Immigrants Give More to Medicare Than They Receive, a Study Finds

Immigrants Give More to Medicare Than They Receive, a Study Finds


Immigrants Give More to Medicare Than They Receive, a Study Finds

Posted: 29 May 2013 01:00 PM PDT

The findings by researchers at Harvard Medical School go against the notion that immigrants are a drain on federal health care spending.
    

VIDEO: First Everest climb remembered

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:36 PM PDT

The sons of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay - the first men to conquer Everest - have followed in their fathers' footsteps 60 years later.

VIDEO: Church wine shortage hits Venezuela

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:49 PM PDT

Shortage of sacramental wine and altar bread are said to have affected the practice of Holy Communion in Venezuela's Catholic Church.

Bombings kill 27 in surging Iraqi violence

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:41 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs and roadside explosions hit mainly Sunni Muslim districts of the Iraqi capital and a northern city on Wednesday, killing at least 27 people.

Legendary Canadian abortion campaigner Morgentaler dies aged 90

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:59 PM PDT

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Henry Morgentaler, a Holocaust survivor who became one of Canada's leading abortion campaigners and spent time in jail for terminating pregnancies, died on Wednesday at the age of 90, activists said.

Attack on French soldier had religious motivation: prosecutor

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:34 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - A Muslim convert arrested on suspicion of stabbing a French soldier in a Paris suburb was motivated by religion and had shown some signs of radicalization, French authorities said on Wednesday.

Hezbollah fighters 'invading' Syria

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:36 PM PDT

The military chief of the main umbrella group of Syrian rebels, the FSA, accuses Hezbollah fighters of "invading" Syria in a BBC interview.

Canada Bans All Iran Trade

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:05 PM PDT

The Canadian government said it will impose additional sanctions against Iran, including a ban on all imports and exports to the country.

Bosnian Croat leaders convicted of war crimes

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:33 PM PDT

Leader of self-proclaimed ethnic-Croat state in Bosnia and five others sentenced for acts during 1990s Balkan Wars.

U.S. congressmen in Russia on Boston bombing fact-finding mission

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:13 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. congressmen will meet security officials in Moscow this week to find out whether the FBI could have done more with Russian intelligence on the Boston bombing suspect to prevent the attack, one of the lawmakers said on Wednesday.

VIDEO: Net firm accused of laundering $6bn

Posted: 28 May 2013 10:57 PM PDT

The Liberty Reserve digital money service that was shut down laundered more than $6bn (£4bn) in criminal cash, US authorities have said.

U.S. drone kills Pakistan Taliban No 2 : security officials

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:07 PM PDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed the No. 2 of the Pakistani Taliban in the North Waziristan region on Wednesday, three security officials said, in what would be a major blow to the militancy.

Digital cash arrests cause 'pain'

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:05 PM PDT

A leading security expert says he has seen evidence that criminals are suffering as a consequence of the Liberty Reserve arrests.

India and Japan boost maritime-security ties

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:11 PM PDT

Nations to continue regular joint-naval exercises and accelerate talks to import Japanese nuclear reactors to India.

India and Japan boost maritime-security ties

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:11 PM PDT

Nations to continue regular joint-naval exercises and accelerate talks to import Japanese nuclear reactors to India.

Kenya lawyer says London murder suspect freed on British advice

Posted: 29 May 2013 11:50 AM PDT

MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - A Kenyan lawyer who in 2010 represented a man suspected of hacking a British soldier to death in London last week said on Wednesday the suspect was freed from arrest in Kenya three years ago on the recommendation of the British High Commission.

Report: China gained U.S. weapons secrets

Posted: 29 May 2013 07:27 AM PDT

American defense officials Tuesday pushed back against the notion that China has used cyberespionage to obtain extensive design information on advanced American weapons.

Baghdad bomb attacks leave 25 dead

Posted: 29 May 2013 12:56 PM PDT

At least 25 people are killed in a series of bomb blasts in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, as a recent upsurge in violence continues.

Television: ‘The Killing,’ Canceled, Returns to AMC

Posted: 29 May 2013 05:00 AM PDT

Canceled after its second season, "The Killing" and its grim homicide detectives return to AMC on Sunday night.
    

Rifts Persist as Syrian Opposition Meets

Posted: 29 May 2013 11:26 AM PDT

A meeting of the Syrian Opposition Coalition in Istanbul appeared on the verge of collapse after nearly a week of talks failed to resolve divisions, including over whether to participate in international peace talks.

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