Excellent 2 minute summation. A must see:

http://screen.yahoo.com/daily-ticker/america-learn-china-politics-competence-220810952.html

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The Daily Ticker's Aaron Task discusses what political lessons China has for the U.S. with Ann Lee who wrote the book "What the U.S. Can Learn from…

Jewish racists who are saddened by the death of their doyen, Rabbi Yosef Ovadia, will take comfort in the fact that another racist Jewish “man of God”, Dov Lior, the chief rabbi of the squatter colony of Kiryat Arba, near Hebron, is losing no time to fill in his space.…

'Glee' star Cory Monteith found dead in hotel in Canada

Nineteen firefighters killed battling Arizona blaze

(Reuters) - An elite team of 19 firemen were killed on Sunday in one of deadliest U.S. firefighting disasters in decades as flames raced through dry brush and grass in central Arizona, destroying scores of homes…

U.S. Student Killed in Egypt Protest Was Drawn to a Region in Upheaval

By RAVI SOMAIYA and ERIN BANCO

Published: June 29,…

Russia blast: Multiple explosions rock arsenal storing ‘millions’ of shells as hundreds fight blaze

Published time: June 18, 2013 17:11 

Edited time: June 19, 2013 05:43

Huge explosions have ripped through a munitions depot in Russia’s Samara Region where over 13 million shells were stored. More than 1,500 firefighters were deployed to combat the blaze, and thousands of locals were…

4 people stabbed at UK mosque attack

Published time: June 16, 2013 02:42 

Edited time: June 16, 2013 17:43

Four men, including a police officer, have been stabbed at a mosque in Birmingham, UK. Police have taken a 32-year-old man into custody in connection with the attacks that left four victims in hospital.

Officers arrived at the scene responding to…

Libyan arms fueling warfare in Syria, Mali, Gaza Strip – UN report

Published time: April 10, 2013 10:23

Arms out of post-Gaddafi Libya are empowering militant groups, including terrorists and criminal gangs across the Middle East and Africa, a UN report said. Twelve countries are involved in the illicit trade of weapons, including portable SAM missiles.

Eighteen months after the…

The FBI’s "top priority" in 2013 is to modernize surveillance law so authorities can monitor in real time the Web activities of Americans suspected of committing crimes, the FBI’s general counsel said.

At a luncheon for the American Bar Association in Washington last week, Andrew Weissman said that a 1994 federal law designed to help law enforcement conduct lawful surveillance was not keeping up with modern…

Thousands of Spain’s horses head for the slaughterhouse as economic crisis results in abandonment

By Agence France-Presse

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 2:34 EDT

In Spain’s boom years, they were a rich family’s status symbol. Now abandoned as a result of the economic crisis, horses are plodding in their tens of thousands to the slaughterhouse.…

Porcine pollution: Thousands of dead pigs dumped in Chinese river (PHOTOS)

French nationals fighting alongside Islamists in major conflict zones

US, UK and France training Syrian rebels in Jordan - reports

One civilian killed, over 400 injured in Port Said clashes

Published time: March 04, 2013 01:47

One person has been reported killed and over 400 injured in clashes in Port Said. Egypt’s army reportedly moved in to stop clashes between protesters and police, sparked by the transfer of prisoners accused of last year’s stadium massacre.

At least one civilian has been killed in clashes in…

South Dakota approves guns in the classroom

Published time: March 02, 2013 01:29

Lawmakers in South Dakota have passed a bill that would allow school districts to arm staff and teachers with guns to make their schools “safer”.

State Senators on Wednesday voted 21-14 to pass the measure, despite large-scale opposition from school administrators and personnel, who are largely…

Ethnic Albanians clash with police in Macedonia

SKOPJE | Sat Mar 2, 2013 1:14pm EST

(Reuters) - Riot police in Macedonia clashed on Saturday with ethnic Albanian protesters who torched a bus and attacked shops in a second day of violence triggered by the appointment of a former guerrilla fighter as defense minister.…

Fresh from space: Giant 18kg meteorite untouched by human hand discovered in the frozen wastes of Antarctica

• Find is the largest in 25 years in the area - and researchers spotted it against the whiteness of Antartica from 50m away
  
  
• Team discovered 425 meteorites during 40 day expedition 
  
  
• Meteorite has yet to be aged as team is still thawing it…

N. Korea: Our nuke missiles can hit mainland US

Published time: February 27, 2013 15:22

North Korean nuclear-equipped long-range missiles can now reach the US mainland, an editorial at a state news and propaganda website claimed. The UN Security Council has leveled further sanctions against the rogue nation over its recent nuclear test.

The article at the Uriminzokkiri website…

'Credible Deterrence': Germany Plans to Deploy Armed Drones

By Veit Medick

A document obtained by SPIEGEL ONLINE indicates the German government is preparing to procure armed drones for foreign combat. Opposition politicians are outraged by the…

Israel 'secretly deports' 1,000 Sudanese who may face persecution at home

Published time: February 26, 2013 05:46

Israel has deported at least 1,000 Sudanese on 'voluntary leave,' Haaretz reported. The UN Refugee agency said it was not informed of the move, and that the deportees were forced to return to Sudan where visiting or living in Israel is a crime.

The repatriation was…