Video of Quetta Attack From Pakistani Television
Posted by By ROBERT MACKEY in All news, Global news on 03. Sep, 2010 | Comments Off
Pakistani coverage of a deadly attack on a Shiite protest in the city of Quetta and clashes in the aftermath between angry mourners and local police.
Pakistan’s Cricket Conspiracy Theory
Posted by By ROBERT MACKEY in All news, Global news on 03. Sep, 2010 | Comments Off
Pakistan’s top diplomat in Britain suggested on Thursday that three of his nation’s cricket stars, accused of agreeing to take part in a betting scam, were “innocent” victims of a plot against them.
WikiLeaks Chief Decries ‘Legal Circus’
Posted by By ROBERT MACKEY in All news, Global news on 02. Sep, 2010 | Comments Off
Julian Assange, the founder of the whistle-blowing Web site WikiLeaks, called Sweden’s investigation of him for suspected sexual misconduct “some kind of legal circus.”
Video of British Labour Party Debate
Posted by By ROBERT MACKEY in All news, Global news on 01. Sep, 2010 | Comments Off
Britain’s Channel 4 News has provided The Lede with a live stream of its televised debate among the candidates to be the next leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party.
Blair Recalls Bush Asked, ‘Who Is This Guy?’ After Meeting Belgium’s Leader
Posted by By ROBERT MACKEY in All news, Global news on 01. Sep, 2010 | Comments Off
Tony Blair’s memoir contains some recollections that will make his old friends uncomfortable.
Evacuations as Hurricane Nears U.S.
Posted by By ROBERT MACKEY in All news, Global news on 01. Sep, 2010 | Comments Off
At 8 a.m. Wednesday the National Hurricane Center in Miami issued its latest advisory on Hurricane Earl, with this updated forecast of the path it could follow in the days ahead.
Hurricane Earl Heads Toward U.S.
Posted by By ROBERT MACKEY in All news, Global news on 01. Sep, 2010 | Comments Off
Spectacular images of Hurricane Earl seen from space give little sense of its destructive power.
Passengers Still Fly Above Unscreened Cargo
Posted by By ROBERT MACKEY in All news, Europe news on 31. Aug, 2010 | Comments Off
An aviation security loophole that remains unclosed: not all of the cargo loaded onto passenger jets that fly into the United States from abroad is screened.
Iran Paper Aims at Bruni-Sarkozy
Posted by By ROBERT MACKEY in All news, Global news on 31. Aug, 2010 | Comments Off
An Iranian newspaper with close ties to the country’s leader has called Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, a “prostitute” who “deserves to die” for to joining a campaign to save the life of an Iranian woman sentenced to die by stoning.
The World Watches America’s Heated Mosque Debates
Posted by By ROBERT MACKEY in All news, Global news on 31. Aug, 2010 | Comments Off
From Taiwan to Abu Dhabi to Afghanistan, there is anecdotal evidence that attention is being paid to the furious debate over mosque-building projects in American cities.
Engaging North Korea in Twitter Diplomacy
Posted by By ROBERT MACKEY in All news, Global news on 31. Aug, 2010 | Comments Off
A State Department spokesman attempted to engage North Korea on the social network Twitter, but it is not clear if anyone in the “Hermit Kingdom” was picking up his signals.
Boycott of Theater in Israeli Settlement Grows
Posted by By ROBERT MACKEY in All news, Global news on 30. Aug, 2010 | Comments Off
Dozens of Israel theater professionals have signed a letter protesting plans, announced this week, for Israeli theater companies to perform in a new cultural center nearing completion in the West Bank settlement of Ariel.
Sri Lankan Maid Claims Torture by Saudi Couple
Posted by By ROBERT MACKEY in All news, Global news on 27. Aug, 2010 | Comments Off
A Sri Lankan woman who said that her Saudi employers drove hot nails into her body after she complained about her work as a maid underwent surgery on Friday to remove 13 nails and 5 needles from her body.
Israeli Actors Boycott Theater in Settlement
Posted by By ROBERT MACKEY in All news, Global news on 27. Aug, 2010 | Comments Off
Two Israeli actors have announced that they will not travel with the country’s national theater company to perform in a new cultural center in a West Bank settlement.
Terror Suspect’s ‘Canadian Idol’ Audition Tape Returns to Haunt Him
Posted by By ROBERT MACKEY in All news, Global news on 27. Aug, 2010 | Comments Off
A suspected member of an Ontario terror cell who was arrested on Thursday appeared on national television in 2008, as a failed contestant for the reality game show “Canadian Idol.”