a prince/date/man, and the place of the prince is taken by politics.”
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GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. Syria envoy Staffan De Mistura will be represented at talks about Syria in Moscow between Jan. 26 and Jan. 29, his spokeswoman Juliette Touma told Reuters on Tuesday.
France, Germany Urge Checks on Jihadists' Travelby webdesk@voanews.com (Jamie Dettmer)
France and Germany, traditionally among the fiercest defenders of document-free travel within the 26-nation Schengen travel zone, are calling for changes to counter the increasing number of Europeans leaving to wage jihad in Iraq and Syria. They aren’t the only countries grappling with how to address the problem of their citizens leaving to fight in a war abroad. In January, Britain, which is outside the Schengen zone, is expected to unveil legislation providing for the seizure or...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a revelation that could put a crimp in Republican efforts to reach out to minorities in 2016, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has acknowledged that he once addressed a gathering of white supremacists, though his office denies any association with the group's social views....
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US flu epidemic claiming young lives
NEWS.com.au US health officials say the country has hit a flu epidemic threshold as a mutated strain sweeps the nation, claiming the lives of 15 children already. The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the US federal public health agency, says that the proportion of ... and more » |
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