U.S. Supreme Court judge and his wife are exposed to a robbery in the Caribbean

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A spokeswoman for the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday thatJudge Stephen Brier and his wife, Jonah vulnerable to armed robbery last week in their home for holidays on the island of Nevis in the Caribbean.

The spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said the robbery occurred late nineteenth of February,and that the intruder was armed with a machete, who stole about $ 1000, but did not hurtone was hurt. He was also present as guest unidentified.

Has been reported to local authorities robbery incident but Arberg said she did not knowyou were arrested and one she had no details of the investigation. She said the Brier (73years) and his wife were not present in the Neves now.

The U.S. Supreme Court in a four-week holiday in the middle of her term, where the currentis due to decide on the key issues related to health care and immigration.

This is not the first time that the crime committed against a member of the U.S. SupremeCourt.

In 2004 was the U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter was slightly injured when a group of youths attacked him while he was Atarb near his residence in Washington.




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Governor of the State of Washington U.S. sign gay marriage law

Signed Governor Christine Gregory Washington bill makes Washington the seventh U.S. state legalize same-sex marriage but opponents have vowed to try to prevent the entry into force of the law.
Gregory and signed - a Catholic belongs to the Democratic Party - the project amid raucous applause at a ceremony in the reception building, the official celebrations in the state capital, Olympia on Monday.
This is the latest victory for the gay rights movement in the United States. And approved six states other U.S. gay marriage is already a New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont and New Hampshire and Iowa as well as the District of Columbia.
The project remains - who won the approval of state legislators on Wednesday - hanging substantially until early June, at least in the period following the entry into force of traditional laws continue until 90 days after the end of the session of the legislature of the state.
Opponents of the law and pledged to seek to overturn through a vote in November could lead to further delay the entry into force or stop it completely. It is possible that the case also appear in the policies of the Republican state in presidential elections in the United States.
However, the signing of the bill represents a major victory last defenders of gay rights after he announced that a federal appeals court last week, not a constitutional ban on gay marriage approved by voters in the state of California and the consent of the Senate in the state of New Jersey, a bill gay marriage earlier in the day Monday.
And shape of the Democrats who control both houses of the legislature in Olympia in support of the lion's share of the bill.
And supported a few major companies based in the Washington-based and employs tens of thousands of workers in the state bill. Among the companies Microsoft, Amazon and Starbucks.
Claims and the bishops of Catholic and conservative religious opponents of the law of others.

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Poll: Many find love online

A poll published on Monday that half of American adults get to know someone like him on the Internet While the Internet is playing a more important role than ever before to start a relationship, it is also a forum for deception and lies by the end of love.
The poll found, which was published on the eve of festival, which included a love and a thousand people that one out of every five people said that he had the beginning of an emotional or sexual relationship on the Internet. And 49 percent know someone started the relationship with him in this way.
Conversely, a third of the respondents conducted earlier in the month they have identified someone who ended the relationship with him because of the behavior on the Internet and believed strongly three-quarters of the respondents that the sexual contacts that are online outside the relationship is deception.
Romantic relationship and grew up on the Internet since the early days of spinning in chat rooms or "sex online" between strangers, they have no intention of meeting in person.
Said Norm Joostan Group President euros seen. S. C. G. Chicago, "What do people on the Internet under the website for the most part ... and now it has mingled with Alma and the people who we meet on the Internet and how to behave on social networking affects us at home and work for the best and the worst thing."
The deception is always a danger on the Internet and found two university professors showed specialize in communications in their research that 80 percent of 78 personally selected file as a sample of sites and marriage mediation deviated from the truth to some extent.


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Al Pacino and Tellez were among the 17 artists the White House recognizes them

The actor Al Pacino and country music singer Mel Tellez 17 to a poet, historian and thegenerosity and other White House on Monday for their contributions in the arts or human services.

U.S. President Barack Obama that they "left their mark not Tmha in American culture."Obama is honored and awarded the National Medal of Arts and the National Medal for Humanitarian Services for 2011 in a ceremony at the White House.

He said the president, who joined first lady Michelle Obama, "we were told that we as a people, but suddenly Angsmona for the Arts was the force that binds us together."

Obama said, "You ... Tjelbon new possibilities for us all. This special feature." Theaudience applauded when he said that the arts and human services will remain a priorityas long as the president of the United States.

And got Al Pacino (71 years), who starred in the movie (The Godfather The Godfather)and (Doug Dey Afternon Dog Day Afternoon) on the National Medal of Arts.

