Gov. Mario M. Cuomo in 1994, campaigning from a bus. Credit James Estrin/The New York Times. In an era when liberal thought was increasingly discredited, Mr. Cuomo, a man of large intellect and often unrestrained personality, celebrated it, challenging Ronald Reagan at the height of his presidency.... |
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By John-Thor Dahlburg. PARIS — A lover of rap music turned aspiring Muslim holy warrior and his older brother are suddenly the most wanted men in France, suspected of the armed onslaught on a newspaper office that claimed a dozen lives and horrified most of the world. |
“It just so happens I'm more likely to get run over by a bicycle in Paris than get assassinated,” he told the Los Angeles Times in 2013. But he wasn’t unaware of the risks. Asked whether he was worried about being targeted, he replied, “Yeah, that's rather bothersome. |
France observed a day of national mourning to remember the victims of the deadliest attack on home soil in decades. Flags flew at half staff, and the vibrant heart of the French capital stilled as transport halted, church bells fell silent and crowds gathered under gray clouds and a steady drizzle that matched the somber mood of a stunned nation. |
Jean-Paul Marthoz, CPJ Europe Representative. The attack on the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo has sent shock waves through France and beyond. Not only because 12 people have been killed in cold blood and many were wounded in what was the deadliest terrorist attack in France since 1961, when right wingers bombed a train killing 28 people . |
It seems the folks over at Rockefeller Center have a problem with the Almighty. An astute reader pointed out that NBC has once again omitted God from the Pledge of Allegiance. The omission happened during a commercial promoting the network’s upcoming spy thriller called “Allegiance. |
France observed a day of national mourning to remember the victims of the deadliest attack on home soil in decades. Flags flew at half staff, and the vibrant heart of the French capital stilled as transport halted, church bells fell silent and crowds gathered under gray clouds and a steady drizzle that matched the somber mood of a stunned nation. |
PARIS (AP) — A lover of rap music turned aspiring Muslim holy warrior and his older brother are suddenly the most wanted men in France, suspected of the armed onslaught on a newspaper office that claimed a dozen lives and horrified most of the world. Cherif Kouachi, 32, and Said Kouachi, 34, were.... |
France observed a day of national mourning to remember the victims of the deadliest attack on home soil in decades. Flags flew at half staff, and the vibrant heart of the French capital stilled as transport halted, church bells fell silent and crowds gathered under gray clouds and a steady drizzle that matched the somber mood of a stunned nation. |
When Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a 1989 fatwa calling for the killing of British writer Salman Rushdie, many in the West could scarcely believe a literary novel would prompt an international death threat. We've come a long way since then. |
Published on Thursday, 8 January, 2015 at 18:45. (AFP) Elite French security forces tightened the net Thursday on two brothers suspected of slaughtering 12 people in an Islamist attack after discovering an abandoned getaway car in a northeastern town. Helicopters buzzed overhead as police mounted a.... |
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