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Prince Philip presented with Order of Canada during royal visit to Toronto

The Canadian PressApril 29, 2013 16:01
TORONTO - Prince Philip was awarded the highest level of the Order of Canada shortly after arriving in Toronto on Friday for a brief royal visit. At a downtown reception, Gov. Gen. David Johnston presented the Duke of Edinburgh with the insignias of Companion of the Order of Canada and Commander of the Order of Military Merit.

U.S. lawmakers seek help from business to pass immigration reform

Agencia EFEApril 26, 2013 17:53
Washington, Apr 26 (EFE).- South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham, a member of the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" senators behind an immigration reform bill, said Friday that the United States will suffer economically if reform fails to happen. At a conference on immigration reform organized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Graham stressed the practical nature of the reform and the urgent need to approve it as soon as possible.

Thousands remember Australia's fallen in France

Agence France-PresseApril 25, 2013 06:46
Thousands of Australians made a pilgrimage to the killing fields of World War I on Thursday to honour those who lost their lives on the Western Front. Hours after similar daybreak ceremonies to mark ANZAC day in New Zealand, Australia, at Gallipoli and in Afghanistan and Thailand, Foreign Minister Bob Carr paid tribute to the role the Great War fallen had played in forging his country's national identity.

Former CIA director Petraeus to teach in New York

Agence France-PresseApril 24, 2013 13:45
Former CIA director David Petraeus, who resigned after it emerged he had an affair with his biographer, has accepted a teaching job at a university in New York, his new employer said. Petraeus, 60, will teach public policy at City University of New York, or CUNY, starting in August. The four-star general commanded coalition forces during the so-called surge in Iraq and later in Afghanistan, and is one of the most decorated and respected military figures of his generation.

US 'pinged' when Boston suspect flew to Russia

Agence France-PresseApril 23, 2013 16:30
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday the US government's security system "pinged" when one of the Boston bombing suspects flew to Russia last year. Her comments at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing came as lawmakers have questioned why US authorities were not keeping a closer eye on Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, even after he was questioned by the FBI in 2011.

Origins of Boston suspects expose Russia's Caucasus woes

Agence France-PresseApril 22, 2013 08:15
Their grandparents were deported by Stalin's police in the mass expulsion of Chechens in World War II. Their parents went to the United States from Dagestan in search of a better life. And they became adherents of radical Islam. The family history of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects has shown how the turbulence of the Caucasus region reverberates far beyond Russia's own borders.

Too soon to link Boston attack and Chechnya

Agence France-PresseApril 19, 2013 12:31
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday refused to speculate on the implications of the reported Chechen roots of two brothers believed to have carried out the Boston bombings. "I think it's fair to say that for this entire week we've been in pretty direct confrontation with evil," Kerry said after talks with Mexican Foreign Secretary Jose Antonio Meade. He was speaking as thousands of heavily armed police staged a house-to-house hunt for a teenager suspected of carrying out the Boston marathon bombings, hours after his brother was killed in a shootout.

Boston suspects bring echo of Chechnya's bloodshed

April 19, 2013 11:46
By Thomas Grove and Peter Graff (Reuters) - During the lifetime of the two Boston bombing suspects, their homeland Chechnya has seen two Russian invasions unleash some of Europe's worst bloodshed in generations, and produced fighters who carried out attacks on civilians that shocked the world. So far there has been no claim of responsibility for the attacks on the Boston Marathon or evidence made public of the motivations of the suspects, brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Factbox - Major Chechen attacks in Russia

April 19, 2013 11:16
(Reuters) - The two brothers suspected of carrying out the bombing of the Boston Marathon have been identified as Chechens. The motives for the attack are not clear. Their home region in southern Russia has been the focus of two wars, in which Chechnya has sought to break away from Moscow, and a guerrilla conflict. Here is an overview of major attacks on Russian soil since the beginning of the first Chechen war in 1994:

Pentagon mum on Syria chemical weapons use

Agence France-PresseApril 17, 2013 19:15
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel declined Wednesday to discuss Syria's possible use of chemical weapons against rebels, raising doubts over whether Washington still views such action as a "red line." President Barack Obama has repeatedly warned Damascus against resorting to chemical weapons, hinting that the use of such arms or the prospect of militant groups gaining control of them could prompt a US military intervention.
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