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The creator of the viral Tumblr blog Selfies at Funerals says his work is done. Jason Feifer reached “funeral selfies” nirvana when President Barack Obama steadied a cellphone camera for a photo of himself with British Prime Minister David Cameron at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service
US President Barack Obama may have moved the masses attending Nelson Mandela’s memorial service with his stirring eulogy on Tuesday, but it was his grinning “selfie” with the Danish and British premiers that set social networks abuzz. In a candid
The handshake between President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro is being described as a spontaneous gesture. However, the State Department has a large bureaucracy devoted to diplomatic protocol that would surely have kept Obama from greeting Castro if
British Prime Minister David Cameron said that he is willing to classify “Islamist extremism” as an ideology distinct from Islam in his country. He wants to use the same techniques Britain has used to target online pornography by easing the
British farmers will begin exporting pig semen to breeders in China next year, officials said on Wednesday, as they try to cash in on the Asian superpower’s growing consumption of meat. The deal, involving fresh or frozen sperm from four
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Pakistan mobilizes army to quell sectarian violence in three cities Britain’s David Cameron threatens Sri Lanka with a war crimes investigation. Generational analysis of the Sri Lanka civil war Pakistan mobilizes army to quell
Claiming to have new evidence in the debate over the use of WMD’s in Syria, UK PM David Cameron doesn’t appear to have any confusion as to who drew the so called “red line,” initially invoked by Barack Obama. He
In what Reuters calls a humiliating defeat, British Prime Minister David Cameron lost a parliamentary vote meant to have Britain join in any potential military strike on Syria. The vote “appeared to all but rule out British involvement in such
(AP) UK Prime Minister Cameron loses Syria war voteBy RAPHAEL SATTER and GREGORY KATZAssociated PressLONDONBritish Prime Minister David Cameron has lost a vote endorsing military action against Syria by 13 votes, a stunning defeat for a government which had seemed
UK Prime Minister David Cameron is “urging” President Obama to strike Syria this week after reports last week of the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian government. According to The Jerusalem Post, Cameron has “allegedly been pressuring” Obama to
(AP) Russia defends anti-gay law in letter to IOCBy STEPHEN WILSONAP Sports WriterLONDONThe Russian government assured the IOC on Thursday it will not discriminate against homosexuals during the Sochi Olympics, while defending the law against gay “propaganda” that has provoked
On Thursday, Washington Post columnist Max Fisher attempted to find the photo that could “perfectly sum[] up Obama’s relationship with Putin.” He settled on a picture of President Obama walking with British Prime Minister David Cameron, with Putin peeking over
Police said Tuesday they were investigating violent and sexually explicit Twitter postings directed at a lawmaker in a growing row over threats to women on the social network. Labour MP Stella Creasy faced a stream of abuse after supporting a
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said that the Anglican Church must adapt to a changing society that has become increasingly secularized–by ordaining women bishops. Yahoo News reports that Welby, a former oil executive who was named successor to Archbishop
The government is planning to force visitors from India, Pakistan, Nigeria and other countries whose nationals are deemed to pose a “high risk” of immigration abuse to provide a cash bond before they can enter the country, a report said
Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday his priority at the G8 summit was to ensure a peace conference on the Syrian conflict takes place later this year to push through a transitional government to replace President Bashar al-Assad. As Western
Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a joint news conference in London with Prime Minister David Cameron: “I think you will not deny that one does not really need to support the people who not only kill their enemies but
On the heels of the decision to arm select groups of Syrian rebels, 300 U.S. Marines have reportedly been deployed to the Syrian border. And, according to the International Business Times, “a Patriot anti-aircraft missile system was also moved to
British Prime Minister David Cameron has reportedly decided on a new task force to stamp out Islamic extremism across the country. According to the UK Daily Mail: The Prime Minister wants to stop extremist clerics using schools, colleges, prisons and
Police made two further arrests and raided houses across London following the brutal murder of a serving soldier who survived a tour of duty in Afghanistan. Prime Minister David Cameron appealed for calm after 25-year-old Lee Rigby was butchered outside
According to USA Today, the two suspects photographed and videotaped butchering a British solder were “part of an early security services investigation” into their possible ties to terror. The BBC named one of the suspects as 28-year-old Muslim convert Michael
As two knife-wielding Islamists stood over the body of a soldier they allegedly beheaded, a local woman began speaking with one of them, trying to convince them not to attack others. When the police arrived, the alleged terrorists apparently attacked
The Telegraph: David Cameron has said there are “strong indications” that the “sickening” murder of a man reported to be a soldier was a terrorist attack. The Prime Minister said he would cut short a visit to Paris for talks
A young British soldier is dead after reportedly being “hacked and chopped” to death by two black men Wednesday afternoon on a London street. Sky News reports the incident is being treated by government officials as a terrorist attack. The victim
The legalisation of gay marriage is poised for approval by MPs on Tuesday after David Cameron headed off another Conservative rebellion. The opposition Labour Party helped him see off a “wrecking amendment” which had threatened his gay marriage bill. Tory
