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Horrors in Yemen and Nigeria Clouded by the Media's Paris Coverage
Al Qaeda in Yemen now claims it ordered the attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Should the western media be paying more attention to atrocities in that country — and to Nigeria, where civilians are being slaughtered by the thousands?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenAl Qaeda in Yemen now claims it ordered the attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Should the western media be paying more attention to atrocities in that country — and to Nigeria, where civilians are being slaughtered by the thousands?
Also, the House votes to roll back Obama’s immigration actions, and the founder of Silk Road on the so-called "dark web" goes on trial in New York.
Photo: Photos on the ground at the scene of a car bomb attack in Yemen's capital city of Sanaa on January 7, 2015, killing around 30 people and wounding more than 50 others. (Mohamed al-Sayaghi/Reuters)
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3 storiesHouse Votes to Roll Back Obama's Immigration Actions
Most House Republicans today voted to fund the Department of Homeland Security with amendments designed to kill the President's executive orders shielding millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation.
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The massacre of 17 people at Charlie Hebdo wasn't last Wednesday's only terror attack and it wasn't the deadliest either. The same day, a terrorist bomb killed 20 in the capital city of Yemen. The day before that, a 10-year-old girl blew up herself and 19 others in Baga, in northern Nigeria.
Read the story33 minAlleged Silk Road Mastermind on Trial as an Online Drug "Kingpin"
The admitted founder of Silk Road, which became an Internet marketplace for illegal drugs, went on trial today in New York for drug trafficking, hacking and money laundering. Federal prosecutors claim Ross Ulbricht, who was arrested using a computer in the San Francisco Public Library, is the person who calls himself "the Dread Pirate Roberts."
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