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73292cd682aa3bafb888526328fe6165 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-dec-22-la-fg-wn-indian-protest-rape-case-20121222-story.html | Indian protesters clash with police over rape case | Indian protesters clash with police over rape case
NEW DELHI — Thousands of people demonstrated outside the Indian president’s residence in New Delhi on Saturday, breaching barricades and clashing with police over the brutal rape of a 23-year-old girl before authorities drove them back with sticks, tear gas and water c... |
2855458ff7e7f9602b7090a4651f5585 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-dec-24-la-na-cory-booker-20121225-story.html | Newark Mayor Cory Booker aims for higher office | Newark Mayor Cory Booker aims for higher office
NEW YORK — The crowd in the Upper West Side bookstore practically cooed when the mayor of Newark, looking like the college football tight end he once was, strode into a book signing and gave the audience a bashful smile.
Cory Booker, here because he wrote the forward to a... |
51fe78caea7a91e9ed9f3ceac820a0df | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-dec-29-la-fg-wn-french-court-tax-rich-20121229-story.html | French court throws out Hollande’s tax on rich | French court throws out Hollande’s tax on rich
PARIS — France’s highest constitutional authority dealt a blow to President François Hollande’s plans to repair the nation’s economy Saturday by throwing out his new “supertax” on the wealthy days before it was to be imposed.
The French Constitutional Council ruled that th... |
99c8687f3e5a61ccf152cb510075ce4f | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-dec-29-la-fg-wn-philippines-law-contraceptives-20121229-story.html | Philippines president signs law easing access to contraceptives | Philippines president signs law easing access to contraceptives
MANILA — Philippines President Benigno Aquino III has signed legislation that will provide modern contraceptives to the nation’s poorest people and mandate sex education in public schools, a spokeswoman announced Saturday.
Leaders of the Roman Catholic Chu... |
2e67b4d587d2f9985d63ad1cc44db8e1 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-dec-31-la-fg-wn-afghans-greater-security-role-20121231-story.html | Afghans to take over greater security role | Afghans to take over greater security role
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghan forces are preparing to take the lead in safeguarding more parts of the country in line with plans to assume full responsibility for security when most foreign troops withdraw by the end of 2014, President Hamid Karzai’s government announced Monday... |
37b412d7127ed4ca02cf5bd44e756974 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-dec-31-la-fg-wn-central-african-republic-rebels20121231-story.html | African Union tells Central African Republic rebels to end uprising | African Union tells Central African Republic rebels to end uprising
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- The African Union on Monday warned rebels who are threatening to oust the Central African Republic government that they would face isolation in Africa, suspension from the organization and sanctions if they do so.
Nkosana ... |
505f70be3b7007e6cc7b112d0cc16bd6 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-feb-08-la-na-marriage-kennedy-20120209-story.html | Gay marriage fight may hinge on Supreme Court’s Anthony Kennedy | Gay marriage fight may hinge on Supreme Court’s Anthony Kennedy
The Supreme Court has nine justices, but if the constitutional fight over same-sex marriage reaches them this year, the decision will probably come down to just one: a California Republican and Reagan-era conservative who has nonetheless written the court’... |
f3956dfa82caacc5d1cc3fcd2ee5ac15 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-feb-09-la-na-mlk-bomb-20120209-story.html | White supremacists revive dream of a homeland in Northwest | White supremacists revive dream of a homeland in Northwest
Three sanitation workers found it along the route of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day march: a nest of wires in a backpack.
The homemade bomb was equipped with an unusual remote-controlled trigger and stuffed with more than 100 heavy fishing weights coated in rat p... |
439cd545e3a3f10a340e53a5016afcaf | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-feb-10-la-na-fordham-20120211-story.html | Birth control hard to come by at Fordham University | Birth control hard to come by at Fordham University
Emily moved from Los Angeles to New York for law school with more health worries than your average 26-year-old. She had lost one ovary to a tumor, had polyps cut from her uterus, and faced a greater risk of developing cancer in her remaining ovary unless she took birt... |
2f28b26a4124d0cbcf08aee2b919a834 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-feb-13-la-na-white-house-budget-20120213-story.html | Obama budget is preview of election battle | Obama budget is preview of election battle
President Obama’s 2013 budget, scheduled for release Monday, offers a preview of the November election as both parties angle to refine the vision they hope to sell to voters.
Obama’s plan and the House Republicans’ answer, due in the spring, are aimed as much at offering voter... |
7cc3ea887aaa14fffd68a7cbf6f28d8d | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-feb-16-la-fg-iran-israel-bombing-20120217-story.html | U.S. intelligence chief sees limited benefit in an attack on Iran | U.S. intelligence chief sees limited benefit in an attack on Iran
An Israeli bombing attack might set back Iran’s nuclear development program by one to two years, America’s top intelligence official told a Senate committee Thursday, indicating that viable military options are far more limited than Israeli leaders have ... |
062e4f032adb06ee1fe756c5e3733ab7 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-feb-16-la-na-obama-manufacturing-20120216-story.html | President Obama, speaking at L.A. fundraiser, points to positive changes | President Obama, speaking at L.A. fundraiser, points to positive changes
While acknowledging that “change is hard,” President Obama touted the nation’s economic progress on his watch during a celebrity-studded fundraising stopover Wednesday night in Los Angeles.
Addressing a crowd of about 1,000 at an outdoor reception... |
02b991b6fd106f8506b8d1cbcdc5251a | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-feb-19-la-fg-syria-assassinate-20120220-story.html | 2 judicial officials assassinated in Syria | 2 judicial officials assassinated in Syria
Two judicial officials were assassinated Sunday in Syria’s Idlib province, and the strife-riven nation faced what could be a critical week, almost a year after the bloody rebellion erupted against the government of President Bashar Assad.
