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WASHINGTON — Some readers assume a few things about me, such as my stance on the divisive issue of immigration. And after making that assumption, some of them have suggested — in less than kind terms — that I “go back to Mexico,” even if I never came from there.
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I recently took part in a panel discussion in London about civil conflict and “failed states” around the world, centered on the interesting work of the British economist Paul Collier. The panelists included the son of a famous African liberation-leader-turned-dictator, the former leader of a South American guerrilla group, a Pakistani journalist, a U.N. official […]
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Think of it always. Speak of it never.
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D avid Landau , editor in chief of the Israeli daily Haaretz, said Monday that Israel hoped to link its need for a stronger defense against the Iranian nuclear threat to its stated willingness to pull out of more occupied Palestinian land.
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LONDON, March 4 — Ian Paisley, the Protestant clergyman who has towered over Northern Ireland politics for 40 years, announced Tuesday that he will resign as head of his political party and step down as the leader of a power-sharing government he helped shape.
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BEIJING, March 5 — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Wednesday that the government will move to temper the nation’s juggernaut of economic growth, which has sparked a worrisome rise in inflation pressures, consumed huge amounts of energy and taken a heavy toll on China’s environment.
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CAMAGUEY, Cuba — Children swarmed the table outside Blanca Peleaz’s concrete home in this central Cuban city. There were cakes and cookies, gooey frosting and candy speckles, rare abundance in a place where food shortages are the norm.
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President Bush sought to cope with foreign policy crises on multiple fronts yesterday, reaching out to the president-elect of Russia for the first time and seizing on military tensions in Latin America to renew his quest for congressional approval of a free-trade pact with Colombia.
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, March 4 — A candidate seeking to overcome an opponent who is preaching hope and optimism could not ask for a better place to rebound than here, a chronically depressed industrial region where on Election Day the only thing grayer than the abandoned steel mills was a slate sky pouring down near-freezing rain.
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NAIROBI, March 3 — U.S. forces staged a missile strike early Monday on a house in southern Somalia where several Islamic leaders accused of terrorist activities were thought to be staying, U.S. officials and local residents said.
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BAGHDAD, March 3 — Two former high-ranking Shiite government officials charged with kidnapping and killing scores of Sunnis were ordered released Monday after prosecutors dropped the case. The abrupt move renewed concerns about the willingness of Iraq’s leaders to act against sectarianism and cast doubts on U.S. efforts to build an independent judiciary.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, March 4 — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas stopped short on Tuesday of agreeing to return to peace talks with Israel, leaving in doubt efforts by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to rekindle a stalled peace initiative.
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CARACAS (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa visited Latin American powerhouse Brazil on Wednesday on his regional tour to push Colombia to apologize for a military operation in Ecuador as an Andean crisis escalated.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton swept critical showdowns with Barack Obama in Ohio and Texas on Tuesday to keep her Democratic presidential bid alive, and John McCain clinched the Republican nomination and looked ahead to the November election.
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US media say she has taken the Democratic primary polls in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island. The results of caucus meetings in Texas are not yet known.
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At the moment, it’s mostly a war of words, and other nations tried Tuesday to keep it that way, although many said Colombia was wrong to send troops into Ecuador. The Saturday raid killed 24 guerrillas, including rebel spokesman Raul Reyes, who was engaged in hostage talks with Venezuela, France and other countries.
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Hillary Clinton accused Barack Obama last night of being dishonest with voters on the eve of their potentially decisive contests in Texas and Ohio today.
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The European Union will declare war today on Liechtenstein, Monaco, Andorra and Switzerland. Weary of losing billions of tax euros, the EU’s 27-strong high command of economics and finance ministers, Ecofin, is meeting in Brussels to agree a strategy aimed at bringing the continent’s tax havens under control.
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ROME (March 4) - The body of the mystic monk Padre Pio, one of the Roman Catholic world’s most revered saints who died 40 years ago, has been exhumed to be prepared for display to his many devotees.
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He spoke out as rival Hillary Clinton’s aides insisted she will fight on even if she loses today’s make-or-break primaries in Texas and Ohio, while the New York senator shook hands with stars in a last ditch effort to rejuvenate her flagging presidential bid.
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