CNN Mocks Million Vet March as Tea Party Crazies
CNN.com covered Sunday’s “Million Vet March” in Washington D.C. against the Obama administration’s closure of military memorials by castigating the marchers as Tea Party kooks and fringe crazies. “At tea party-like rally, Obama told to ‘put the Quran down,’” the headline read.
‘You owe us peace,’ Yitzhak Rabin’s grandson tells Netanyahu
Organizers, who put the attendance at 33,000, said this year marked the first time that all Israeli Zionist youth movements — including the Orthodox Bnei Akiva and the rightist Beitar — sent representatives to the gathering. Rabin’s grandson, Yonatan Ben Artzi, one of the speakers, called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take advantage of the opportunities before him to bring peace, telling him this was his chance.
Ten Jews detained for praying on Temple Mount
Police haul men away after they sing ‘Hatikvah,’ unfurl Israeli flag atop sensitive enclosure.
Report: Obama brings chilling effect on journalism
The U.S. government's aggressive prosecution of leaks and efforts to control information are having a chilling effect on journalists and government whistle-blowers, according to a report released Thursday on U.S. press freedoms under the Obama administration. The Committee to Protect Journalists conducted its first examination of U.S. press freedoms amid the Obama administration's unprecedented number of prosecutions of government sources and seizures of journalists' records. Usually the group focuses on advocating for press freedoms abroad.
M-CLASS FLARE, EARTH-DIRECTED CME
October 13th began with an explosion on the sun. At 00:43 UT, sunspot AR1865 erupted, producing an M1-class solar flare and an Earth-directed CME.
China calls for 'de-Americanized' world
The looming prospect of a US default on debt prompted China to call for the world to “de-Americanise”, amid warnings of a new global recession. Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/china-calls-for-de-americanized-world/#QB3d2mMytu1IbRBV.99
God's warning to U.S. headlines for 75 weeks
The documentary and the book outline Cahn’s evidence that America is following in the defiant footsteps of ancient Israel as recorded in Isaiah 9:10. Like the Israelites, he explains, America has insisted on rebuilding bigger and better without considering what God was trying to tell the country through the catastrophic events of Sept. 11, 2001.
This won't happen for another 79,000 years
The big holiday buzz this year surrounds the convergence of two other major holidays, an event that won’t take place for another 79,000 years. What’s happening is that on Thursday, Nov. 28, Thanksgiving and Hanukkah overlap for the first time since 1888, creating what many are calling “Thanksgivukkah.”
A job engine sputters as hospitals cut staff
Hospitals, a reliable source of employment growth in the recession and its aftermath, are starting to cut thousands of jobs amid falling insurance payments and inpatient visits. The payroll cuts are surprising because the Affordable Care Act (ACA), whose implementation took a big step forward this month, is eventually expected to provide health coverage to as many as 30 million additional Americans.
Iran rejects West's demand to ship out enriched uranium
Iran will not allow any of its enriched uranium to be shipped abroad, the deputy foreign minister says, rejecting a key demand of Western powers. Abbas Araqchi was quoted by state media as saying that "shipping the material abroad is our red line". The comments come ahead of key talks this week in Geneva between Iran and international negotiators over the nuclear dispute.
Syria chemical weapons: OPCW plea for short ceasefires
The head of the body tasked with destroying Syria's chemical weapons says fighting is preventing access to some sites through rebel-held areas. Ahmet Uzumcu, of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, called for local, short-term ceasefires to allow experts to work. He told the BBC he hoped the Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to the group last week, would help their work in Syria.
Malaysia court rules non-Muslims cannot use 'Allah'
A Malaysian court has ruled that non-Muslims cannot use the word Allah to refer to God, even in their own faiths, overturning a 2009 lower court ruling. The appeals court said the term Allah must be exclusive to Islam or it could cause public disorder. People of all faiths use the word Allah in Malay to refer to their Gods.
Thousands Of Americans Storm National Mall To Protest Obama’s Treatment Of Veterans
Thousands of people converged on the World War II Memorial on the National Mall on Sunday morning and tore down the barricades blocking it off, protesting the closure of the memorial during the federal government shutdown.
India's Ratangarh temple stampede deaths rise to 115
The death toll from a stampede at a Hindu festival in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh has risen to 115, local officials have said. Many were crushed after panic broke out on a bridge near the Ratangarh temple near the town of Datia. Others died when they jumped from the bridge. Meanwhile, funeral pyres have been burning throughout the night with many of the victims already cremated.
IMF chief warns a US default could spark recession
The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has warned that a US default could tip the world into recession. In a US TV interview she said a default would result in "massive disruption the world over". The US Treasury will start to run short of funds on Thursday if no agreement is reached for it to raise its debt limit.
Pope entrusts world to Immaculate Heart of Mary
Pope Francis on Sunday entrusted the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and to her maternal care before the image of Our Lady of Fatima, asking Mary’s help to “revive and grow faith.”
Iranian Jewish community to Obama: Seize 'unrepeatable' chance to mend ties with Iran
Iran's Jewish community has called on US President Barack Obama to seize an "unrepeatable" opportunity to mend ties with Tehran following Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's overtures to the US... "If the US and the international community do not make the best of this golden and perhaps unrepeatable opportunity, then it will be in the benefit of those who are against the normalization of ties between Iran and the US...