Authorities said “an armed terrorist g... |
89d2bb76635917830ea836ae31af9fab | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-feb-19-la-na-labor-politics-20120220-story.html | Unions return to Democratic fold for 2012 election | Unions return to Democratic fold for 2012 election
Last May, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka stood a few blocks from the White House and issued a stern warning: Union members could not be counted on as the Democrats’ foot soldiers anymore.
“If leaders aren’t blocking the wrecking ball and advancing working families’ i... |
b907110f5d791d17bf6f1ca5ab986814 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-feb-20-la-fg-greece-bailout-20120221-story.html | Eurozone ministers approve $170-billion bailout for Greece | Eurozone ministers approve $170-billion bailout for Greece
Europe’s ailing currency union approved its second bailout for Greece in less than two years, signing off on a $170-billion rescue package early Tuesday after weeks of bickering and rising ill feeling between Athens and other regional capitals.
The deal should ... |
dfa09fe560b35f4b5f7c5e8b654a4af5 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-feb-23-la-na-santorum-record-20120224-story.html | The two sides of Rick Santorum | The two sides of Rick Santorum
A U.S. senator for barely three months, Rick Santorum, then just 36, sought to strip 72-year-old Republican Mark O. Hatfield of a committee chairmanship for voting against a balanced-budget constitutional amendment.
The longtime Oregon senator kept the gavel, but Santorum put his colleagu... |
20e77450ee473d5e0584ad032fc5ad36 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jan-01-la-na-obama-plans-20120101-story.html | Obama’s resolution? To limit dealings with Congress | Obama’s resolution? To limit dealings with Congress
Heading into the new year, President Obama will insist that Congress renew the payroll tax cut through the end of 2012, but will otherwise limit his dealings with an unpopular Congress, and instead travel the country to deliver his reelection message directly to voter... |
05e9df983a8587da0cdbeb437c2b44a7 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jan-03-la-na-wetlands-court-20120103-story.html | Supreme Court takes up property rights dispute | Supreme Court takes up property rights dispute
Mike and Chantell Sackett wanted to live on scenic Priest Lake in Idaho but couldn’t afford it. So they bought a residential lot across the road that offered a distant view of the water, clearing the land and laying gravel.
But instead of building their dream home, the Sac... |
553b84a87b78e7f04542ca03655af73b | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jan-04-la-fg-japan-farm-20120105-story.html | Japan’s tsunami has dealt lasting blow to family farms | Japan’s tsunami has dealt lasting blow to family farms
For nearly 40 years, farmer Eiichi Fukuda has put his faith in the land, trusting the annual yield of the fertile brown soil to help feed his family and the rest of his nation.
But these days, the veteran grower has watched the good earth turn dangerous. Nearly 10 ... |
6a1d18fa24327cec023ca90b7715bf7b | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jan-04-la-fg-yemen-saleh-troubles-20120105-story.html | Yemen president capitalizes on his political wits | Yemen president capitalizes on his political wits
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is as relentless as he is cunning, promising to step aside yet remaining very much in power even after nearly a year of deadly rebellion has edged his impoverished nation to the brink of implosion.
Bearing the scars from an assassinat... |
e39df7ee24ee6aefa04fad3764fbdc11 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jan-04-la-na-cyber-theft-20120104-story.html | Hackers reveal personal data of 860,000 Stratfor subscribers | Hackers reveal personal data of 860,000 Stratfor subscribers
A computer hacking group has revealed email addresses and other personal data from former Vice President Dan Quayle, former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, and hundreds of U.S. intelligence, law enforcement and military officials in a high-profile case... |
8cb0b05c27a1d5d021a94fea94b894c7 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jan-05-la-fg-brazil-truth-commission-20120106-story.html | Brazil finally ready to confront abuses in past dictatorship | Brazil finally ready to confront abuses in past dictatorship
Vera Paiva has spent four decades trying to find out what happened to her father after he was arrested in 1971 during Brazil’s military dictatorship.
Rubens Paiva, a former congressman, is one of the country’s most famous desaparecidos, or “disappeared ones,”... |
343c6edc8c8f11d0d5b9ccb3d4c6238b | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jan-05-la-na-obama-powers-20120106-story.html | Obama appointments could trigger court test case | Obama appointments could trigger court test case
President Obama’s decision to defy Senate Republicans and appoint four top agency officials on his own authority sets the stage for a contentious constitutional battle over the powers of the presidency and the role of Congress.
To Republicans, Obama’s action amounted to ... |
138345c7b4b324e8323e1346ec60b0cf | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jan-08-la-na-florida-beaches-20120108-story.html | If South Florida’s beaches could talk | If South Florida’s beaches could talk
A cow’s head. Lots of truck tires and shattered wooden pallets. Fresh fruit. Even, rarely, human remains.
Each morning the city’s beach cleanup crew heads out on a daily pre-dawn sweep of Fort Lauderdale’s famous beach. They never know what has washed up overnight.
“Mostly what we ... |
5702615e80eab92e14039ab1071e9ec5 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jan-10-la-na-oklahoma-sharia-20120111-story.html | Appeals court affirms order blocking Oklahoma sharia law ban | Appeals court affirms order blocking Oklahoma sharia law ban
A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that blocked the implementation of an Oklahoma law barring judges from considering international or Islamic law in their decisions.
The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a ruling released Tuesday, affirmed an o... |
1b18c4df2e4fc78e2f15ee052dec9ac8 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jan-15-la-fg-italy-cruise-ship-20120116-story.html | Italy cruise ship death toll rises to 5 as search continues | Italy cruise ship death toll rises to 5 as search continues
Scuba divers on Sunday retrieved the bodies of two men from the submerged lower levels of shipwrecked Costa Concordia, bringing to five the number of victims in Friday’s luxury liner accident off Italy’s Tuscan coast.
