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Ahead of strategic dialogue US official goes to India

Ahead of US Secretary State John Kerry's June visit for the India-United States Strategic Dialogue, a senior American diplomat is travelling to New Delhi this week to exchange notes on the preparations. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, who will be in New Delhi May 24-25, will meet External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai and other ...
Chinese hackers resume cyber attacks on U.S. companies government agencies

Chinese hackers have resumed attacks on America three months after hackers, who worked for a cyber unit of China's People's Liberation Army, went silent amid evidence that they had stolen data from scores of American companies and government agencies. The hackers appear to have resumed their attacks using different techniques, according to computer industry security experts and American ...
Did Justin Theroux have bachelor party at NYC

Justin Theroux is rumoured to have had celebrated his bachelor party in New York City. The 41-year-old actor, who was photographed enjoying a stag party at the Big Apple on Sunday, is fuelling speculation that he could be tying the knot with Jennifer Aniston sooner than expected, Contactmusic reported. A pal of Theroux, writer Gavin McInnes, posted a photo of himself fooling around with the ...
Obama to reveal Guantanamo Bay plans drones strategy on Thursday

President Barack Obama will be speaking on his administration's evolving counterterrorism policies on Thursday, a White House official has said. The official told POLITICO that the president will also be discussing the administration's controversial use of drones and renewed plans to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. Obama will discuss the country's broad counterterrorism policy, ...
India-US Homeland Security dialogue to begin today

The four-day India-US Homeland Security dialogue between Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and his American counterpart Janet Napolitano will begin here today. Threats from terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and al-Qaeda, illicit financing and transnational crimes are high on their agenda. Both the sides are expected to take stock of the existing mechanisms such as the Joint Working Group on ...

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In "G.I. Jane," Demi Moore's Lt. Jordan O'Neil joins director Ridley Scott's cinematic icons of female strength, endurance, and will-power. For those who don't remember, Scott is not only responsible for bringing the unforgettable duo of "Thelma and Louise" to the big screen, but he was also the first to direct Sigourney Weaver as Ripley, the alien-busting, gun-toting heroine of the original "Alie ... ...

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Tornadoes tear through central US

Tornadoes tore through three central American states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa with baseball-sized hail and wind blasts ripping roofs off homes and turning trees to matchsticks, as severe weather swept the region. A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted Sunday night on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas and a second confirmed one was seen near Edmond, Oklahoma, the ...
Poll Shows Americans Find Obamas IRS Story Barely Believable

The IRS official who first revealed what had been going on in spite of months of agency denials did so at a public conference of tax lawyers in response to what has been deemed by the media as "a planted question." That it came just a few days before a report was to be issued by the IRS inspector general should come as no surprise. By making the story public in the way they did, the ...
Conn. lawmakers to seek hearings on derailment

Family and friends of Eastern Connecticut State University student Alyssiah Marie Wiley exit the arraignment on murder charges of Jermaine Richards at Superior Court in Bridgeport, Conn. on Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Connecticut Post, Brian A. Pounds, ...
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US Sees 'Climate of Intolerance' on Global Religious Freedom

The United States said the right to global religious freedom was challenged last year, with governments often creating a "climate of intolerance" leading to hatred and violence.

In an annual report, the State Department said Monday government officials worldwide are often allowed to act with impunity while violating the religious rights of their countrymen. It said there often is uneven enforcement of religious freedom laws and introduction of new restrictions.

Secretary of State John Kerry said religious freedom is "the birthright of every human being," but is often restricted.

The chief U.S. diplomat said religious freedom throughout the world is a national security concern for the U.S.

"When countries undermine or attack religious freedom, they not only unjustly threaten those who they target, they also threaten their countries' own stability.

And we see that in so many places," said Kerry. "Attacks on religious freedom are therefore both a moral and a strategic national security concern for the United States.rdquo;

He said the State Department found a "troubling" increase in anti-Semitism and named a new aide to monitor the problem. The report cited abuses in several countries, particularly in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran. ...