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Vigilance Urged for N.Y.U. After Abuses in Abu Dhabi
The New York Times - 22 May 2014 03:51
Labor experts say that preventing further labor abuses on New York University's new campus will be no small matter, given the laws currently in place.
Day 5: The 'Ambiente' of Equality
The New York Times - 22 May 2014 13:21
A day-by-day journey up Interstate 35 continues with a look at San Antonio, a city of wrenching differences where the fault lines of class and identity are visible and raw.
US 'losing patience' with Venezuela
BBC - 22 May 2014 00:57
US Secretary of State John Kerry says that impatience with Venezuela is growing over its failure to address the country's serious political crisis.
FBI admits cyber crime is an 'enormous challenge'
New York Post - 22 May 2014 01:28
WASHINGTON – Law enforcement faces an “enormous challenge” in preventing state-sponsored cyber crimes, FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday, days after the Justice Department announced charges against five Chine...
Accused Boston Bombers Dzhokhar And Tamerlan Tsarnaev Used Christmas Lights, Model Cars And Fireworks To Make Explosives
IBTimes - 22 May 2014 07:30
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, suspect No. 2 in the Boston Marathon explosion, is pictured in this undated FBI handout photo. Reuters/FBI
Find Out How This South Florida Real Estate Mogul Went From Bomb Shelters to Selling Mansions
The Huffington Post - 22 May 2014 21:20
(Photo Courtesy of Senada Adzem) By Courtney Driver South Florida is known for many things, included among them being a very nice place to call home. Pleasant weather, a vibrant environment and quick flights to New Engla...
UN vote on Syria war crimes
BBC - 22 May 2014 07:19
Russia looks set to veto a UN Security Council vote to refer the crisis to the ICC after branding it a "publicity stunt."
F.B.I. Closes Investigation Into Guantánamo Defense Lawyer
The New York Times - 22 May 2014 05:40
An investigation of a defense lawyer for a Guantánamo detainee accused of aiding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has been closed, a Justice Department official told a war-crimes court.
Taipei man stabs commuters, kills 4
CNN - 22 May 2014 04:09
Moments after his train left a station in Taipei on Wednesday, a man randomly stabbed passengers before his violent fury ended when he was forced to the ground, police said.
France's $20B Train Snafu
Time - 22 May 2014 00:07
New trains are too fat to fit in some stations. Talk about a faux pas
Ex-tycoon warns on Russia sanctions
BBC - 22 May 2014 07:26
Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky says new sanctions risk playing into the hands of nationalists trying to isolate Moscow from the West.
Javad Zarif on Iran's Nuclear Negotiations
The New Yorker - 22 May 2014 07:00
I first met Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, in the nineteen-eighties, when he was a junior member of the Iranian delegation at the United Nations. This week’s issue of The New Yorker includes a Prof...
Several Killed In China Market Attack
Sky News - 22 May 2014 06:17
Several people have died and many more have been injured in an explosion in the western Chinese city of Urumqi.
Police among suspects in US child porn bust
Al Jazeera English - 22 May 2014 05:00
Rabbi, nurses, and officers among 71 arrested for allegedly sharing child pornography online in New York, police say.
US test-fires Aegis missile defence system destined for Europe
The Guardian - 22 May 2014 04:58
Test takes place in Hawaii of interceptor that will be stationed first in Romania as part of US-Nato system criticised by Russia The United States has announced the first live firing test of a missile interceptor destine...
Attacks show Boko Haram's ambition
CNN - 22 May 2014 04:46
The Islamist group is intensifying their campaign in Nigeria's north, killing dozens in coordinated attacks, showing an alarming reach.
Libya General Calls for Council to Take Power
Time - 22 May 2014 03:42
(TRIPOLI, Libya) -- Gen. Khalifa Hifter has been waiting decades for his moment. More'Culture of Deceit'?: VA Office in N.M. Investigated Phony Wait Times in 2013 NBC NewsMen Charged With Toppling Ancient Rock Formation ...
Nigerian Extremists Strike Villages, 48 Dead
Time - 22 May 2014 03:37
(JOS, Nigeria) Islamic militants killed 48 villagers in northeastern Nigeria near the town where they kidnapped 300 schoolgirls, and the U.S. said Wednesday it was sending in 80 military personnel to expand the drone sea...
VIDEO: Matadors gored at Madrid festival
BBC - 22 May 2014 03:40
A major event in Madrid's bullfighting season has been cancelled after all three matadors were gored by bulls.
US sends troops to search for Nigeria girls
Al Jazeera English - 22 May 2014 00:57
Eighty US military personnel deployed to Chad to aid search for 276 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram.
Journalist Surprised to Find He's Allergic to Newspaper Ink
ABC News - 22 May 2014 21:54
Mike Dresser is a 38-year-veteran for the Baltimore Sun and never imagined he would be allergic to the pine resin in newspaper ink.
America Just Launched a Rocket on a Secret Mission Into Space
The Atlantic Wire - 22 May 2014 20:47
While we were all pondering Facebook's role in devaluing the media, the U.S. went ahead and launched a spy satellite into orbit, for use by the NRO.