| Fri 18 May 2012 |
Thousands flee renewed violence in DRC
Al Jazeera | Conflict has returned to the troubled North Kivu province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the area around Bunagana, on the border with Uganda, thousands of people have abandoned their homes in fear of attack by army mutine... |
The most negative ad of the recall cycle?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | As a grizzled, old student of politics, sometimes I start to feel like I've seen it all. But occasionally, I run across a negative campaign advertisement and go "whoa!" | That happened with this ad, being run against State Rep.... |
>Catholics' appeal for money raises ethical dilemma
Seattle Post | Archbishop J. Peter Sartain sent me two letters in April: One was the annual Catholic Appeal asking money for good works, the other an appeal for discrimination, namely repeal of the just-granted legal right for my gay and lesbian friends to ... |
>Seattle liberals' insular world: The 36th District House race
Seattle Post | Listening Monday night as six Democratic legislative candidates toed the "progressive" line on topics from a state income tax to legalizing marijuana, I looked around the back room at Spitfire Grill and felt somebody should cry out: "Le... |
>A Catholic's Easter lament: Dogmatic, tone-deaf bishops
Seattle Post | A painful truism of this Holy Week, Christianity's most important days of the year: Moral leadership in America's Catholic Church is starting to flow from lay persons in pews and priests who deal with human problems, not prelates on thrones w... |
>A battle for Seattle: McKenna comes courting a Democratic bastion
Seattle Post | A generation ago, Seattle sent promising Republicans to the Legislature and singled them out for promotion. Dan Evans rose to be governor for three terms, while Slade Gorton went to the attorney general's office and later the U.S. Senat... |
>Same-sex marriage foes: 'Drive a wedge' between gays and blacks
Seattle Post | The National Organization for Marriage, likely to spearhead the referendum drive to repeal marriage equality in Washington, is -- in its own words -- pursuing a strategy to "drive a wedge between gays and blacks" and to make opposition to same-sex ... |
>Top Israel court tightens enforcement of equal pay
Seattle Post | JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli feminists on Friday welcomed a Supreme Court ruling they say will help enforce equal pay laws for men and women. | The ruling, issued Thursday, requires employers paying different wages to men and women to prove it is not... |
>FSU president lays out pros/cons of Big 12 move
Seattle Post | The president of Florida State University says moving the athletic program from the Atlantic Coast Conference to the Big 12 has several drawbacks to be considered. | FSU president Eric Barron sent an email to those who have asked him about the poss... |
>Big Ten network cuts academics, citing low ratings
Seattle Post | The Big Ten cable network has been an unchallenged success promoting conference sports to a national audience and making money for its members. The academic programming its leaders had promised hasn't panned out. | When the Big Ten Network launched... |
Scientists learn much about humans from birds' singing lessons
PhysOrg | The time for detente was past. In a flurry of feathers, the resident sparrow dived for his challenger's head. | "They have personalities," said Michael Beecher, watching from a few feet away as the furious bird pecked and clawed at the rival male. ... |
Warsi: Minority of Pakistani men see white girls as "fair game"
BBC News A "small minority" of Pakistani men see white girls as "fair game", Baroness Warsi has said. | It is important to 'speak out' and acknowledge the problem in order to tackle it, she added. | Lady Warsi, the daughter of Pa... |
The war on drugs we keep losing
Canberra Times | FEW areas of law enforcement divide expert and popular opinion so sharply as drugs policy. Those familiar with the history of the so-called global ''war on drugs'' that US president Richard Nixon proclaimed in 1971 know it has been a failure. Illic... |
Valle: Women's emancipation is NOT served on a silver platter
Sun Star | THIS one particular day was really crazy, because it seemed like people’s behavior got in the way. Took a jeepney ride one afternoon only to be dismayed at the way the driver took time to “bash” some women he did not even know whom he just sa... |
The NATO Afghan summit: Reality and illusion
Al Jazeera | Everything has been moving forward, step by step. At the beginning of May, after months of negotiation, US President Barack Obama made a triumphal appearance at the Afghan Presidential Palace, on the first anniversary of the US military's brilliant... |
Q&A: Could Greece experience a bank run?
Al Jazeera | Is Greece's banking system headed towards collapse? | Earlier this week, Greek President Karolos Papoulias said that about 800m euros ($1.01bn) were recently withdrawn from Greek banks. "The strength of banks is very weak right now," said Papoulias... |
Saudi troops in Bahrain a warning to Iran?
Al Jazeera | Bahrain has summoned Iran's charge d'affaires to protest against what it called a "gross violation of its sovereignty", after Tehran criticised efforts by Gulf Arab states to forge closer political and military union. | The proposed union calls for... |
Cannes 2012: Posing and Dancing With Marion Cotillard and Bill Murray
The Wrap Print this page Tweet | Marion Cotillard and Jacques Audiard were the luminaries on Thursday at Cannes, with the almost universally well-received "Rust and Bone" staking a claim to be in the awards picture (though some naysayers disagree). ... |
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