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Obama Imposes New Sanctions on Russia Over Ukraine
Russia has failed to take steps to end the Ukraine conflict, President Barack Obama said Wednesday in announcing expanded sanctions targeting two banks, two energy companies, Ukraine separatists and defense companies.
17 Jul 2014, business.mega.mu
Washington State Issues 24 Marijuana Shop Licenses
Washington state issued its first retail marijuana licenses Monday a day ahead of the start of legal sales, and 21 hours before the only store licensed to sell in Seattle was set to open, a line was already forming.
08 Jul 2014, business.mega.mu
Angela Merkel Says Allegations of US Spying on Germany Are 'Serious'
The German chancellor says if the allegations prove true it would breach expected levels of cooperation between partners
08 Jul 2014, business.mega.mu
US Enhanced Airport Security Checks Target Electronics
American officials have ordered some overseas airports with direct flights to the US to intensify screening of electronic devices.
07 Jul 2014, business.mega.mu
U.S. Embassy Warns of Threat to Uganda Airport Amid Heightened Security
The U.S. Embassy in Uganda said that it had been warned of a "specific threat" Thursday evening against Entebbe International Airport near the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
05 Jul 2014, business.mega.mu
Wallet Drop: World's Least Honest Cities
Four continents, 16 cities, 192 "lost" wallets. That's the basic formula for a recent sticky fingers experiment by Reader's Digest.
04 Jul 2014, business.mega.mu
Poll Finds Dissatisfaction Over Iraq
Dissatisfaction with President Obama’s conduct of foreign policy has shot up among both Republicans and Democrats in the past month, even though a slim majority supports his recent decision to send military advisers to Iraq to confront the growing threat from militants there, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
24 Jun 2014, business.mega.mu
John Kerry Arrives in Iraq as More Cities Fall to ISIS Militants
As radical Sunni militants snatch city after city in their march to Baghdad, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Iraq on Monday during the country's tensest time since the U.S. withdrawal of troops.
23 Jun 2014, business.mega.mu
Les Etats-Unis Critiquent Maurice pour le Traitement des Ouvriers Étrangers
Les autorités mauriciennes ont expulsé des ouvriers de manière unilatérale l’an dernier, relève un rapport du département d’Etat américain rendu publique cette semaine.
23 Jun 2014, business.mega.mu
U.S. and Iran: From Sworn Enemies to Partners on Iraq?
How can it be? The United States and Iran, sworn enemies for 35 years, are talking about working together to quell the al Qaeda-inspired insurgency sweeping northern Iraq.
19 Jun 2014, business.mega.mu
Will ISIS Plan a 9/11-Style Terror Plot Against the U.S.?
Republicans are sounding the warning that the next 9/11-like terror plot could emerge from the regions of Iraq and Syria that are currently dominated by an extremist group bearing down on Baghdad.
17 Jun 2014, business.mega.mu
Taliban Deftly Offer Message in Video of Freed U.S. Soldier
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban seem loose, almost offhand, on camera as they wait for the American Black Hawk to land. Two fighters walk their hostage, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, out to American troops, greeting their enemies eye to eye as they quickly shake hands. They wave as the Americans retreat back to the chopper.
05 Jun 2014, business.mega.mu
Edward Snowden Tells NBC: I'm a Patriot
Traitor or patriot? Low-level systems analyst or highly trained spy?
29 May 2014, business.mega.mu
California Community Mourns Victims of Killing Spree
Hundreds gathered at a memorial service on Sunday night to mourn six young people killed two nights earlier by a gunman in a California college town.
26 May 2014, business.mega.mu
Donald Sterling Will Fight to Keep Clippers, Garcetti Predicts
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said he will continue to press Clippers owner Donald Sterling to give up his ownership of the NBA team, but said it may take a "protracted fight" before the 80-year-old billionaire agrees to sell.
05 May 2014, business.mega.mu
Pentagon Study Finds 50% Increase in Reports of Military Sexual Assaults
A Pentagon study released Thursday showed a sharp increase last year in reports of rapes and sexual assault — they were up by 50 percent — but the study immediately came under fire for what critics said were significant limitations.
03 May 2014, business.mega.mu
Obama, Angela Merkel To Display Unity Against Russia
President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel threatened tough sanctions Friday on broad swaths of Russia's economy if Moscow disrupts Ukraine's May 25 presidential elections, putting President Vladimir Putin on notice for harsher penalties even if he stops short of a full invasion.
03 May 2014, business.mega.mu
Over Four Days, the Donald Sterling Story Led to Seismic Changes to Los Angeles Basketball and the NBA
The Los Angeles Clippers were enjoying a rare day off, basking in the momentum from a playoff victory one night earlier and enjoying the comforts of a posh hotel near Union Square in San Francisco. There was no way to know that nearly 400 miles to the south, the team’s world was about to unravel.
02 May 2014, business.mega.mu
Reports of Military Sex Assault Up Sharply
Reports of sex assault in the U.S. military are up by half, another startling annual figure around a problem the Pentagon believes is still under-reported.
02 May 2014, business.mega.mu
L.A. Head of NAACP Resigns in Wake of Sterling Scandal
Los Angeles NAACP President Leon Jenkins has resigned amid scrutiny surrounding the organization’s decision to give awards to disgraced Clippers owner Donald Sterling.
02 May 2014, business.mega.mu