This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Israel / Turkey relations poisoned further by spy revelation accusation Saudi Arabia shocks U.N. by rejecting Security Council seat Obamacare insurance companies trapped in a vicious financial Catch-22 Israel / Turkey relations poisoned further
MURMANSK, Russia, Oct. 18 (UPI) — The environmental activist group Greenpeace Friday called on Russia to release the 30 jailed members of the Arctic Sunrise immediately. The “Arctic 30” were arrested by Russian authorities Sept. 18 after two Greenpeace activists
(AP) J.C. Penney to open on ThanksgivingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIOAP Retail WriterNEW YORKJ.C. Penney is opening its doors on Thanksgiving evening to kick off the holiday shopping season, as the beleaguered retailer hopes to get back in the game for the
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
(AP) New report says Syrian rebels committed war crimesBy KARIN LAUBAssociated PressBEIRUTJihadi-led rebel fighters in Syria killed at least 190 civilians and abducted more than 200 during an offensive against pro-regime villages, committing a war crime, an international human rights
(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,
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
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Lampedusa disaster forces Europe’s immigrant dilemma into headlines Libya demands a ‘clarification’ for the ‘kidnapping’ of al-Libi With Hajj a week away, Saudi is hit with six new deadly MERS cases Lampedusa disaster forces
(AP) With turkeys gone wild, Maine expands huntingBy CLARKE CANFIELDAssociated PressPORTLAND, MaineOnce nearly wiped out of existence, turkeys are running wild. Buoyed by what’s been called the most successful wildlife restoration project ever, wild turkeys are eating crops, ruining gardens,
Objective observers should be rightfully concerned by the “International Conference on Islamophobia: Law & Media” held by the Turkish government’s Directorate General of Press and Information (DGPI or BYGEM in Turkish) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) this past
Some members of Congress were lucky in August; they received free trips that totaled $1,668,928. The representatives were paid during the summer recess in August; there were 130 trips taken in that month. For the year of 2013, members of
By DAVID RISING and RODNEY MUHUMUZAAssociated PressNAIROBI, KenyaThe militant group behind the takeover of a Nairobi mall claimed Wednesday that Kenyan government assault team carried out “a demolition” of the building, burying 137 hostages in rubble. A government spokesman denied
By AHMED AL-HAJAssociated PressSANAA, YemenUnder a heavy fog, al-Qaida militants disguised in military uniforms launched car bomb attacks on three different security and military posts in southern Yemen on Friday, killing 38 soldiers in the group’s biggest attack in the
By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaAl-Qaida-linked gunmen in northern Syria captured a town near the Turkish border after heavy clashes with a rebel group in the area, activists said Thursday. It was the latest development in what has
(AP) Russia against use of force in Syria resolutionBy ALBERT AJI and ZEINA KARAMAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaMoscow insisted on Tuesday that a new Security Council resolution on Syria not allow the use of force, while the Arab country’s main opposition group
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Turkey’s warplanes shoot down Syrian helicopter U.N. team finds ‘large scale’ use of sarin gas in Syria Can Ban Ki-moon save the United Nations from Russia? Why are so many German professors against the
(AP) Seattle sets stadium noise recordSEATTLEThe fan group attempting to set a Guinness World Records mark for loudest stadium says it has established a record during Sunday night’s game between the Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers. The group, called
Judicial Watch, which has put pressure on the Obama Administration before, during, and after the Benghazi massacre of 9/11/2012, has released a new report titled: “On the Anniversary of the Benghazi Attack of September 11, 2012: Unanswered Questions and the
It has been a year since the attack which killed four Americans in Benghazi. During that time various minute-by-minute accounts of the attack have been published. In addition, the administration’s decisions to refuse additional security requests and to revise its
(AP) Tokyo will host 2020 OlympicsBy STEPHEN WILSONAssociated PressBUENOS AIRES, ArgentinaTokyo was awarded the 2020 Olympics on Saturday, capitalizing on its reputation as a “safe pair of hands” and defying concerns about the Fukushima nuclear crisis.Tokyo defeated Istanbul 60-36 in
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Wealthy investors cheer bad unemployment report U.S. and Russia split bitterly over Syria intervention issue U.S. evacuates staff from Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq embassies Wealthy investors cheer bad unemployment report Labor force participation rate, 1978
By MATTHEW LEEAP Diplomatic WriterWASHINGTONThe State Department on Friday ordered nonessential American diplomats and the families of staffers at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut to leave Lebanon immediately due to security concerns as the Obama administration and Congress debate military
Two days ago President Obama claimed “I didn’t set a red line.” When word that Syria was mixing chemical weapons precursors broke last December, Secretary Clinton was in Prague. She was asked by a New York Times reporter about the
Non-essential American diplomats and the families of staffers at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut have been instructed to leave Lebanon immediately out of concern for their safety “as the Obama administration and Congress debate military strikes on neighboring Syria”. The
(CNN) – Huddled in her bedroom, too afraid to come out, 70-year-old Marie Manco called 911 to report an intruder destroying her New Jersey home…that intruder was a wild turkey which had crashed through a second-floor window. Manco: “A wild turkey
