voanews.com Article Reprint Japan has provided a shipment of ammunition to a United Nations peacekeeping mission in troubled South Sudan, making it the first time since WWII that Tokyo has given arms to a foreign
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Obama administration quietly extends health-care enrollment deadline by a day
By Amy Goldstein and Juliet Eilperin Article Reprint At midnight Monday, the official deadline arrives for Americans to sign up through the new federal health insurance exchange for health plans that begin Jan. 1. But,
Read moreIsrael to U.S.: Stop Spying On Us
And demand release of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard By Courtney Subramanian Article Reprint Israeli officials broke their silence over the U.S. surveillance scandal Sunday, angrily demanding an end to spying on Israel. The outcry marks
Read moreKanye West Says Farrakhan Told Him Not To Apologize
by Houston Williams Article Reprint Kanye West seemingly threw some shade towards Jay Z, Oprah Winfrey and Michael Jordan, as he discussed a conversation with Minister Louis Farrakhan.
Read moreAn Interview with René González, of the Cuban 5
René González is the only member of the Cuban Five to be released from prison since their arrest in 1998. His verdict on the U.S. criminal justice system: “The judges are stupid dogs. That’s what
Read moreRace, Religion and Rounding Up Africans in Israel
Israel has launched a wholesale roundup of African immigrants, whom members of the ruling parties call a “cancer” on the Jewish state. To circumvent court rulings against imprisonment without trial, the government has packed the
Read moreNSA Phone Program Probably Unconstitutional, Judge Rules
By Andrew Harris and Chris Strohm Article Reprint The National Security Agency’s program of collecting telephone-call data is probably illegal, a federal judge ruled, allowing a lawsuit claiming it violates the U.S. Constitution to go
Read moreRelative: Mandela signer in group that burned men
By TENDAI MUSIYA and ALAN CLENDENNING Article Reprint JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The bogus sign language interpreter at last week’s Nelson Mandela memorial service was among a group of people who accosted two men found with
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