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ROME, ITALY—James Gandolfini, best known as Tony Soprano from HBO’s “The Sopranos,” died of a sudden heart attack in Italy on Wednesday, June 19. He was in Rome on vacation with his son at the time. The actor was 51. Many celebrities have commented on the loss. Governor Chris Christie ofNew Jerseywrote on his Twitter account “a huge fan” of...

ALGERIA—On Saturday January 19, a four-day standoff between militants occupying an Algerian Natural Gas Complex came to a deadly close when Algerian Special Forces, aided by air support from the Algerian Air Force, stormed the complex. Thirty-seven hostages and 11 Algerian workers are confirmed dead, alongside 29 militants.The crisis began when armed militants driving pick-up trucks assulted a natural...

SYRIA- More than 83 people lay dead with over 150 more wounded, after an explosion at a Syrian University in Aleppo on Tuesday. The blast occurred at the university dormitory, according to reports. Aleppo, Syria’s largest and most populated city, had been in a relative state of calm for months before the blast. The University campus is located in Aleppo’s northwest sector...

MIDDLE EAST—Tensions are still running high in the Middle East in the wake of Operation Pillar of Defense and Palestine’s admission to the U.N. as an observer state. On Wednesday, an Israeli Border policewoman at a check point in the West bank City of Hebron opened fire on 17-year old Palestinian, Muhammad Ziad Awad Salamah, after allegedly brandishing a pistol...

GREECE—Political Unrest and Economic turmoil in Greece is ripe for the cultivation of a new Fascism and Xenophobia; The Ultra –Right Wing political party known as the Golden Dawn. Germany’s post Great War Republic – The Weimar Republic -- faced many economic issues brought on by reparations from the treaty of Versailles and the global repercussion of the Great Depression. ...

EGYPT—California resident Mark Basseley Youssef, 55 – the filmmaker responsible for creating “Innocence of Muslims”—was sentenced to death in absentia in an Egyptian court on Wednesday November 28. The associated press reports that Youssef is among seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and an American pastor sentenced on charges linked to the anti-Islam film. Charges were brought up in September after public outrage...

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL—A bomb blast decimated the inside of an Israeli bus this morning, a stone’s throw from Israel’s military headquarters on Wednesday, November 21 injuring at least 24 people, three of whom are in serious condition. The bus exploded on one of the busiest streets near the Tel Aviv Museum located just across from Israel’s national defense headquarters, at around 12:00...

TEL AVIV, Israel – A bomb blast decimated the inside of an Israeli Bus this morning a stone’s throw from Israel’s military headquarters on Wednesday, wounding at least 24 people injured and 3 in serious condition. The bus exploded on one of the busiest streets near the Tel Aviv Museum located just across from Israel’s national defense headquarters, at around...

SAN FRANCISCO—LinkedIn users should be wary of their account security, based in small amount to a hacking breach that revealed 6.5 million users passwords. Claims that the account passwords were stolen and subsequently published on a computer hacking forum based in Russia are under investigation by the professional networking company. However, the danger, while imminent, is not immediate the company explains,...