Afghanistan's National Museum lost about 70 percent of its artifacts during the civil war in the early 1990s. These items were sold in the black market, AFP reported.

Some were intercepted after they were smuggled to U.K. by the border forces. Others were recovered by the Metropolitan Police in London, the BBC reported.

Some artifacts were acquired by donors on behalf the museum, AFP reported.

" God willing, we will never see days as bad as that again," said Fahim Rahimi, the chief curator of Afghanistan's National Museum about the stolen artifacts, the BBC reported.

"I am happy as an Afghan that all of these pieces that are so important to the history and culture of this country are back with us," Rahimi said, the BBC reported.

The 193 member states passed the Saudi-drafted resolution with 133 votes in favor, 12 against and 31 absentees. The countries voted against the resolution are the permanent members of the Security Council China and Russia, and other countries that criticize West, Reuters reported.

Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, said powerful countries are harming the rebels and the government. "The immediate interests of the Syrian people must be paramount over any larger rivalries of influence," Ban said, Al Jazeera reported.

Kofi Annan resigned as Syria peace envoy. Annan said "finger-pointing and name-calling in the Security Council " was one of many reasons for his resignation, Reuters reported.

Annan said the Security Council was blame to his resignation. He said "finger-pointing and name-calling in the Security Council " was the reason for him to quit, Reuters reported.

"It is clear that President Bashar al-Assad must leave office," Annan said in an opinion article on The Financial Times, Reuters reported. He called the Syrian government's rule as "40 years of dictatorship."

"Kofi Annan deserves our profound admiration for the selfless way in which he has put his formidable skills and prestige to this most difficult and potentially thankless of assignments," Ban said, Reuters reported.

Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary general, said Annan's successor will be appointed after his mandate expires, the New York Times reported.

The court ruled Minnesota's Defense Marriage Act or DOMA does on prohibit same-sex couples receiving "benefits of marriage," Star Tribune reported.

In 2008, James Morrison and Thomas Propel married in California after being in a committed relationship for nearly 25 years. Proehl died last year due to heart attack without a will, MPR reported.

" What I found was a great deal of sympathy and empathy, but the law just wouldn't allow them to resolve our estate without having to go to court," said Morrison, MPR reported.

Under DOMA, Proehl's parents will inherit their son's $ 250,000 million assets. But, they want Morrison of Minneapolis to inherit the assets. Morrison will inherit his partner's assets, Star Tribune reported.

"The marriage amendment doesn't change any rights or benefits same-sex couples currently have," said Autumn Leva, a spokeswoman for Minnesota for Marriage, Star Tribune reported.

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee called for " Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" after some criticized Dan Cathy, president of the company, said he opposes same-sex marriage in an interview with the Baptist Press , CNN reported.

"We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit," Cathy said, CNN reported.

General Mills and Starbucks announced their support for gay marriage. The National Organization for Marriage, which opposes same-sex marriage, called for boycott against these companies, USA Today reported.

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, donated $ 2.5 million to Washington United for Marriage, a group that opposes a ballot that will invalidate gay marriage in Washington, USA Today reported.

The supermarket has been struggling has fired its CEO Craig Herkert and laid off dozens of employees in the past 18 months, Star Tribune reported.

Jeff Swanson, a spokesman for Supervalu, said the company reorganizing IT workers to be generalist than specialist. The company will hire highly skilled workers for few positions, Star Tribune reported.

The company said it was exploring options to sell all or part of the company. The unions are anxiously waiting for the next move by the company, including United Food & Commercial Workers that has been representing 84,000 of the company's 130,000 employees, Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal reported .

Former vice president said John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate was "a mistake," The Washington Post.

"I don't think was well handled," said Cheney in an interview with ABC News, The Washington Post reported.

"Is this person capable of being president of the United States?" said Cheney about narrowing down a list to pick a running mate, ABC News reported.

Countries should "work in good faith towards bridging their differences," said Ban, the BBC reported.

