Jerusalem Post – Internet websites and forums have in recent months and years been overwhelmed by pseudo-scientific “information” that presents milk and dairy products in...
Archive for September, 2013
Netanyahu Plays Hawk To Rouhani’s Dove With Anti-Iran Rhetoric
By World On The Run
The Guardian — The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, vowed to “tell the truth” about Iran’s nuclear programme as he flew to the US on Sunday to meet...
Pakistan Explosion: Dozens Killed In Peshawar Market
By World On The Run
BBC — An explosion has ripped through a market in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, leaving at least 33 dead and dozens wounded, officials say. Police...
House Votes To Add Obamacare Delay To Budget Bill
By World On The Run
ABC — After an emotional debate, capping a Saturday night session that dragged into Sunday, the House voted 231-192 to add a one-year delay of Obamacare...
U.N. Votes To Eliminate Syrian Weapons
By World on the Run
Bloomberg – The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday night to secure and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile, a landmark decision aimed at taking poison...
Iranian President Returns To Protests
By World on the Run
The Guardian – The Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, was greeted by hardliners chanting “death to America” when he returned to Tehran following his historic telephone...
Silvio Berlusconi Pulls 5 Ministers Out Of Italian Government
By World on the Run
MSN News – Italy’s fragile coalition government was pushed into a full-fledged crisis Saturday after five ministers from former premier Silvio Berlusconi’s political party announced...
In Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood’s Social Work Returns To The Shadows
By World on The Run
Washington Post – In one of the strongest of the Muslim Brotherhood’s strongholds, where “no to the bloody coup” is sprayed on almost every soot-blasted...
Philippines Celebrates Its First Miss World Winner
By World on The Run
Fox News – The Philippines — where beauty contests are a serious affair — celebrated on Sunday its first victory in the Miss World contest,...
Kenya Asks U.S. To Lift ‘Unfriendly’ Travel Warning
By World On The Run
Reuters — Kenya on Sunday asked the U.S. government to lift an advisory warning U.S. citizens over travel to the east African country after the September...
Gunmen Kill Students As They Sleep In Nigerian College
By World On The Run
Reuters — Suspected Islamist militants stormed a college in northeastern Nigeria and shot dead around 40 male students, some of them while they slept early on...
Hagel In South Korea For Security Talks
By World On The Run
AP — Amid escalating threats from North Korea, U.S. and South Korean defense officials will meet over the next few days and discuss whether to extend...
92 Captive Children Freed In China
By World on the Run
BBC News – Chinese police have rescued 92 abducted children and held 301 suspected members of a huge trafficking network, the authorities say. They say...
Greek Neo-Fascist Politicians Arrested
By World on the Run
The New York Times – Moving to drain power from one of the most violent rightist organizations in Europe, the Greek government conducted an extraordinary...
House Sets Up Government Shutdown
By World on the Run
USA Today – Congress is moving the nation closer to a government shutdown on Tuesday as House Republicans began debate late Saturday to advance a...
Return Of The Dark Angel
By World on the Run
The Daily Beast – Remember Meredith Kercher? She was the pretty 21-year-old British student who was savagely murdered in her student apartment in Perugia, Italy,...
Netanyahu Plays Hawk To Rouhani’s Dove With Anti-Iran Rhetoric
By World On The Run
The Guardian — The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, vowed to “tell the truth” about Iran’s nuclear programme as he flew to the US on Sunday to meet...
Pakistan Explosion: Dozens Killed In Peshawar Market
By World On The Run
BBC — An explosion has ripped through a market in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, leaving at least 33 dead and dozens wounded, officials say. Police...
House Votes To Add Obamacare Delay To Budget Bill
By World On The Run
ABC — After an emotional debate, capping a Saturday night session that dragged into Sunday, the House voted 231-192 to add a one-year delay of Obamacare...
U.N. Votes To Eliminate Syrian Weapons
By World on the Run
Bloomberg – The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday night to secure and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile, a landmark decision aimed at taking poison...
Iranian President Returns To Protests
By World on the Run
The Guardian – The Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, was greeted by hardliners chanting “death to America” when he returned to Tehran following his historic telephone...
Silvio Berlusconi Pulls 5 Ministers Out Of Italian Government
By World on the Run
MSN News – Italy’s fragile coalition government was pushed into a full-fledged crisis Saturday after five ministers from former premier Silvio Berlusconi’s political party announced...
In Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood’s Social Work Returns To The Shadows
By World on The Run
Washington Post – In one of the strongest of the Muslim Brotherhood’s strongholds, where “no to the bloody coup” is sprayed on almost every soot-blasted...
Philippines Celebrates Its First Miss World Winner
By World on The Run
Fox News – The Philippines — where beauty contests are a serious affair — celebrated on Sunday its first victory in the Miss World contest,...
Kenya Asks U.S. To Lift ‘Unfriendly’ Travel Warning
By World On The Run
Reuters — Kenya on Sunday asked the U.S. government to lift an advisory warning U.S. citizens over travel to the east African country after the September...
Gunmen Kill Students As They Sleep In Nigerian College
By World On The Run
Reuters — Suspected Islamist militants stormed a college in northeastern Nigeria and shot dead around 40 male students, some of them while they slept early on...
Hagel In South Korea For Security Talks
By World On The Run
AP — Amid escalating threats from North Korea, U.S. and South Korean defense officials will meet over the next few days and discuss whether to extend...
92 Captive Children Freed In China
By World on the Run
BBC News – Chinese police have rescued 92 abducted children and held 301 suspected members of a huge trafficking network, the authorities say. They say...
Greek Neo-Fascist Politicians Arrested
By World on the Run
The New York Times – Moving to drain power from one of the most violent rightist organizations in Europe, the Greek government conducted an extraordinary...
House Sets Up Government Shutdown
By World on the Run
USA Today – Congress is moving the nation closer to a government shutdown on Tuesday as House Republicans began debate late Saturday to advance a...
Return Of The Dark Angel
By World on the Run
The Daily Beast – Remember Meredith Kercher? She was the pretty 21-year-old British student who was savagely murdered in her student apartment in Perugia, Italy,...