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Today’s Front Page November 19, 2014
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View ArticleElectronic voting machines ditched in US, Germany and Holland
YEN MAKABENTA This scene took place on Tuesday, November 4. Why, oh why, my wife scolds me, are you following so intently the US midterm elections when you’re not eligible to vote there? And why are...
View ArticleAquino administration again betrays the OFWs—and the people
THANK God for the judiciary, another Aquino administration act of betrayal of our Overseas Filipino Workers has been stopped. But only for 20 days, which will be up today! This betrayal is the...
View ArticleObama to announce executive actions on immigration reform
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Barack Obama will announce his executive actions on immigration reform in a prime-time address to the nation on Thursday night. “Unfortunately, Washington has allowed the...
View ArticleLack of toilets dangerous for everyone: UNICEF
UNITED NATIONS: Slow progress on sanitation and the entrenched practice of open defecation among millions around the world continue to put children and their communities at risk, the United Nations...
View ArticleFrance identifies second national in IS execution video
PARIS: France on Wednesday identified a second national who appeared unmasked in a grisly Islamic State execution video and announced it was sending more jets to the region to step up air strikes....
View ArticleObama to act alone to fix ‘broken’ US immigration law
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama will lay out a plan Thursday to fix the “broken” laws stranding millions of undocumented migrants in limbo, saying the problem has festered for too long. In...
View ArticleMiss Honduras shot dead ‘after fleeing sister’s boyfriend’
SANTA BARBARA: Miss Honduras was fatally shot as she tried to escape her sister’s jealous boyfriend, police and reports said, hours after the siblings were found dead beside a river. Maria Jose...
View ArticleSwiss boost as Federer practices for first time
LILLE, France: Roger Federer, whose back injury has cast serious doubts over his Davis Cup final spot, practiced for the first time on Wednesday in a timely boost for the Swiss team ahead of their...
View ArticleLibrary of Congress honors ‘Piano Man’ Billy Joel
WASHINGTON: The Library of Congress feted Billy Joel, presenting the American pop music icon with its Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at a gala concert in the US capital. Tony Bennett, Boyz II Men,...
View ArticleAt least eight dead in ‘historic’ US snowstorm
NEW YORK: A “historic” storm dumped more than five feet of snow, stranding scores of motorists, canceling flights and killing at least eight people in the northeastern United States, officials said...
View ArticleHonduras buries slain Miss World contestant, sister
SANTA BARBARA, Honduras: A shaken Honduras buried its Miss World contestant and her sister, after the latter’s boyfriend shot them in a jealous rage, according to police and media reports. Mourners...
View ArticleSix charged in French match-fixing probe
PARIS: Six people, including the presidents of Ligue 1 side Caen and Ligue 2 Nimes, were charged on Thursday in connection with a match-fixing inquiry that has rocked French football. Caen chief...
View ArticleMcIlroy, Scott to be kept apart in Australian Open early rounds
SYDNEY: The highly anticipated pairing of the world’s top-ranked golfers Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott will not happen in the early rounds of next week’s Australian Open, officials said Friday. Ever...
View ArticleThree wounded, gunman dead in US campus shooting
MIAMI: Terror gripped a major university in Florida on Thursday when an alumnus opened fire with a semi-automatic handgun, wounding three people before he was shot and killed by police. The latest...
View ArticleEgypt acquits doctor of fatal genital mutilation of girl
CAIRO: An Egyptian court acquitted a male doctor Thursday of carrying out a female circumcision that killed a teenager, in the first case brought since the procedure was banned in 2008. The court also...
View ArticleAssad says ‘real’ cooperation needed to crush IS
DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday that “international cooperation” was necessary to crush the Islamic State group, which is the target of a US-led campaign. “The region is...
View ArticleChina policies fuel tensions with US: commission
WASHINGTON: China’s souring foreign investment climate, “unfair” trade practices and inceased military spending heightened tensions between the United States and Beijing in 2014, a US commission said...
View ArticleFive years after Maguindanao massacre, anger at slow justice
Five years after 58 people were killed in the Philippines’ worst political massacre, anger among victims’ relatives is building, with no one yet convicted and the alleged masterminds still enjoying...
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