Results tagged “pakistan”

Three Massachusetts sheriffs went directly to the federal government for help with dealing with illegal immigrants. The three sheriffs - Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson, Plymouth County Sheriff Joseph D. McDonald Jr., and Worcester County Sheriff Lewis Evangelidis - felt the Patrick administration erred by not joining the Secure Communities program. [Boston Herald] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. more ›

While Senator Scott Brown plans to fulfill his National Guard commitment in Afghanistan, Senator John Kerry is rumored to be visiting Afghanistan and Pakistan in the first high profile.visit to the region since Osama bin Laden was killed. more ›

The news created by the killing of Osama bin Laden continues to develop. Talk of seeing the pictures from the handy work of SEAL Team 6 is everywhere, even from the mouths of the families of 9/11 victims. FoxNews reported there are two sets of a dead bin Laden, some from a base in Afghanistan and others from the USS Carl Vinson. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. more ›

President Barack Obama will announce shortly that Osama Bin Laden is Dead. Media reports say he was killed in a CIA mission recently in Pakistan. His body is reportedly in U.S. custody. [ABC] more ›

"So, what are the wonders?” you might ask upon encountering Daniyal’s Mueennuddin’s In Other Rooms, Other Wonders, a Story Prize finalist (the prize winner will be revealed tonight, in NYC). Many interpretations of the title are possible: the stories themselves, the characters in them, valuable objects. But the predominant "wonder" derived from reading the story turns out to be a stark realization of the human thread connecting the reader and the characters, all of whom stem from diverse cultural backgrounds. And not just the wonder of that connection, but the wonder of our collective ability to continually forget it. more ›

Questions are still swirling around the death of Keith Ryan, son of Globe sportswriter Bob Ryan. The younger Ryan was an attache in Pakistan, and it was believed that he had shot himself. However, suspicions arose that foul play was involved, the Globe reports. more ›

--Keith Ryan, the son of Globe sportswriter Bob Ryan, was found dead in Pakistan. He was an attache for the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency. Reports indicate he had shot himself. An investigation will follow. [Boston Globe] more ›

The assassination of Pakistan's former prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has left many aghast at the chaos that is tearing Pakistan apart. Wonkette set up a "snark free zone" in response, writing of pictures taken at the scene: "… it makes all the backstabbing and machinations of our candidates trying to plant stupid rumors about drug use and out-of-wedlock babies and all the rest of it seem that much more nauseating and petty to me today." more ›

A Mighty Heart will screen at the Coolidge Corner Theatre tonight, Wednesday, June 13, at 7:30. The sneak preview is free and first-come, first-serve. In A Mighty Heart, Angelina Jolie takes on the meaty role of Marianne Pearl, whose husband, Daniel Pearl, was kidnapped and killed by terrorists while working for the Wall Street Journal in Pakistan. Not only did Marianne Pearl have to cope with the loss of her husband, but she also had... more ›

Last night PBS premiered “RX for Survival - A Global Health Challenge,” a three-part, six-hour series on worldwide public health. Focusing on innovations in the last century, including vaccines and antibiotics, the series highlights efforts to eradicate disease around the world and comes at a timely moment: The Massachusetts State Legislature is debating a bill that would change healthcare coverage in the state and the White House just yesterday, released a plan to address the... more ›