Scytl, the Spanish-based electronic elections firm, has partnered with a leading online security and access provider to state and federal government clients.
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After narrow escapes from the military, law enforcement and rivals over 13 years on the run, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is back in Mexican custody.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-02-24 00:08:342016-04-11 11:11:39Capture of Mexican Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman Ignites Fight Over Trial Location
By early Friday morning, the lone positive point was that — for the time being — Ukraine’s cycle of political and physical infighting was not then at its bloodiest point, as it had hours earlier.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-02-21 01:11:062016-04-11 11:11:48Ukraine on Edge after Deadly Clashes Between Protesters, Security Forces (+video)
Although U.S. troops have been in Afghanistan for 13-plus years fighting terrorists and aiding the government to a more stable rule, the Afghanistan newspaper Cheragh complained in a recent editorial that “Western democracy” has produced “negative effects” there and specifically cited missionaries who “fearlessly promote Christianity.”
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-02-21 00:40:452016-04-11 11:11:49Afghanistan Newspaper Warns: Missionaries are Promoting Christianity in Country
President Barack Obama denied late Wednesday that Russian-US tensions over Syria and Ukraine were playing out on “some Cold-War chessboard” even as he acknowledged deep divisions between Moscow and Washington.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-02-20 00:19:102016-04-11 11:11:52Obama: Ukraine, Syria are Not Pieces on ‘Some Cold-War Chessboard’
A militant Islamist group has warned tourists to leave Egypt and threatened to attack any who stay after February 20, raising the prospect of a new front in a fast-growing insurgency in the biggest Arab nation.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-02-19 00:21:532016-04-11 11:11:59Egyptian Militants Warn Tourists to Leave or Face Attack
Ukranian riot police armed with stun grenades and water cannons moved in against a protest camp in Kiev’s center Tuesday night as defiant crowds shouted “Glory to Ukraine” while their tents were engulfed in flames around them.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-02-19 00:16:232016-04-11 11:11:59Riot Police in Ukraine Move in Against Protest Camp
After a heated U.S.-Russia hockey match at the Sochi Olympics on Saturday, many Russian spectators have decided the cold war is back — and not just on the ice.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-02-18 01:55:392016-04-11 11:12:02Kremlin Party Youth Protest Disallowed Goal in US-Russia Match
The government of Cuba announced late Friday that it will no longer process visas for U.S. travel to Cuba.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-02-17 00:41:492016-04-11 11:12:08Cuba Shuts Down US Travel Visas
A U.S. soldier convicted of killing an al-Qaida operative in Iraq in a trial marked by the prosecution’s decision to withhold exculpatory evidence has been granted parole.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-02-16 00:41:162016-04-11 11:12:10Parole for Soldier Convicted of Killing Al-Qaida Operative
Less than a year after Secretary of State John Kerry expressed “great confidence” that U.S. interests would be protected regarding Afghan prisoners, President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that his government’s decisions on prisoner releases are “of no concern to the U.S., and should be of no concern to the U.S.”
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-02-14 01:43:302016-04-11 11:12:16Karzai: Afghan Release of Dangerous Militants ‘of No Concern to U.S.’ (+video)
Government watchdog group Judicial Watch published a U.S. Navy map on Wednesday showing the locations of ships in the region surrounding Libya on the night of the deadly Benghazi Attack.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-02-13 02:24:252016-04-11 11:12:18Report: New Navy Map Shows U.S. Had ‘Multitude of Forces’ in Region Surrounding Libya During Benghazi Attack
The U.S. is leading the largest multinational military exercise in the Asia-Pacific region, and Chinese media are hailing Beijing’s first-time participation in the annual drill as proof that the communist nation’s “regional military impact” cannot be ignored.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-02-13 02:19:482016-04-11 11:12:19China Flexes Its Muscles In U.S.-Led Military Exercises
Belgium, one of the very few countries where euthanasia is legal, is expected to take the unprecedented step this week of abolishing age restrictions on who can ask to be put to death — extending the right to children for the first time.
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The two Iranian warships headed toward U.S. waters — one of which barely survived a 1988 run-in with an American fighter jet — are a pair of “rust buckets” Tehran is using to prove to its people it can project power around the globe, naval experts said.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-02-12 02:05:282016-04-11 11:12:22Sinking Feeling: Iranian Navy Sends Message with US-Bound ‘Rust Buckets’
Watchdog group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) on Tuesday called on the Obama Administration to reconsider its decision to lift sanctions on Iran’s state broadcaster, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-02-12 02:01:262016-04-11 11:12:23Obama Admin Pressed for Lifting Sanctions on Iranian Broadcaster Involved in Human Rights Abuses
Iran’s military has successfully test-fired two new domestically made missiles, the defense minister said on Monday according to state television, ahead of talks with world powers to try to reach an agreement on curbing Tehran’s nuclear program.
