NYC Weighs Allowing Green Card And Visa Holders To Vote

Agha Saleh came to the United States inspired by democratic ideals, but it took him years to achieve a basic one here: voting.

Associated Press
By Associated Press

NEW YORK — Agha Saleh came to the United States inspired by democratic ideals, but it took him years to achieve a basic one here : voting. He'd lived through political upheaval in his native Pakistan and was eager to be part of America's storied "government of the people." But for the eight years until he got citizenship, it struck him as "a

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Pakistan Election: Will The Violence End?

Ahead of a historic democratic election in Pakistan, violence has left scores dead and is putting the vote in question.

Mariya Karimjee
By Mariya Karimjee

KARACHI — Pakistan is gearing up for elections that are being hailed as the country’s first-ever democratic transition, but the ongoing political violence will likely overshadow the May 11 vote.  According to local media tallies, more than 100 people have died in elections-related attacks since late April, when campaigning for the general

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Minnesota House Approves Same-Sex Marriage Bill

The Minnesota House of Representatives Thursday afternoon passed the same-sex marriage bill on a vote of 75 to 59. According to The Associated Press: A pivotal vote Thursday in the Minnesota House positioned that state to become the 12th in the country to allow gay marriages and the first in the Midwest to pass such a law out of its […]

Mint Press News Desk
By Mint Press News Desk

The Minnesota House of Representatives Thursday afternoon passed the same-sex marriage bill on a vote of 75 to 59. According to The Associated Press: A pivotal vote Thursday in the Minnesota House positioned that state to become the 12th in the country to allow gay marriages and the first in the Midwest to pass such a law out of its

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London Exposed: Are the Walls Crumbling Around The World’s Tax Haven?

The City of London’s secrecy is entrenched like medieval walls, protecting the wealth of its barons.

Steve Rushton
By Steve Rushton

Secrecy is crucial for tax havens and corporate tax evasion. Without it fraud can be prosecuted, money laundering revealed, corruption calculated and justice applied. The City of London’s secrecy is entrenched like medieval walls, protecting the wealth of its barons. Information about how corporations dominate government and public bodies,

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Poll: Pakistanis Fear Taliban, Disapprove Of US War And Drone Campaign

The majority of Pakistani voters for the first time consider the threat from the Taliban on par with that from the country’s archrival India.

Freya Petersen
By Freya Petersen

Pakistan's Taliban has threatened in a letter to carry out suicide bombings during Saturday's election. Meanwhile, the mood in Pakistan on the eve of the elections has been described as "dismal," with a US poll saying that the majority of voters for the first time considered the threat from the Taliban on par with that from the country's

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Fool Me Twice Shame On Me: Is Latest Syrian Chemical Weapons Claim WMDs Part Deux?

The claims that the Assad government in Syria used chemical weapons has been forwarded very aggressively by Western media outlets.

Edward Rhymes
By Edward Rhymes

The claims that the Assad government in Syria used chemical weapons has been forwarded very aggressively by Western media outlets. And as this writer heard declaration after declaration made, without evidence to that effect mind you, it began to take on the eerie feel of the runup to the war in Iraq.   The understandable push for

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