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Special Report: Bloomberg reloads in push for gun control

rushabh — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:19:09 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Among the slick, million-dollar ads for the likes of Pepsi and Honda during the Super Bowl this Sunday, viewers in Washington will see a far more modest spot. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will be sitting on a couch touting an issue most politicians avoid like the plague: gun control.

Police clear tents from Occupy site in DC (AP)

rushabh — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:16:57 +0000

AP - Dozens of U.S. Park Police officers in riot gear and on horseback converged before dawn Saturday on one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites, with police clearing the grounds of tents that they said were banned under park rules.

Some blacks insist: ‘I’m not African-American’ (AP)

rushabh — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:12:35 +0000

AP - The labels used to describe Americans of African descent mark the movement of a people from the slave house to the White House. Today, many are resisting this progression by holding on to a name from the past: "black."

Resolution on Syria vetoed at UN

rushabh — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:11:25 +0000

Russia and China veto an Arab and Western-backed UN resolution condemning the violent crackdown in Syria, hours after scores are killed in Homs.

Special Report: Bloomberg reloads in push for gun control (Reuters)

rushabh — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:51:56 +0000

Reuters - Among the slick, million-dollar ads for the likes of Pepsi and Honda during the Super Bowl this Sunday, viewers in Washington will see a far more modest spot. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will be sitting on a couch touting an issue most politicians avoid like the plague: gun control.

Russia, China veto resolution aimed at Syrian violence

rushabh — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:50:56 +0000

The draft resolution before the U.N. Security Council would demand an end to the bloody crackdown on government opponents in Syria.

William starts Falklands duties

rushabh — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:49:24 +0000

Prince William starts work as an RAF search and rescue pilot in the Falkland Islands, having arrived in the territory on a six-week routine deployment.

Russia, China veto U.N. resolution telling Assad to quit

rushabh — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:45:43 +0000

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia and China vetoed on Saturday an Arab- and Western-backed resolution at the U.N. Security Council calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down over his bloody crackdown on a popular uprising.

Russia, China veto U.N. resolution telling Assad to quit (Reuters)

rushabh — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:45:40 +0000

Reuters - Russia and China vetoed on Saturday an Arab- and Western-backed resolution at the U.N. Security Council calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down over his bloody crackdown on a popular uprising.

Russians stage rival protests over Putin

rushabh — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:39:52 +0000

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold in Moscow on Saturday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, while supporters of the prime minister staged a rival rally drawing comparable numbers.