U.S. amends directive on Confucius Institutes to fix mess-up - Xinhua News Agency
25 May 2012, 10:16 pm
The U.S. Department of State clarified two key points in the new guidance directive that were quite confusing and controversial to many U.S. universities in sponsorship for Confucius Institutes' Chinese teachers in the initial version issued on May 17.

controversial candidate enters race for Lee Co. commissioner - WINKNEWS.com
25 May 2012, 4:40 pm
LEE COUNTY, Fla.- A controversial candidate has entered the race for Lee County commissioner. WINK News was there when former Lee County manager Don Stilwell filed his papers with the election office Friday morning. Stilwell resigned as Lee ...

U.N. report: Iran gaining ground with controversial uranium plant - Washington Post
25 May 2012, 2:02 pm
Iran is expanding the capacity of its controversial underground nuclear facility, a U.N. report said Friday, as its leaders move to increase production of a more purified form of enriched uranium in defiance of Western demands for a freeze.

Coyotes’ Smith stands by controversial comments: “I don’t regret anything I said” - NBC Sports
25 May 2012, 12:29 pm
Even though the Coyotes reacted badly following their season-ending defeat on Tuesday, some folks were willing to accept their apologies. The circumstances — Dustin Brown nailing Michal Rozsival, Dustin Penner scoring seconds later, some ...

controversial auction of Reagan blood vial canceled - Washington Post
24 May 2012, 10:22 am
The controversial auction of a vial that contained President Ronald Reagan’s blood has been halted, and the valuable glass tube is being donated to the former president’s foundation. In a statement issued Thursday morning, the executive ...

controversial US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald announces resignation - msnbc.com
23 May 2012, 3:31 pm
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald abruptly announced his resignation Wednesday with no heads up to top officials at the Justice Department and no current plans for new employment, his spokesman said. Fitzgerald called Attorney General Eric Holder ...

Montreal police use controversial provincial law to quell protest - calgaryherald.com
23 May 2012, 10:52 am
Montreal police brought the hammer down on student demonstrators Tuesday night, enforcing a controversial law that brought tens of thousands into the streets in a protest earlier in the day that drew international support. By the end of a cat ...

A Visit with Turkey's controversial Religious Movement - Time
23 May 2012, 2:30 am
It is Monday evening in Diyarbakir, a city in Turkey's southeast, and a weekly meeting of several local members of the so-called Gulen movement has begun with a book reading. One of the eight men present — this is an all-boys affair — picks ...

India telco regulator sticks to controversial auction plans - YAHOO!
22 May 2012, 6:52 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's telecoms regulator on Sunday reaffirmed most of its proposed rules for an auction of mobile airwaves, including a steep base price for bids, despite howls of protests by carriers in the world's second-biggest mobile phone market.

Cannes' Best Film Yet? A controversial, Cross-Dressing Epic - Atlantic Online
21 May 2012, 10:32 am
An epic about a man who decides to change sexes and the woman who loves him, 23-year-old Quebecois director Xavier Dolan's Laurence Anyways is the most exciting thing I've seen so far at the Cannes Film Festival: wildly ambitious both in form and in its ...