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US court to hear arguments in voting rights case

US court to hear arguments in voting rights case

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case challenging a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 that was enacted to prevent persistent discrimination against blacks and other minorities at the polls. The Voting Rights Act effectively kept close watch, when it comes to holding elections, on […]

February 24, 2013 | By More
Breaking the ice on Margaret Thatcher

Breaking the ice on Margaret Thatcher

Dubai: As the Iron Lady, there is a perception that Margaret Thatcher was a cold and frigid personality, unable to really love or show emotion. But that is a public image carefully honed to enhance the power of Britain’s first female prime minister in an office where weakness was a liability. She met and married […]

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Turkey, US blast Assad regime as Aleppo toll rises

Turkey, US blast Assad regime as Aleppo toll rises

Turkey and the United States lashed out against the Syrian regime after the death toll from a missile strike on Aleppo rose to 58, while a French photographer wounded in the conflict was confirmed dead on Sunday. “Every day a large number of innocent children and women fall dead in Syria,” Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep […]

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Pope gives final Sunday blessing before resigning

Pope gives final Sunday blessing before resigning

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI bestowed his final Sunday blessing of his pontificate on a cheering crowd in St. Peter’s Square, explaining that his waning years and energy made him better suited to the life of private prayer he soon will spend in a secluded monastery than as leader of the Roman Catholic Church. […]

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Iran tests suicide drones

Iran tests suicide drones

IRGC Ground Force tested different asymmetric tactics Tehran: Iran has tested unmanned aerial vehicles including suicide drones, Xinhua reported. The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force tested different asymmetric tactics and UAVs during military drills in the country’s east, it quoted Fars news agency as saying. The IRGC started a three-day military drill, code-named […]

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