Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures during a ceremony at Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 9, 2013. Karzai said he is ready to let the U.S. have nine bases in the country after the 2014 combat troop pullout, but wants Washington’s “security and economic guarantees” first. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures during…
Kim Dotcom and two lawyers, Robert Amsterdam and Ira P. Rothken, have published a white paper today defending the Internet entrepreneur against a criminal prosecution issued by the United States government. The report says the copyright case against Megaupload, the previous file sharing service run by Kim Dotcom, is based on “highly dubious legal prinicples”…
President Barack Obama gestures as he answers a question during a news conference with Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla at the National Center for Art and Culture in San Jose, Costa Rica, Friday, May 3, 2013. Obama was responding to the ongoing situation in Syria. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)President Barack Obama gestures as he answers…
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Get ready to grimace: It wasn’t too surprising news that the H-1B visa cap was met in the first five days of open applications; interesting however was how far over the 85,000 ceiling applications managed to streak: all the way to 124,000, or 39,000 over the limit. As ComputerWorld’s Patrick Thibodeau reported at the time, the…
TOKYO (Reuters) - The United States and Japan announced on Friday an agreement for the return to Japan of a U.S. air base, taking a step to resolving an issue that has vexed ties when both countries face a belligerent North Korea and a rising China.
Oprah Winfrey speaks with Lance Armstrong during an interview on the controversy surrounding his cycling career on Monday, January 14, in Austin, Texas. Oprah Winfrey's exclusive no-holds-barred interview with Lance Armstrong, "Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive," has expanded to air as a two-night event on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. The interview airs Thursday,…
STORY HIGHLIGHTSEleven countries have legalized same-sex marriage; the Netherlands was first in 2001 Several countries have pending legislation and may join that group soon France, New Zealand, Uruguay are among the leading candidates (CNN) -- It's not just the United States grappling with the issue of same-sex marriage.Many countries around the world are re-examining their…
STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: U.S. may have contributed to amping up tensions, official says NEW: North Korea may be planning another missile launch, U.S. official says North Korea makes more threats of possible war North Korea lacks missile technology to reach the U.S. mainland Washington (CNN) -- Recent announcements of U.S. military deployments in response to belligerent…
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