Provides the latest RSS feeds for General Editorials. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page North Carolina Daily.com http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/cat/45d771c7290844e9/ en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:53:22 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:53:22 -0400 30 This citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows damaged buildings during battles between the rebels and the Syrian government forces, in Aleppo, Syria, June 13, ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215283380/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:52:57 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215283380/scat/45d771c7290844e9 This same question might fairly be asked about the controversy dominating the news since the leak that revealed the intelligence community’s highly classified electronic surveillance program. Why are we so fascinated with this case? Why are some Americans outraged at the government while others are outraged at the leaker? Why do so many of us have such firm and passionate views about all of ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215282471/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:52:56 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215282471/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Hasan Rowhani as president of Iran creates a chance for a diplomatic solution to the standoff over that country's potential nuclear-weapons program. But a diplomatic solution is far from a sure ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215282472/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:52:54 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215282472/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Photo credit: (Getty Images) No one thinks the New York City public school system's 64.7 percent high school graduation rate is a cause for celebration. But when Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that achievement this week for the Class of 2012, school reformers in every part of every borough felt a powerful sense of relief. That's because members of the Class of 2012 were the ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215283384/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:41:01 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215283384/scat/45d771c7290844e9 As parents and students struggle to keep up with rising college tuition and take on greater burdens of debt, universities are being challenged to justify the ballooning athletic fees they tack on to the ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215280129/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:45:07 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215280129/scat/45d771c7290844e9 There was a time not that long ago when it would have seemed far-fetched to suggest that the law should protect gay and lesbian students in public schools from bullying or discrimination. It wasn’t just that homosexuality was still regarded as undesirable, even pathological. There was also a reluctance to recognize that children and adolescents might identify themselves - and be identified ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215280128/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:45:07 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215280128/scat/45d771c7290844e9 CLOSE ON the TINIEST AND MOST ADORABLE PUPPY, who tilts his head inquisitively, at a distant noise. TINIEST AND MOST ADORABLE PUPPY (grimly): .... Wurf? crash through the rear wall, which causes the ceiling to crumble. Screams. Blood. Silence. Standing unhurt atop the rubble, WONDER ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215280130/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:41:50 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215280130/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Non-Western philosophy is typically represented in philosophy curricula in a merely token way. Western philosophy is always the unmarked category, the standard in relation to which non-Western philosophy provides a useful ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215280131/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:41:49 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215280131/scat/45d771c7290844e9 FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013 file photo, Indian women carry signs as they march to mourn the death of a gang rape victim in New Delhi, India. For decades, women have had little choice but to walk away when groped in a crowded bus or train, or to simply cringe as someone tosses an obscene comment their way. Even if they haven't experienced explicit sexual abuse themselves, they live ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215280132/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:34:57 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215280132/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Graduation advice for my daughter: Bless people. Don’t worry about impressing them. And when God blesses you, enjoy the blessing and be ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278872/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:28:43 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278872/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The elections of the Islamic Republic of Iran have lead to a surprising — to some at least — result: The election of ';moderate'; Hassan Rowhani over various hardline candidates. The election, unnoticed by many until the results were announced, has resulted in a flurry of opinions on how Rowhani's election will shape and change policies with Iran. Some, such as ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278873/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:28:40 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278873/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Even as Syria’s nightmare continues, policy makers should consider the country’s future once hostilities end. Those planning for Syria’s "day after" should learn a lesson from the past and avoid an approach just adopted in Libya, and before that in Iraq, that will widen divisions rather than heal the wounds. Libya’s parliament recently voted to bar many ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278952/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:02:58 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278952/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Freedom of Expression Corruption and Financial Accountability Abuses in the Extractives Sector Absence of the Rule of Law Annex D: Ethiopia, Aspiring EITI ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278724/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:02:58 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278724/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Sevan Nisanyan, a Turkish-Armenian journalist, wrote a blog entry last September stating that critical comments about religion don’t constitute hate speech. "Making fun of an Arab leader who claimed he contacted God hundreds of years ago and received political, financial and sexual benefits is not hate speech," he said. "It is an almost kindergarten-level test of what is ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215279256/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:02:58 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215279256/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Marcin de Kaminsky also belongs to a community of Net activists and 'hacktivists'. De