It is with a great sense of relief and thankfulness that I can now report that all charges have been dropped against my client Dr. Sami Al-Arian. Minutes ago, United States District Judge Anthony J. Trenga signed the order dismissing the indictment against Dr. Al-Arian. The case was before Judge Leonie M. Brinkema, but it was Judge Trenga who signed the order on Friday afternoon.

The 54-year-old waitress from Aachen in Germany was initially surprised when Mark Binskin added her as a friend on Facebook. But he explained, in German, that he was lonely – serving in Kabul, soon to retire, having been single for eight years.

The President says investigations show that this is the work of a local political network.

„The attack in Lamu was well planned, orchestrated, and politically motivated ethnic violence against a Kenyan community, with the intention of profiling and evicting them for political reasons. This, therefore, was not an Al Shabab terrorist attack,“ said Kenyatta.

So, who is fooling who?

The militant, who is being identified now, had a machine gun and ammunition.

A Russian Mil Mi-8 helicopter working under a UN contract in Somalia came under fire during a recent flight but no one was hurt in the incident, spokesperson for the UN mission in the East African country Ismini Palla said on Sunday.

Lehrer fordern mehr Mitspracherecht, verbesserte Arbeitsbedingungen sowie Abwendung vom privaten Bildungssystem

The team, led by Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, met with Cuban officials as well as independent people in the technology and digital field, according to a report on the independent news website 14ymedio.com, which was started last month by blogger Yoani Sanchez.

The asylum-seekers, mainly Eritreans and Sudanese, want to leave Israel because they are „sick of Israeli government asylum policy“ of detaining migrants for an indefinite period at the Holot detention centre, Eritrean-born Hobtom, who is part of the protest, told IBTimes UK.

Verbratenes Geld der deutschen Steuerzahler für Grossmachtsallüren der neuen Berliner Auslandssehnsucht.

Two traffic police men were gunned down by militants on Maka al-Mukaram road, a major thoroughfare through the center of Mogadishu, the commander of traffic police, Ali Hirsi, told Reuters. “The attackers escaped,” he said.

More than 220,000 members of South Africa‘s NUMSA engineering and metalworkers union will down tools on July 1 after last-ditch wage talks to avert a strike failed, its leaders said on Sunday.

Jokowi‘s win was widely seen as reflecting popular voter support for „new“ or „clean“ leaders rather than the „old“ style of politics in Indonesia, although he is over 50 years old.

Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo (* 17. Oktober 1951 in Jakarta) ist ein ehemaliger General der indonesischen Armee TNI und Schwiegersohn des langjährigen Präsidenten Suharto. Bis zu dessen Entlassung im Mai 1998 nach Suhartos Rücktritt war er einer der mächtigsten Militärmachthaber in Indonesien. (..)

Prabowo Subianto schloss 1974 die Militärschule ab und ging zwei Jahre später zu der Eliteeinheit Tim Nanggala X nach Osttimor, die zu den Kopassandha-Truppen gehörte (später Kopassus). Das erste Spezialtraining erhielt er 1980 in Fort Bragg (USA) und etwa 1981 in Westdeutschland mit Angehörigen der GSG9. (..)

Er gründete die Tim Alfa-Miliz in Lospalos und beteiligte sich im August 1983 an einem Massaker in Kraras (…)
Bei der Vergeltungsaktion starben fast 300 Menschen.

Zur Melodie des Queen-Klassikers „We Will Rock You“ skandieren vier prominente indonesische Popstars die Namen von Prabowo und seinem Vize-Kandidaten Hatta Rajasa. Weiter heißt es im Text: „Indonesien erwache, Wer sonst vermag Indonesien zu erwecken aus seiner Misere? Wer sonst, wenn nicht wir?“

Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is still firmly in the lead against rival presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)-led coalition is working at full speed to ensure Jokowi maintains his position amid “a tsunami of smear campaigns” against the candidate and his running mate Jusuf Kalla.

Jetzt entdeckt Israel, dass es nicht länger das Zentrum der Aufmerksamkeit ist, wie es dies vorher war,, und dass das Schicksal der drei gekidnappten Opfer die Welt nicht länger den Atem anhalten lassen wird, nicht einmal die USA.

Die Welt hat Israel und seinen Wahnsinn satt.

Tour operators Thomson and First Choice have cancelled all flights to Mombasa until October

Around 700 British troops training in Kenya have been prevented from leaving after the Nairobi government withdrew diplomatic permits over a travel advice row.

Residents of Detroit, Michigan who are $150 or two months past-due on their water bills are having their water shut off by the bankrupt city. Now, even the United Nations has stepped in, saying Detroit is in violation of the human right to water.

While the human politics of the crisis in Ukraine garner all the headlines, it is the gas politics that in many ways lies at the heart of the conflict.