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Cyprus: Another Fine Mess

North Korea Says It Has Cut Key Military Hotline

Raising tensions with South Korea yet again, North Korea cut a military hotline that has been essential in operating the last major symbol of inter-Korean cooperation: an industrial complex in the North that employs hundreds of workers from the South. There was no immediate word about what cutting one of the few remaining official North-South […]

March 27th, 2013
Associated Press
March 27th, 2013
By Associated Press

Raising tensions with South Korea yet again, North Korea cut a military hotline that has been essential in operating the last major symbol of inter-Korean cooperation: an industrial complex in the North that employs hundreds of workers from the South. There was no immediate word about what cutting one of the few remaining official North-South

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Italian Court Orders New Trial For Amanda Knox

Italy’s highest criminal court on Tuesday overturned Amanda Knox’s acquittal in the slaying of her British roommate and ordered a new trial, prolonging a case that has become a cause celebre in the United States. Knox called the decision “painful” but said she was confident that she would be exonerated. Italian law cannot compel Knox […]

March 26th, 2013
Associated Press
March 26th, 2013
By Associated Press

Italy's highest criminal court on Tuesday overturned Amanda Knox's acquittal in the slaying of her British roommate and ordered a new trial, prolonging a case that has become a cause celebre in the United States. Knox called the decision "painful" but said she was confident that she would be exonerated. Italian law cannot compel Knox to

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Defense Department Cuts Upset Tea Party Republicans Aiming To Trim Budget

(MintPress) – The military is sounding the alarm over sequestration cuts to the U.S. defense budget, which its leaders indicate will have enormous consequences on the nation’s national security efforts. Yet U.S. Treasury Department data indicates that in the last 10 years, the Defense Department has seen an increase of funding to the tune of […]

March 25th, 2013
Trisha Marczak
March 25th, 2013
By Trisha Marczak

(MintPress) - The military is sounding the alarm over sequestration cuts to the U.S. defense budget, which its leaders indicate will have enormous consequences on the nation’s national security efforts. Yet U.S. Treasury Department data indicates that in the last 10 years, the Defense Department has seen an increase of funding to the tune of 54

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Russians Search Amnesty Int’l Office In Moscow

Russian prosecutors and tax police searched the Moscow headquarters of Amnesty International and several other rights groups Monday, continuing a wave of pressure that activists say is part of President Vladimir Putin’s attempt to stifle dissent. Sergei Nikitin, Amnesty’s Russia chief, told The Associated Press that officials from the general prosecutor’s office and tax police […]

March 25th, 2013
Associated Press
March 25th, 2013
By Associated Press
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a meeting in the Communication Center of the Russian government in Moscow, Wednesday, March 21, 2012. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Government Press Service)

Russian prosecutors and tax police searched the Moscow headquarters of Amnesty International and several other rights groups Monday, continuing a wave of pressure that activists say is part of President Vladimir Putin's attempt to stifle dissent. Sergei Nikitin, Amnesty's Russia chief, told The Associated Press that officials from the general

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Obama Announces An Additional $200 Million To Help Jordan With Syrian Refugees

U.S. President Barack Obama and King Abdullah II of Jordan held a press conference Friday in Amman. Obama was in Jordan for one night following his first official visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories to hold talks with Abdullah on political reform in Jordan and the impact of Syria’s civil war on the country. […]

March 23rd, 2013
Samantha Stainburn
March 23rd, 2013
By Samantha Stainburn

U.S. President Barack Obama and King Abdullah II of Jordan held a press conference Friday in Amman. Obama was in Jordan for one night following his first official visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories to hold talks with Abdullah on political reform in Jordan and the impact of Syria’s civil war on the country. Abdullah was the first

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Crisis In Cyprus Threatens EU Role And Legitimacy

By rejecting an EU bailout and turning to Russia for help, Cyprus has exposed the growing frustration and dwindling solidarity within the European Union, a bloc meant to bring the continent closer together after World War II. While talks about a Russian rescue appeared stalled Friday, experts noted that the idea of seeking Russian money […]

March 22nd, 2013
Associated Press
March 22nd, 2013
By Associated Press

By rejecting an EU bailout and turning to Russia for help, Cyprus has exposed the growing frustration and dwindling solidarity within the European Union, a bloc meant to bring the continent closer together after World War II. While talks about a Russian rescue appeared stalled Friday, experts noted that the idea of seeking Russian money alone

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