June 3, 2010 NEW YORK – Rue McClanahan, the Emmy-winning actress who brought the sexually liberated Southern belle Blanche Devereaux to life on the hit TV series “The Golden Girls,” has died. She was 76. Her manager Barbara Lawrence said McClanahan died Thursday at 1 a.m. of a stroke. She had undergone treatment for […]
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Nelson Mandela ‘will attend World Cup opening’
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June 3, 2010 (BBC) Former South African President Nelson Mandela will attend the opening ceremony of the World Cup, the country’s sports minister has said. Makhenkesi Stofile said the anti-apartheid icon had requested tickets for the opening and closing events. Previously the Mandela family had said he was too frail to attend the tournament which […]
Read moreU.N. Investigator Calls for Halt to CIA Drone Killings
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June 3, 2010 A United Nations investigator called Wednesday for a halt to CIA-directed drone strikes on suspected Islamic militants, warning that killings ordered far from the battlefield could lead to a “Playstation” mentality. Philip Alston, U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, said missile strikes could be justified only when it was impossible […]
Read moreUN Criticizes US Use of Drones in Killing Al Qaeda’s No. 3
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June 3, 2010 (Israelnationalnews.com) The United Nations has criticized the United States’ use of armed drones in an attack that killed the Number 3 commander in the international Al Qaeda terrorist organization. Philip Alston, the U.N. Special Representative on Extrajudicial Executions, called on the United States to limit its use of the technology outside the […]
Read moreIsrael PM Netanyahu welcomes new UN sanctions against Iran
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June 10, 2010 JERUSALEM (CHANNEL NEWS ASIA) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed new sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council against the Jewish state’s arch-foe Iran in a statement released by his office on Thursday. “The resolution passed today (Wednesday) in the Security Council through (US) President (Barack) Obama’s determined efforts is a positive step,” […]
Read moreIndonesia Ailing Rebel Leader Dies
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June 3, 2010 (Kompas) Founder of Free Aceh Movement Tengku Hasan Tiro passed away after having a treatment at ICCU Zainal Abidin Hospital. “That’s right, Hasan Tiro passed away,” confirmed the spokesman of Aceh handover committee Lingga Dismsyah on Thursday. Indonesia restored the citizenship of the ailing founder of Aceh’s separatist rebel movement […]
Read morePM Netanyahu : We regret the loss of life
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July 2, 2010 (KATAKAMI / FRANCE24/AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday ruled out any apology from his country for a deadly commando raid on a Turkish Gaza-bound aid ship in May that killed nine Turks. “Israel cannot apologise because its soldiers had to defend themselves to avoid being lynched by a […]
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