The people of war-torn Sudan learned long ago to take cover when planes roared overhead, but the latest tactic being used on them — parachute bombs — is raining silent death down on innocent villagers, say alarmed activists.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-02-11 01:32:382016-04-11 11:12:28Silent Death from Above: Sudan Steps Up Use of Parachute Bombs on People
Russian investigators say a gunman opened fire in a cathedral on Sakhalin Island off the Pacific coast, killing a nun and a parishioner and wounding six others.
Iranian warships dispatched to the Atlantic Ocean will travel close to U.S. maritime borders for the first time, a senior Iranian naval commander said Saturday.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-02-09 02:07:312016-04-11 11:12:33Iran Says Warships Headed Close to US Borders for First Time
China has accused the United States of undermining peace and development in the Asia-Pacific after a senior U.S. official said concern was mounting over China’s claims in the South China Sea.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-02-09 02:05:522016-04-11 11:12:33China Decries U.S. Comments on South China Sea as ‘Not Constructive’
A 90-minute drive northwest of Islamabad is an Islamic seminary that is considered the ivory tower of terrorism, a jihadist factory that has produced prominent Taliban fighters and its leadership for decades.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-02-08 00:52:562016-04-11 11:12:38At Pakistan’s ‘Taliban U,’ Jihadists Major in Anti-Americanism
Children in Syria have been tortured, sexually abused and subjected to “indiscriminate” attacks by President Bashar Assad’s forces, and recruited for combat and terror operations by the rebels fighting to topple him during the country’s nearly 3-year-old conflict, a new United Nations report said.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2014-02-06 01:58:402016-04-11 11:12:44UN: ‘Unspeakable Suffering’ for Syria’s Children
Foreign Vote-Count Firm Partners with Big Government Contractor
/2 Comments/in Featured, International /by Aaron KleinScytl, the Spanish-based electronic elections firm, has partnered with a leading online security and access provider to state and federal government clients.
Capture of Mexican Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzman Ignites Fight Over Trial Location
/2 Comments/in Featured, International /by Fox NewsAfter narrow escapes from the military, law enforcement and rivals over 13 years on the run, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is back in Mexican custody.
Ukraine Crisis: Opposition Asserts Authority in Kiev
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by BBCUkraine’s opposition has asserted its authority over Kiev and parliament in a day of fast-paced events.
Ukraine on Edge after Deadly Clashes Between Protesters, Security Forces (+video)
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Phil Black, Nick Paton Walsh and Michael PearsonBy early Friday morning, the lone positive point was that — for the time being — Ukraine’s cycle of political and physical infighting was not then at its bloodiest point, as it had hours earlier.
Afghanistan Newspaper Warns: Missionaries are Promoting Christianity in Country
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by News EditorAlthough U.S. troops have been in Afghanistan for 13-plus years fighting terrorists and aiding the government to a more stable rule, the Afghanistan newspaper Cheragh complained in a recent editorial that “Western democracy” has produced “negative effects” there and specifically cited missionaries who “fearlessly promote Christianity.”
Obama: Ukraine, Syria are Not Pieces on ‘Some Cold-War Chessboard’
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Olivier KnoxPresident Barack Obama denied late Wednesday that Russian-US tensions over Syria and Ukraine were playing out on “some Cold-War chessboard” even as he acknowledged deep divisions between Moscow and Washington.
Egyptian Militants Warn Tourists to Leave or Face Attack
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Shadia Nasralla and Michael GeorgyA militant Islamist group has warned tourists to leave Egypt and threatened to attack any who stay after February 20, raising the prospect of a new front in a fast-growing insurgency in the biggest Arab nation.
Riot Police in Ukraine Move in Against Protest Camp
/0 Comments/in Featured, International, Updates /by News EditorUkranian riot police armed with stun grenades and water cannons moved in against a protest camp in Kiev’s center Tuesday night as defiant crowds shouted “Glory to Ukraine” while their tents were engulfed in flames around them.
Kremlin Party Youth Protest Disallowed Goal in US-Russia Match
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Associated PressAfter a heated U.S.-Russia hockey match at the Sochi Olympics on Saturday, many Russian spectators have decided the cold war is back — and not just on the ice.