Rescue workers were racing to locate the 1... |
834776c6692f830441b6b00f1913e5e9 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jan-20-la-fg-afghan-deaths-20120121-story.html | France’s doubts on Afghanistan a boon for Taliban | France’s doubts on Afghanistan a boon for Taliban
President Nicolas Sarkozy’s announcement Friday that France was suspending joint combat and training programs and considering an early withdrawal from Afghanistan may be a sign the Taliban’s efforts to discourage its foes from continuing a long and unpopular war are pay... |
c73ff65342526fbda404b794cda1f9e7 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jan-20-la-fi-china-internet-20120120-story.html | U.S. website blackout draws praise in China | U.S. website blackout draws praise in China
Chinese Internet users are applauding the U.S. tech industry’s Web “strike” this week to protest federal anti-piracy bills that would give Uncle Sam greater control of cyberspace.
As websites including Wikipedia shut down and millions of Americans complained to lawmakers abou... |
74322920801c6b636010b03ed7bb9268 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jan-20-la-fi-internet-piracy-20120120-story.html | Uproar over proposed bills delays answer to Internet piracy | Uproar over proposed bills delays answer to Internet piracy
The derailing of long-sought legislation to combat digital piracy is a troubling sign for the entertainment industry, whose insider lobbyists were routed by technology companies armed with the brute-force power of the Internet.
Tech still lags behind Hollywood... |
10e0df1d254a2156a2f447f637094ceb | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jan-24-la-fg-syria-monitors-20120125-story.html | Gulf states withdrawing monitors from Syria and urge U.N. action | Gulf states withdrawing monitors from Syria and urge U.N. action
An Arab League peace plan for Syria appeared to be near collapse Tuesday as six Persian Gulf nations announced their intention to withdraw monitors from the country and urged the United Nations Security Council to take “all needed measures” to pressure Sy... |
bc482eb84377cc88b83c988bf5d54017 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jul-01-la-fg-pakistan-beer-20120701-story.html | Could Pakistan beer take edge off relations with India? | Could Pakistan beer take edge off relations with India?
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — In a country where mullahs ceaselessly denounce Western vices and laws prevent restaurants from offering anything stronger than mocktails or Red Bull, the Murree Brewery somehow perseveres, churning out pallets of lager with an efficiency th... |
6b62c316feff00d55084a42b1433c288 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jul-01-la-na-latino-ads-20120701-story.html | Presidential campaigns missing the mark in advertising to Latinos | Presidential campaigns missing the mark in advertising to Latinos
Both political parties agree that the country’s 21.3 million registered Latino voters could make a crucial difference in this year’s presidential election.
Yet in a race defined by massive spending on television ads, fast-response Internet videos and sop... |
9992a9c31342bcac9ca9e87fa63af088 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jul-06-la-na-secure-communities-20120706-story.html | Citizen sues over imprisonment under fingerprint-sharing program | Citizen sues over imprisonment under fingerprint-sharing program
WASHINGTON — A computer specialist is suing the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security after a controversial fingerprint-sharing program incorrectly identified him as an illegal immigrant and authorities ordered him detained in a maximum-security pri... |
8d1b23dbe72492d9623e2961f5bac006 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jul-22-la-na-colorado-shooting-20120723-story.html | After Colorado theater shooting, Aurora seeks solace, unity | After Colorado theater shooting, Aurora seeks solace, unity
AURORA, Colo. — They began arriving hours before the prayer vigil began Sunday, lugging shattered hearts as a thunderstorm crackled and light rain fell.
By the time thousands had gathered outside Aurora’s City Hall amid noticeably tight security, the sun had p... |
fc6b77dd97ad7ccf1979ea5de195b322 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jul-28-la-na-obama-likability-20120729-story.html | Obama outranks Romney on likability, polls show | Obama outranks Romney on likability, polls show
WASHINGTON — The economy is in the tank and hopes for quick improvement are dim. Most people don’t like the direction the country is headed and many blame President Obama. And his GOP rival scores better on the top issues. So why isn’t Obama doing worse in the polls?
One ... |
dcb4de3c0a3c79bef94a9be6b15af6b2 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jun-04-la-fg-syria-assad-20120604-story.html | Syria President Bashar Assad denies role in massacres | Syria President Bashar Assad denies role in massacres
AMMAN, Jordan — A defiant Syrian President Bashar Assad offered no new initiatives Sunday to revive a faltering United Nations peace plan but instead assailed a “foreign conspiracy” stoking violence and denied his government had a role in “monstrous massacres” acros... |
63ca3ceef5738151568459dd01525cf6 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jun-07-la-fi-bernanke-economy-20120608-story.html | Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke warns of ‘fiscal cliff’ risks | Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke warns of ‘fiscal cliff’ risks
WASHINGTON — Fears about a looming fiscal crisis at the end of the year are starting to pinch job growth and threatening to undercut the nation’s fragile recovery, a growing number of economists and employers say.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, in testi... |
daa4b4f67bdf78b755a60d6a119428dd | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jun-10-la-na-afghan-shooting-20120610-story.html | Four seconds in Afghanistan: Was it combat, or a crime? | Four seconds in Afghanistan: Was it combat, or a crime?
Sgt. 1st Class Walter Taylor’s life collapsed in four interminable seconds in a dusty field in central Afghanistan.
