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Pope Visits St. Matthew’s Cathedral by TheNewYorkTimes
Pope Francis attends a prayer service with American bishops at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington on Wednesday.
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FBI Investigators Recover Clinton Emails Thought To Have Been Lost
NPR Investigators with the FBI have recovered a trove of personal and work-related Hillary Clinton emails that had been thought to have been deleted from a private computer server, one source familiar with the investigation tells NPR's Carrie Johnson. Deleted Clinton Emails Recovered By the FBI: ReportsNBCNews.com FBI reportedly recovers deleted emails from Clinton serverFox News FBI reportedly recovers emails from Clinton serverThe Hill (blog) American Thinker (blog)-Washington Free Beacon- Bloomberg all 108 news articles » |
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Cop Puts Homeless Family Up In Hotel Room, Buys Them Food, Clothing On His Own ...
Huffington Post The kindness of a generous deputy is helping a displaced family get back on track. Sheriff's Deputy Brian Bussell, of Butler County, Ohio, went beyond the call of duty when he put up a homeless family in a hotel for 10 days and sent them on a shopping ... Butler County deputy goes out of his way to help homeless familyColumbus Dispatch Deputy does incredible feat for homeless mother and childrenAOL News all 64 news articles » |
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France to sell Egypt two warships previously contracted to Russia
CNN (CNN) France has agreed to sell Egypt two Mistral-class helicopter carriers that were previously contracted to go to Russia, the Elysee Palace announced Wednesday. The previous $1.3 billion contract with Moscow was signed in 2011 by the French ... France to Sell Two Mistral Warships to EgyptWall Street Journal Egypt Buys 2 Warships From France, 2nd Big Military PurchaseABC News France sells 2 disputed Mistral warships to Egypt after Russia deal derailedFox News Fortune all 199 news articles » |
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Pope Francis' Remarks at the White House
New York Times Following are the remarks of Pope Francis at the White House on Wednesday, as prepared for delivery and released by the Vatican: Mr. President,. I am deeply grateful for your welcome in the name of all Americans. As the son of an immigrant family, I am ... READ: Pope's Prepared Speech At The White HouseTPM all 12 news articles » |
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OPM Hack: 5.6 Million Fingerprints (Not 1.1 Million) Were Stolen
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Another Political Heavyweight Bites The Dust In Daghestanby support@pangea-cms.com (Liz Fuller)
Republic of Daghestan head Ramazan Abdulatipov's ongoing campaign to purge the political establishment of any figures who could conceivably pose a threat to his authority has claimed a new victim.
From the 46-meter high gold leaf dome to the handcrafted stone walls, gaze at the grand features of the new Moscow Cathedral Mosque. (RFE/RL's Current Time TV)
Cybersleuth Points To Russian Tank Unit In Eastern Ukraineby support@pangea-cms.com (Tony Wesolowsky)
An open-source researcher in Ukraine has become the latest cybersleuth to seemingly add a chink to Russia's armor of denial about troop and arms deployments to support separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Supreme Leader Revives Feared Intelligence Unit Of Iran's IRGC by support@pangea-cms.com (Golnaz Esfandiari)
The intelligence branch of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has been very active of late, in what could be a sign that the country's supreme leader is circumventing the government to take out perceived threats to the regime.
Marie Auma says that after being denied leave at Southwark police station she was bullied by colleagues who would break wind at her desk
Barack Obama’s British cousin is suing the Metropolitan police for £400,000, claiming she was subjected to a campaign of bullying and humiliation.
Marie Auma, of Palmers Green in north London, said officers and employees pursued a conspiracy against her, including two who deliberately broke wind beside her desk at Southwark police station.
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• Rafael Esquivel accused of receiving bribes worth millions of dollars
• Conmebol executive among seven officials arrested in Zurich in May
• Conmebol executive among seven officials arrested in Zurich in May
Swiss authorities have approved the extradition to the USA of Rafael Esquivel, a senior figure in South American football who was arrested in Zurich during a police swoop before Fifa’s Congress in May.
