A presidential inauguration is a big, long event that lasts all day and into the night–and who has time to really watch it? People have jobs, ones that don’t let you off for a federal holiday.Everyone (or, at least, some) will be talking about it, which means potential embarrassment for anyone who doesn’t know what happened. Thankfully, ABC employs news professionals stationed in Washington,...
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20
China labour camps set for abolition: legal official
Labels: Technology BEIJING: China's hugely controversial "re-education" labour camps are set to be abolished this year, state media Monday quoted a senior legal official as saying.It is another signal that the widely criticised system -- where people can be sentenced to up to four years' "re-education" by a police panel, without an open trial -- is coming to an end.The comments come after the Communist Party's...
MLK's "content of character" quote inspires debate
Labels: Health "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." This sentence spoken by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has been quoted countless times as expressing one of America's bedrock values, its language almost sounding like a constitutional amendment on equality. 20 PhotosMartin...
Obamas Share the Love, Even for Michelle's Bangs
Labels: Business Jan 20, 2013 10:49pm (Charles Dharapak/AP Photo)President Obama used the first public remarks of his second term to address what he called the “most significant” event of this weekend: his wife’s much-talked-about new haircut.“I love her bangs,” Obama told supporters at an inaugural reception at the National Building Museum. “She looks good. She always looks good.”First...
Jan
19
By-election is about choosing the right candidate who can serve: minister
Labels: Technology SINGAPORE: Education Minister Heng Swee Keat said the by-election in Punggol East is not about voting more opposition into Parliament. He said it is about electing the right candidate who can best serve the residents in the ward.Mr Heng said these in response to comments made by the Workers' Party (WP) secretary-general Low Thia Khiang at the WP rally on Saturday.Mr Low had said that...
At least 55 dead in gas plant siege
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSTwo Americans unaccounted for, senior U.S. official saysObama says "scourge of terrorism" must be foughtAlgerian state news: At least 55 people, including hostages and militants, have diedThe militants targeted an eastern Algerian gas facility where many foreigners workers(CNN) -- Algerian troops ended a hostage crisis at a remote gas facility Saturday with one last, bloody assault,...
Failed assassination attempt in Bulgaria - caught on tape
Labels: Health January 19, 2013 12:29 PM In a failed assassination attempt on the leader of Bulgaria's ethnic Turkish party, Ahmed Dogan, a man is seen jumping out of the audience and onto the stage where Dogan is speaking. He then points the gun at Dogan's head and the gun reportedly misfires. The attacker is then tackled and beaten by security guards....
Algeria Hostage Crisis Over, One American Dead
Labels: Business After the Algerian military's final assault on terrorists holding hostages at a gas complex, the four-day hostage crisis is over, but apparently with additional loss of life among the foreign hostages.One American, Fred Buttaccio of Texas, has been confirmed dead by the U.S. State Department. Two more U.S. hostages remain unaccounted for, with growing concern among U.S. officials...
Jan
18
Why Africa backs French in Mali
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UN council slams 'heinous' Algeria attacks
Labels: Technology UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned the "heinous" attack and hostage-taking at an Algerian gas complex by Al-Qaeda linked militants.A statement agreed by the 15-member council stressed the need to bring the Al-Qaeda linked attackers and their backers to justice.At least 12 hostages and 18 kidnappers were killed in an assault by Algerian security forces...
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