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TWA FLIGHT 800 Whistle-Blowers Dispute Deadly Plane Crash Cause
A handful of investigators, some of whom were part of the original probe of Flight 800, which crashed into the sea off the coast of New York in 1996, say the public wasn't given straight answers regarding the crash. The investigators, who claim in a new documentary that new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet, leveled their ...
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US No talks scheduled with Taliban
The United States has not scheduled talks with the Taliban, the State Department said today, after reports that discussions with the Afghan insurgent group could begin this week in Qatar. "Reports of a meeting being scheduled or on the books aren't accurate,'' spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters, saying Washington had "never confirmed'' the date and place of any specific meeting. "We are now in ...
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Brazil protests proceed as smaller cities join the fray
1 of 6. Members of the Brazilian law enforcement troops confront protestors ahead of the Confederations Cup soccer match between Brazil and Mexico outside the stadium of Fortaleza June 19, ...
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Bernanke holds the line on Fed monetary policy
(MoneyWatch) Ben Bernanke and other Federal Reserve officials are in no rush to take away the punch bowl. In a news conference, the Fed chairman said Wednesday that the U.S. economy continues to heal, but suggested that it is too soon to start tapering the central bank's $85 billion in monthly bond purchases. He also emphasized that monetary policy will continue to support growth even as ...
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Serena Williams sorry for what I supposedly said on rape
a Rolling Stone article saying "she shouldn't have put herself in that position." "I am currently reaching out to the girl's family to let her know that I am deeply sorry for what was written in the Rolling Stone article," Williams said in a statement released through her agent ...
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US denies talks planned with Taliban
The US has not scheduled talks with the Taliban, the State Department said on Wednesday, after reports that discussions with the Afghan group could begin this week in the Qatari capital, Doha. "Reports of a meeting scheduled are inaccurate," spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Wednesday, saying that Washington had "never confirmed" any specific meeting. "We are now ...
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UAE charges 30 over Muslim Brotherhood ties
A group of 30 Egyptians and Emiratis have been charged by the UAE authorities for allegedly setting up an illegal branch of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, a prosecutor has said.The suspects have been referred to the Gulf nation's State Security Court, prosecutor Ahmed al-Dhanhani said on Wednesday. He accused the group of having "established and managed a branch for the ...
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Vitamins
>Editor's note: To see Offit's interview with Dr Sanjay Gupta, check out "Sanjay Gupta, M. D. " Saturday at 4:30 p.m. and Sunday at 7:30 a.m.(CNN) -- Dr Paul Offit doesn't take any ...
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Release Osama Bin Laden’s Files on Taliban
The Obama administration announced on Tuesday that it was moving forward with its attempt to negotiate with the Taliban, which has opened a long-awaited political office in Doha, Qatar. The Taliban released a statement trumpeting its new political front. Within hours, Afghan president Hamid ...
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Obama Expresses Gratitude for Some Very Important German Immigrants Anheuser-Busch
In Germany, President Barack Obama expressed gratitude on behalf of the American people "for some very important German immigrants, Anheuser-Busch." Via the pool ...
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Boston Marathon Bombing Victim Tsarnaevs Mother a Vile Person
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, the mother of the men accused of bombing the Boston Marathon in April, isn't winning any fans among the victims of her sons' crimes. ...
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Fifteen Reported Dead In Attack On UN Compound In Somalia
Somali National Government soldiers at the scene after Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents blasted their way into the UN compound in Mogadishu on June ...
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Afghans quit talks with Taliban before they begin
KABUL, Afghanistan - Less than a day after the Taliban opened a new political office in Qatar, the prospects for peace talks that it represented for war-weary Afghanistan faltered. The Afghan government said Wednesday that it wouldn’t to send representatives to Qatar after all, and that it was suspending talks with the United States over a key military pact. The problem: When the ...
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Lapid criticizes ally Bennett on Palestinian state
Finance Minister Yair Lapid issued rare criticism of his ally, Economy and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday when he said that Israel should make every effort to bring about two states for two peoples.Bennett made waves when he declared ...