Esquivel, the former president of the Venezuelan FA and an executive committee member of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol), is accused of receiving bribes worth millions of dollars in connection with the sale of marketing rights to the Copa America tournaments in 2007, 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2023. He has 30 days in which to lodge an appeal.
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Surfers at Lake Huron in North America tackled extreme waves and stormy conditions. Local sailor, Bianca Wong, captured the footage on Saturday. . Report by Claire Lomas.
The comedian is looking to hire a criminal defense lawyer as suburban prosecutors revisit a 2005 sexual-assault complaint against him
Government officials, church dignitaries and at least 11,000 people were outside of the White House to welcome the pope to the U.S.
American effort to put allies on the ground inside Syria dealt another apparent blow, and al Qaeda claims they were gifted U.S. weapons from them
Group of 28 European nations has failed to firmly deal with what has mushroomed into a major humanitarian crisis
Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigns over manipulation of US diesel car emissions tests
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Prominent Chinese dissident and rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng breaks his silence to describe solitary confinement and torture.
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Houston woman detained in China in a case the unfolded as Chinese President Xi Jinping began a state visit to the United States said she was being held over politics and not for any crime, according to a letter released on Wednesday.
BOGUCHAR, Russia (Reuters) - Russia is planning a second major military base near the border with Ukraine, where NATO accuses Russian troops of helping pro-Moscow separatists fight Kiev's forces.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday the United States was increasingly receptive toward Moscow's position on the conflict in Syria, an assertion quickly disputed by Washington.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Syrian ambassador in Moscow said on Wednesday Damascus would welcome the deployment of a Russian military base in the city of Latakia (Lattakia) if Moscow decides to build one there, Interfax news agency reported.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin opened Moscow's new grand mosque on Wednesday, urging Russia's Islamic leaders to stand against extremism at a time when some 2,400 Russians are fighting with Islamic State in the Middle East.
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MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Each year between 2 to 3 million Muslims from around the world take part in a five-day pilgrimage in Mecca called the hajj. They circle Islam's most sacred site, the cube-shaped Kaaba, and take part in a series of intricate rituals. Here's a look at some questions and answers about Islam's holiest site and the pilgrimage:...
AP Exclusive: Leading China lawyer says he was torturedby By ISOLDA MORILLO and DIDI TANG
BEIJING (AP) -- In his first interview in five years, leading Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng said he was tortured with an electric baton to his face and spent three years in solitary confinement during his latest period of detention since 2010....
2 Al-Jazeera journalists pardoned by Egypt leader are freedby By MERRIT KENNEDY and MARAM MAZEN
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt released two Al-Jazeera English journalists from prison after a presidential pardon on Wednesday, a dramatic development in a case that has been widely condemned by human rights groups and international organizations....
By Andrew Tilghman, Staff writer 6:16 p.m. EDT September 22, 2015
Talking with the Russians in detail about Syria operations would help keep the two militaries from coming into direct conflict, said retired Gen. David Petraeus, testifying on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.(Photo: Evan Vucci/AP)
The Pentagon may soon have to decide whether to begin detailed military coordination with Russia as the former Cold War adversary is poised to begin its own combat air operations over the multisided civil war in Syria.
Russia reportedly has assembled dozens of attack aircraft at an air base in Latakia, on Syria's Mediterranean coast. The fleet includes 12 Sukhoi SU-24 attack aircraft and another 12 SU-25 ground attack aircraft, U.S. officials said
The U.S. has been flying daily sorties over Syria for months, targeting Islamic State militants on the ground. The potentially imminent launch of Russian aircraft into the same air space vastly complicates that mission and puts U.S. pilots at risk.
For now, U.S. and Russia are at odds as American officials say they will support Russian operations against Islamic State militants but not in support of the Syrian regime, a distinction that blurs on the battlefield.
"There is a potential for a role for the Russians to play there," Peter Cook, a Pentagon spokesman, said Tuesday. "At the same time, anything that the Russians do that would be seen as supporting, further enhancing the capabilities of the Syrian government would be ... counterproductive, and ... more like fanning the flame."
The U.S. repeatedly has blamed Syrian President Bashar Assad for the civil war and called for him to step down. Yet Assad has support not only from Russia but also from Shiite Iran.
