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Ukrainian Protester Tells Tale of Torture

Written by Adam Bermudez Dmytro Bulatov. Photo c/o aljazeera.com “They crucified me. They punctured my hands,” said Dmytro Bulatov, one of the leaders of mass anti-government motorcade protests, pointing to marks on the backs of his hands. As reported in […]

by · February 1, 2014 · World News

Violence In The Wake of Thai Elections

Written by Adam Bermudez The AP released this raw footage early Saturday morning of the strife in the streets in Bangkok, Thailand, where impending elections have pitted protesters against government loyalists. CNN has just reported: “Witnesses saw at least eight […]

by · February 1, 2014 · World News

Romanian-American Orphan Tells His Tale

Written by Adam Bermudez The Washington Post has produced a video about Romanian-American filmmaker Izidor Ruckel, who talks about his experiences and the task of documenting his story as an orphan brought to America in the wave of adoptions that […]

by · January 31, 2014 · Domestic News, World News

Gunmen Attack Iraqi Government Building, Over 20 Dead

Written by Adam Bermudez Photo c/o defense.gov. Armed gunmen attacked the Iraqi Transportation Ministry today, leaving at least twenty dead and many more injured. Al Jazeera reports: “The attack was mounted by eight armed men, said police and an interior […]

by · January 30, 2014 · World News

Study Shows Obesity Begins Earlier In Childhood

Written by Adam Bermudez Video c/o The Associated Press. In a study released yesterday by the New England Journal of Medicine available here, Emory University researchers found that incident obesity between the ages of 5 and 14 years was more […]

by · January 30, 2014 · World News

Panama Canal Authority has been fighting with the consortium led by Spanish builder Sacyr

By Lomi Kriel and Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – The Panama Canal on Wednesday rejected a proposal that it pay $1 billion to continue work on expanding the waterway, and warned the building consortium behind the project that it […]

by · January 9, 2014 · Business, World News

China arrests seven for selling doctored lamb

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China has held seven people in southern Guangdong province for injecting dirty pond water into lamb meat to

by · January 7, 2014 · Business, Health & Nutrition, World News

Jihad Jane sentenced to 10 years in prison

    Colleen LaRose, known as “Jihad Jane” By John Shiffman PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday sentenced an American woman who called herself Jihad Jane to 10 years in prison – at least a decade less than […]

by · January 7, 2014 · World News

Janet Yellen confirmed to lead the U.S. Central Bank

By Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Janet Yellen, a key force behind the Federal Reserve’s unprecedented and controversial efforts to boost the U.S. economy, was confirmed by the Senate on Monday to lead

by · January 7, 2014 · Business, World News
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Pope Francis is set to name new Cardinals

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis is set to make the most important decisions of his young papacy in the next few weeks by naming new cardinals – the “princes of the Church” who will help him […]

by · January 7, 2014 · World News

Suicide bomber kills at least 16 at Russian train station

BY SERGEI KARPOV VOLGOGRAD, Russia Sun Dec 29, 2013 5:20pm EST Interior Ministry members stand guard in front of the train station where a bomber detonated explosives in Volgograd December 29, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/SERGEI KARPOV (Reuters) – A suicide attacker set […]

by · December 29, 2013 · News, World News

American held by al Qaeda in Pakistan urges Obama for help

ISLAMABAD Thu Dec 26, 2013 7:06am EST (Reuters) – A U.S. development worker kidnapped in Pakistan by al Qaeda two years ago appealed to President Barack Obama to intervene and help negotiate his release, in a video released on Thursday. In a 13-minute […]

by · December 27, 2013 · News, World News

China Expands into Antarctica

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will expand its presence in Antarctica by building a fourth research base and finding a site for a fifth, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday, as the country steps up its

by · December 27, 2013 · Business, World News

Philanthropist Edgar Bronfman president of the World Jewish Congress, died at his New York home on Saturday aged 84.

Seagram Company Limited President and CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. (C) is flanked by his father Edgar Bronfman (L) and uncle Charles Bronfmam as they arrive for the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Montreal, December 5, 2000. NEW YORK (Reuters) – […]

by · December 27, 2013 · World News

The Spanish king’s traditional Christmas Eve address did not air on Catalonia’s public television

Spanish King Juan Carlos speaks during his traditional Christmas message at Zarzuela Palace in Madrid December 24, 2013. REUTERS/Andres Ballesteros By Fiona Ortiz MADRID (Reuters) – The Spanish king’s traditional Christmas Eve address did not air on Catalonia’s public television […]

by · December 26, 2013 · World News