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North Carolina LGBT law fuels demonstrations for and against
Thousands of activists gathered at the North Carolina legislature on Monday as it reconvened for the first time since enacting a law criticised as anti-gay. Supporters and opponents of the bill held competing rallies outside the statehouse in Raleigh. More than 50 critics of the legislation were arrested after entering and...
Militants kill Canadian hostage John Ridsdel in the Philippines
A Canadian man murdered by militants in the Philippines has been described as a "kind and gregarious person who touched everyone he knew with his enthusiasm and generosity." John Ridsdel was beheaded by Islamist militant group Abu Sayyaf, which took him hostage along with three others in September last year. In a...
For four Marines, reunion photo after 50 years means getting it right
They wanted the picture to be just right, to look as close as possible to the one they'd taken together 50 years ago, back when their memories hadn't yet been clouded by the images of war. So Saturday morning, on the sun-drenched Atlantic shore of Cinnamon Beach on Florida's northeast coast, four U.S. Marine...
Former US Ambassador to Kabul Reflects on Missed Opportunities
The former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, says one of the biggest problems facing Afghanistan continues to be its poor relationship with its neighbor, Pakistan. Khalilzad told VOA in an interview Friday that "the two countries need each other and they should cooperate." He said the United States did...
List of Trump delegates in Pennsylvania
?PENNSYLVANIA?VOTE #Trump2016 delegates in your congressional district that are below! #PAPrimary #TrumpTrain?????? pic.twitter.com/sxW66hlh5M — Dan Scavino (@DanScavino) 24 апреля 2016...
Nadezhda Meiher boosted with a new outfit
The former singer of the group "VIA Gra" Nadya Meyher shared a new photo on the Instagram page with her fans. The singer, who became a mother for the third time last October, quickly recovered after birth and can boasted everyone with a toned...
Charles Koch: Why I Didn’t Try To Stop Donald Trump
Charles Koch says he won’t “put a penny” into trying to stop Donald Trump, that there are “terrible role models” among the remaining Republican presidential candidates, and that his massive political network may decide to sit out of the presidential race entirely. "These personal attacks and...
Obama, Merkel to Discuss Trade, Terrorism, Refugees in Two-Day Visit
U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss the global economy, terrorism, transatlantic security and many other issues during his two-day visit to Germany. Obama will hold talks with Merkel shortly after he arrives in Hanover on Sunday. After addressing reporters, the two leaders will...
Unlocking Potential
In the driver’s seat of a scuffed yellow forklift, Wade Tate wheels through a vast distribution center on this city’s outskirts, storing inventory – boxes of machine parts or Sterno fuel kits – and fulfilling customers’ orders. With the forklift’s prongs, he selects cardboard cartons, lifts...
Keeper killed by tiger violated zoo policy, officials say
The veteran Florida zookeeper who was mauled by a tiger violated policy when she entered into the big cat's enclosure, zoo officials said. In a statement released late Friday, Palm Beach Zoo president and chief executive Andrew Aiken said Stacey Konwiser, 38, entered "the same portion" of the tiger house that was...
Syria Kurds, regime officials to press talks after deadly clashes in Qamishlo
Syrian regime officials and Kurdish representatives were to meet Saturday for a second day of talks on ending deadly clashes in the northeastern Kurdish city of Qamishlo in Syrian Kurdistan, a senior security source said. A truce agreed on Friday held through the night, an AFP correspondent reported, and no gunfire was heard in...