Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, second from right, steps out […]
Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused in the biggest leak of classified information in American history, testified Thursday that he "totally started to fall apart" and had considered suicide while in military custody. His testimony came during a pretrial hearing at Ft. Meade, outside Washington, where the defense is arguing to have his case
A Palestinian girl waves a flag during a rally supporti […]
In a swift vote on Thursday, the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to recognize the Palestinian Authority as a non-member state, giving strong symbolic backing to Palestinian bids for full recognition on the world stage. “An important vote has taken place today,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said following the vote. “I believe that
This Dec. 22, 2011 photo shows a typical single-inmate […]
A Kansas man who remains in a Texas prison more than 30 years after his murder conviction was overturned has become the subject of a fight between the state, which insists he's being legally held, and a federal appeals court that says he's wrongly imprisoned. Jerry Hartfield, whose conviction was overturned in 1983, maintains his constitutional
UN Ambassador Susan Rice leaves a meeting on Capitol Hi […]
(MintPress) – It’s rare to have a fight over a political nominee when he or she hasn’t been nominated in the first place (Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has not announced her retirement yet, so there is no position to fill). But, when it comes to Susan Rice, U.N. ambassador for the United States and presumptive nominee to succeed Clinton,
Ultra-Orthodox Shas supporters hold election banners du […]
(MintPress) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to coast to an electoral victory Jan. 22, extending the right-wing Likud party control of the Knesset. Although the Likud coalition appears to have a firm grip on the electorate, the religious right in Israel poses the biggest challenge to Netanyahu and the secular
就在全国 1,000 家沃尔玛商店的非工会员工升级他们史无前例的罢工浪潮，给这家零售巨头带来迄今为止最大的混乱 […]
Just one week after non-union employees at 1,000 Walmart stores across the country escalated their unprecedented wave of strikes, bringing the biggest disruptions yet to the retail giant, fast food workers at several restaurant chains throughout New York City made history of their own when they walked off the job on Thursday to protest low
