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Sep 27 2019
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Indonesia has banned marriage for young girls
ONE IN FIVE girls marries before reaching adulthood. One in twenty is wed before her fifteenth birthday. In Indonesia, which has the eighth-highest number of child brides in the world according to the UN, the phenomenon should soon be a thing of the past. This month the country’s parliament raised the minimum age at which girls can marry from 16 to 19. Legislators were spurred to act after the
The EconomistDec 04 2012
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Report: Benghazi 'Talking Points' Watered Down By CIA, Not White House
"A highly cautious, bureaucratic process that had the effect of watering down the U.S.'s own intelligence" led to the controversial "talking points" that U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice used when she spoke about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, The Wall Street Journal reports this morning.
NPR (Online News)Sep 02 2014
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OPINION: Pressing the climate hoax
The globalists are taking the next step in the war on carbon dioxide. Scientists have linked this gas to the feeding of healthy plants and the blossoming of flowers, so the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations‘ global warming alarmist arm, last week let slip a plan for getting rid of it when the U.N. summit on the climate convenes on Sept. 23.
Washington TimesMar 05 2024
Headline Roundup
United Nations Confirms Evidence of Sexual Violence by Hamas
A United Nations investigation has found “clear and convincing information” suggesting Hamas committed rape and sexualized torture against hostages taken on October 7.
The Details: The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Pramila Patten, conducted an investigation involving 33 meetings with Israeli national institutions and security forces,
NPR (Online News) BBC News Washington Free BeaconFeb 19 2020
Analysis
Bill Barr Derangement Syndrome
Can the republic survive Attorney General William Barr?
That’s the question that has seized the media and center-left, which have worked themselves into a full-blown panic over an attorney general who is, inarguably, a serious legal figure and one of the adults in the room late in President Trump’s first term.
Some 2,000 former Justice Department employees have signed a letter
National Review (News)Oct 03 2016
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UNHCR report: More displaced now than after WWII
The U.N.'s refugee agency reports that the number of displaced people is at its highest ever -- surpassing even post-World War II numbers, when the world was struggling to come to terms with the most devastating event in history.
The total at the end of 2015 reached 65.3 million -- or one out of every 113 people on Earth, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (
CNN DigitalSep 02 2015
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Lindsey Graham: Kentucky Clerk Must 'Comply With The Law Or Resign'
At least one prominent Republican is calling on the Kentucky clerk refusing to grant marriage licenses to LGBT couples to resign if she continues to resist.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Tuesday that because Kim Davis is a public official, she should “comply with the law or resign.”
“The rule of law is the rule of law,” he told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. “We are a
HuffPostAug 25 2020
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Democrats beat Republicans in first-night convention TV audience
A total of 17 million people watched the mostly virtual Republican National Convention’s first night on Monday, according to Nielsen, fewer than the 19.7 million viewers who watched the first night of the Democratic National Convention.
The 17 million RNC number reflects the audience across 11 TV networks between 10 p.m EDT and 11 p.m. EDT and does not include online and streaming
ReutersApr 03 2016
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Tailender Kasich: Open GOP convention would be ‘fun,’ ‘cool’
Far behind rivals Donald Trump and Ted Cruz in the hunt for delegates, Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Sunday an open convention in July to pick the Republicans’ presidential nominee would be “fun” and “cool” from his perspective.
“It’s going to be so much fun. Kids will spend less time focusing on [Justin] Bieber and [Kim] Kardashian, and more time focusing on how we elect presidents,” Mr.
Washington TimesJan 16 2016
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Iran Says International Sanctions To Be Lifted Saturday
International sanctions on Iran will be lifted on Saturday when the United Nations nuclear agency declares Tehran has complied with an agreement to scale back its nuclear program, Iran's foreign minister said.
Foreign Minister Javad Zarif arrived in Vienna, headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. body expected to issue a report triggering the lifting of
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