Over 200 people attended a memorial service in Kings Park this morning to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Bali bombings.

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Russia is heading for a diplomatic stand-off with Britain over a cargo ship carrying helicopter gunships destined for Syria, which is accompanied by the Russian navy ( Read more... )

(CNN) - A conservative women's advocacy group on Wednesday announced a major ad buy aimed against President Barack Obama's sweeping health care reform ( Read more... )

What is wrong with the President sitting in a room, looking at lists and portraits of people-a Somali man, a seventeen-year-old girl, an American citizen-and deciding whom to kill? That, according to long and troubling articles in both the Times and Newsweek, is a job Barack Obama has assigned himself. His aides, notably John Brennan, his counter- ( Read more... )

In yet another horrifying incident of human flesh-eating this week, a student in Maryland allegedly admitted to devouring his roommate's brain and heart.

Alexander Kinyua, a 21-year-old Morgan State University student, admitted to murdering his roommate Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie, who was reported missing last Friday, cops told the Baltimore Sun.

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Rights groups accuse government of contempt for basic freedoms as officers fire upon crowd of tens of thousands.



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Four houses and one kindergarten in south Tel Aviv, all serving the African asylum seeker community, were hit  within the same hour by Molotov cocktails. Testimonies from asylum seekers and Israeli neighbors indicate a coordinated pogrom.

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EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) - A 32-year-old woman from Iraq who was found severely beaten next to a threatening note saying "go back to your country" died on Saturday.Hanif Mohebi, the director of the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said he met with Shaima Alawadi's family members in the morning and was told that she was ( Read more... )

Chicago - Police have made arrests in the case of a 17-year-old Asian boy beaten by a gang of six attackers while another filmed the attack. The footage of the attack posted on YouTube helped the police in their investigation.

(WARNING: The video depicts graphic violence and language. Video can be seen at link, view at your own descretion)


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