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Guatemalan Police Arrest Software Guru McAfee

Guatemalan Police Arrest Software Guru McAfee

(AP) Guatemalan police arrest software guru McAfeeBy SONIA PEREZ-DIAZAssociated PressGUATEMALA CITYSoftware company founder John McAfee was arrested by Guatemalan police for entering the country illegally, ending his bizarre weeks long journey as a blogging fugitive claiming to be persecuted by

Report: Assad Ready to Use Chemical Weapons on Syrians

Report: Assad Ready to Use Chemical Weapons on Syrians

DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 6 (UPI) —Syria was poised to use the deadly sarin nerve agent against its own people Thursday after loading precursor chemicals into aerial bombs, U.S. officials said. The bombs could be dropped on Syrians in “tactical bombings”

Clinton to Hold Syria Talks with Russia, UN

Clinton to Hold Syria Talks with Russia, UN

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and UN peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Thursday for talks on the conflict in Syria, a US official said. The three-way talks in Dublin come amid growing

Greece Jobless Rate up to 26 Percent

Greece Jobless Rate up to 26 Percent

(AP) Greece jobless rate up to 26 percentATHENS, GreeceGreece’s unemployment rate rose to 26 percent in September, as the country heads toward a sixth year of recession. The Greek Statistical Authority announced Thursday that 1.295 million people were recorded as

Tanks Deployed in Cairo after Deadly Clashes

Tanks Deployed in Cairo after Deadly Clashes

Egypt’s worst violence since President Mohammed Morsi was elected forced the army to deploy tanks in Cairo Thursday, as hundreds of people were hurt in clashes between Islamists and the secular opposition. Morsi was expected to deliver a televised address

Cairo: Blood In The Streets, Obama Silent

Cairo: Blood In The Streets, Obama Silent

As the White House remains completely silent on the most recent events in Egypt – the President has not uttered as much as a peep about the Muslim Brotherhood’s thuggery against democratic protesters, raising memories of his spineless behavior during

Stolen Valor: Man Faked Special Forces Background for Job

Stolen Valor: Man Faked Special Forces Background for Job

A Houston Police Department counselor named Paul Schroeder, who was hired to use his post-combat experience in Iraq and Afghanistan to help returning soldiers adapt to civilian life again, has been sentenced to 30 days in federal prison for “altering

Petrol Bombs Thrown Outside Egypt Presidential Palace

Petrol Bombs Thrown Outside Egypt Presidential Palace

(Reuters) – Petrol bombs were hurled during clashes between supporters of President Mohamed Mursi and his opponents outside his presidential palace, a Reuters witness reported on Wednesday. The clashes erupted after the Muslim Brotherhood, the group that helped Mursi win

UN Chief Blames Rich for Global Warming

UN Chief Blames Rich for Global Warming

(AP) AP Interview: UN chief blames rich for warmingDOHA, QatarThe U.N. chief says rich countries are to blame for global warming and should take the lead in forging a worldwide climate pact by 2015. Ban Ki-moon says it’s a deadline

Iran Claims to Have Information from Captured U.S. Drone

Iran Claims to Have Information from Captured U.S. Drone

Iran has announced it has gathered information from the drone the U.S. says Iran didn’t capture.  According to Iran, it is a ScanEagle drone by which the U.S. was allegedly “spying” on Iran’s “military sites and oil terminals.” The Islamic Revolutionary Guard

Islamist Sect in Nigeria Grows More Deadly

Islamist Sect in Nigeria Grows More Deadly

(AP) Islamist sect in Nigeria grows more deadlyBy JON GAMBRELLAssociated PressJOHANNESBURGThe radical Islamist fighters gather around piles of weapons and ammunition they’ve stolen and shout praises to God as they shoot into the expanse of the African desert. Those depicted

Palestinians to UN: Stop 2 Big Israeli Settlements

Palestinians to UN: Stop 2 Big Israeli Settlements

(AP) Palestinians to UN: Stop 2 big Israeli settlementsRAMALLAH, West BankThe Palestinians will ask the U.N. Security Council to demand a halt to construction of two large Israeli settlements near Jerusalem, a senior Palestinian official said Wednesday. The Security Council

Syrian Warplanes 'Pound Damascus Suburbs'

Syrian Warplanes 'Pound Damascus Suburbs'

Warplanes on Wednesday pounded suburbs of Damascus as regime forces fought to reclaim rebel-held areas of the capital, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Britain-based watchdog, which uses a countrywide network of activists and doctors to compile its

Official: Iran Has Evidence it Captured US Drone

Official: Iran Has Evidence it Captured US Drone

(AP) Official: Iran has evidence it captured US droneTEHRAN, IranA prominent Iranian lawmaker says Tehran has material evidence to prove that it has captured an American unmanned aircraft. The head of the Iranian parliament’s defense committee Ismaeil Kowsari wouldn’t specify

World View–Analysts: Tables Turned on Assad in Syria War

World View–Analysts: Tables Turned on Assad in Syria War

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Syria’s war turns against Bashar al-Assad United States prepares for military action in Syria against chemical weapons Nato approves Turkey’s request for Patriot missiles on Syrian border Vietnam lodges a new protest with China