Tellez won the Arts Award for his contributions to country music. Tellez and record (79years), more than 60 album and wrote more than 1000 songs.



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Obama proposes $ 800 million to promote "the Arab countries of Spring"

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House announced on Monday plans to offer more than 800 million dollars in economic aid to countries "Arab spring" in the time that keeps it on the U.S. military aid to Egypt in spite of the crisis caused by the Egyptian campaign against militants American Defenders of Democracy .
In a year of strong discussions about the budget cuts sought U.S. President Barack Obama to preserve the basic U.S. spending on foreign aid and development while reducing the expenses of existing programs and reduce the proposals to build new embassies and hire more diplomats.
He asked Obama in his annual message on the budget to Congress to maintain military aid to Egypt at the same level of recent years, amounting to $ 1.3 billion per year and sought to provide $ 250 million in the form of economic aid normal for Egypt as it seeks to shift from tyranny after the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak last year.
These proposals are part of the budget request submitted by Obama for the financial year 2013 which begins on the first of October. Must be approved by Congress on the budget.And preferably some U.S. lawmakers cut spending to address the external budget deficit.
Obama's request and $ 51.6 billion for the State Department and foreign aid generally includes $ 8.2 billion in aid to war zones.
The White House has sought to increase of 1.6 percent in the budget of the Ministry of Foreign excluding spending on Iraq and Afghanistan, which is estimated separately.
Obama said in his budget that most of the new economic aid to countries of the Arab Spring -770 million - will go to "Incentive Fund Middle East and North Africa."
Officials said the bulk of that money will be spent on new initiatives to support economic reforms, political and commercial long-range states where a shift such as Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen.
Said Tom Nadez Deputy U.S. Secretary of State, "We are in a new world. Arab spring solution.
"We have to make sure that we have the tools and flexibility to fund these initiatives .. the world is evolving as we see it and feel that a fund is important."
Obama continued in his style on the development of the proposed foreign aid to war zones in a special account. This account includes $ 8.2 billion of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Aid.
This includes $ 3.3 billion for Afghanistan and Pakistan billion and four billion dollars for Iraq, which U.S. forces departed, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs took over some functions such as police training.
The decline in public spending for Iraq by almost ten percent from fiscal 2012 to $ 4.8 billion.
Continued aid to Israel steady at about 3.1 billion dollars.
She said the budget document that the new initiative to fund the Middle East in the other programs include up to two billion dollars in financing the private investment outside and up to two billion dollars in the form of exchange of debt for Egypt and nearly $ 500 million in funds current was re-allocated to respond to the region last year .
It did not say how the document will be divided Incentive Fund Middle East and North Africa between the countries did not give any further details of the plan.
Source: Reuters

A suicide attack targeting the headquarters of the Electoral Commission in South Yemen

A security official said that a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the office of the Electoral Commission of Yemen in the southern city of Aden in the early hours of Tuesday morning and the explosion took place a week before the presidential election to choose a president instead of President Ali Abdullah Saleh .
The official said the bomber was wearing an explosive belt blew up before reaching the Election Commission building in Aden, killing him on the spot without injuring one other.
And Tuesday's attack was the latest sign of opposition to the elections taking place on 21 February, the current by separatists in the south and Shi'ite rebels in the north and Islamist militants courage political turmoil that weakened the central government control in several areas of Sana'a in Yemen.
Last month, unidentified gunmen attacked an office of the Electoral Commission of Yemen in the southern province of Dali.
The official said that he is now sending reinforcements to all offices of the Electoral Commission in Aden.
And a local official said that two soldiers and Islamist fighters killed in clashes during the night in the city of Zanzibar, which is still hard-liners in control of some of its parts.
A spokesman for Ansar al-Sharia, which controls several towns in southern Yemen in a text message that Islamist fighters killed two soldiers.

