Anugrah Kumar

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  Dec 8, 2014

  HHS Marginalizes Its Own Ethics Body for Criticizing Controversial Study on Premature Infants

  A watchdog group has revealed that the Department of Health and Human Services is marginalizing its own ethics body for pointing out that its controversial study of premature babies failed to disclose foreseeable risks of blindness, neurological damage and death to babies.

• Dec 8, 2014

  Six Guantanamo Bay Detainees Transferred to Uruguay, Where They Are Free to Leave Anytime

  Six detainees, considered prisoners in the U.S. war on terror and held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba for over 12 years, have been transferred to Uruguay under a resettlement deal, the Pentagon said Sunday.

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  Dec 8, 2014

  North Korea Appears to Be Starving, Mass Killing Prison Inmates

  Amid calls for North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un's prosecution before the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, authorities are apparently restructuring the country's vast network of prison camps, which involves subjecting prisoners to relocation and arbitrary executions, according to an international coalition against genocide, which is urging support for dissidents.

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  Dec 7, 2014

  Scammer Posing as LifeChurch.tv Pastor Craig Groeschel Requests for Funds; Spiritually Blackmails Woman

  A scammer, posing to be Craig Groeschel, the founding and senior pastor of the Oklahoma-based LifeChurch.tv megachurch, requested for money for an orphanage in Africa, sending Facebook messages from a fake account and spiritually blackmailing a Christian woman.

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  Dec 7, 2014

  Obama Condemns 'Barbaric Murder' of US Hostage Luke Somers in Yemen After Failed Rescue Mission

  President Barack Obama has "strongly condemned the barbaric murder" of U.S. hostage Luke Somers, a photojournalist, by al Qaeda terrorists during a secret rescue operation by American commandos and the Yemeni government. A South African hostage, Pierre Korkie, was also fatally shot during the operation.

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  Dec 7, 2014

  Jordan's King Says Fight Against ISIS Is 'a Third World War, a Muslim Problem'

  Jordan's King Abdullah II, who is in Washington to meet with President Barack Obama, described the battle against the Islamic State, or ISIS, terror group in Iraq and Syria as "a third world war" and "a Muslim problem," they need to take ownership of.

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  Dec 6, 2014

  Rand Paul Forces Congress to Vote on Declaring War on ISIS

  During a meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Rand Paul made a last-minute effort to force a vote on a declaration of war against the Islamic State, or ISIS, terror group, tying his proposal to an unrelated bill concerning clean drinking water around the world. Sen. John McCain disagreed.

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  Dec 6, 2014

  Daniel Pantaleo Had Been Sued Thrice for Misconduct Prior to Eric Garner's Chokehold Death

  The white New York police officer who choke-held an unarmed black man leading to his death had earlier been sued thrice for alleged misconduct with black people. A UN Special Rapporteur has expressed concern over a "pattern of impunity," citing two grand juries' failure to indict officers involved in the deaths of two black civilians.

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  Dec 6, 2014

  George W Bush Says NY Jury's Eric Garner Decision 'Hard to Understand'

  Former President George W. Bush said a New York grand jury's decision not to charge the white police officer who fatally conducted a choke-hold on an unarmed black man, Eric Garner, was "hard to understand."

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  Dec 1, 2014

  Quran Should be Read at Prince Charles' Coronation, Anglican Bishop Says

  A senior Church of England bishop has said that Prince Charles's coronation service should include a reading from the Quran so that Muslims feel "embraced" by the nation – a proposal which is being criticized by some Christian groups in the U.K.