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World View: HealthCare.gov IT Systems a Continuing Disaster

World View: HealthCare.gov IT Systems a Continuing Disaster

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Moscow police arrest hundreds after a massive race riot Al-Qaeda surges back in Iraq following U.S. withdrawal HealthCare.gov IT systems a continuing disaster Moscow police arrest hundreds after a massive race riot Moscow police

Global Chemical Watchdog Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Global Chemical Watchdog Wins Nobel Peace Prize

(AP) Global chemical watchdog wins Nobel Peace PrizeBy KARL RITTER and MICHAEL CORDERAssociated PressTHE HAGUE, NetherlandsThe Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for working to eliminate the scourge that has haunted generations

Azerbaijan Announces Election Winner…Before Vote

Azerbaijan Announces Election Winner…Before Vote

(AP) Azerbaijan announces election winner _ before voteBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated PressMOSCOWSomething funny happened the day before Azerbaijan’s presidential election: The election commission announced the winner.On Tuesday, the smartphone app of the Central Election Commission released the results of Wednesday’s vote,

4 Americans Meet Snowden to Give Him an Award

4 Americans Meet Snowden to Give Him an Award

(AP) 4 Americans meet Snowden to give him an awardBy CARO KRIELAssociated PressMOSCOWFour former U.S. government officials who met with former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden said Thursday that he is adjusting to life in Russia and expresses

Edward Snowden's Father Arrives in Moscow

Edward Snowden's Father Arrives in Moscow

(AP) Edward Snowden’s father arrives in MoscowMOSCOWThe father of former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden arrived in Moscow Thursday morning to meet with his son who has received asylum in Russia and has been living at a secret

Iran Claims 'Absolute Right' to Enrich Uranium

Iran Claims 'Absolute Right' to Enrich Uranium

On October 7, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif insisted that Iran has an “absolute right” to enrich uranium on its own soil. According to AFP, Zarif said: “The mastery of civil nuclear technology, including the enrichment of uranium, on

World View: Suicide Bombers Target Egypt's Police

World View: Suicide Bombers Target Egypt's Police

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Suicide bombers target Egypt’s police after massive street riots on Sunday Turkey builds a wall along the border with Syria Russia’s divine sense of exceptionalism Suicide bombers target Egypt’s police after massive street riots

Hazardous Smog Threatens Chinese Golf and Tennis Events

Hazardous Smog Threatens Chinese Golf and Tennis Events

(AP) Pollution disrupts sports events, travel in ChinaBy LOUISE WATTAssociated PressBEIJINGFog and pollution descended on northern China on Sunday, forcing international golf and tennis players to play in hazardous smog and leading to flight cancellations and road closures as millions

Movie review: 'Gravity'

Let’s get the bad stuff out of the way first, because there isn’t much of it.  “Gravity“, the new film by Alfonso Cuaron (who also directed “Children of Men” and the most offbeat of the “Harry Potter” films) suffers from

World View: Two U.S. Military Strikes Target Libya, Somalia Jihadists

World View: Two U.S. Military Strikes Target Libya, Somalia Jihadists

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com U.S. military captures jihadist leader al-Libi in Tripoli, Libya U.S. Navy Seals strike Somalia jihadists related to Kenya attack Iran’s politics in turmoil, pitting ‘heroic flexibility’ versus ‘Death to America!’ U.S. military captures jihadist

US Women Takes Double in Vault; Shirai Wins Floor

US Women Takes Double in Vault; Shirai Wins Floor

(AP) US women takes double in vault; Shirai wins floorBy RAF CASERTAP Sports WriterANTWERP, BelgiumThe United States won a second gold-silver double in as many days at the gymnastics world championships on Saturday, with defending champion McKayla Maroney beating all-around

Russian Embassy in Libya Evacuated After Attack

Russian Embassy in Libya Evacuated After Attack

(AP) Russian Embassy in Libya evacuated after attackBy VLADIMIR ISACHENKOVAssociated PressMOSCOWRussia on Thursday evacuated all of its diplomats and their families from Libya, the day after a mob attack on the Russian Embassy, and issued a warning to its citizens

Brazil in Pre-World Cup Tourism Push

Brazil in Pre-World Cup Tourism Push

Brazil’s tourist board Embratur said Thursday it had stepped up efforts to lure more foreign visitors as the Latin American giant gears up to host next year’s World Cup. Embratur said September had seen a major publicity push worldwide, including

Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Wants Prison Restrictions Lifted

Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect Wants Prison Restrictions Lifted

(AP) Marathon suspect wants prison restrictions liftedBy DENISE LAVOIEAP Legal Affairs WriterBOSTONLawyers for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev asked a judge Wednesday to lift restrictions placed on him in prison, arguing that the conditions are overly harsh, have left

IOC Receives Lance Armstrong's Olympic Medal

IOC Receives Lance Armstrong's Olympic Medal

(AP) IOC receives Lance Armstrong’s Olympic medalBy STEPHEN WILSONAP Sports WriterLONDONLance Armstrong’s Olympic medal is back with the IOC. The International Olympic Committee stripped the American rider of the bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Games in January after he

Russia: Armed Syrian Rebels Could Join Peace Talks

Russia: Armed Syrian Rebels Could Join Peace Talks

(AP) MOSCOW Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told journalists during a press conference that the West should help encourage those rebels who don’t harbor “extremist or terrorist views” to join the talks to settle the 2 1/2-year conflict. The U.N. Security Council,

NPR: U.S. Has More Guns, Fewer Homicides than Russia

NPR: U.S. Has More Guns, Fewer Homicides than Russia

In an effort to provide Obama with cover and respond to Russian Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Alexei Pushkov’s mocking of the Washington Navy Yard shooting, National Public Radio (NPR) dug up some facts about shootings and gun crime around the