His convoy was reeling from a roadside bomb, his fellow soldiers were engaged in combat with insurgents — and a mysterious black car had just screec... |
f2ad95c3617c6cd346879457cbde505c | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jun-14-la-fg-colombia-false-positives-20120614-story.html | In Colombia, 6 sentenced in ‘false positives’ death scheme | In Colombia, 6 sentenced in ‘false positives’ death scheme
BOGOTA, Colombia — Leonardo Porras, a mentally challenged day laborer, was lured by the promise of work and flown from Bogota to a faraway location in northern Colombia, where he was shot to death by Colombian soldiers. As part of a nefarious scheme, prosecutor... |
952e5cca5f052f73e7df4247ff625eea | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jun-21-la-fg-syria-homs-20120621-story.html | No sign of Syria truce to let civilians evacuate from Homs | No sign of Syria truce to let civilians evacuate from Homs
BEIRUT — The International Committee of the Red Cross said Wednesday that it had received assurances from the Syrian government and opposition forces on a plan for a temporary truce to evacuate and assist people stranded in the battle-torn city of Homs.
But rep... |
2d3799a84950650b0fd089ea3b089bc0 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jun-24-la-fg-syria-turkey-20120624-story.html | Syria, Turkey mount joint rescue for downed jet’s pilots | Syria, Turkey mount joint rescue for downed jet’s pilots
BEIRUT — A day after Syria shot down a Turkish jet, officials from the neighboring countries moved to tamp down tensions Saturday as they mounted a joint rescue operation for two pilots still missing in the eastern Mediterranean.
The incident dramatically escalat... |
4623119accf0a78e29b98a90660b5fa5 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jun-24-la-na-sea-level-20120624-story.html | In North Carolina, a fight over sea levels and science | In North Carolina, a fight over sea levels and science
RALEIGH, N.C. — When scientists at a state commission predicted that North Carolina’s sea levels could rise 39 inches by 2100, coastal business and development leaders weren’t alarmed at the prospect of flooding. They were outraged by the report itself.
They compla... |
093d23877a1d2b896769744bd3966008 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jun-28-la-fg-india-gumshoe-20120629-story.html | In India, first comes detective work, then comes marriage | In India, first comes detective work, then comes marriage
NEW DELHI — It’s a weekday morning in posh Safdarjung Enclave. A man sells fragrant masala tea from a cart, stray dogs dodge belching rickshaws, and two men smoking cigarettes work overtime at looking nonchalant. Their attention is focused on a white house with ... |
6b2d7c251890147de8dad0c322e941f1 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jun-29-la-na-europe-campaign-20120630-story.html | Romney’s critiques of Europe raise some questions | Romney’s critiques of Europe raise some questions
BRUNSWICK, Ohio — It is Republican tradition to portray Europe as a socialist haven where high taxes and extravagant public spending on healthcare and retirement benefits show the folly of Democrats’ big-government agenda.
But few have used the tactic as aggressively as... |
2993790382e21a35249a2ac95c74a7ea | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-mar-08-la-fg-pakistan-iran-pipeline-20120309-story.html | Pakistan’s Iran pipeline plan further strains ties with U.S. | Pakistan’s Iran pipeline plan further strains ties with U.S.
As the U.S. and Pakistan struggle to patch up frayed ties, plans for a Pakistani-Iranian natural gas pipeline further threaten the fragile partnership.
Pakistan desperately needs new energy sources and has made it clear that it plans to forge ahead with the p... |
2fb24358ed310fad6ace3431857d5388 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-mar-08-la-na-koran-training-20120308-story.html | U.S. military struggles to teach troops to respect Koran | U.S. military struggles to teach troops to respect Koran
Troops serving in Afghanistan were advised never to touch the Koran, never to place anything on top of one, and to keep it off the floor and out of bathrooms. They were even told never to “talk badly” about it.
But the do’s and don’ts said nothing about burning t... |
8bf2ea162fc6e30f58a57eef6e3a8bb4 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-mar-19-la-na-bales-profile-20120320-story.html | Who is Robert Bales? Friends, comrades thought they knew | Who is Robert Bales? Friends, comrades thought they knew
Reporting from Lake Tapps, Wash., and Norwood, Ohio
For those who grew up with him, Robert Bales seemed to have a place reserved on easy street. Captain of the football team and president of the sophomore class at his Ohio high school, Bales after just three year... |
0e98072bf096f571362213a390adbd9a | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-mar-21-la-fg-france-shootings-20120322-story.html | Standoff with shooting suspect unfolds in France | Standoff with shooting suspect unfolds in France
A standoff with a gunman deemed France’s public enemy No. 1 after he claimed responsibility for three shootings that left seven people dead entered its second day Thursday as heavily armed police tried to extricate the suspect from a barricaded apartment in Toulouse.
Eli... |
5b8318e3e8f27f8275964c1da6cda60d | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-mar-25-la-na-poll-presidential-20120325-story.html | California Republicans get behind Mitt Romney | California Republicans get behind Mitt Romney
Republican voters in California have swung behind Mitt Romney, with the national presidential front-runner crushing his rivals by double digits and substantially expanding his support in the state, a new poll has found.
Romney won 42% of registered Republican voters, with h... |
f09750e7dc07ade49197c215d30347f0 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-mar-29-la-fg-saudi-worries-20120330-story.html | Mideast upheaval knocks Saudi Arabia off balance | Mideast upheaval knocks Saudi Arabia off balance
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The Saudi royal family prizes stability as much as the oil that secures its wealth, but political upheaval across the Middle East has shaken the kingdom’s sense of balance, forcing it to press for radical change in Syria and confront a bid by longt... |
8454252401b73fc31de067d6e40de931 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-mar-31-la-na-hiv-women-20120401-story.html | HIV among black women in 6 cities far exceeds national average | HIV among black women in 6 cities far exceeds national average
African American women in six U.S. cities are becoming infected with HIV at a rate five times the national average for black women, and closer to the rates of some African countries, according to a new study.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University and arou... |
b71504d8ae27c883376b7add496b1067 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-may-08-la-na-same-sex-marriage-20120508-story.html | Gay marriage is distancing Obama from other Democrats | Gay marriage is distancing Obama from other Democrats
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s carefully crafted position on the issue of gay marriage is leaving him trapped between liberal elements important to his party and the socially conservative swing voters who could well decide the November election.
