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Gilbert Chagoury donated millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation. He also donated to a Lebanese organization with financial ties to Hezbollah, designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. State Department. Let that sink in. Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State. A huge donor to her family foundation had ties to an organization that the State Department had designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. How extensive were Chagoury’s ties to an organization that funded Hezbollah? So extensive that he was denied entry into the U.S.

On the basis of information brought to light by NLPC, Nigerian-born physician Dorothy Ogundu was arrested yesterday. She is charged with multiple counts of grand larceny, forgery and falsifying business records by the New York state Attorney General. Ogundu ran a Queens, New York Health clinic for which Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) secured $380,500 in federal funds. She is a prominent Meeks supporter, and until yesterday, a fixture of the Queens political scene. After reviewing Meeks' earmarks in 2011, NLPC decided to take a closer look at Angeldocs, Inc., which operates the Aki Life Health Center located in Queens, New...

Four Canadians on a ground excursion during a Caribbean cruise thought they were going to be killed when four masked gunmen with homemade shotguns and pistols ambushed them in a lush botanical garden retreat, fellow passengers say. About 60 tourists and three guides were systematically searched at gunpoint and robbed of their money, jewelry, cameras and cellphones on Friday. They were then ordered to march forward, during which they feared they would be shot in the back, but instead the gunmen slipped away into the foliage ... The victims were on a shore excursion from the cruise ship Celebrity Eclipse,...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia — A robbery and assault on three gay American tourists at their vacation cottage has St. Lucia officials scrambling to assure visitors that the southern Caribbean island is safe and welcoming for homosexuals. Tourism Minister Allen Chastanet issued an apology Monday to three men from Atlanta after masked bandits broke into their mountain rental home in Soufriere. One victim said the gunmen made slurs against gays, white people and Americans during the March 2 assault.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia — This tiny Caribbean island may have thought it was no big deal when it severed its 10-year relations with China and restored ties on Tuesday with rival Taiwan. Wrong. China, which built a stadium and was finishing a psychiatric hospital here and considers Taiwan a renegade province, called the move a "brutal interference in China's internal affairs." In short order, one of the world's smallest nations has made an enemy out of one of the largest. Both Taiwan and China, which for more than 20 years have battled for diplomatic allies, brought out their big guns...

I'm going on a honeymoon to Sandals Halcyon, St Lucia in September. I've never been on a cruise or to an "All Inclusive" resort before, so I would like to know what to expect. Has anybody ever been to St Lucia? how about a Sandals? What did you think? Is there anything you wish you had done after you left the island? How does Sandals treat you? (pampered to the max, I hope) Thanks for any and all input

CHICAGO - The Andersonville neighborhood, long an enclave for the Chicago's Swedish population, comes alive during the holidays as Swedish Americans gather to celebrate the traditions of their homeland. At the center of the celebration is St. Lucia, a 4th century Sicilian saint revered in Sweden. It is not entirely clear why a Sicilian saint is so popular in Sweden. But some believe she wore candles in her hair when she brought food to Christians hiding from the Romans in underground caves. Another legend has it that when she was tied to the stake to be burned for her beliefs,...