Cameron and Miliband at PMQs: Politics live blog
Governments at Westminster and Holyrood should make all their own decisions, working together in a modern partnership of equals. • Ed Miliband has challenged David Cameron to accept a £5,000 cap on...
View Article7 Ways The Obama Administration Has Accelerated Police Militarization
There were signs that President Barack Obama might rein in the mass militarization of America’s police forces after he won the White House. Policing is primarily a local issue, overseen by local...
View ArticleThe uncomfortable costs of moving Trident
Relocating the Trident base to another port could cost at least £20bn and take 20 years to build The Guardian, Wednesday 10 July 2013 16.46 EDT The position of the British government, Philip Hammond,...
View ArticleAn American in North Korea: Maine Maritime Academy grad travels the world
For many Americans, the words “North Korea” might bring up thoughts of nuclear weapons, an out-of-touch and oppressive Communist regime and privations so harsh they cause many citizens to try and...
View ArticleIsraeli Submarine Responsible For July Attack On Syrian Arms Depot – Report
Israeli submarines carried out the attack on an arms depot in the Syrian port city of Latakia on July 5, according to a report published in the British Sunday Times. US media previously claimed the...
View ArticleChatter: Cairo, where protesting can kill you
Egyptian nights. At least seven people were killed in Cairo overnight amid street battles between security forces and supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi. Another 261 people were injured,...
View ArticleEnding ‘cold war’ nuclear sub patrols would save money, Lib Dems say
Danny Alexander, the Treasury chief secretary, who oversaw the long-awaited review on behalf of the Lib Dems, described it as the “most comprehensive study ever published” by a British government on...
View ArticleBroken Bodies, but Still Bloodlust, in South Sudan Hospital
Violence between two ethnic groups in South Sudan’s Jonglei state has raged for over a week, leaving hundreds wounded, many with gunshot wounds. Aid agencies fear that countless others are wounded or...
View ArticleRogozin Questions Survivability of Russia’s Nuclear Deterrent As Defense …
… the presence of questionable “managers” of the system including Rogozin—it appears that Burenok reacted to Gareev on the central point of the existing capacity to plan a modern weapons and equipment...
View ArticleWill the President’s Legacy Be More Than Rodney King’s Plea to ‘Get along?’
The pressure on Eric Holder to bring a federal hate crime prosecution against George Zimmerman is reminiscent of the federal answer to the failed state prosecution of the police assault upon Rodney...
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