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Disgraced Gov. Cuomo’s one-time top aide took a none-too-subtle swipe at his successor Friday evening over her handling of the coronavirus. “Time to shift with the times — ribbon cuttings and photo ops drinking beers in UES bars maskless won’t get this job done,” Melissa DeRosa, the former secretary to the governor said in a tweet that was later deleted.

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a thinly veiled threat Saturday to bring down Hamas' new government if it does not change its violent ways. The tough talk came just two days before designated Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh is to present his proposed Cabinet to parliament for approval and three days before the Israelis are to hold elections. Western powers, while reluctant to create a humanitarian crisis, have threatened to cut hundreds of millions of dollars of aid if Hamas does not recognize Israel, renounce violence and accept past peace agreements between Israel and the Palestinians. Abbas,...

President Bush and Russian President Putin seemed to get along famously last Thursday in Bratislava. And at their post-meeting press conference, President Bush was visibly pleased when Putin stated publicly that Russia’s choice of democracy will never be reversed. Unfortunately, there is no connection between what Putin says and what he does. In the last few years he has steadily eroded Russia’s democracy; today that country is, in fact, the only major country that is less democratic today than it was when President Bush took office in January 2001. And Putin’s recent decisions to go ahead with its sale of...

From LGF.... Veiled Iraqi women parade in Sadr City, a northern Baghdad, Iraq, neighborhood, Saturday April 3 2004. Thousands took part in a parade of the Al-Mehdi army, a shiite group founded by Muktada Al-Sadr. (AP Photo/Samir Mizban

Veiled immigrants suffer in sunless climates January 10 2003 at 04:39PM Stockholm - Immigrants in Sweden, in particular women who wear headscarves, run a greater risk of developing health problems due to the lack of sunshine during the long winter months, doctors here said on Friday. Many immigrants to Sweden do not drink cow's milk or eat fatty fish, foods that contain vitamin D which is necessary for building strong bones. The lack of sunlight during the winter compounds the problem further, as sunshine helps the body produce its own vitamin D. Not only do women from hot countries traditionally...