US Presudent Barack Obama signs a law that bans an Iranian to serve as UN post. (File pboto)

Obama signs law to bar Iran diplomat from serving in UN post

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WASHINGTON DC - President Barack Obama signed a law on Friday that effectively bars an Iranian diplomat from serving as an envoy at the United Nations because of suspicions he was involved in the 1979-81 Tehran hostage crisis. Obama signed a law passed by the US Congress that blocks any individual from entering the United States who has been...

Walter Williams (78 years) dies in Lexington, 15 days after he pronounced 'dead'. (illustration)

'Dead' Mississippi man who kicked out of body bag has died

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JACKSON - A Mississippi man pronounced dead last month and put in a body bag only to come alive just before embalming, has now died, a coroner said on Thursday. Walter Williams (78 years) died at about 1 am local time in Lexington, two weeks after shocking people when he started breathing and kicking at a funeral home where...