The United States, China, and Russia opposed the treaty. The U.S. has opposed reporting ammunition exports. Both China and Russia have tried to restrict humanitarian reference, the BBC reported.

The BBC reported an estimate of 750,000 people killed by illicit weapons each year.

"We owe it to all the innocent civilians who have fallen victim to armed conflict and violence," said the Secretary General, Al Jazeera reported.

Duluth police said they have 2.8 million was seized from Jim Carlson's bank account, the store owner. They also seized two vehicles after a search warrant executed Wednesday at Last Place On Earth, Duluth Tribune News reported.

The police took 16 boxes of suspected synthetic marijuana in more than 20, 000 packages. The shop was raided back in September and $83,510 thousand in cash and 28 guns were seized, Duluth News Tribune reported.

The raid was part of the Drug Enforcement Administration to ban or control synthetic drugs.
The DEA seized more than $36 million in cash and arrested 91 people in the country, Duluth News Tribune reported.

The state lawmakers made the sale of drugs a felony on Thursday. President Obama signed a bill that bans sale of synthetic drugs, MPR reported.

The bill signed by Gov. Mark Dayton will take effect on August 1, WCCO reported.

"Today sends a clear message that these substances are not safe and that with this new law in effect they are not legal in Minnesota," Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek said, Associate Press reported.

Two of 20 deaths due to synthetic drugs have occurred in Minnesota, WCCO reported.

Carol Falkowski, a drug abuse expert, said the bill is "in the right direction," but "very rigorous online sales of these things and that's really the wild card in all of this," WCCO reported.

The bill also allow the state Pharmacy Board to make new rules to fight against the formula changes by drug dealers to avoid existing laws, Associated Press reported.

The bill was passed by 327-98 vote. Paul's victory came as his retirement from the Congress near in 2012, Reuters reported.

Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said it would be a "nightmare scenario," if politicians influenced the monetary policy, the Washington Times.

The bill will direct the Government Accountability Office to audit the Fed including its monetary policy and other decisions, Reuters reported.

"I don't know how anybody could be against transparency," said Paul about the lack of transparency in the system during the debate on Thursday, Reuters reported.

The bill will not pass in the Democratic-controlled Senate. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and Whip Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland along with 95 democrats and one Republican voted against the bill, the Washington Times reported.

Holmes for the first time appeared in the court after killing 12 and injuring 58 people. About 40 family members of the vicitms appeared in the Arapahoe County courthouse, Al Jazeera reported.

Holmes' lawyers answered Arapahoe County District Judge William Sylvester's questions. He remained silent at the hearing, Reuters reported.

The shooter may face death penalty for premeditation, multiple victims, and the killing of a child, said Craig Silverman, a former Denver prosecutor.

Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers said she will consult with the wounded and the victims' families, Reuters reported.

"If James Holmes isn't executed, Colorado may as well throw away its death penalty law," Silverman said, Reuters reported.

Obama will met with the families and victims. The shooting occurred in Aurora, Colo., near the Columbine High School, where students and teachers were killed by a student in 1999, Reuters reported.

James Holmes, 24, was arrested on charge of 12 counts of first-degree murders,Reuters reported.

The shooting happened at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises " that was packed with people. Holmes allegedly started fire at people and arrested by the police near the theate, the BBC reported.

Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, "has a long record of being associated... with the Muslim Brotherhood," said Bachmann, in an interview with Glen Beck, Minnesota Public Radio reported.

"I don't have any Muslim Brotherhood connections as she's talking about," said Ellison to CNN, MPR reported.

Bachmann and four other members of the Congress said that there are ties between the federal officials and the Muslim Brotherhood.They accused Huma Abedin, a deputy chief of staff to the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, of having ties with the Brotherhood, St. Cloud Times reported.

"I think accusations like this being thrown around are pretty dangerous," said the House Speaker John Boehner, MPR reported.

USA Today reported that "nearly one in five Americans" don't have any religious affiliation. The was study conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. The reporter attributes the organization that conducted the survey.

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