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New report explores ‘nontraditional’ ways to fight drug trafficking in Latin America
A new report by the Organization of American… …
ACLU’s legislative counsel tells Congress: ‘Drones are coming to America’
) In this file photo, Seattle Police officer Jim Britt demonstrates an unmanned aerial vehicle during at a meeting where the police answered questions about their drone program in Seattle, Wash. (Colin Diltz, The Seattle Times/AP/File) With much of Capitol Hill riveted by… …
Bollywood bad boy Sanjay Dutt held in ‘terrorist’ jail for arms possession
Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt, who is in jail for arms possession, is being held in a cell built for militants where he cannot see daylight and wants to be transferred, a report said Saturday. Dutt, 53, surrendered on Thursday to serve out the remaining three-and-a-half years of a five-year term…
Maher: GOP has moved beyond obstruction to treason
On Friday night’s edition of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” host Bill Maher and guests filmmaker Michael Moore, commentator S. E. Cupp and New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin discussed the obstructionist Republican Congress and its mission to take down the president by taking down the country. Moore opined…
Facebook exec and ‘Lean In’ author Sheryl Sandberg says it’s OK for women to cry at work
Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg said in an interview published Saturday says it’s ok for women to cry at work, share emotions and be honest about their femininity. Sandberg shot to global fame after her the publication of her best-selling book “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to…
Three new factory suicides at Apple supplier Foxconn
Three Foxconn workers have committed suicide at a factory in China in the past three weeks, a labour rights group said on Saturday. All three jumped to their deaths at a plant in the central city of Zhengzhou run by the Taiwanese electronics giant. A 30-year-old married man killed himself…
France legalizes same-sex marriage
France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed it into law following months of bitter political debate. Hollande acted a day after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition, which had been the last obstacle to passing the…
Gaza filmmakers look to 3D ‘Scarecrow’ film as a showcase
Filmmakers in Gaza have finished making what is believed to be the first Palestinian animated feature in 3D in a bid to show a fresh perspective on life through a child’s eyes. Called “The Scarecrow”, the 40-minute production tells the story of a nine-year-old orphan named Rima and the scarecrow…
Moore tells Maher: ‘The real problem with the IRS is that they let General Electric not pay any taxes’
The dispute regarding the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of Tea Party political groups didn’t strike Real Time host Bill Maher as a big deal on Friday night. “Is it unreasonable to target an anti-tax group?” Maher asked in response. “This is, after all, a group that named itself after…
Venezuelan president still waiting for recognition from U.S.
Venezuela's Maduro still waiting on Washington's recognition (via The Christian Science Monitor) Copyright ImageClick to View Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, gestures at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday. More than a month after Venezuela’s presidential election, Maduro’s narrow victory has yet to be recognized by the United States.(Ariana Cubillos/AP)…
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