Taipei (dpa) – A Chinese dissident who left a tour group last week to seek political asylum in Taiwan was sent back to China on Wednesday, Taiwan’s immigration agency said. Zhang Xiangzhong had left a Chinese tourist group on April 13, one day after arriving in Taiwan, and told local media he would like to
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InternationalThe 2016 presidential nominating race was barely over, and already Bernie Sanders was looking ahead. Days before the Democratic National Convention formally nominated Hillary Clinton, the Vermont senator transformed his 2016 campaign organization into Our Revolution to promote his progressive proposals, back like-minded candidates and, in essence, take over the Democratic Party. “We have begun
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USAGeneva (dpa) – UN investigators have confirmed the existence of 17 additional mass graves in central Congo, further evidence the violence that has ravaged the Kasai region, where an anti-government militia has been fighting the army. The UN Human Rights Office in Geneva said Wednesday that it has now documented a total of 40 mass
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InternationalWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared ready to break down at least part of the longstanding church-state barrier that has prevented religious schools from receiving public funds. The justices gave a skeptical hearing to a Missouri lawyer who was defending the state’s decision to reject a grant request from a Lutheran preschool seeking
In the West Bank, coexistence program Roots makes for an improbable gathering of teens from Gush Etzion and nearby village Al Khader By Brett Kline The teenagers gather around their instructor Bruce as they begin their photography lesson. The group of 13 to 15-year olds, equal parts Jewish Israelis from local settlements and local Palestinians
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Middle EastTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Forced to show contrition by Florida Senate leaders, Miami Republican Sen. Frank Artiles stood on the chamber floor Wednesday morning and told his colleagues he was sorry for insulting them in private using curse words and a racial slur. “I extend a heartfelt apology to my colleagues and to all those I
Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, who was serving a life sentence for the murder of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd, has been found hanged in his Massachusetts prison. According to CNN, the Massachusetts Department of Correction said officers found, the 27-year-old former NFL star, suspended from a bed sheet attached to a
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Obituaries & memorials, Sports & Competitions, USAFox News Channel parent News Corporation may be wrapped up in the sexual harassment accusations surrounding host Bill O’Reilly, but the company is facing another long-running scandal involving what appear to be exuberant payments to a Democrat. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, whose memoir was published by the News Corp.-owned HarperCollins in 2014, saw his
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, USAFox News has officially cut ties with its biggest prime time star, Bill O’Reilly, following sexual harassment claims lodged against him. “After a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the Company and Bill O’Reilly have agreed that Bill O’Reilly will not be returning to the Fox News Channel,” 21st Century Fox said in a
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — British exchange student Hannah Bladon was stabbed to death on a Jerusalem light rail train last Friday. Her murderer was identified as an East Jerusalem resident who had previously been convicted of molesting his daughter and had tried to commit suicide. Failing at that, he apparently opted for
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Jewish History, Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)– ZOA President Morton A. Klein released the following statement: The Zionist Organization of America praises President Trump and Attorney General Sessions’ Department of Justice (DOJ) for bringing murder charges and issuing arrest warrants on Thursday (April 13), against two Palestinian Arab terrorists from the areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority (PA),
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –Holocaust Remembrance Day – Yom HaShoah in Hebrew – marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. This year, Yom HaShoah will be observed in the United States on April 24, which corresponds to the 27th day of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar. On April 20, 2017 at 12:15 p.m., the
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International, Jewish History, USAVienna (dpa) – A Belgian retiree has been selected to become a hermit in Saalfelden in Austria, in one of Europe’s last inhabited hermitages, local mayor Erich Rohrmoser announced Wednesday. At the end of April, 58-year-old Stan Vanuytrecht will move into the St George hermitage, a 350-year-old place of solitude and religious reflection that is
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InternationalFascism and militarism “must be held thoroughly accountable and eradicated” and Japan must educate its young people with “the right view of history”, a Foreign Ministry official said on Tuesday. The comment came after reports that the Japanese Cabinet approved using what it described as “helpful and appropriate” content from Adolf Hitler’s infamous book, Mein
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