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UN: Syria dared after the Russian-Chinese veto UN: Syria dared after the Russian-Chinese veto

Navi Pillay accused the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad launched "indiscriminate attack" on civilians to end the pro-democracy protests and said the Security Council failed in his condemnation daring.
After hours of Pillay's speech in front of the General Assembly of the United Nations, which includes 193 countries resumed the bombing of the Syrian forces to revive the city of Homs in the center of the country on Tuesday on the tenth day, respectively, of the shelling and sniper fire.
Pillay said that the use of Russia and China have veto power on the fourth of February, against the draft resolution condemning the Syrian government supports the plan of the Arab League calling for Assad to step down Damascus encouraged to intensify its attacks on civilians.
Pillay said the General Assembly of the United Nations "Security Council failed to agree on collective action strictly increased the Syrian government seems emboldened to launch a comprehensive attack in an attempt to crush the opposition with a formidable force."
She added, "We have appalled in particular the attack continued to Homs ... according to the novels of trustworthy bombing of the Syrian army outskirts of densely populated in Homs in an apparent attack indiscriminately into civilian areas," saying that the government forces used tanks, mortars and artillery in the attack.
He said that the militants were bombed Homs on Tuesday the tenth day in a row when the Syrian forces resumed shelling of the city after hours of speech Pillay.
The active Mohammed Homsi said the situation is getting worse. He said from inside the city, "the barricades set up by the army is growing around the neighborhoods of the opposition. There is a pattern of systematic bombing now. Increasing intensity in the morning then calm down a bit in the evening and then resumes at night."
Hussein said the active rare telephone from Homs "Missiles fall without discrimination. Almost all of the district live in Baba Amr moved to ground floor. It is natural to find a six families live together in the low rounds."
There were also reports that the town of Rastan to the bombing in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
It is difficult to verify the reports because of the restrictions imposed by Syria on journalists.
Diplomats said a UN draft resolution could be put to the vote in the General Assembly of the United Nations later this week.
Similar to the draft resolution, drafted by Saudi Arabia and seen by Reuters, the draft resolution which Russia and China used its veto against the Security Council. The draft resolution is "fully supports" the Arab League plan calls for the joint appointment of an envoy of the UN and the Arab League. There is no right of veto in the General Assembly, but its decisions are not legally binding.
The delegate said Qatar's Nasser Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, who now heads the General Assembly of the Al Jazeera television that the situation on the ground in Syria is not likely.He stated that there is an idea of ​​the Arab draft resolution circulated to member states in the General Assembly today or tomorrow and put to a vote this week.
He accused the representative of Syria's UN Ambassador Bashar Jaafari, the country of political bias against Syria denied the allegations against Damascus Pillay.
And was met with Arab League proposal to increase support for the opposition and send foreign peacekeepers international responses cautious even as Syrian troops pounded neighborhoods controlled by the opposition in Homs and attacked the other cities.
And the United States and Europe Aaszewtan for being drawn militarily into the conflict Syrian lest This involves greater risks and complications more than air support, led by NATO, which helped the opposition to overthrow Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi last year due to the development of Syria's pivotal role in the heart of the Middle East.
Victoria Nuland said a spokeswoman for the U.S. State Department that there is a need for more time to discuss the proposals.
A spokesman for British Prime Minister David Cameron U.S. President Barack Obama and Cameron agreed during a telephone conversation on Monday on the need to "IU ... and another move at the United Nations and a broad coalition and a strong group of friends among the new Syria."
Pillay urged the Security Council to refer the Syrian repression to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, as he did with Libya last year. But council diplomats say Russia and China oppose the idea.
Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, he should not have been at all the General Assembly session on Syria. He reiterated Moscow's position that the blame lies on both the opposition and the Syrian government in the crisis, a view strongly rejected by Western governments and the governments of the Arab Gulf States.
For its part, has supported the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Monday, the mediation efforts of the League of Arab States in Syria but did not show clear support for its call to send peacekeepers to stop the violent campaign waged by the Syrian government on opposition groups.
The Arab League issued on Sunday a resolution requesting the authorization of the UN peacekeeping mission from the United Nations and the Arab States to Syria.
This invitation and increase diplomatic pressure on Russia and China, which strongly Antqdahma West Ariqlthma for a resolution of the UN Security Council calls on the Syrian president to give up his powers.
Is likely to overshadow talks on Syrian affairs conducted by the Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping at the White House on Tuesday. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said a senior Chinese diplomat Dai Benjoo and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed the crisis, the Syrian and Shi and visit during a phone call.



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"Obama" proposes $ 1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt

Suggested that U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday, military aid to Egypt $ 1.3 billionin fiscal year 2013, to ask this Congress to keep the size of annual aid at the same level during the past years, despite the crisis that still exists after the crisis of American organizations.

The U.S. State Department that Obama made ​​the proposal in his budget for fiscal year2013 which begins in early October, and must be approved by Congress on aid, and somelawmakers have called to cut off aid to Egypt if did not fall charges for some American activists and lift a travel ban imposed on them.


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