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Uraguay Legalizes Cannabis aka Pot Nationwide
With national legalization in Uraguay taking effect on Tuesday, worldwide observers are looking at the specifics of the policy and its implementation given its historic position of creating full legalization of a substance illegal basically everyone else but with legalization […]
Celebrate Two Former Popes’ Canonization Today On Your Smartphone
The Vatican has released details of two free apps on the figures of Blessed John Paul II and Blessed John XXIII ahead of Sunday’s canonization ceremony for the two Popes: “The apps can be accessed, free of charge, by copying […]
Chinese Pass Russians For Top Overseas Manhattan Real Estate Investors
What separates New York City from almost all other US cities when it comes to the economics of rent and real estate value in high density areas? The pied-à-terre. Beyond the ownership of commerical real estate in Midtown and lower […]
Protests In The Phillipines Ahead To President Obama’s Visit
Over 100 activists took to the streets in front of the US Embassy in Manilla, protesting increased US military presence projected as a result of a potential agreement between President Obama and the Filipino government. The Associated Press was […]
New Ethnic Dimension To South Sudan Conflict
A new report from Al Jazeera’s Anna Cavell, examines a new ethnic dimension in South Sudan after her recent trip to Bentiu. Al Jazeera’s Anna Cavell reports on the massacre She said many people at a UN base in Bentiu, the capital […]
South Korean Prosecutor: 4 More Crewmembers Of Sunken Ferry Detained
MOKPO, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean prosecutor says four more crewmembers from a sunken ferry have been detained on allegations of failing to protect passengers. Senior prosecutor Ahn Sang-don told reporters Monday that two first mates, one […]
Teenager survives flight over Pacific in jet wheel well: FBI
(Reuters) – A teenage boy who ran away from home survived a five-hour flight in the freezing wheel well of a jetliner that reached 38,000 feet as it traveled from California to Hawaii, the FBI said. The 16-year-old, from Santa […]
Iranian rape victim to be hanged unless she apologizes for sex assault claims
Iranian rape victim to be hanged unless she apologizes for sex assault claims Interior designer Reyhaneh Jabbari killed Moreteza Abdolai Sarbandi after Jabbari was called to do some for work and was allegedly assaulted by Sarbandi. Now his 26-year-old son, […]
12 Yemenis Killed (Including 3 Civilians) In Drone Strike Today
Video c/o CNN A US drone killed at least 12 in Yemen yesterday, with reportedly 9 Al Qaeda members among the dead. As reported in the Huffington Post, “A Yemeni military official said the early Saturday strike struck a vehicle […]
Updates On South Korean Ferry Tragedy
With hundreds of passengers still missing from Thursday’s capsized ferry in South Korea, attention has turned to the captain and figuring out what happened that fateful day. As reported by Al Jazeera, “Witnesses told Korean media on Thursday that the […]
Boy Scouts Join WCS/Bronx Zoo’s 96 Elephants Campaign
The Boy Scouts of America Greater New York Council has joined more than 140 other groups as partners of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s recently launched “96 Elephants Campaign” and will collaborate through a letter writing campaign and other advocacy efforts that […]
Married Catholic Priests? Pope Says Possibility
As Catholic boys grow into men and consider the priesthood, as this writer once did as a lad, one obvious factor deters many from the relgiious life. But that may soon change according to a post from the National Catholic […]
FDA Approves New Hand-Held Auto-injector To Reverse Heroine Overdose
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a prescription treatment that can be used by family members or caregivers to treat a person known or suspected to have had an opioid overdose, which has led to debate about […]
US Govt Creates Fake Cuban Twitter Account, AP Reports
You may be following some celebrities and close friends alike, if you are a Twitter head, but are you following any nation states? How about Cuba? Oh, you are? No, no. You aren’t. As the AP reported (via Politico), “The […]
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