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Dagan Arab peace proposal a starting point
Meir Dagan, the former head of the Mossad, said that Israel first needs to make peace with the rest of the Arab world before the Palestinians. He said that the Arab world was in open conflict between Sunnis and Shi'ites and that this is "creating unique opportunities for Israel to seek different alliances." He noted that Israel has common interests with much of the Sunni Arab ...
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Interview with a vampire
With Turkey embroiled in month-long anti-government protests, Istanbul resident Peter Murphy has only been able to watch the events in Taksim Square unfold from afar.The British-born Goth rock pioneer who founded '80s post-punk favorites Bauhaus has been on the road in the US throughout the uprising, and has been forced to rely on information from his family and friends back in ...
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Peres confers Medal of Distinction on Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton the 42nd President of the United States of America is known to be an emotional human being. He has been the recipient of numerous accolades both at home and abroad, but he does not take his arsenal of honors for granted. Thus when President Shimon Peres conferred the Presidential Medal of Distinction on him on Wednesday in recognition for he has done for humanity at ...
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The Kosovo case Punishing friends rewarding enemies
The monument is of the most perfect simplicity. A plain, upright marble slab.In Albanian, Serbian, Hebrew and English it records the site as the ground where the last synagogue in Pristina stood. In Kosovo, the Jewish presence is small, but has been constant since the fateful day in 1492 when the Catholic monarchs of Spain ordered the expulsion of Jews. Many settled in the Balkans, living ...
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Watchdog approves Iran poll result
Tehran, Iran - Iran's state TV is reporting the country's election overseer, the Guardian Council, has approved Friday's presidential election result, affirming a first-round victory by a relative ...
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UAE tries 30 for illegal Brotherhood cell
DUBAI - The United Arab Emirates said on Wednesday it would put on trial 30 Emiratis and Egyptians accused of setting up an illegal branch of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, part of a crackdown on the Islamist organisation that has soured relations with ...
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei uses Twitter to tell young Iranians to take a hike
Presumably taking his cue from the US First Lady Michelle Obama and her physical education campaign, Iran's Supreme Leader has published a Twitter paean to the benefits of ...
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102 killed by floods in north of India
The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, put the death toll at 102, speaking after an aerial survey of the area. "It is feared the loss of life could be much higher," he said. A joint army and air force operation evacuated nearly 12,000 Hindu pilgrims stranded in a mountainous area by torrential monsoon rains and landslides, but nearly 63,000 people remained cut off, a senior official ...
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Egypt’s tourism minister resigns over appointment of ex-terror leader
Egypt's tourism minister has resigned over the government appointment of an Islamic fundamentalist associated with the group behind the Luxor massacre as governor of Luxor ...
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Al-Shabaab The key to support of Islamist rebels was their navigation of Somalias competing complex of clans
In 2005 a few dozen Somalis declared themselves to be the youth wing of a new Islamic Courts movement that was becoming influential in a country ravaged by warlords and their battling militias.Shabaab (Arabic for "youth") emerged as the dominant force within the courts as they took control of the capital Mogadishu imposing some order on what had become the world's most failed ...
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Iraq election candidate killed in suicide bomb attack
The bomber attacked a guesthouse owned by Younis al-Rammah, who was a candidate in provincial elections beginning today, late on Tuesday in Nineveh. Mr Rammah and four relatives were killed and six others wounded. Candidates are frequent targets for insurgents who aim to disrupt the political process.Two suicide bombers also targeted a Shia mosque in Baghdad on Tuesday, one blowing himself up at ...
Guatemala Feature
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One survivor of the civil war masacres represents the injustice suffered by millions
Almost three decades ago, a young boy, Ramiro Cristales, watched as his family was killed by the Guatemalan army during the most tragic and shameful time in the nation’s history, the brutal civil war that last several decades and would ultimately claim the lives of over 200,000 people – men, women and children. Now, Cristales plans to testify in a humanitarian case against one of the soldiers involved in the massacre that saw his family killed. He represents the unfulfilled justice for those whose remains are still buried in mass graves around the country.
From 1960 to 1996 Guatemala was torn apart by the longest, and one of the most brutal, civil wars in the history of Latin America. To this day, the country is still trying to recover from the weighty and far-reaching effects it had on the country. During the civil war, the dictatorship-leaning government used all forms of repression and power at its disposal to remain in power. Read more
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