But other Democrats ... |
3d0654b09fa9d6c2abbf83fdf0725775 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-may-17-la-na-nuns-20120518-story.html | Catholics all a-Twitter about the role of nuns | Catholics all a-Twitter about the role of nuns
Sister Simone Campbell doesn’t wear a habit.
A nun for more than 40 years and an attorney for 35, the executive director of a Roman Catholic social justice lobby called Network doesn’t feel she should wear one.
Her voice mail refers to her simply as “Simone,” and she hasn’... |
9cb940d38831be287029839e4927df50 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-may-19-la-fg-panetta-interview-20120519-story.html | Panetta to confront Pakistan at NATO summit on transport costs | Panetta to confront Pakistan at NATO summit on transport costs
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta heads to this weekend’s NATO summit prepared to confront Pakistan over what he considers price-gouging for transport of supplies to Afghanistan and hoping for a “consensus” among allies over the war effort.
In ... |
7923014b5c21b59d9b20173b34496f51 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-may-20-la-na-dna-revolution-20120521-story.html | Registry tallies over 2,000 wrongful convictions since 1989 | Registry tallies over 2,000 wrongful convictions since 1989
WASHINGTON — More than 2,000 people have been freed from prison since 1989 after they were found to have been wrongly convicted of serious crimes, according to a new National Registry of Exonerations compiled by University of Michigan Law School and Northweste... |
49cd44218b7b5b0e260f64cc1655cf17 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-may-24-la-fg-brazil-migration-20120524-story.html | Brazil’s historically poor northeast finally gets its boom | Brazil’s historically poor northeast finally gets its boom
RECIFE, Brazil — The Brazilian state of Pernambuco was once known for its vast plains of parched dirt and roving bandits called cangacos, who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor.
For later generations, escaping the widespread poverty of the northeast cust... |
762180dbf321333797d2e363c96b98d8 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-nov-14-la-fg-wn-death-mother-refused-abortion-ireland-debate-20121114-story.html | Death of woman denied an abortion causes uproar in Ireland | Death of woman denied an abortion causes uproar in Ireland
The death of an ailing woman who was refused an abortion in an Irish hospital has inflamed longstanding concern about Ireland’s tight restrictions on when women can terminate a pregnancy.
Praveen Halappanavar told the Irish Times that his wife, Savita, was suff... |
b46d1d02a37d6975d4dc996ad351f81b | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-nov-15-la-fg-wn-india-abortion-ireland-savita-20121115-story.html | Outrage in India over death of woman denied abortion in Ireland | Outrage in India over death of woman denied abortion in Ireland
Outrage over the death of an Indian woman denied an abortion in Ireland resounded in her home country this week, as politicians and her grieving parents demanded changes in Irish laws.
“We should lodge a very strong protest with the Irish authorities as th... |
4a929f640b308d8f6c139ffd83344d91 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-nov-19-la-fg-israel-gaza-airstrikes-20121119-story.html | Israeli strike kills 9 members of Gaza family | Israeli strike kills 9 members of Gaza family
GAZA CITY — An Israeli airstrike Sunday killed at least nine members of the same family — mostly women and children — in the deadliest single attack and worst civilian tragedy since the fighting in the Gaza Strip began last week.
Though Israel has expressed pride over its f... |
c4205e319b8c86773056f834d963b65e | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-nov-19-la-fg-us-gaza-20121120-story.html | Gaza conflict threatens Obama’s plans for Mideast diplomacy | Gaza conflict threatens Obama’s plans for Mideast diplomacy
WASHINGTON — The increasingly bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip is threatening the Obama administration’s plans to reinvigorate its Middle East diplomacy, creating new obstacles across the region as the president prepares for his secon... |
64a44f300c6bdfb4123cb5db36fd5206 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-nov-20-la-fg-egypt-morsi-gaza-20121121-story.html | Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi walks tightrope in Gaza conflict | Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi walks tightrope in Gaza conflict
CAIRO — The Gaza conflict has pressured Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on many fronts: Each rocket Hamas fired into Israel has been a test of Morsi’s loyalty. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also been gauging how much damage he can inflict... |
e48e79f5248a09474d2ed8740967f455 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-nov-21-la-fg-wn-gaza-mideast-fallout-20121120-story.html | Israeli-Hamas clash sends unsettling ripples throughout Mideast | Israeli-Hamas clash sends unsettling ripples throughout Mideast
A weeklong battle between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip has turned the political kaleidoscope, shaking up and repositioning diplomatic forces tackling the Middle East’s myriad conflicts.
The broad alliance contending with the civil war in Sy... |
ade6e6bfdee6292875b94204d43560a2 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-nov-25-la-fi-mo-airline-food-getting-healthier-expert-says-20121123-story.html | Airline food is getting more healthful, expert says | Airline food is getting more healthful, expert says
On the nation’s airlines, the days of free lunch are long over. That also goes for breakfast, dinner and snacks. Once complimentary, most airline food now comes with a price tag.
