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The European Commission is to examine Germany‘s capital injection into Commerzbank because the deal did not appear to be in line with a German plan that it had approved for bank rescues. Read more
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Across the globe, people in city squares and living rooms, ballrooms and villages cheered the election of Barack Obama as U.S. president, raising hopes that America’s first black commander in chief would herald a less confrontational America. Read more
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The elevation of Barack Obama to the White House is a transcendent moment for what this election says about a nation where blacks were once considered property. Read more
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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. Read more
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Saudi Arabia’s king called for greater dialogue and openness between the world’s monotheistic religions on March 24, 2008. In the face of rising tensions over Mohammed cartoons, al-Qaida claiming Pope Benedict XVI is leading a crusade, and a stalled Middle East peace process, King Abdullah‘s outreach took on extra weight. From the International Herald Tribune: [...]
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The Economist set up a Global Electoral College and online poll to see which countries favor which candidate for U.S. president on Tuesday. The results skew heavily in favor of Barack Obama, with McCain leading in just Iraq, Algeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Cuba. It’s a tie in Burma. Not enough votes were [...]
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« An oldie but goodie: Demon rock `n’ roll | Main Originally posted: November 6, 2008 Where do Illinois Republicans go from here? Long-time blogger and cool head Jake Parillo has some opening thoughts: In order to be successful in 2010, we need reform in how we run the party, reform how the party organizes, [...]
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3:26pm UK, Thursday November 06, 2008 Barack Obama will receive his first highly classified briefings from intelligence officials later, as he enters the transition period which will see his administration put in place. [...]
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Rex Features Kim Cattrall has been crowned an ‘Ultimate Icon’ at an awards ceremony designed to celebrate celebrities and real-life women alike. Fearne Cotton hosted the third ‘Ultimate Women Of The Year Awards’, held in London last night. According to ITN, The Sugababes won the ‘Ultimate Mistresses Of Music’ gong, while Myleene Klass was named [...]
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Russia will deploy short-range missiles near Poland to counter U.S. military plans in Eastern Europe, President Dmitry Medvedev warned Wednesday, setting a combative tone that clashed with global goodwill over Barack Obama’s election. Read more
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By SEAN GARDINER Posted: 4:52 amNovember 6, 2008 Elaine Barfoot wishes her husband was just a loud snorer. Instead, every night as she drifts off in bed next to hubby Derek, she has to worry about the normally docile 75-year-old bashing her in his sleep. The [...]
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered a sober first post-election press conference moments ago, where rather than celebrating a momentous Democratic victory, she uncharacteristically insisted, “The country must be governed from the middle.” Read more
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Gerald R. Ford, upon being sworn in as president on August 9, 1974, after the resignation of his Watergate-tainted, criminal predecessor, Richard M. Nixon, said it best. Read more
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MOSCOW, Nov. 5 — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned in a nationally televised address Wednesday that he will deploy short-range missiles near Poland capable of striking NATO Read more
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 5 — Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday called on President-elect Barack Obama to end U.S. airstrikes that risk civilian casualties after coalition forces allegedly killed dozens of people at a wedding party in southern Afghanistan this week. Read more
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Carlos Minc never wanted to grow up to be the environment minister of Brazil. The self-described former “student militant revolutionary,” who spent time behind bars in the 1960s for resisting his country’s military dictatorship, had more grandiose goals in his younger years. Read more
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A plane crash that killed Mexico’s interior minister Tuesday in the Mexican capital also killed his spokesman, Miguel Monterrubio, who had served in Washington as embassy spokesman and was a familiar face on the diplomatic scene. Read more
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LONDON, Nov. 5 — Through tears and whoops of joy, in celebrations that spilled onto streets on distant continents, people around the globe called Barack Obama’s election a victory for the world and a renewal of America’s ability to inspire. Read more
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 5 — As Americans flocked to polling stations on Election Day, Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan West and his men walked out of a small outpost in western Baghdad shortly after sunset, each carrying 40 pounds of gear on his back, for yet another foot patrol. Read more