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In the wake of the bloody melee, a curfew is in place in Lewiston, a longtime gateway city for Somali migrant resettlement. And increasingly, Lewiston, Maine resembles Manchester, UK or Saint-Denis, France than an American city. Police said Thursday a man who was badly beaten two days earlier in a nighttime brawl near Kennedy Park remains in guarded condition. A clash of two groups occurred on Knox Street after teens in a car reportedly drove past the park and shot pellets and BBs at a group gathered there, according to Sun Journal sources who said they witnessed the events. Several...

Merkel looks out of touch with winds of change sweeping through Europe....the German leader must act decisively in the face of the mounting terror threat. She once strode across the European stage like a colossus. German Chancellor Angela Merkel used to be the de facto leader of mainland Europe, the guardian of the continent's liberal ideals, champion of European unity and standard bearer of German economic dominance and prowess. This week's barbaric act of terror on the streets of Berlin, however, served as a stark reminder of the limits of Merkel's power, the inherent risks of her open borders approach...

Why won't the court listen to expert testimony on Islamic law? There is no discussion of apostasy in Islam. Seriously. Mediation between Islam and Christianity? Tell it to Mecca. I am not sure what this means. They talk about her going home but also leave open the possibility of her not going home. Get it? Me neither.

WASHINGTON -- It seems to me that the Islamofascists of Hezbollah have made a parlous mistake. They have demonstrated that they have missiles that can cause dreadful localized carnage and that they are continuing to improve those missiles. Someday these weapons will be able to cause widespread carnage. Hezbollah's killers have demonstrated that they will infiltrate their brutes into civilian neighborhoods and use suicide bombers. They have refused to abide by United Nations resolutions. They have revealed that they have powerful supporters in Syria and Iran. Actually the Syrians and Iranians have not been coy about showing their support for...

RIYADH, April 11 (AFP) - The imam of Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest shrine, called Friday for an immediate halt to bloodshed in Iraq and for Muslims not to lose faith over the "defeat." "The bloodshed in Iraq and Palestine must stop immediately ... The killing of civilians, destruction of property, looting and robberies must all be stopped," Sheikh Abdul Rahman al-Sudais said in the televised sermon. He urged the international community to put an end to the "ongoing war in Iraq," and warned that "wars only breed wars and aggravate a clash of civilisations." The cleric called on Muslims...