Turkish police tear gas May 1 rally
Istanbul (CNN) — Riot police gassed and fired water cannons at dozens of demonstrators trying to get to Istanbul’s Taksim Square for May 1 Labor Day demonstrations.
Groups carrying May 1 international workers’ day banners [...]
Hezbollah warns of Syria intervention
(CNN) — Hezbollah has threatened to intervene further in Syria if there is any threat the regime could fall to the United States, Israel or extremists, the Lebanese militant group said.
The radical Shiite group, which the United States [...]
Bangladesh factory collapse: Pope slams ‘slave labor’
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Google Glass ‘equivalent of drone’
Editor’s note: Michael Chertoff, secretary of Homeland Security in the George W. Bush administration, is chairman and co-founder of The Chertoff Group, a global security advisory firm.
(CNN) — Imagine a world in which every major [...]
Reagan: Gay marriage advocate?
Editor’s note: Paul Kengor is professor of political science and executive director of The Center for Vision Values at Grove City College. He is the author of several books on Ronald Reagan, including “God and Ronald Reagan” [...]
Exploitation claims over Mandela video
(CNN) — A video of a frail and unamused looking Nelson Mandela surrounded by South African President Jacob Zuma and other officials has prompted cries of political exploitation by the government.
In the footage released by the South [...]
Lawmakers report brawl in Venezuela
(CNN) — A brawl broke out in Venezuela’s National Assembly on Tuesday as political tensions mounted over disputed elections in the South American country.
Opposition lawmakers claimed they were physically assaulted in a planned [...]
World watches as Syrian woes rise
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All Dreamliner airlines to resume flights
(CNN) — The eight airlines around the world that have the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in their fleets are set to resume commercial flights of the aircraft by early June.
Qatar Airways was the latest airline to confirm it would resume Dreamliner [...]
Court bans Musharraf from politics
(CNN) — A court in Pakistan has banned former President Pervez Musharraf from politics for life.
Tuesday’s move — which can appealed by the controversial figure — is another barrier in the roadblock Musharraf faces [...]
Obama: FBI did its job in Tsarnaev probe
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(CNN) — Federal intelligence officials are looking at whether more could have been done to prevent the Boston Marathon attacks, President Barack Obama said Tuesday, though he added that he’s [...]
Boston death penalty talks open
Washington (CNN) — Some very preliminary talks have been under way “for the past few days” to potentially allow Boston bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to resume providing investigators with information about the attacks in [...]
