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France 'At War With Jihadism And Radical Islamism,' Prime Minister Says
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
France's prime minister says his country "is at war with terrorism, jihadism and radical Islamism" but not with ordinary Muslims and their religion.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Islam, the country's second most common religion after Catholicism, "has its place in France."
After Valls' speech, lawmakers broke into "La Marseillaise," ...
OPEC Members Feeling The Pain Of Falling Oil Prices
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is trying to persuade his fellow OPEC leaders to reduce oil production as the price of crude continues to slide and hurt the Venezuelan economy, which depends on oil for 95 percent of its export revenue.
Maduro was in Qatar this week, seeking billions to shore ...
AirAsia Search: Divers Recover 2nd Black Box
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
A second black box was recovered by divers from the bottom of the Java Sea today, giving investigators another clue that could help them determine what caused AirAsia Flight 8501 to go down last month.
Tonny Budiono, the coordinator at Indonesia's Directorate of Sea Transport, said the cockpit voice ...
143 Boko Haram Fighters Killed In Clashes With Cameroon's Military
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
More than 140 fighters from Boko Haram fighters, the Islamist group that is waging a deadly war in Nigeria, were killed in clashes with Cameroonian troops, Cameroon's government said Tuesday.
"It is by far the heaviest toll sustained by the criminal sect Boko Haram since it began launching its barbaric ...
Organizers Of Anti-'Islamization' Rally In Germany Mark Paris Attack
Monday, January 12, 2015
About 25,000 demonstrators marched in Dresden, Germany, today to protest what they see as the "Islamization of Europe." They also held a moment of silence to honor the victims of last week's deadly attack on a French satirical magazine.
"The terrible acts of Paris are further proof that PEGIDA ...
'Charlie Hebdo's' Next Issue Appears To Feature Prophet Muhammad On Cover
Monday, January 12, 2015
Updated at 4:44 p.m. ET
French media are reporting on what they say is the cover of the latest issue of Charlie Hebdo, the satirical French weekly that was the target of a deadly attack last week. It features an image apparently of Islam's Prophet Muhammad shedding a tear ...
New York Police Commissioner Confirms Work Slowdown By Officers
Friday, January 09, 2015
Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Flogged For Insulting Islam
Friday, January 09, 2015
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, whom we told you about on Thursday, was flogged today in the city of Jeddah, part of a sentence he was handed for insulting Islam.
The Associated Press reports that Badawi, who was flogged in public with his hands and feet shackled, remained silent during ...
House OKs Keystone XL Pipeline Despite Obama Veto Threat
Friday, January 09, 2015
Updated at 1:08 p.m. ET.
The GOP-controlled House of Representatives has voted 266-153 to approve the Keystone XL pipeline despite a presidential veto threat, just hours after Nebraska's Supreme Court, in a split decision, cleared the way for the controversial project.
The Senate, which also has a Republican majority, ...
Saudi Blogger To Be Publicly Flogged For Insulting Islam
Thursday, January 08, 2015
A Saudi blogger sentenced in May to a decade in prison and 1,000 lashes will be publicly flogged Friday in Jiddah, The Associated Press is reporting, citing a person close to the case.
Raif Badawi was found guilty of insulting Islam on Free Saudi Liberals, a website he created, ...
Investigation Finds No Evidence NFL Received Ray Rice Elevator Video
Thursday, January 08, 2015
Black Milk: 'It's Not Really A Cakewalk'
Thursday, January 08, 2015
Back in October, Detroit's Black Milk released his sixth solo album, called If There's A Hell Below. He came to New York and spoke with Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Frannie Kelley about trying to impress J Dilla, transforming his music for live shows and always improving. "Each song, I want ...
'Charlie Hebdo' Will Print 1 Million Copies Of Its Next Issue
Thursday, January 08, 2015
Charlie Hebdo, the satirical French magazine that was the target of a deadly attack on Wednesday, said today it would print 1 million issues next week.
The move coincides with Google's announcement that it will give about $296,000 to the magazine from its press innovation fund. The ...
Sen. Barbara Boxer Won't Seek 5th Term In Senate
Thursday, January 08, 2015
Four-term Sen. Barbara Boxer said she won't seek another term in the U.S. Senate in 2016, ending speculation about the California Democrat's political future.
"I will not be running for the Senate in 2016," she said in a taped interview with her grandson Zach Rodham.
Boxer, 74, said neither ...
NASA Map Shows Just How Cold It Is In Eastern U.S.
Thursday, January 08, 2015
There's a cold front across much of the U.S. – with temperatures in places like New Orleans at around 29 degrees and Houston about 34 degrees. This map from NASA tells us just how cold it was on Wednesday.
The image was captured at 11 a.m. EST. Here's NASA's ...
Kirby Delauter, Who Didn't Want His Name In A News Story, Apologizes
Wednesday, January 07, 2015
Kirby Delauter, the Frederick County, Md., council member who threatened to sue a local newspaper reporter for using his name in a story without permission, has apologized.
As we reported Tuesday, Delauter was mentioned exactly once in an article about local parking issues by Bethany Rodgers, a reporter for ...
French Media, Public Rally Behind 'Charlie Hebdo'
Wednesday, January 07, 2015
This much is certain: Charlie Hebdo will live another day.
The magazine, which was the target of a deadly attack Wednesday, will be kept going through financial and editorial backing from some of France's largest media groups.
Luc Bronner, a top editor at Le Monde, a ...
United In Grief, Cartoonists Show Solidarity With 'Charlie Hebdo'
Wednesday, January 07, 2015
Soon after news of the deadly attack on the office of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, this old New Yorker cartoon began to make the rounds on Twitter.
It captured much of what many cartoonists around the world felt upon hearing the news.
David Pope, the political cartoonist for The ...
'Charlie Hebdo,' A Magazine Of Satire, Mocks Politics, Religion
Wednesday, January 07, 2015
Charlie Hebdo, the satirical French magazine that was the target of a deadly attack today, is part of a long tradition of French satire dating to the days before the French Revolution.
The left-wing magazine is known for its biting takedowns. Its past targets include the political right ...
Kirby Delauter, Who Didn't Want His Name In A News Story, Is Now A Story
Tuesday, January 06, 2015
Frederick County, Md., Council Member Kirby Delauter threatened a local reporter with a lawsuit for using his name in a story without permission.
Delauter was mentioned exactly once in that article about parking issues. We could explain what he said in his Facebook post on Monday; instead ...