But there is some good news about what you get to eat on commercial airlines: It apparent... |
088a9f2d89663d22a7aa4f8cdb858957 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-nov-28-la-fg-wn-egyptian-court-challenges-president-20121128-story.html | Egyptian court vows to not be ‘blackmailed’ by President Morsi | Egyptian court vows to not be ‘blackmailed’ by President Morsi
CAIRO -- Egypt’s highest court Wednesday went on the offensive against President Mohamed Morsi, saying it would not be intimidated by “blackmail” and indicating it would soon rule on whether to dissolve the Islamist-led constitutional assembly, which Morsi ... |
045a7c16b12b3cff288144ab66a29eea | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-nov-28-la-fg-wn-spanish-real-estate-lender-layoffs-20121128-story.html | Top Spanish real estate lender lays off 6,000 employees | Top Spanish real estate lender lays off 6,000 employees
MADRID -- Spain’s biggest real estate lender announced Wednesday that it would slash 6,000 jobs and close nearly 40% of its bank branches in exchange for European bailout loans.
The European Commission approved restructuring plans for Spain’s financial sector Wedn... |
60a715e9cb1aa7dd2c43cbdb0cbdeaca | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-oct-03-la-na-russian-indict-20121004-story.html | U.S. indicts 11 in alleged technology theft for Russia | U.S. indicts 11 in alleged technology theft for Russia
HOUSTON —Eleven alleged members of a clandestine procurement network have been indicted in connection with what prosecutors say was a $50-million conspiracy designed “to steal American technologies for the Russian government.”
The grand jury indictment was unsealed... |
4651746bd7ce263ea4bc08a6618e505e | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-oct-20-la-fg-pakistan-malala-20121020-story.html | Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan, shot by Taliban, able to stand | Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan, shot by Taliban, able to stand
LONDON — Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenage education-rights campaigner who was shot in the head by the Taliban, has been able to stand for the first time since the attack and is communicating by writing, a British hospital official said Friday.
But the ... |
5cd511620df2b71de2102b0b61a23bef | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-oct-25-la-fg-egypt-trash-20121026-story.html | In Egypt, post-revolution chaos stinks, with trash piling up | In Egypt, post-revolution chaos stinks, with trash piling up
CAIRO — Trucks haul garbage away, but by nightfall trash bags seem to breed across boulevards and alleys, rising like a foul tide until men and boys, hands quick as birds, scavenge for tin foil flashing in the rising sun.
Trash tumbles and blows, sits in clum... |
3a2a8d1639708773462429599e0a8fb2 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-oct-27-la-fg-syria-truce-violence-20121027-story.html | Dozens killed as Syria cease-fire ends within hours | Dozens killed as Syria cease-fire ends within hours
BEIRUT — The first day of a cease-fire in the Syrian conflict in observance of the Eid al-Adha holiday went as many observers had expected: It was violated within hours, and both sides blamed each other.
The four-day truce, which began Friday with the Muslim holiday, ... |
80dc4558389b8628f0dd5e2919c6f3b3 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-oct-27-la-na-campaign-2012-20121028-story.html | Candidates joust over Romney’s record as governor | Candidates joust over Romney’s record as governor
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Mitt Romney’s record as governor of Massachusetts was the focal point of presidential campaign sparring on Saturday, with the GOP nominee boasting that he worked across the aisle to close a multibillion-dollar budget gap and President Obama arguing tha... |
b16cb0945df29bf970b93df70d44a727 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-oct-28-la-fg-china-party-security-20121028-story.html | ‘No’ tops the agenda ahead of China’s 18th party congress | ‘No’ tops the agenda ahead of China’s 18th party congress
BEIJING — In honor of the upcoming 18th congress of the Chinese Communist Party, here are just a few of the things you cannot do in Beijing.
Watch foreign television while you exercise in a health club. Attend an outdoor concert. Do your homework online. Buy a k... |
7dad0fb45c18bded3f2a5eb397ee7971 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-sep-04-la-fg-syria-azaz-rebels-20120905-story.html | Syria rebel-captured town Azaz lies mostly in ruins | Syria rebel-captured town Azaz lies mostly in ruins
AZAZ, Syria — This battered agricultural hub near the Turkish border is one place where the Free Syrian Army has triumphed, scattering the forces of Syrian President Bahar Assad. It has proved to be something of a Pyrrhic victory.
Shot-up buildings, burned tanks and a... |
a3f39832bfb1f5968bfe8c06023167d2 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-sep-08-la-fg-india-intellectuals-20120909-story.html | In India, Bengalis seek to recapture their glory as intellectuals | In India, Bengalis seek to recapture their glory as intellectuals
KOLKATA, India — The dusty files, manual typewriter, aging books and film reels in metal tins languish in Satyajit Ray’s study, largely the way the filmmaker left them on his death two decades ago.
Among the most creative Bengalis of modern times, Ray di... |
8bbc4322dc9a8c67a5e78ccd6bc32af0 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-sep-14-la-fg-middle-east-violence-20120915-story.html | Anti-American unrest spreads in Muslim world | Anti-American unrest spreads in Muslim world
CAIRO — Anti-American violence erupted across the Muslim world for a third day, with enraged protesters scaling the walls of U.S. embassies in Sudan and Tunisia and hard-pressed police waging street battles with demonstrators in several Middle East capitals.
Protesters tore ... |
afc647004fc9d7d46471386d4b3b3980 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-sep-19-la-na-macdonald-20120920-story.html | Final chance for ‘Fatal Vision’ convict? | Final chance for ‘Fatal Vision’ convict?
WILMINGTON, N.C. — His ankles are shackled as he shuffles into the courtroom, looking older than his 68 years after half a lifetime in prison.
He wears white socks and shower sandals, baggy pants, and a drab tan pullover stamped with the words “Inmate New Hanover County,” the te... |
60ab2700779d048cce303f469b496b72 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-sep-26-la-na-obama-debate-20120926-story.html | Obama getting less debate practice than Romney | Obama getting less debate practice than Romney
WASHINGTON — President Obama has blocked out three days to prepare for the October debates, but with the constant pressures that come with one of the world’s most important jobs, aides worry he may not get enough practice at the podium.
