Wendy's 13-hour filibuster: lawmaker's bid fails to block abortion bill
Mammoth filibuster: Wendy Davis. Photo: AP Texas state Senator Wendy Davis’s filibuster to block new abortion limits ended in defeat after she had stood and talked for more than 10 hours without food...
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Mammoth filibuster: Wendy Davis. Photo: AP At around midnight, the cheering and hollering from the public gallery of the Texas state house coalesced into a single chant – ‘‘Shame! Shame! Shame!’’....
View ArticleUNESCO holds a National Conference on Access to Information Law in Cambodia...
(Source: UN - United Nations) UNESCO holds a National Conference on Access to Information Law in Cambodia From 30 to 31 May 2013, UNESCO Phnom Penh Office, in cooperation with the Embassy of Sweden,...
View ArticleUNESCO Director-General condemns killing of Ugandan journalist Thomas Pere...
(Source: UN - United Nations) UNESCO Director-General condemns killing of Ugandan journalist Thomas Pere UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has urged Ugandan authorities to fully investigate the...
View ArticleUNESCO holds Global Forum and Conference on Media and Information Literacy...
(Source: UN - United Nations) UNESCO holds Global Forum and Conference on Media and Information Literacy Abuja, the federal capital of Nigeria, will be a hive of activity, as UNESCO prepares to hold a...
View ArticleNo sign of U.S. cyber leaker Snowden on flight to Cuba
Reuters June 27, 2013 - 11:43 MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian passenger plane left Moscow for Havana on Thursday without any sign of former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden on board, witnesses...
View ArticleChile police evict protesters from schools before Sunday vote
Reuters June 27, 2013 - 14:40 SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean police on Thursday evicted student protesters from 21 Santiago schools that will be used as polling stations for weekend primary elections, a...
View ArticleCyprus banks plagued by politics, recklessness - probe
Reuters June 27, 2013 - 14:33 NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus's banking sector, hammered by an international bailout this year, faces more trouble unless it can successfully tighten supervision, escape...
View ArticleUNESCO supports workshop on natural disasters warning system in Kuala Lumpur...
(Source: UN - United Nations) UNESCO supports workshop on natural disasters warning system in Kuala Lumpur Strengthening the capacity of individuals and broadcasters in delivering early warning of...
View ArticleObama jabs Russia, China on failure to extradite Snowden
International Geneva Reuters June 27, 2013 - 15:24 By Jeff Mason and Mark Felsenthal DAKAR (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he would not start "wheeling and dealing" with China...
View ArticleAt least 42 killed in Egypt, Islamists call for uprising
Arab Spring Reuters July 8, 2013 - 09:49 By Tom Perry and Maggie Fick CAIRO (Reuters) - At least 42 people were killed in Cairo on Monday, medical sources said, when Islamist protesters angered by the...
View ArticleSyrian opposition head expects advanced weapons
Reuters July 8, 2013 - 09:15 By Khaled Yacoub Oweis ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The new head of the opposition Syrian National Coalition said he expected advanced weapons supplied by Saudi Arabia to reach...
View ArticleCzech prosecutors seek parliament's approval to charge former PM
Reuters July 8, 2013 - 11:39 PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech prosecutors have asked the lower house of parliament to lift the immunity of former Prime Minister Petr Necas to allow for his criminal...
View ArticleU.N. nuclear agency and Iran may meet in August - diplomats
Reuters July 8, 2013 - 11:21 By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. atomic agency and Iran may hold a new round of nuclear talks in August, diplomats said on Monday, in what would be their first...
View ArticleGermany defends 'strictly legal' cooperation with NSA
Reuters July 8, 2013 - 16:27 By Stephen Brown BERLIN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel's government said on Monday that its cooperation with American intelligence was fully regulated by strict legal...
View ArticleEgypt's lesson for political Islam: politics comes first
Arab Spring Reuters July 8, 2013 - 16:22 By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS (Reuters)- When the Muslim Brotherhood won power it seemed Egypt's nascent democracy would allow the movement to realise...
View ArticleEx-Cypriot defence minister found guilty of 2011 munitions blast
Reuters July 9, 2013 - 14:09 By Michele Kambas NICOSIA (Reuters) - A former Cypriot defence minister was found guilty of manslaughter on Tuesday over a deadly munitions blast two years ago that killed...
View ArticleMurdoch recalled by British lawmakers over police comments
British lawmakers on Tuesday recalled Rupert Murdoch to testify after a tape recording emerged of the media tycoon slamming the police investigation into alleged phone hacking and bribery by his...
View ArticleInexperienced Asiana pilots didn't react fast enough in San Francisco crash
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View ArticleMalta cancels migrant flights after European court order
Reuters July 10, 2013 - 07:46 VALLETTA (Reuters) - Malta cancelled two flights to return migrants to Libya after the European Court of Human Rights issued an interim measure banning repatriation. The...
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