Talking with the Russians in detail about Syria operations would help keep the two nuclear-armed militaries from coming into direct conflict, said retired Gen. David Petraeus, who testified Tuesday on Capitol Hill about U.S. operations in the Middle East.
It would "make sure … that there is not an operation carried out by either side that is misconstrued by the other, is misinterpreted and ends up in shooting where there doesn't need to be shooting," said Petraeus.
A potential flash point for the two countries could be the skies over Aleppo, Syria's largest city, about 100 miles from the air base with Russian aircraft and a frequent target of U.S. airstrikes in recent months.
The U.S. suspended military-to-military relations with Russia in March 2014 shortly after Moscow invaded and annexed the Crimea region of Ukraine.
But last week the U.S. and Russia appeared to end an 18-month freeze in military-to-military relations and to begin pursuing possible "deconfliction" between the American and Russian forces in Syria.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter called his Russian counterpart to begin a "military-to-military conversation about what is happening on the ground … to avoid any possible miscalculation or misunderstanding," a senior U.S. defense official said Friday.
A Sept. 15 satellite image with annotations provided by GeoNorth, AllSource Analysis, Airbus shows Russian tanks and armed personnel carriers at an air base in Latakia province, Syria. (Photo: AP)
Russian construction at the Latakia air base includes reinforcing aircraft runways, building helicopter pads, installing mobile housing units and putting up several new buildings, including an air traffic control tower, according to publicly available satellite imagery.
The buildup is one of Moscow's most aggressive military provocations in years and could be a vital lifeline for the Assad regime, whose forces have suffered a series of battlefield losses to Islamic State extremists and other rebel groups.
The U.S. and Russia both are eager to defeat the Islamic State militants in Syria but otherwise are backing different factions in the civil war.
The level of communication and cooperation that will emerge between the two militaries remains unclear. Cooperation could include sharing tactical information about flight plans or troop movements to avoid in-air collisions or inadvertent strikes. The two militaries could coordinate strategic plans to defeat Islamic State militants. And they could discuss military aspects of a long-term political solution to the four-and-a-half-year-old civil war.
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Pope Francis has warned the world is at a "critical moment of history" in the fight against climate change as he was welcomed to the White House by President Barack Obama.
Pope Francis spoke at a welcoming ceremony for his U.S. visit at the South Lawn of the White House Wednesday before a crowd of 15,000.
Here is a transcript of his speech, according to prepared remarks released by the Vatican.
Mr. President,I am deeply grateful for your welcome in the name of all Americans. As the son of an immigrant family, I am happy to be a guest in this country, which was largely built by such families. I look forward to these days of encounter and dialogue, in which I hope to listen to, and share, many of the hopes and dreams of the American people.During my visit I will have the honor of addressing Congress, where I hope, as a brother of this country, to offer words of encouragement to those called to guide the nation’s political future in fidelity to its founding principles. I will also travel to Philadelphia for the Eighth World Meeting of Families, to celebrate and support the institutions of marriage and the family at this, a critical moment in the history of our civilization.Mr. President, together with their fellow citizens, American Catholics are committed to building a society which is truly tolerant and inclusive, to safeguarding the rights of individuals and communities, and to rejecting every form of unjust discrimination. With countless other people of good will, they are likewise concerned that efforts to build a just and wisely ordered society respect their deepest concerns and their right to religious liberty. That freedom remains one of America’s most precious possessions. And, as my brothers, the United States Bishops, have reminded us, all are called to be vigilant, precisely as good citizens, to preserve and defend that freedom from everything that would threaten or compromise it.Mr. President, I find it encouraging that you are proposing an initiative for reducing air pollution. Accepting the urgency, it seems clear to me also that climate change is a problem which can no longer be left to a future generation. When it comes to the care of our “common home”, we are living at a critical moment of history. We still have time to make the changes needed to bring about “a sustainable and integral development, for we know that things can change” (Laudato Si’, 13). Such change demands on our part a serious and responsible recognition not only of the kind of world we may be leaving to our children, but also to the millions of people living under a system which has overlooked them. Our common home has been part of this group of the excluded which cries out to heaven and which today powerfully strikes our homes, our cities and our societies. To use a telling phrase of the Reverend Martin Luther King, we can say that we have defaulted on a promissory note and now is the time to honor it.We know by faith that “the Creator does not abandon us; he never forsakes his loving plan or repents of having created us. Humanity still has the ability to work together in building our common home” (Laudato Si’, 13). As Christians inspired by this certainty, we wish to commit ourselves to the conscious and responsible care of our common home.The efforts which were recently made to mend broken relationships and to open new doors to cooperation within our human family represent positive steps along the path of reconciliation, justice and freedom. I would like all men and women of good will in this great nation to support the efforts of the international community to protect the vulnerable in our world and to stimulate integral and inclusive models of development, so that our brothers and sisters everywhere may know the blessings of peace and prosperity which God wills for all his children.Mr President, once again I thank you for your welcome, and I look forward to these days in your country. God bless America!
