Thursday, March 10, 2016

Saudi Arabia's New Ambassador To The U.S. Makes His First Pitch and other top stories.

  • Saudi Arabia's New Ambassador To The U.S. Makes His First Pitch

    Saudi Arabia's New Ambassador To The U.S. Makes His First Pitch
    WASHINGTON -- Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki Al Saud, Saudi Arabia's new ambassador in Washington, used his first message to the American people to rebut criticism of the kingdom, in an op-ed published Wednesday in The Huffington Post. Al Saud, signaling that the Saudis are aware of their longtime American partners' growing impatience, denied that the kingdom has contributed to violent intolerance in the Muslim world. But experts said his article is unlikely to have much impact on frustra..
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  • Leaked ISIS documents reveal identities of 22000 jihadis

    Leaked ISIS documents reveal identities of 22000 jihadis
    Germany: Americans should NOT divide Syria, says Jurgen Todenhofer0:52German journalist, author and former politician Jurgen Todenhofer accused the United States of wanting to divide Syria into "four or five parts," stating that that this would be "a very very bad idea," during an exclusive interview with RT via Skype from his home in Munich, Wednesday. Commenting on the US's foreign policy, Todenhofer said that America "always wants to divide countries," highlighting both Libya and Iraq as exam..
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  • Gun Rights Activist Jamie Gilt Shot In The Back By 4-Year-Old Son, Internet Has No Remorse

    Gun Rights Activist Jamie Gilt Shot In The Back By 4-Year-Old Son, Internet Has No Remorse
    A North Florida mother and gun-rights activist is in the hospital today because her 4-year-old son shot her in the back only hours after she posted to social media about how her son “gets jacked up to target shoot.” The boy accidentally turned her into his target while sitting in the back seat of her pick-up truck. A statement released by the the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department says that a deputy noticed the Jacksonville native acting in a frantic manner, as if she was trying to get his atte..
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  • Five people killed and three injured in Pittsburgh shooting

    Five people killed and three injured in Pittsburgh shooting
    Police say five people have been shot dead in an “ambush-style attack” in suburban Pittsburgh and at least two gunmen are at large. Allegheny County police said four women and a man were killed late on Wednesday during a backyard party in the borough of Wilkinsburg. At least three others are in hospital, where two men are in critical condition and one woman is stable. Police said people scrambled toward the house as bullets began flying. Four of the victims were found dead on the back porch. Th..
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  • US special forces kill 10 extremists in Somalia

    US special forces kill 10 extremists in Somalia
    MOGADISHU: Hoping to capture a high-profile target, US special forces hopped off helicopters a couple of miles from an al-Shabab-controlled town, slipped through the dark and then got into a fierce firefight that reportedly killed more than 10 Islamic extremists.A Somali intelligence official said that the person they wanted to get was apparently killed during the fight. “It was a high-profile target, and chances of capture were challenged by a stiff resistance by militants guarding the house t..
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  • China fears US bomber visits to Aust

    China fears US bomber visits to Aust
    China is concerned about reports US bombers could soon conduct training exercises from Australia.China fears US bomber visits to AustChina has expressed concerns about reports US supersonic long-range B-1B bombers could soon conduct training exercises from an RAAF base in Australia's north."Any bilateral cooperation must not jeopardise a third party's interests," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told a press briefing.Neither Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull nor Foreign Minister Julie Bishop ha..
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  • Brazil's ex-president Lula charged in money-laundering probe

    Brazil's ex-president Lula charged in money-laundering probe
    Prosecution's allegations arise from charges that he owned a seafront penthouse in the city of Guaruja, but he denies. State prosecutors have filed charges against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a money-laundering investigation, putting further scrutiny on one of Brazil’s towering political figures who is being hounded by corruption allegations. The charges brought by prosecutors in Sao Paulo state arise from allegations that he hid his ownership of a seafront penthouse in the..
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  • Suu Kyi nominates her aide Htin Kyaw for Myanmar's next president

    Suu Kyi nominates her aide Htin Kyaw for Myanmar's next president
    Aung San Suu Kyi: One of the world's genuine heroes. Photo: AP Bangkok:   Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has selected one of her close aides to be Myanmar's next president amid signs of a deepening rift between her National League for Democracy and the country's powerful military.The NLD on Thursday nominated Oxford-educated Htin Kyaw to be its candidate for the presidency, opening the way for his election at a joint sitting of Myanmar's upper and lower ho..
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  • Balkan nations slam shut migrant route

    Balkan nations slam shut migrant route
    Slovenia to ban transit of migrants from midnight Ljubljana (AFP) - Migrants hoping to trek from Greece towards northern Europe found their path blocked after a string of western Balkan nations slammed shut their borders, exacerbating a dire humanitarian situation on the Macedonian frontier.Slovenia and Croatia, two of the countries along the route used by hundreds of thousands of people in recent months, barred entry to transiting migrants from midnight. Serbia indicated it would follow s..
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