Kaminsky is co-founder of Telecomix, a network which showed Egyptian human rights activists how to circumvent government surveillance and communicate safely during the Arab Spring. Speaking with Robin David, de Kaminsky discussed how democracies justify online surveillance, how citizens become ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278621/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:18:00 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278621/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Markandey Katju , was appointed chairman of the Press Council. He hit the ground running, called journalists ignorant and the media unreliable and worse. The current attack on the media started around then. Katju persistently sought to drum up a debate on media ethics, while making a pitch for more powers for ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278620/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:17:59 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278620/scat/45d771c7290844e9 National Security Agency (NSA) exposed as exploiting domestic tech giants to monitor phone and internet activity of hundreds of millions across the world. Now the leaks have done the same to the just concluded G8 summit. It's been reported that delegates of all the attending countries were subjected to systematic spying at their 2009 G20 meetings in London, where NSA tied up with British ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278622/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:17:58 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278622/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The Prime Minister also stole some of Brussels' thunder by announcing the start of talks on what could be a truly world-changing trade treaty between the EU and the US - an agreement, what is more, that might even persuade sceptical Britons that the UK is better in the EU than out. Not bad, it might be judged, for a bare 24 hours' work. The landscape was easy on the eye, too - about as ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215277628/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:15:08 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215277628/scat/45d771c7290844e9 It was neither a scuttle nor a rout. Taking place a year-and-a-half before Nato's planned withdrawal, yesterday's handover to Afghan state forces, though tainted by yet another terrorist attack, could be described as dignified. Both Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Nato Secretary-General, and President Hamid Karzai found optimistic words to mark the ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215277630/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:15:05 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215277630/scat/45d771c7290844e9 I was profoundly moved to meet these women and girls, most from poor, rural backgrounds, who had suffered severe physical and social consequences because of this largely preventable illness. Mourning the stillbirth of their babies, ashamed of the fetid odour they produced, having lost a chance at education, being confined to their homes, they were left feeling hopeless, depressed and ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278623/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:55:27 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278623/scat/45d771c7290844e9 In 2000, I greeted the first entering graduate-student class at Berkeley where the women outnumbered the men. I was the first female dean of the graduate division. As a ‘70s feminist I cautiously thought, "Is the revolution over? Have we won?" Hardly. That afternoon I looked around the room at my first dean’s meeting and all I saw were gray-haired men. The next week at the ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215276233/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:24:32 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215276233/scat/45d771c7290844e9 While the U.S. has checks and balances that regulate how the state eavesdrops on its citizens, Russia has none. The FSB has control centers that are connected by cables directly to operators' computer servers. To monitor particular phone conversations or Internet communications, an FSB agent only has to enter a command into the control center located in the local FSB headquarters. That ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215277360/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:56:08 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215277360/scat/45d771c7290844e9 My wife almost lost her leg a few weeks ago. Then she almost lost her life. The symptoms didn't seem life-threatening at the time, so we almost made a fatal mistake by delaying seeking medical treatment. Since then, we've learned about the dangers of another "silent killer" you might not be familiar with: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT). My wife developed severe leg cramps while ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215276296/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:53:59 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215276296/scat/45d771c7290844e9 How many snapper should anyone be allowed to catch in a day's fishing? Readers who do not go fishing for fun might be surprised at the bag limit: nine. That seems an excessively generous allowance for every person out fishing, yet the recreational fishing lobby is aggrieved at proposals to reduce the permitted catch in response to diminishing stocks in the Hauraki Gulf, east of Northland and the ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215276616/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:30:00 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215276616/scat/45d771c7290844e9 While being treated for brain cancer in 2009, my friend Jackie and her family were well served by the Richard M. Schulze American Cancer Society Hope Lodge. It's a well-appointed, comforting home away from home for cancer patients at University of Minnesota Medical Center/Fairview. That personal connection with the generosity ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215274802/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:16:29 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215274802/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Vladimir Putin made a truly sensational statement by revealing the real reason for the Russia-Georgia war of August 2008. Apparently, Russia delivered a preventative strike to liquidate international terrorists who were sent by Georgian forces to penetrate Russian territory. Putin said the terrorists advanced to positions 30 kilometers south of Sochi before they were eliminated. "About six ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215275954/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:49:16 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215275954/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Some critics complain that U.S. President Barack Obama campaigned on inspirational rhetoric and an ambition to "bend the arc of history" but then turned out to be a transactional and pragmatic leader once in office. In this respect, however, Obama is hardly unique. Many leaders change their objectives and style over the course of their careers. One of the great transformational leaders ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215275955/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:49:14 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215275955/scat/45d771c7290844e9 On Tuesday (18 June), the German chancellor