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Con el Senador John McCain ahora más cerca de llevarse la nominación republicana, es muy probable que los dÃas de proponer “deportarlos a todos” como solución a la inmigración han terminado en la contienda presidencial.
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The long-awaited “resignation” of Fidel Castro may give both Cubans and Americans a chance to escape the trap they’ve been in for more than four decades. Fidel’s brother Raúl will now officially become Cuba’s maximum leader, a role he has held unofficially throughout Castro’s long debility. That the Cuban leadership has finally reached the point […]
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Watching Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner and other congressional leaders craft a stimulus package to calm the turbulent economy is like watching President Bush pursue his equally implausible and belated Middle East peace initiative. In each case, the challenges are so much larger than the means suddenly being brought to bear that you don’t know whether […]
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Iranian diplomats at the Iranian Interests Section on Wisconsin Avenue listened courteously to a delegation of prominent individuals who came calling last Friday to protest the detention of Iranian professor and philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo . But the envoys offered no explanation for the arrest or word of when the prisoner might go free.
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KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Kosovo, Feb. 19 — Serbs protesting Kosovo’s declaration of independence torched two border posts manned by the United Nations along the northern border with Serbia on Tuesday as up to 2,000 protesters, some driving bulldozers, destroyed customs posts.
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SHANGHAI — Sheng Huizhen’s life story is typical of immigrants who succeeded in America. After getting her PhD in biochemistry, she landed a job as a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institutes of Health. She got a green card, bought a house in Maryland and worked her way up to visiting associate, senior staff fellow […]
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MEXICO CITY, Feb. 19 — Fidel Castro, the Marxist revolutionary and nemesis of 10 U.S. presidents, resigned as Cuba’s paramount leader Tuesday after dominating the island’s politics and society for nearly five decades.
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CARTAGENA, Colombia, Feb. 19 — Fidel Castro sparked revolution and inspired guerrilla leaders and progressive politicians in Latin America who came of age watching him defy the United States, champion socialism and oppose a string of military dictatorships.
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European financial markets stabilized yesterday after the U.S. interest-rate cut, as political leaders sought to calm sell-off fears by assuring Europeans that economic problems were in the United States, not their countries.
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KIGALI, Rwanda, Feb. 19 — He looked shaken, as anyone would visiting a genocide memorial with a picture of a 12-year-old girl and a plaque with her vital information.
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 19 — The Iraqi government has a new tactic in its fight against the insurgency: clearing the streets of the mentally disabled and homeless.
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MEXICO CITY, Feb. 19 — Raúl Castro has long operated in the backstage of Cuban politics. But his public record, which has emerged over his 19 months as interim president, suggests he might pursue reforms to allow more political and economic latitude on the island.
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The party of Pakistan’s assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto began stitching together a coalition on Wednesday that could topple President Pervez Musharraf, after winning most seats in a general election.
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MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - With big wins in hand, Democrat Barack Obama pointed on Wednesday toward critical showdowns with rival Hillary Clinton next month that could prove decisive in their heavyweight presidential battle.
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Mr Obama, the senator for Illinois, has won the primary in Wisconsin, and is also projected to take victory in Hawaii - his 10th win in a row.
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Their expectations, already raised by Raul Castro’s talk of “structural changes” and “big decisions” to come, couldn’t be higher. Many Cubans hope he will let more people open businesses, own homes and even travel abroad.
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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton go head to head in the next — possibly decisive — stage of the Democratic presidential race today with their campaigns continuing to trade blows at every step.
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Kosovo’s declaration of independence divided the European Union yesterday as five member countries announced that they would not recognise its break from Serbia.
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ZURICH, Switzerland (Feb. 19) - Two Impressionist paintings stolen in one of Europe’s largest art thefts have been recovered in an abandoned car, police said Tuesday.
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Breakdancing Cruz Beckham, three, upstages Spice Girls with his amazing stage skillsDuring the Spice Girls’ New York concert the youngster broke into an impromptu breakdance, even spinning on his head, much to the delight of the crowd
• Geri’s ‘Judy Finnigan’ moment as her top reveals too much
Oh, Cheryl, you could do so much better… advice […]