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US pays tribute to its last World War 1 veteran
ARLINGTON, Virginia (AFP) – President Barack Obama Tuesday led the United States in paying homage to its last World War I veteran, Frank Buckles, who died last month at the age of 110. Obama and Vice President Joe Biden made an unscheduled visit to the Arlington military cemetery to pay…
US host Beck blasted for Japan quake comments
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US celebrities and media blasted right-wing radio host and television presenter Glenn Beck for calling the monster quake that rocked Japan last week a message from God. Actress, author and talk show host Whoopi Goldberg said Beck should “check the mirror” if he thought Friday’s 9.0-magnitude quake…
US backs Sikh prisoner’s right not to trim beard
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – The US Justice Department has sued the state of California in defense of a Sikh prisoner’s right to practice his religion, including by not cutting his beard. Backing legal action taken on inmate Sukhjinder S. Basra’s behalf, Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez said California’s policy…
US must learn from Japan nuclear crisis: Obama
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama said Tuesday he was “deeply worried” about the potential human cost of quake-hit Japan’s nuclear crisis and vowed to “further improve” the safety of US atomic facilities. “Nuclear plants are designed to withstand certain levels of earthquakes, but having said that, nothing’s completely failsafe,…
US bank bailout was ‘critical’: Congress watchdog
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US government’s multi-billion-dollar bank bailout helped avert a second Great Depression and cost taxpayers much less than expected, but was far from perfect, a congressional watchdog said Wednesday. The Congressional Oversight Panel said the controversial $700 billion dollar bailout, launched in 2008, provided “critical” support for…
GOP congressman says families should abandon city life
In the documentary Urban Danger, 84-year-old Republican Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, who is serving his tenth term as the representative of Maryland’s Sixth District, explains why US citizens should avoid living in cities. “There are a number of events that could create a situation in our cities where civil unrest could…
Boycott targets contributors to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker
Wisconsin citizens upset with Gov. Scott Walker’s attack on public employees’ collective bargaining rights have launched a boycott campaign aimed at his campaign contributors. The Republican governor signed a bill Friday that eliminates most union rights for public employees. One Wisconsin resident, Sam Hokin, started a Facebook page that lists…
White House defends Obama no-fly stance
WASHINGTON – The White House on Tuesday defended President Barack Obama’s reluctance to order US forces to mount a “no fly” zone over Libya, following domestic criticism over his stance. Debate over a no fly zone went on at the United Nations on Tuesday but risked being overtaken by advances…
NY Chinatown bus in another deadly crash
NEW YORK – Two people died and dozens were injured in the second fatal accident of a bus from New York’s Chinatown in a matter of days, police said Tuesday. The bus running from Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood to Philadelphia sped off the tarmac and along the grass divider on the…
US overdue for huge Pacific quake: experts
WASHINGTON – The western United States is overdue for a huge earthquake and tsunami much like the one that devastated Japan last week, and is nowhere near ready to cope with the disaster, experts say. A volatile, horseshoe-shaped area known as the Pacific Ring of Fire has recently erupted with…
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