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We took a question from a caller on the Brian Copeland show Sunday on KGO Radio 810 about how Sen. Barack Obama is really a Muslim who wasn’t born in the United States. Read more
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The Bush gang likes to talk tough about its supposed commitment to the so-called war on terror, but when it comes to earning its favor, sometimes, apparently, it actually pays to have been involved in terrorist activities. Just ask Libya’s democracy-crushing dictator, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, whose regime a few years ago accepted responsibility for the [...]
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LONDON, Oct. 13 — Prime Minister Gordon Brown, given up in Britain as political flotsam just weeks ago, has emerged from the global financial crisis as a leader whose ideas are influencing policy from Europe to Washington. Read more
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TOKYO, Oct. 12 — A day after the Bush administration removed North Korea from its terrorism blacklist, the country announced that it would resume tearing down its main nuclear plant, and South Korea welcomed the move as a step toward ending its next-door neighbor’s nuclear program. Read more
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Something was being lost in interpretation. Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi, a Saudi national accused of war crimes and murder for his alleged role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was speaking in Arabic. Ralph H. Kohlmann, a Marine colonel and military judge at Guantanamo Bay, was listening to a simultaneous interpretation in English. Read more
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PORTO VELHO, Brazil — It is quiet here on the wrong side of progress. Hot wind blows dust across the dry bluffs. The brown river runs wide and placid. Read more
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TORONTO, Oct. 12 — Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is gambling that an opposition pushing an unpopular carbon tax will steer voters to the right in Tuesday’s election and bolster his hold on power. Read more
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Arriving in Freetown isn’t exactly arriving in Freetown. Read more
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With time running out for the conclusion of an agreement governing American forces in Iraq, nervous negotiators have begun examining alternatives that would allow U.S. troops to stay beyond the Dec. 31 deadline, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials. Read more
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GURGAON, India — With her flowing, hot-pink Indian suit, jangly silver bangles and perky voice, Bhumika Chaturvedi, 24, doesn’t fit the stereotype of a thuggish, heard-it-all-before debt collector. But lately, she has had no problem making American debtors cry. Read more
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VIENNA (Reuters) – North Korea on Monday restored U.N. monitors’ access to its atom bomb complex and will resume disabling its nuclear reactor on Tuesday, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said, after a deal with Washington to save the process. Read more
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LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) – The United States will pump $250 billion into its banks on Tuesday, following similar measures in Europe, but data showed the threat of recession has not been banished even if a financial sector meltdown has. Read more
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GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS KEY STORIES Shares rise as confidence returns US set to outline banking rescue Icelandic stock exchange reopens UK banks receive £37bn bail-out Brown: We’ll be rock of stability BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS World in turmoil A look at what is happening in markets most affected by the credit crunch Vote reveals splits Have [...]
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The report showed exports of 164.7 billion dollars and imports of 223.9 billion. However, imports excluding petroleum rose to a record 144.2 billion dollars. Read more
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Lebanon and Syria agreed to establish diplomatic relations during an official visit by the Lebanese president to Damascus in April. Read more
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A political storm blew up yesterday after Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the French first lady, admitted she had helped to persuade her husband to block the extradition of a hunger-striking left-wing terrorist to Italy. Read more
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SEOUL, South Korea (Oct. 13) – The first photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il released in two months show him in a setting very similar to photographs from August. Read more
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The scale of City greed was laid bare tonight on the day taxpayers handed British banks an historic £37billion lifeline. Read more
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Rudd unveils $12b package to stimulate Aussie economy 2:49PM Tuesday Oct 14, 2008 Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Photo / AP The federal government has announced a $11.9 billion package to help Australia counter the global economic crisis. Pensioners, low and middle-income families, and first-home buyers will be among [...]
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]