and the US president will embrace each other. Eyes will be shining as both sides praise the German-American friendship. After all, this visit from Washington is an election campaign present for Angela Merkel, and the president can hope for symbolic pictures to build his own legend. At the same time, the two of them have an enormous quandary: Obama is ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215275956/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:39:19 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215275956/scat/45d771c7290844e9 On 15 June, Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, joined the ‘10,000 Club’, a small coterie of world leaders who have held power for over 10,000 days – more than 27 years. In Africa, only Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, and Jose Eduardo Dos Santos of Angola have remained in office longer. Museveni is not in good company: each controls ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215273279/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:33:02 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215273279/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results CONSCIENCE AND ITS ENEMIES: CONFRONTING THE DOGMAS OF LIBERAL SECULARISMBy Robert P. GeorgeISI Books, $29.95, 290 pagesRobert Peter George has to be one of the most civilized people laboring around these parts to make sense of the muddle we call modern life. The word ';civilized'; I use in its, shall we say, civilized sense - as marking ownership of, or attachment to, ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215272887/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:05:57 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215272887/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Dueling interventions in Syria. Patrick Chappatte is an editorial cartoonist for the International Herald Tribune. View more of his work, visit his Web site or follow him on ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215272893/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:07:25 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215272893/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Protesters block the road and set off fireworks, after they burned two vehicles belonging to the Libyan Army's First Infantry Brigade in Benghazi June 14, 2013. The protesters said they had burnt the vehicles, both of which belonged to the Libyan Army's First Infantry Brigade, as they accused the brigade of being responsible for clashes that broke out at the headquarters of the Libya ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215270513/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:57:42 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215270513/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Society for Philosophy and Psychology , affectionately known as "SPP." Daniel Dennett was in the seat just ahead of me; additional luminaries were scattered about the room. A quick count revealed about equal numbers of men and women in the audience -- an unusual figure for an event in philosophy, ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215270403/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:52:53 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215270403/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Victoria J. married in 2009 at age 14, and became pregnant shortly after. "I started labour in the morning on a Friday …. The nurse kept checking and saying I would deliver safely. On Monday she said I was weak. "The doctor decided to operate on me. (During the) operation they found the baby was dead. The doctor said the baby had died due to the long labour. After that, I found ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215270417/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:21:19 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215270417/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Do Europeans want to die any more than Americans do in a terrorist attack? I ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215272892/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:08:21 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215272892/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The running shoe is all wrong for the human foot, so Orem's Golden Harper came up with a solution — a radically different shoe called Altra that is expected to do $20 million in sales this year and challenge the big brand names in the ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215269182/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:42:40 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215269182/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Iranians went to the polls on Friday in what turned out to be ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215271967/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:35:41 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215271967/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Arizona argued that the law was needed to prevent voter fraud by immigrants who don't qualify to vote. and that it was not pre-empted by federal rules because it was consistent with Congress' intent of protecting the integrity of elections. Such arguments are unpersuasive. As the U.S. ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215270110/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:27:09 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215270110/scat/45d771c7290844e9 My new raised-bed vegetable garden ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215272741/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:03:01 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215272741/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results The House is expected to consider this week the reauthorization of the farm bill, a multiyear plan for the future of American farming. While much of the media coverage of the debate in the Senate centered on nutrition programs, an important battle is brewing in the House regarding dairy policy.As the House Agriculture Committee debated dairy policy, Chairman Frank D. Lucas, Oklahoma ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215267765/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:48:38 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215267765/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results As soon as the results of the Iranian elections were announced, the world’s media proclaimed that a ';moderate and reformist'; cleric, Hasan Rowhani, would become the new president of Iran.Not so. Mr. Rowhani is every bit as brutal and deceitful as the clerical regime that has murderously cracked down on its people for decades.For 33 years, the mullahs who dominate ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215267766/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:48:37 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215267766/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results A wit once observed a persistent truth: ';Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.'; That has been especially the case with respect to ';space weather'; - a phenomenon associated with intense solar activity, known by scientists as coronal mass ejections and popularly as solar flares. If oriented in the wrong direction, one of these ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215267767/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:48:36 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215267767/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results