Obama was briefed earlier in year on health website problems
Source: Reuters - Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:17 AM Author: Reuters (Adds details of report and quotes from hearing) By Roberta Rampton and Caren Bohan WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) -…
China says 99.9 per cent of graft defendants found guilty
AFP Tuesday, Oct 22, 2013 BEIJING - A total of 99.9 per cent of the verdicts reached against Chinese corruption defendants find them guilty, judicial authorities said Tuesday. Nearly…
Kentucky BANS handshakes after high school sports games unless they are ‘properly supervised’
Schools can choose to ignore the ban but will be penalised if altercations happen The Kentucky High School Athletic Association's commissioner, Julian Tackett, posted the directive on Tuesday saying it…
North Korean army placed on high alert
USS George Washington Photo: EPA The North Korean army is placed on alert to be ready to begin combat actions at any time in response to the US-South Korean manoeuvres…
Say fromage! Agency denies censorship after withdrawing ‘gormless’ picture of Francois Hollande
Agence France Presse transmitted the unflattering picture to clients on Tuesday, then quickly issued a 'Mandatory Kill' order Rob Williams Thursday, 5 September 2013 Agence France Presse (AFP), the French…
India school lunch deaths: pesticide found in cooking oil
Alexander BesantJuly 20, 2013 14:36 The children died after eating a free school lunch of lentils, potatoes and rice in the Bihar region on Tuesday. School lunch that killed 23…
Woman sleeps with boyfriend with her family in the house
EEV: Enjoy what makes headlines in the rest of the world The Star/Asia News Network Friday, Jun 21, 2013 A twenty-year-old woman was caught sleeping in a room with her…
Erdogan of Turkey crosses the Rubicon, adopts hard line against demonstrators (Warning Graphic Includes Death)
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87O89ed7FuM] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2X1juPCz6Q] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX7TopFswC4] Turkey: police occupy Taksim, Erdogan adopts hard line Premier attacks, we will cut Gezi Park trees 11 June, 19:50 (ANSAmed) - ANKARA, JUNE 11…
Michelle Obama loses her cool: First Lady threatens to leave fundraiser after lesbian protester heckles her – and the White House deletes exchange from official transcript
By David Martosko PUBLISHED: 22:39 EST, 4 June 2013 | UPDATED: 00:20 EST, 5 June 2013 First lady Michelle Obama, usually upbeat and positive in public, turned sour…
Military Sex Crimes Investigator Arrested as Congress Cracks Down
By ADAM KLASFELD (CN) - The sexual battery arrest of the U.S. airman who heads the Sex Assault Prevention and Response Unit shook up the coincidentally timed hearing…
China, Japan tense over disputed islands : Eight Chinese government ships had entered waters near the contested islands
CNN -- Apr 24 The fragile relationship between China and Japan came under fresh strain Tuesday as ships from both sides crowded into the waters around a disputed group…
Ohio county condemns two new Amish houses because they have outhouses and the owners refuse to install modern plumbing
By Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press PUBLISHED: 15:57 EST, 27 March 2013 | UPDATED: 16:59 EST, 27 March 2013 A county health board in Ohio has condemned two…
Cyprus rejects bailout deal leaving eurozone facing fresh crisis: May get Loan From Russia
Cash-strapped nation expected to seek funding lifeline from Russia after dramatic no vote in country's parliament Angelique Chrisafis in Nicosia and Jill Treanor The Guardian, Tuesday 19 March 2013…
South Korea calls for development of nuclear weapons
US ambassador responds that it would be a "huge mistake." A South Korean protester sprays on a North Korean national flag during a rally a day after North Korea…
Almost one-third of chemotherapy used “off-label”
4:44pm EST By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - About one-third of chemotherapies are used to fight cancers that drug regulators never approved them to treat, says a…
Foreigners arrested for trying to spread Christianity in Libya: ” We are a 100 percent Muslim country and this kind of action affects our national security”
Feb 17, 2013 01:43 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Four foreigners have been arrested in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on suspicion of being Christian missionaries and printing books about Christianity,…
‘Unusual seismic event’ in North Korea -atomic test monitoring body
Reuters VIENNA, Feb 12 (Reuters) - An international nuclear test monitoring agency said on Tuesday that it had detected an "unusual seismic event" in North Korea, following weeks of…
Greece: gov’t orders dock workers to get back on the job
After islands were cut off from mainland for the sixth day 05 February, 19:39 Unusual inactivity at Greece's biggest harbour in Piraeus, as no ship or ferry-boat left Unusual inactivity…
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