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<p>TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Thousands of anti-gay protesters, including Orthodox priests, occupied a central street in Georgia's capital Friday, with some threatening to lash with nettles any participant in a gay pride parade which was to take place there.</p> <p>Police in Tbilisi guarded several dozen gay activists and bused them out of the city center shortly after they arrived at the gathering.</p>

Boston Suspects' Background Threatens To Derail Immigration Bill Some Republicans voice second thoughts about immigration reform legislation in light of the revelation that the Boston bombing suspects are ethnic Chechens who came to the U.S. from Russia. “Given the events of this week, it's important for us to understand the gaps and loopholes in our immigration system,” Sen. Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said at a hearing on the immigration reform bill. By Lisa Mascaro April 19, 2013 WASHINGTON — The background of the Boston bombing suspects quickly emerged Friday as a...

Even before he dropped out of the race on Saturday (12/3), there was a gaggle of pundits predicting the demise of Herman Cain as a presidential candidate. ”He was never going to be the nominee anyway,” claimed Cokie Roberts of ABC news. I saw some unknown lib spinster on FOX Friday afternoon saying the same thing. He was the sole front-runner for a time. Why would allegedly intelligent people say such things? A couple of reasons: 1. They can’t be proven wrong now that scandal has sent him running and 2. They know darn well he had great conservative ideas...

What's the deal with all the dead scientists?

Putin: Ally or Terrorist? by William F. Jasper Counting Vladimir Putin as an ally against terrorism ignores his career in the murderous KGB/FSB and his ongoing support for terrorist regimes and organizations. ‘‘Lena Goncharuk, aged 38, said that she was the only one to survive out of a group of six who were ordered out of the cellar where they had been hiding and shot at point blank range. Resting in her hospital bed, her voice barely rising above a whisper, she said she had survived only by pretending to be dead." So reported Paul Wood from the Chechen border...

Up to 100 people may have died when a train derailed in northwestern Turkey, a local official told the NTV news channel. "We do not exactly how many people died in the accident, but we estimate that nearly 100 people were killed," Feridun Turan, the mayor of Pamukova town, near the site of the accident, said. He said several people were also injured in the accident when the train, which was on its way from Istanbul to the capital Ankara, derailed due to a yet unknown reason near Pamukova in Sakarya province. The Anatolia news agency put the toll at...

Derailed Amtrak Train Traveling Near Speed Limit Wed Apr 7, 2004 11:26 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Amtrak train was traveling one mph under the speed limit before derailing in a Mississippi swamp, killing one person and injuring dozens of others, investigators said late on Wednesday. The National Transportation Safety Board said data recordings from the City of New Orleans showed the Chicago-bound train was clocked at 78 mph just 10 seconds before the engineer activated the emergency brakes at 6:33 p.m. CDT/7:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday. The train with 61 passengers and 12 crewmembers jumped the tracks in...

Democrats lean to far left, become derailed

TUBE TRAIN DERAILED A London tube train has derailed and crashed at Chancery Lane station. At least 29 people have been injured. There are no reports of fatalities and Scotland Yard said terrorism was not the suspected cause of the crash. London Underground said the last three carriages of the Central Line service left the track and hit the platform. All 800 passengers have now been taken off the train and none of the injuries were thought to be serious, said London Underground. A Fire Brigade spokeswoman said crews were still searching the train and track for further casualties. 'Shaking'...