It’s amazing that there are those - including The New York Times - that continue to prop up the flawed finger-pointing of the Internal Revenue Service, blaming a couple of rogue agents out of its Cincinnati office for the unlawful targeting of conservative groups.The New York Times - along with the IRS - is simply wrong in their assertion that this scandal is based in, and ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215267769/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:48:35 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215267769/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results The key to success in business is making products that beat the competition. Government just makes rules, and drives up costs for competitors. Despite President Obama’s happy talk about the nation having achieved the highest proportion of domestic oil and gas production in 20 years, his administration is tipping the scale further in favor of fringe energy sources over ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215267768/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:48:35 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215267768/scat/45d771c7290844e9 View results Americans are hard to lead politically, but they will follow reason. That is a lesson the country has repeatedly taught those aspiring to lead it. It is now one that Republicans should take to heart as they address the Obama administration’s sudden onslaught of scandals.Early in its second term, the Obama White House risks going from being seemingly garbed in Teflon to wearing ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215267770/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:48:34 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215267770/scat/45d771c7290844e9 We’ve urged the state Senate to pick up the pace on welfare reforms and happily they’ve obliged. A bill released by Senate leaders at midday yesterday is set for a full debate Thursday. As promised, the Senate is taking a broad approach; call it "Welfare Reform II," after the 1995 crackdown that introduced a stronger work requirement for recipients of public assistance.The ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215266999/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:17:31 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215266999/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The chaotic scenes at the trial of a man charged over inter-ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan are damaging the legal process, reports Mihra Rittmann. Even in the basement of the courthouse, safe behind a closed door, I’m sure the defendant could still hear the women screaming at him. I certainly could hear the women, standing just metres away, and I definitely felt their violent rage as one ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215266754/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:06:15 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215266754/scat/45d771c7290844e9 abundant subsidized finance from the Federal government is keeping the system going. As a banker-journalist of 40 years' experience, I can tell you: higher education looks like a bubble about to burst. Countless studies have shown there to be around a 50% salary premium for obtaining a four-year bachelor's degree, compared with high-school graduates. On that comparison rests the ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215266755/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:03:51 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215266755/scat/45d771c7290844e9 the Gulf, gathered in Cairo to study plans to call for an international appeal for jihad in Syria. On June 4, Al-Arabiya, a Saudi-financed television channel that is usually liberal, hosted conservative leader Sheikh Youssef Qaradawi, who is based in Doha, Qatar, to urge support for jihad against Hezbollah forces who are fighting alongside Assad's forces in Syria. The spike in religious ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215266168/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:00:43 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215266168/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Jim Lobe WASHINGTON - The surprise victory of Hassan Rouhani in Iran's June 14 election has provoked a range of reactions here, ranging from cautious optimism about possible detente between Tehran and Washington to outright rejection of the notion that his presidency will produce any substantive change in policy, foreign or domestic. While most Iran specialists fall into the former ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215266169/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:00:42 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215266169/scat/45d771c7290844e9 By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON - Deepening security ties between East Asian nations offer substantial benefits to the United States as it "rebalances" its military forces towards the Asia-Pacific region, so long as the move is not perceived as a US-led effort to contain China, according to a new report by a think tank close to the administration of President Barack Obama. The report, ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265795/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:58:11 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265795/scat/45d771c7290844e9 By Mina Habib Analysts say a recent visit to Tehran by a Taliban delegation is a clear indication of Iran's intention to boost its influence in Afghanistan following next year's pull-out of North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces. The Taliban were keen to portray the meeting, which involved a delegation attending an Islamic conference, as a parallel government engaging in formal ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265794/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:58:11 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265794/scat/45d771c7290844e9 In an effort to improve our nation's education system and make students better prepared for college and careers, a new set of standards is now sweeping across classrooms throughout the United States. It's an approach call the Common Core and it has been heavily discussed at the Education Nation ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215263318/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:21:34 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215263318/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The following editorial appeared recently in the San Jose Mercury News: Silicon Valley has a problem. The furor over the Obama administration's use of technology to track possible terrorists has cast a spotlight on the private information Valley companies collect. The question is: Is government's disclosure of its use of data for national security more important than companies' ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215263317/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:21:33 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215263317/scat/45d771c7290844e9 OK, so the newly elected president of Iran isn’t a hate-spewing, Holocaust denying whack-job like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.And sure, that’s a good thing. It speaks to the good sense of the people of Iran who, no doubt, would like their leader not to be a source of international embarrassment. It also is encouraging that Hasan Rowhani, the only cleric in the presidential race, spent much of ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215263184/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:59:57 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215263184/scat/45d771c7290844e9 In 1990 Congress passed the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Action, which required museums and universities to repatriate human remains to recognized tribes. Repatriation is slow and incomplete. Above: Ishi, who was the last survivor of the Yahi tribe in California, emerged into culture in ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215262277/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:59:06 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215262277/scat/45d771c7290844e9 And that's certainly a possibility. His decision to flee to Hong Kong - a Chinese vassal - was an odd one, given that China is hardly a bulwark of transparency and civil rights. It's a bit like complaining that Boston is too Catholic and then moving to Vatican City in protest. Then there's the nature of the crime itself. Informed sources I've spoken with are generally aghast ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215262276/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:59:06 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215262276/scat/45d771c7290844e9 But the sheer scale of Rowhani's victory (capturing nearly 51% of the vote over four other candidates, with an official turnout of 72%) suggests a more compelling explanation than the one describing him merely as the least bad option. To better understand the meaning of Rowhani's victory, we must take heed of the shadow of the disputed 2009 presidential election - in which charges of ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215262275/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:59:05 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215262275/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Phones were constantly ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265793/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:59 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265793/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215271421/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:59 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215271421/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265792/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:59 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265792/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215283383/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:59 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215283383/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215268906/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:59 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215268906/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215282228/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:59 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215282228/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215279893/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:59 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215279893/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215274482/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:59 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215274482/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215277359/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:59 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215277359/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215266753/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:59 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215266753/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215275953/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:59 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215275953/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278618/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:59 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278618/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215281108/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:59 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215281108/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215272890/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:59 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215272890/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215270109/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:59 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215270109/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215267772/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:59 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215267772/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Re ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215270107/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:52 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215270107/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Re ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215283381/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:52 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215283381/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Re ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215267774/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:52 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215267774/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Re ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215277357/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:52 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215277357/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Re ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215266751/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:52 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215266751/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Our country precipitated a sectarian blood bath of incalculable proportions in Iraq because the American people failed to stand up to an administration bent on war. The bloodletting in Iraq continues in varying degrees today. A decade later the Obama administration is being pressured by unrepentant Iraq war boosters and others to intervene militarily in the Syrian civil ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265789/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:52 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265789/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265791/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:52 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265791/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Re ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215271419/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:52 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215271419/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Re ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215281106/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:52 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215281106/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Re ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215274480/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:52 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215274480/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Re ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215268904/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:52 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215268904/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Re ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215282227/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:52 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215282227/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Re ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215279891/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:52 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215279891/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Re ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265790/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:52 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265790/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Re ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278617/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:52 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215278617/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Re ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265233/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:52 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265233/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Re ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215275951/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:52 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215275951/scat/45d771c7290844e9 To the Editor: Re ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215272889/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:41:52 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215272889/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The election of Hassan Rowhani as ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265212/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:13:21 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265212/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Anthony ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265788/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:12:02 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265788/scat/45d771c7290844e9 EVEN as it promotes its planes at the Paris Air Show, Boeing is laying off some machinists, information-technology people and engineers here, and moving some engineering work to California, Missouri and South Carolina. This is not a disaster, but there are messages in it about competition and the company’s future. Right now Boeing’s only rival in large commercial jetliners is Airbus, ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215258983/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:03:11 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215258983/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The Washington state House and Senate are closer than it seems to a deal on a budget. They must agree quickly and avoid a government shutdown July ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215259815/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:03:10 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215259815/scat/45d771c7290844e9 ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265787/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:01:47 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265787/scat/45d771c7290844e9 FOLLOWING the Obama ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265786/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:57:30 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265786/scat/45d771c7290844e9 WASHINGTON ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265785/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:55:29 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215265785/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Contributed by : Carol Gould I thought I would re-publish this article from a year ago as local UK elections loom on 2 May. The present hysteria surrounding the rise and rise of UKIP, the United Kingdom Independence Party, fascinates me as an American because the Tea Party rose from disatisfaction with both Democrats and Republicans. The Tea Party now has six US senators and helped shift the ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215259816/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:39:32 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215259816/scat/45d771c7290844e9 President Obama gave a major speech in Washington today on US counterterrorism policy. The speech contained a number of significant announcements, including notice that the administration would resume releases of Guantanamo prisoners "recommended for transfer" to other countries and a pledge to clarify the process and improve transparency with respect to the use of unmanned ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215259184/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:37:09 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215259184/scat/45d771c7290844e9 case about whether the U.S. government can require organizations to denounce prostitution as a condition of funding for their international HIV/AIDS work. As those on the ground who work in programs trying to stop the spread of HIV ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215259817/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:37:08 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215259817/scat/45d771c7290844e9 According to the records and testimony, he was a Nazi soldier who may have had a hand in the murdering of many civilians. To them, his age is as arbitrary a factor no different than if he was rich, poor, female, young, short, tall. There’s no magic age where you no longer have to face justice, so whether he’s 94, 72, 22, or 122, he needs to do so for what he allegedly ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215258090/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:09:22 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215258090/scat/45d771c7290844e9 This is the home in NE Minneapolis where 94 year old Michael Karkoc lives. He is accused of being a top commander of a Nazi SS-led unit accused of burning villages filled with women and children lied to American immigration officials to get into the United States and has been living in Minnesota since shortly after World War II, according to evidence uncovered by The Associated ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215258088/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:09:20 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215258088/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Minneapolis DFL convention, the party’s state chair allowed that having no endorsement would be a bad outcome - not for the city or those who seek to lead it, but for the city’s strongest political ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215258089/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:09:19 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215258089/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed reclassifying captive chimpanzees as well, moving them from the "threatened" category to "endangered," a change that brings with it stricter guidelines covering the handling and use of the animals. In the future, any procedure that harms, harasses or kills a research chimp would require a ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215258091/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:09:18 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215258091/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Restoring drained wetlands and plowed grasslands has been a priority for the Outdoor Heritage Fund, created by passage in 2008 of the Legacy Amendment and overseen by the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215258092/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:09:17 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215258092/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Iran 's influence has indisputably grown. Today its decisions affect Arab lives from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates, from the Turkish border to the Gulf. Of all the options available to the US in trying to roll back this power - punitive sanctions, military confrontation or arming the Gulf states - negotiation is still the most attractive. ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215257198/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:40:44 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215257198/scat/45d771c7290844e9 can still link to it .) Then Facebook happened. And Twitter. And beyond those two dominant social-media platforms, there are a host of other, newer options for staying in touch and letting the digital universe get a look at your life. And for certain kinds of sharing, some of those other options make more sense to tech-savvy teens than the Big Two do. On ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215256718/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:59:25 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215256718/scat/45d771c7290844e9 pulled this week, far too young , from the menu of a rogue Manitoba Wendy's that served it to two or three people a day. It is survived by the few people who ate it and survived. Said a Wendy's spokesperson: "For obvious reasons, Wendy's ... neither condones nor promotes the idea of anyone consuming a nine-patty hamburger in one sitting." Said us: "For obvious ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215255976/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:59:24 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215255976/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Listener Rachel Sumner of Ithaca, N.Y., recounts the story of her bat-infested trip to Ecuador for our series on vacation horror stories. A bat in her hotel room would keep returning no matter how many times she captured it and took it out. She had to get rabies shots and now has no sympathy for ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215254826/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:55:37 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215254826/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., flanked by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, speaks about immigration reform legislation by the Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Eight" that would create a path for the nation's 11 million unauthorized immigrants to apply for U.S. citizenship, April 18, on Capitol Hill in ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215254827/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:49:44 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215254827/scat/45d771c7290844e9 On June 16, 2013, CNN premiered "Girl Rising," which documents extraordinary girls and how education can change the world. But what are some of the biggest challenges facing women and girls across the globe today? Liesl Gerntholtz, director of the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch, answers readers’ questions about the challenges women face in the Middle East, ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215255640/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:24:34 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215255640/scat/45d771c7290844e9 California may be boasting a $1.2 billion budget surplus this year, but it and other states still face the growing problem of what to do about pensions for state workers, according ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215253772/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:46:39 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215253772/scat/45d771c7290844e9 If only the terrible conflict in Syria were a simple case of good versus evil, a freedom movement challenging a dictatorship, then it would be easy to know what to do. The world has watched in horror for three years as that unhappy country has torn itself apart at horrendous human cost. An estimated 93,000 people have been killed, and a million refugees have spilled across Syria's ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215253770/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:40:18 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215253770/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Contributed by : Carol Gould First published December 12, 2012This has not been a happy few months for me; as soon as Israel is in the news I find myself in the firing line in various fora or having to take an extra aspirin to avoid a fatal heart attack listening to enraged Zionist-haters venting their thinly-disguised Jew-hatred on radio and television. What an irony! My parents never sent ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215254571/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:24:19 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215254571/scat/45d771c7290844e9 I told the couple a beautiful Zen story. A Zen master was always happy. Even in difficult times, he was happy. When asked for the secret of his happiness, he said, "When I get up in the morning, I ask myself, do I want to be in heaven or hell? Then I choose heaven and, therefore, I create heaven each ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215253548/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:41:27 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215253548/scat/45d771c7290844e9 policy rates unchanged - on fears of an upside pressure on inflation from persisting imbalances on the food front, the recent increases in administered prices and the pass through ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215253549/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:41:25 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215253549/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Hassan Rouhani hasn't been formally aligned with the reformist camp. But as someone who has decried Iran's oppressive "security atmosphere" and isolation, his election offers a ray of hope to a young population that's seen social freedoms and economic opportunities ebb away over Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's two-term rule. That's why they have been singing and dancing ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215253550/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:41:22 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215253550/scat/45d771c7290844e9 The report's recommendation for a lowering of structural costs in the economy refers specifically to electricity prices. Photo / Christine Cornege In politics, as in all spheres of life, timing is everything. Take the report into manufacturing released yesterday by the Labour, Greens, New Zealand First and Mana parties. When their inquiry began last October, times were uncommonly tough in ... http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215252540/scat/45d771c7290844e9 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 14:39:18 -0400 http://www.northcarolinadaily.com/index.php/sid/215252540/scat/45d771c7290844e9