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Le Pen's daughter looks likely to lead from front

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Marine Le Pen says she is not racist but a multicultural country can never live in peace. Marine Le Pen was late back from lunch. This is a common condition among French politicians but unusual for Le Pen. She is known for being on time and being polite, charming and, unlike her father, difficult to dislike. She arrived “only” 20 minutes late. The National Front, she says, is not a racist... 

Ohio Town Won’t Allow Tea Party to Celebrate U.S. Constitution in Town Square

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Local officials in Ohio’s Andover Township have denied the use of their public square for a celebration of Constitution Day because of the “political affiliation” of its organizers. Several residents of the small central Ohio town formed The Andover Tea Party in May 2010, and in that same month, they asked to use the square for a rally to commemorate Constitution Day, which celebrates the anniversary... 

Absconded parolee named prime suspect in slaying of Valley Village woman

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Omar Armando Loera, the lone suspect in a brutal July 24th Valley Village murder, was arrested in Mexico and quickly transported back to L.A. He could face the death penalty. Parolee is linked by DNA and other unspecified evidence found at the scene where a bride-to-be was stabbed to death and her house was then set on fire. Had it gone according to plan, Adam Culvey and his fiancee, Chere Osmanhodzic,... 

Soldiers pictured aiming rifle at Palestinian detainee

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Souvenir photos Nahal soldiers photograph themselves pointing rifles, making offensive gestures at blindfolded Palestinian detainee. Defense counsel: Many soldiers, officers have done the same. Controversial photos taken by Nahal unit soldiers on their cell phones were released Sunday evening. The four soldiers were pictured while directing their rifles at a bound Palestinian detainee in January this... 

NSA chief: "Internet is fragile"

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NSA chief, Keith Alexander The United States’ increasing reliance on the Internet makes securing our networks from online threats more crucial than ever, according to National Security Agency director and U.S. Cyber Command commander Keith Alexander. Speaking at the Gov 2.0 Summit on Tuesday in Washington, Alexander warned against the growing threat from hackers and enemy states seeking to penetrate... 

Analysis - Anti-immigrant wave spreads across Europe

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Rene holding a speech in Berlin. His friend Wilders can be seen in the background. Few people outside of Germany paid much attention when a little-known Berlin politician named Rene Stadtkewitz convened a news conference last week and announced the formation of a new “Freedom” party. But in the German capital, the founding of a movement modelled on the anti-immigrant party of Dutch populist... 

Eight rebels killed during North Caucasus anti-terrorism sweep

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Security operation in Russia's North Caucasus. Russian secret service agents and members of the special police unit OMON killed eight Islamist rebels during an anti-terrorism operation in the conflict-ridden North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, the Interfax news agency reported Sunday. A woman was among the dead, Interfax quoted authorities in the capital Makhachkala as saying. They said the bandits... 

Israel refuses to meet European ministers for settlement talks

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Benjamin Netanyahu is under pressure to extend a freeze on building Jewish settlements ahead of peace talks with Hillary Clinton and Mahmoud Abbas. Jerusalem says EU demand for discussions on eve of Yom Kippur is highly insensitive. Israel has said it will not meet a delegation of European foreign ministers, including William Hague, this week as diplomatic pressure mounts on its government to extend... 

Arizona Governor: ObamaCare is Wrong for Arizona and Wrong for America

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“Arizona has a long and proud history of fighting the Washington, D.C. elite’s insatiable appetite for bigger government at the cost of States’ rights. The battle over the Affordable Care Act better known as “ObamaCare” is the latest round. Once again, the feds have gone too far. “The cost of ObamaCare places unsustainable burdens on our federal government, our state government, and on... 

Attacks in southern Russia kill 2 police, wound 5

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Relatives mourn Gusalov Alan, 42, killed in a suicide car attack. Several attacks in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus region have left two police officers dead and another five wounded, officials said Saturday. The ministry’s branch in the Caspian Sea province of Dagestan says one officer was gunned down late Friday on the outskirts of the regional capital, Makhachkala. Another policeman... 

North Korea proposes family reunion talks with South Korea

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North Korea has offered South Korea a new round of reunions for families separated by the Korean War, state media said Saturday. Reunions last happened in September and October 2009, and their potential renewal could signal an easing of tensions after the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship in March. The North proposed that the two Koreas’ Red Cross societies meet soon to discuss the gatherings.... 

Canada faces Third World status unless education fixed: report

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Canada could slip into Third World status if its education system is not reformed to produce innovative and creative graduates who can compete globally, say experts responding to the latest report from the Canadian Council on Learning. “The education system that Canada has is going to lead us to produce more and more people who are chronically unemployable,” said futurist Richard Worzel,... 

Japan Wary of China Military, Urges Closer US Ties

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Japan’s Defense Ministry stressed the importance of U.S. military forces in Japan and cast a wary eye on China’s military expansion in an annual report Friday, as diplomatic tensions with China rose following a collision near disputed islands. The annual defense policy report also said a group of South Korean-controlled islands, called Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese, were an... 

Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs

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Global humanitarian reasons for current U.S. immigration are tested in this updated version of Roy Beck’s colorful presentation of data from the World Bank and U.S. Census Bureau. The 1996 version has been one of the most viewed policy presentations on the internet. Presented by author/journalist Roy Beck You can learn more at: http://www.NumbersUSA.org  Read More »

Are growing ethnic enclaves a threat to Canada?

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The University of Victoria’s Zheng Wu is leading an important study into one of the most profound challenges facing Canada, which has the highest per-capita immigration in the world. How can waves of newcomers to Canada feel they belong here? That question, explored by Wu and his sociological team, is particularly crucial to cities such as Vancouver and Toronto, where about two out of five residents... 
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