Cuba Shuts Down US Travel Visas
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Pete KasperowiczThe government of Cuba announced late Friday that it will no longer process visas for U.S. travel to Cuba.
Parole for Soldier Convicted of Killing Al-Qaida Operative
/6 Comments/in Featured, International /by Bob UnruhA U.S. soldier convicted of killing an al-Qaida operative in Iraq in a trial marked by the prosecution’s decision to withhold exculpatory evidence has been granted parole.
Karzai: Afghan Release of Dangerous Militants ‘of No Concern to U.S.’ (+video)
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Patrick GoodenoughLess than a year after Secretary of State John Kerry expressed “great confidence” that U.S. interests would be protected regarding Afghan prisoners, President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that his government’s decisions on prisoner releases are “of no concern to the U.S., and should be of no concern to the U.S.”
Report: New Navy Map Shows U.S. Had ‘Multitude of Forces’ in Region Surrounding Libya During Benghazi Attack
/2 Comments/in Featured, International /by Jason HowertonGovernment watchdog group Judicial Watch published a U.S. Navy map on Wednesday showing the locations of ships in the region surrounding Libya on the night of the deadly Benghazi Attack.
China Flexes Its Muscles In U.S.-Led Military Exercises
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Richard S. EhrlichThe U.S. is leading the largest multinational military exercise in the Asia-Pacific region, and Chinese media are hailing Beijing’s first-time participation in the annual drill as proof that the communist nation’s “regional military impact” cannot be ignored.
Belgium Set to Extend Right-To-Die Law to Children
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Associated PressBelgium, one of the very few countries where euthanasia is legal, is expected to take the unprecedented step this week of abolishing age restrictions on who can ask to be put to death — extending the right to children for the first time.
Sinking Feeling: Iranian Navy Sends Message with US-Bound ‘Rust Buckets’
/6 Comments/in Featured, International /by Joshua Rhett MillerThe two Iranian warships headed toward U.S. waters — one of which barely survived a 1988 run-in with an American fighter jet — are a pair of “rust buckets” Tehran is using to prove to its people it can project power around the globe, naval experts said.
Obama Admin Pressed for Lifting Sanctions on Iranian Broadcaster Involved in Human Rights Abuses
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Joshua LevittWatchdog group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) on Tuesday called on the Obama Administration to reconsider its decision to lift sanctions on Iran’s state broadcaster, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).
Iran Test-Fires Long-Range Missile
/2 Comments/in Featured, International /by Parisa HafeziIran’s military has successfully test-fired two new domestically made missiles, the defense minister said on Monday according to state television, ahead of talks with world powers to try to reach an agreement on curbing Tehran’s nuclear program.
Silent Death from Above: Sudan Steps Up Use of Parachute Bombs on People
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Perry ChiaramonteThe people of war-torn Sudan learned long ago to take cover when planes roared overhead, but the latest tactic being used on them — parachute bombs — is raining silent death down on innocent villagers, say alarmed activists.
Cold War Echoes: Sochi Not Thawing US-Russian Relations
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Julian PecquetCold War – The Olympic Games, created to bring countries together around sports, appear to be having the opposite effect on U.S.-Russia relations.
Gunman Kills Nun, Parishioner, Wounds 6 in Russian Cathedral
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Associated PressRussian investigators say a gunman opened fire in a cathedral on Sakhalin Island off the Pacific coast, killing a nun and a parishioner and wounding six others.
Iran Says Warships Headed Close to US Borders for First Time
/8 Comments/in Featured, International /by News EditorIranian warships dispatched to the Atlantic Ocean will travel close to U.S. maritime borders for the first time, a senior Iranian naval commander said Saturday.
China Decries U.S. Comments on South China Sea as ‘Not Constructive’
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by ReutersChina has accused the United States of undermining peace and development in the Asia-Pacific after a senior U.S. official said concern was mounting over China’s claims in the South China Sea.
At Pakistan’s ‘Taliban U,’ Jihadists Major in Anti-Americanism
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Sib KaifeeA 90-minute drive northwest of Islamabad is an Islamic seminary that is considered the ivory tower of terrorism, a jihadist factory that has produced prominent Taliban fighters and its leadership for decades.
UN: ‘Unspeakable Suffering’ for Syria’s Children
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Barbara SurkChildren in Syria have been tortured, sexually abused and subjected to “indiscriminate” attacks by President Bashar Assad’s forces, and recruited for combat and terror operations by the rebels fighting to topple him during the country’s nearly 3-year-old conflict, a new United Nations report said.