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(AP) Destruction toll rises from Australian wildfiresBy KRISTEN GELINEAUAssociated PressSYDNEYThe destruction toll continued to rise on Saturday from some of the most costly wildfires to ever strike Australia’s most populous state as fire fighters prepared for worsening conditions. In the

Just hours after being elected to take a seat on the U.N. Security Council, Saudi Arabia rejected the international body’s offer in protest.  According to CBS News, the Saudis pointed to the Security Council’s “double standards” and inability to get

(AP) UK police called over attacks on red-haired pupilsLONDONBritish police say they were called after a string of attacks on red-haired pupils at a school in northern England. South Yorkshire Police said in a statement Friday the force had been

A report examining crime in Britain since “restrictive firearm laws virtually banned handguns” in 1997 shows that crime stats have been “massaged” to convince British subjects the gun ban worked, when in fact it may have backfired. Authored by Dr.

(AP) UN expert urges US to reveal civilian drone deathsBy SEBASTIAN ABBOTAssociated PressISLAMABADA U.N. expert on Friday called on the United States to reveal the number of civilians it believes have been killed by American drone strikes targeting Islamic militants.

(AP) Cat caught carrying marijuana into Moldovan prisonCHISINAU, MoldovaA cat has been busted for smuggling pot into a prison in Moldova. Guards became suspicious about the feline, which routinely entered and left the prison through a hole in a fence,

(AP) Putin’s crane is found after losing its wayMOSCOWOne of the Siberian cranes that Russian President Vladimir Putin helped teach to fly south last year lost its flock along the way, but has been found and brought to Moscow. In

It is remarkable that President Barack Obama should prove so inept in international negotiation after winning a tough negotiation fight with his domestic rivals. Yet domestic opposition has always focused his attention more than foreign enemies; indeed, there is enthusiasm

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Multiple bombings across Iraq kill more than 60, mostly Shias Egypt under international criticism for deporting Syrian refugees Multiple bombings across Iraq kill more than 60, mostly Shias In a new paroxysm of violence

Arlington National Cemetery is changing its policy so that family members of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan can leave small mementos and photos at their graves, which are in Section 60.  Formerly, the cemetery’s policy was that only veterans’ organizations

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper admitted that furloughing “nearly three-quarters of the workers at the government’s intelligence agencies” due to the shutdown “put the United States at greater risk of terror attacks.” According to McClathcyDC, “lawmakers, former intelligence officials

(AP) Police arrest at least 40 in shale protestsREXTON, New BrunswickCanadian police say they have arrested at least 40 people in eastern New Brunswick at the site of a protest over shale gas development that turned violent. The Royal Canadian

(AP) DNA links mysterious Yeti to ancient polar bearBy JILL LAWLESSAssociated PressLONDONA British scientist says he may have solved the mystery of the Abominable Snowman — the elusive ape-like creature of the Himalayas. He thinks it’s a bear.DNA analysis conducted

In a photograph, the girl looks back with casual curiosity, her face scrubbed, her hair pulled a bit untidily behind her ears, her collar crisp, her tie askew, a charming and timeless portrait of the young Catholic schoolgirl in her

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin said Thursday it will lay off 600 US workers in its missions systems and training business, in a move not linked to the government shutdown. The defense and aerospace giant had put about 2,400 employees on

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis held crisis talks on Thursday on the fate of Germany’s “luxury bishop” who is under intense pressure to resign for spending some 31 million euros ($42 million) on an ultra-luxurious residence. The pope, who

China’s Dagong credit rating agency on October 17th downgraded its United States sovereign credit rating to A- and maintained its negative outlook on America’s solvency. Dagong warned that despite Washington’s last-minute resolution of the debt ceiling deadlock, “The fundamental situation that the

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Saudi Hajj ends successfully with no reports of MERS virus ‘Year of Dutch-Russian Cooperation’ fails as relations spiral downward Saudi Hajj ends successfully with no reports of MERS virus The Grand Mosque in Mecca

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is supposedly one of President Barack Obama’s best foreign friends. He epitomizes Obama’s ideal of an Islamist leader who adapts his politics to the needs of the global economy and the modern state–a model

A small army of Islamist police ten-thousand strong are being placed on the streets of Kano, Nigeria with orders to “arrest anyone wearing sleeveless T-shirts and pants that cut off just below the knee.” According to CBN News, the enforcement

The Broadcasting Complaints Commission of South Africa (BCCSA) fined in an August 29, 2013 judgment a South African radio broadcaster for making an “unjustifiable connection with Islam” during news reports. This punitive second-guessing of journalistic conduct with respect to referencing

The biggest known star in the cosmos is in its death throes and will eventually explode, astronomers said on Wednesday. Using a telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile, the astronomers said they had spotted telltale signs in a

A Catholic priest has filed a lawsuit after he was barred from volunteering to celebrate Mass at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia, where he serves as chaplain. Father Ray Leonard, who is contracted to serve as base chaplain,

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Starving Syrians are told to eat dogs, cats and donkeys Sicily declares state of emergency as African migrants flood in Obamacare web code full of typos and errors Starving Syrians are told to eat