The debate retreat, scheduled to sta... |
fce65c0a60ca2e1680a7185b5d7791c5 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-sep-29-la-fg-china-mooncakes-20120930-story.html | The greening of the mooncake | The greening of the mooncake
BEIJING — With the Mid-Autumn Festival fast approaching, Yang Haijuan dropped by the posh China World Hotel to pick up three deluxe sets of mooncakes, gifts for her friends.
She’d chosen the eight-cake “Autumn Elegance” boxes, covered in golden fabric and embroidered flowers, at a cost of $... |
d396a0896b12cb8ef18dd2d799231118 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-sep-30-la-na-court-election-20120930-story.html | Presidential race may leave lasting imprint on Supreme Court | Presidential race may leave lasting imprint on Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is not on the ballot in November, but its future direction on issues such as abortion, gay rights, gun rights, voting laws and the role of money in politics depends on who is elected president for the next four years.
The justic... |
40a01fc8b2a0e131778d0804e3256a87 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-sep-30-la-na-missouri-senate-20120930-story.html | Stalwart Missouri conservatives stick with Todd Akin for Senate | Stalwart Missouri conservatives stick with Todd Akin for Senate
ROLLA, Mo. — The first stop on Republican Todd Akin’s bus tour in his renegade campaign for U.S. Senate was Rush Limbaugh’s hometown, then he headed west to the rural communities off historic Route 66 and north to the capital — criss-crossing a state where... |
90f1dbab678bf2fed77e700b9c1dce63 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-apr-02-la-fg-wn-palestinian-prisoner-dies-20130402-story.html | Death of Palestinian prisoner in Israel sparks violence | Death of Palestinian prisoner in Israel sparks violence
RAMALLAH, West Bank – Violence broke out Tuesday in several Israeli jails and West Bank cities following reports that a Palestinian prisoner died of cancer at a hospital in southern Israel.
Palestinians said that Maysara abu Hamdieh, 63, died because of medical ne... |
82216d6a6a0aff2bf884544105bb513a | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-apr-08-la-fg-wn-afghanistan-roadside-bomb-kills-civilians-20130408-story.html | Roadside bomb in Afghanistan kills 9 civilians | Roadside bomb in Afghanistan kills 9 civilians
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A roadside bomb detonated under a bus in Afghanistan on Monday, killing nine civilians, officials said. It was the latest in a string of attacks over the past week that have left noncombatants dead.
The bus was driving from the southern province of Gh... |
48e7d9c2e389dc8ec8b407dc655fe17d | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-apr-10-la-fg-wn-interview-albanian-artist-20130410-story.html | Global Voices: An artist’s take on dictatorship’s legacy | Global Voices: An artist’s take on dictatorship’s legacy
Anila Rubiku grew up in a country that no longer exists, at least not the isolated, repressed and paranoid state that was Albania before Eastern Europe’s anti-Communist revolutions.
The Balkan country that broke away from its iron-fisted mentors in Moscow, Beijin... |
fe66f4fc78ec85edaadc9619614b19f6 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-apr-13-la-fg-wn-palestinian-authority-prime-minister-resigns-20130413-story.html | Palestinian Authority prime minister resigns | Palestinian Authority prime minister resigns
JERUSALEM -- Embattled Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad resigned late Saturday after struggling for years against political rivals and lackluster public support.
Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who in recent months had also clashed with Fayyad, accepted t... |
f9fa718e3608912a58ef13b73ec571ed | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-apr-14-la-fg-venezuela-election-20130415-story.html | Nicolas Maduro wins Venezuela presidency, council says | Nicolas Maduro wins Venezuela presidency, council says
CARACAS, Venezuela — Nicolas Maduro, who served as Venezuela’s interim president in the weeks after the death of his mentor, President Hugo Chavez, won a narrow victory over Miranda state Gov. Henrique Capriles to become the country’s elected leader, officials said... |
f0be14032a4d16ed52450418c6b536e1 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-apr-19-la-fg-wn-father-of-boston-suspects-20130419-story.html | Bombing suspects’ father, Chechen officials cry ‘set up’ | Bombing suspects’ father, Chechen officials cry ‘set up’
MOSCOW -- Reports that two young Chechens were suspects in the deadly explosions this week in Boston were met Friday with anger, denial and surprise by their father and officials from Chechnya and the neighboring Dagestan in southern Russia.
Anzor Tsarnaev, an et... |
2b6300c2e56c183acf486eb257366636 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-apr-20-la-fg-wn-marathon-bombing-suspects-visit-home-to-dagestan-20130420-story.html | Bombing suspect reportedly led quiet life during Dagestan visit | Bombing suspect reportedly led quiet life during Dagestan visit
MAKHACHKALA, Dagestan -- When Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev returned home to the capital of Dagestan for six months last year, he led a quiet life and spent time helping his father with house repairs, according to a family friend.
“The ... |
7511681a63317d9c66e977edcf22288c | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-apr-21-la-fg-wn-tsarnaev-mother-20130421-story.html | Bomb suspect’s mother: Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s touching call | Bomb suspect’s mother: Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s touching call
MOSCOW -- Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the older of the two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings, called his mother Thursday morning, hours before being killed in a shootout with police, and told her he had received a call from the FBI, she said.
“He would ca... |
aa2720653499e75ba6a0a44589db69b0 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-apr-22-la-fg-wn-police-canada-suspects-al-qaeda-iran-20130422-story.html | Analysts surprised by alleged Al Qaeda in Iran tie in Canada plot | Analysts surprised by alleged Al Qaeda in Iran tie in Canada plot
Police in Canada said Monday that two men suspected of plotting to derail a passenger train were guided by Al Qaeda elements in Iran, but the statement surprised many experts who study terrorism in the Middle East and Iran.