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Pope Francis introduced himself to the United States with a brief speech that confounded the left-right divide in American politics, urging Americans to come together to make the world a better place.
In a scant 600 words, the pontiff thanked the 15,000 people assembled on the South Lawn of the White House for a warm welcome and urged them to work together on several difficult and divisive issues, including ones dear to both conservatives and liberals.
For the left, he began by noting that he was the son of “an immigrant family” and that America was “largely built by such families,” remarks that come at a time when immigration is a hot topic in U.S. politics. He also obliquely endorsed the multilateral approach to foreign policy behind the rapprochement with Cuba and the Iran nuclear deal, although he did not name either.
For the right, he made clear that he views religious liberty as an important part of American freedoms, arguing that U.S. bishops must be vigilant to “preserve and defend that freedom from everything that would threaten or compromise it.” And he argued for supporting the institution of marriage and the family.
In one striking moment, Pope Francis departed from his broader talk of principles to specifically endorse one of President Obama’s signature second-term achievements: a clean energy plan designed to reduce power plant emissions by roughly a third by 2030.
“Mr. President, I find it encouraging that you are proposing an initiative for reducing air pollution,” he said. “Accepting the urgency, it seems clear to me also that climate change is a problem which can no longer be left to a future generation.”
Francis then quoted from his encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’, which calls for “a sustainable and integral development” to alleviate poverty while also protecting the environment.
In a deft display of familiarity with American politics, Francis then alluded to a lesser-quoted section of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, given at the opposite end of the National Mall more than a half-century ago.
In that speech, the civil rights leader argued that the Declaration of Independence was like a bounced check written to black Americans, promising them fundamental rights but failing to deliver. Francis extended that logic to economic justice, just as Dr. King did in the twilight of his career, and then to the environment itself.
“Our common home has been part of this group of the excluded which cries out to heaven and which today powerfully strikes our homes, our cities and our societies,” he said. “To use a telling phrase of the Reverend Martin Luther King, we can say that we have defaulted on a promissory note and now is the time to honor it.”
Francis had a welcome audience in the thousands who thronged the White House for the ceremony.
Alexander Kurien, 51, an Indian Orthodox pastor, came at midnight in order to get a good spot. Although he is not Catholic, Kurien said he sees “the reflection of Christ” in Francis and tries to emulate him by not taking any pay. He found particular resonance in Francis’ approach to immigration, a topic of some controversy in the presidential primary underway.
“All this commotion about immigration should not be there,” he said. “This nation is all about immigrants. To see all that wrapped in one person—it’s amazing. This nation, especially Washington has a lot to learn from him.”
In both tone and substance, Francis’ remarks were reminiscent of another speech which introduced a political figure to Americans: Barack Obama’s 2004 Democratic convention speech, which argued that “there’s not a liberal America and a conservative America; there’s the United States of America.”
That speech helped introduce Obama to America as a potential bridge-builder who could cross political divides, a reputation that did not hold up as he got into the actual daily business of politics.
But Pope Francis is aiming to avoid that fate. On the plane ride to the United States, he told reporters that he is not a liberal, although he might say things people think “sounded more left-ish” at times. His only allegiance, Francis stressed, was to Catholic doctrine.
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