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RPT-ANALYSIS-Syria's savagery will thwart reconciliation
Reuters(Repeats with no changes) * Warring parties film themselves committing atrocities * Neither side condemns brutality in their own ranks * Balkans, Lebanon show savagery delays reconciliation By Oliver Holmes BEIRUT, May 14 (Reuters) - Syrian...Tags: Bashar Assad, Government, Islam, International Law, Political Dissent
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Boats carrying more than 100 Rohingya minority capsize off Myanmar; 42 known survivors
SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of members of the displaced Rohingya minority group into the sea. Eight bodies were found and more than 50 people were...Tags: Weather, Burma, Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch, United Nations
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
TROUBLED SCHOOL DISTRICT Buena Vista school board OKs debt plan, may reopen LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Saginaw County's Buena Vista district soon could reopen its doors after the local school board approved a plan aimed at bringing the district out...Tags: Trials, Prosecution, Political Fundraising, Freedom of the Press, Politics
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Russian media delight in U.S. spy case as leaders try to limit fallout
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian state-run media revelled on Wednesday in embarrassing the United States over a botched attempt to recruit one of its intelligence agents but both countries signaled they wanted to prevent the episode harming efforts to improve...Tags: Barack Obama, International Relations, Robert Mueller, Politics, Sports
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Special Report - In Myanmar, apartheid tactics against minority Muslims
ReutersSITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - A 16-year-old Muslim boy lay dying on a thin metal table. Bitten by a rabid dog a month ago, he convulsed and drooled as his parents wedged a stick between his teeth to stop him from biting off his tongue. Swift treatment...Tags: Labor Legislation, Government, Kaman Corporation, Prosecution, Bangladesh
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U.N. General Assembly to vote on Syria resolution; Russia opposed
ReutersUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly is set to vote on Wednesday on a draft resolution that condemns Syrian authorities and accepts the opposition Syrian National Coalition as party to a potential political transition. Russia, a close...Tags: Bashar Assad, Weaponry, Elections, Russia, Politics
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North Korea: American sentenced to 15 years hard labor has started life at a 'special prison'
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — An American citizen sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for what Pyongyang has described as hostile acts against the state has started life at a "special prison," state media said Wednesday. Kenneth Bae entered the...Tags: Jimmy Carter, Kim Jong Un, Dennis Rodman, Seoul (South Korea), North Korea
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Syria death toll at least 80,000, says UN General Assembly president
ReutersUNITED NATIONS, May 15 (Reuters) - The death toll in Syria from the country's two-year civil war is at least 80,000, an increase of about 20,000 since the start of the year, the president of the U.N. General Assembly, Vuk Jeremic, said on Wednesday. U.N....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Bashar Assad, Civil Rights, United Nations, Politics
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U.S. says looking to revive vacant Guantanamo policy job -Holder
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. government intends to revive a vacant position coordinating policy for the military prison camp for foreign terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is looking at candidates, Attorney General Eric Holder said...Tags: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Government, Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Prisons
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U.S. Navy makes aviation history with carrier drone launch
ReutersABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy made aviation history on Tuesday by launching an unmanned jet off an aircraft carrier for the first time, taking an important step toward expanded use of drones by the American military with an eye...Tags: Lockheed Martin Corp., Manufacturing and Engineering, U.S. Navy, Weaponry, Iran
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Europe court finds Swiss assisted-suicide laws unclear on when people entitled to lethal dose
Associated PressGENEVA (AP) — An elderly Swiss woman who would rather end her life now than decline further in health found sympathy Tuesday from the European Court of Human Rights, which called on the Swiss to clarify their laws on so-called passive assisted...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Assisted Suicide, Zurich (Swiss Confederation), Euthanasia, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Nigeria president declares state of emergency in 3 states because of Islamic extremist attacks
Associated PressLAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Admitting Islamic extremists now control some of his nation's villages and towns, Nigeria's president declared a state of emergency Tuesday across the country's troubled northeast, promising to send more troops to fight what he...Tags: Armed Forces, Islam, Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, Politics
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