“It frankly doesn’t compute fo... |
7decf513823b5292659fb0764f4efdcd | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-apr-23-la-fg-wn-car-bomb-french-embassy-libya-20130423-story.html | Car bomb explodes at French Embassy in Libya | Car bomb explodes at French Embassy in Libya
CAIRO -- A car bomb exploded at the French Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, on Tuesday, injuring three people and raising the specter that Islamist militants were seeking retribution for France’s military strikes against extremists in the West African nation of Mali.
The bombing w... |
7f7449537c82515fb7194e266f5d0498 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-apr-23-la-fg-wn-iran-canada-terror-plot-20130423-story.html | Iran scoffs at alleged link to Canada terror plot | Iran scoffs at alleged link to Canada terror plot
TEHRAN -- Iranian officials Tuesday scoffed at the idea that an alleged terrorist plot thwarted in Canada had been guided by Al Qaeda elements in Iran.
“In my 64 years of age, I have not heard anything as ridiculous as this,” Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi sa... |
cf94b6019d9ccec45b2bf18f43d0da35 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-apr-23-la-fg-wn-israel-syria-chemical-weapons-20130423-story.html | Israel accuses Syria of using chemical weapons against rebels | Israel accuses Syria of using chemical weapons against rebels
JERUSALEM – Israel on Tuesday accused Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime of using chemical weapons against rebels, heightening pressure on the international community to react and exposing a potential new rift with the United States over the assessment o... |
be45b2dd8e72f1833a300ea63d0adbbc | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-apr-24-la-fg-wn-china-korea-dempsey-20130424-story.html | In Beijing, Dempsey warns of further North Korean provocations | In Beijing, Dempsey warns of further North Korean provocations
BEIJING -- The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday in Beijing that he is expecting more provocations from North Korea in the coming years and a heightened risk of confrontation.
Gen. Martin Dempsey, who was speaking to reporters at the... |
539a2b473404fceb7f7919af3e50a7a2 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-aug-21-la-syria-rebels-say-scores-dead-in-poisongas-attack-20130821-story.html | Syria rebels say scores dead in poison-gas attack | Syria rebels say scores dead in poison-gas attack
BEIRUT -- Syrian opposition activists Wednesday accused the government of killing scores of civilians, including women and children, in a poison-gas assault on rebel strongholds outside Damascus.
The official Syrian news agency called the reports “untrue” and designed t... |
323261f4bcdbb26d851a4051eecd04b6 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-aug-26-la-fg-wn-europe-syria-20130826-story.html | Britain, France press for intervention in Syria | Britain, France press for intervention in Syria
LONDON -- The drumbeat for Western intervention in Syria, including possible military strikes, grew louder Monday in Europe, mostly at the urging of Britain and France.
The two nations also led the European response to the war in Libya, but this time even Germany, which s... |
60bf7630062059f0fe5842478109fdca | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-aug-27-la-fg-wn-afghan-civilians-targeted-20130827-story.html | Civilians becoming targets in Afghanistan -- a dozen slain by Taliban | Civilians becoming targets in Afghanistan -- a dozen slain by Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban killed six civilians in Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday, among a dozen slain in the latest attacks that have seen ordinary people increasingly caught up in the violence, often after being accused of working with ... |
4e32506197cdec5edb3111ced4896eb8 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-feb-04-la-heb-tv-exercise-sperm-20130204-story.html | Sperm count low among couch potatoes, study finds | Sperm count low among couch potatoes, study finds
For those men who are looking to boost their sperm count, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health have some simple advice: drop the TV remote control and get to the gym.
A study published Monday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that men who wat... |
29c123339ae7858fe4131b2ab4fbc869 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-feb-05-la-fg-wn-mexico-spanish-tourists-raped-20130205-story.html | Six Spanish tourists raped by gunmen in Mexico, authorities say | Six Spanish tourists raped by gunmen in Mexico, authorities say
MEXICO CITY -- Six Spanish tourists on vacation in Acapulco were raped by masked gunmen who burst into their lodgings in the middle of the night, roughed up their companions and made off with cash, laptops and other valuables, authorities said.
The attack ... |
098a5340685a2efa2b39afd7ee219e6a | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-feb-05-la-na-obama-speechwriter-20130205-story.html | Jon Favreau, President Obama’s head speechwriter, is departing | Jon Favreau, President Obama’s head speechwriter, is departing
WASHINGTON — Jon Favreau’s career took off when, at age 23, he interrupted U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama during a speech rehearsal to offer some suggestions for improvement.
That cheeky move led to a seven-year tour as Obama’s lead speechwriter, an ass... |
ff14c5d34de3633326cb66666400b583 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-feb-07-la-na-brennan-hearing-20130208-story.html | CIA controversies scrutinized at Brennan confirmation hearing | CIA controversies scrutinized at Brennan confirmation hearing
WASHINGTON — President Obama’s nominee to be CIA director faced a grilling at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday about a decade of CIA mistakes and misdeeds, from abuse of detainees to leaks of classified information.
The highly unusual public hearing ... |
b200d489f7613d92793c0df85cf7b1b0 | https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2013-feb-09-la-fg-wn-india-hanging-20130209-story.html | India executes Afzul Guru for 2001 parliament attack | India executes Afzul Guru for 2001 parliament attack
NEW DELHI -- India executed Mohammad Afzal Guru on Saturday, an Indian national from divided Kashmir convicted of providing logistical support for a notorious 2001 attack on parliament that killed at least seven people and fanned regional tension.
Authorities hoped t... |
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