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Israel Awards Bloomberg $1 Million 'Jewish Nobel'

Israel Awards Bloomberg $1 Million 'Jewish Nobel'

(AP) Israel awards Bloomberg $1 million ‘Jewish Nobel’JERUSALEMIsrael on Monday recognized New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg as the first ever recipient of the $1 million Genesis Prize, an award popularly dubbed the “Jewish Nobel Prize.” The Genesis Prize Foundation said

Kenya Gov't Believes 4 Terrorist Bodies Recovered

Kenya Gov't Believes 4 Terrorist Bodies Recovered

(AP) Kenya gov’t believes 4 terrorist bodies recoveredNAIROBI, KenyaThe Kenyan government says it believes it has recovered the remains of the four gunmen who stormed a shopping mall on Sept. 21 and killed more than 60 people. Joseph Ole Lenku,

Egyptian PM Condemns Deadly Attack on Copts

Egyptian PM Condemns Deadly Attack on Copts

(AP) Egyptian PM condemns deadly attack on CoptsBy HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressCAIROEgypt’s interim prime minister on Monday condemned an attack outside a Coptic Christian church the night before that killed four people, including an 8-year-old girl, and pledged that police would

Japan Trade Deficit at Record in September

Japan Trade Deficit at Record in September

(AP) Japan trade deficit at record in SeptemberBy ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Business WriterTOKYOJapan’s trade deficit ballooned to a fresh record for September as costs for imports of food and other necessities outstripped growth in exports. Preliminary customs data Monday show September’s

Boko Haram Butchers 19 Civilians in Nigeria

Boko Haram Butchers 19 Civilians in Nigeria

The radical Islamist terror group Boko Haram attacked and slaughtered more Nigerian civilians in an attempt to cleanse Nigeria of Christians and the Western way of life. The group blocked a highway near the Nigeria and Cameroon border in the

NSA Spied on Mexican President

NSA Spied on Mexican President

A new document leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden shows that the NSA targeted the email account of Mexican President Felipe Calderone using Tailored Access Operations (TAO). The TAO department bragged, “TAO successfully exploited a key mail

Activists Release Dogs from Lab in Brazil

Activists Release Dogs from Lab in Brazil

(AP) Activists release dogs from lab in BrazilSAO PAULOAnimal rights activist Saturday clashed with police in front of a laboratory in southeastern Brazil that used dogs for drug tests. The clash came one day after activists broke into the Instituto

Clown Shoots Senior Mexican Cartel Member in Head

Clown Shoots Senior Mexican Cartel Member in Head

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A gunman in a clown costume shot and killed the oldest brother of one of Mexico’s most notorious drug trafficking families in the resort of Los Cabos, authorities said on Saturday. Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix, 63,

Mexico's Baja peninsula hit by 6.4-magintude quake

(AP) Mexico’s Baja peninsula hit by 6.4-magintude quakeLOS CABOS, MexicoMexico’s Baja California peninsula has been rattled by a 6.4-magnitude offshore quake. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damages. The United States Geological Survey says the quake occurred at

Train Carrying Oil, Gas Derails West of Edmonton

Train Carrying Oil, Gas Derails West of Edmonton

(AP) Train carrying oil, gas derails west of EdmontonGAINFORD, AlbertaEmergency crews battled a massive fire Saturday after a Canadian National tanker train carrying oil and gas derailed west of Edmonton, Alberta, overnight. No injuries have been reported so far. Canadian

Freed Lebanese Hostages Leave Istanbul

Freed Lebanese Hostages Leave Istanbul

(AP) Freed Lebanese hostages leave IstanbulBEIRUTA Lebanese official says a plane carrying nine freed Lebanese hostages has left Istanbul. Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil told the Al-Manar television channel of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group that the nine released hostages are expected

US Quietly Releasing $1.6B in Pakistan Assistance

US Quietly Releasing $1.6B in Pakistan Assistance

(AP) US quietly releasing $1.6B in Pakistan assistanceBy BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe U.S. has quietly decided to release more than $1.6 billion in military and economic aid to Pakistan that was suspended when relations between the two countries disintegrated over the

Argentine commuter train slams into station, again

(AP) Argentine commuter train slams into station, againBy The Associated PressBUENOS AIRES, ArgentinaAn Argentine commuter train slammed into the end of the line Saturday morning at the same station in Buenos Aires where 52 people were killed in a similar

Norwegian Terrorist in Westgate Mall Massacre Identified

Norwegian Terrorist in Westgate Mall Massacre Identified

Twenty-three-year old Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow has been identified as the Norwegian citizen of Somali origin involved in September’s Westgate Mall massacre in Nairobi, Kenya. Authorities believe he helped plan the attack and was one of the terrorists involved. A relative

EU Foreign Policy Chief Encouraged by Iranian Talks

EU Foreign Policy Chief Encouraged by Iranian Talks

Catherine Ashton, the EU’s head of foreign policy, has released a statement asserting that Iran is engaging in the “most detailed talks ever” with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (America, Russia, China, France, and Britain) plus