Marina Silva is a presidential hopeful running on the Socialist Party ticket. Her personality attracted the attention of CIA in the mid-1980s when she was attending the Federal University of Acre. Back then she was…
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The families of victims from South Korea’s ferry disaster said Wednesday they would seek Pope Francis’ support for an in-depth probe into the tragedy at a private meeting during his upcoming visit. The pope, who…
Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov has criticized Western countries for jumping to conclusions just “24 hours after the crash” while there is no evidence. “They try to show to the whole world…
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin opened a meeting with top economic advisers late Thursday with comments on the crash of a Malaysian airliner in Ukraine. The text of his remarks, as taken from the Kremlin website and translated by The Associated Press: — Dear colleagues! You know that a terrible event occurred today in the sky over Ukraine, an awful tragedy — a civilian plane was killed, 285 people, according to preliminary information, were killed. On behalf of the Russian leadership and the Russian government, we express condolences to the bereaved families, the governments of those countries whose nationals were on that plane. I ask you to honor their memory.
The South Korea Ferry Disaster Is Truly Awful, But It Is Not Murder Almost everything about the aftermath of the South Korean ferry disaster – except, tragically, the initial response – has seemed heightened, intense,…
It’s hard these days to be optimistic about Japan’s economy or have much faith in Japan as the Rising Sun, a global economic power, Asia’s industrial and technological powerhouse or about any other laudatory…
Political opportunists seize upon tragedy to attack second amendment Within hours of the tragic ‘Batman’ shooting in Aurora, Colorado, political opportunists have seized upon the incident to push for gun control, with New York Mayor…