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The latest pictures released in North Korea in an attempt to prove that Kim Jong Il is fit as a fiddle have nothing to attach them to the present day. For one, Kim had brain surgery in August, but has a plush head of hair in the latest photos. The Korean Central News Agency claimed [...]
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A reminder that, for our 10th annual “Songs of Good Cheer” holiday caroling program (see details here), Mary Schmich and I are reviving our favorite reader contest, “Gloria For a Day.” Read more
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When are African presidents going to learn from Obama?Africa is torn apart in wars at the moment and none of the african countries seem to want to live in democracy. Posted By :john Report This i’m verry happy for AMERICA and the entire [...]
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Rex Features Paul Gascoigne will be declared bankrupt if he fails to come up with unpaid taxes within the next nine weeks, reports AFP. The former England football star is allegedly being chased by UK authorities as he owes £200,000 in unpaid tax returns. Gascoigne’s lawyer Craig Montgomery said outside the London Bankruptcy Court that [...]
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Russia is poised to strike the final blow to the European Nabucco gasline project, by making the most of its renewed influence in the Caucasus after the “five-day war” in Georgia. This is part of an all-out diplomatic drive launched by Moscow, in the aim of luring Azerbaijan into its sphere of influence. Gazprom’s purchase [...]
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Iran’s Bush-bashing leader congratulated Barack Obama yesterday – the first time the fanatical regime has offered kind wishes to a US president-elect since radical Muslim clerics seized control in 1979. Read more
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Even as Gov. Sarah Palin exits stage left — perhaps only temporarily – back to the frozen tundra, we note that it was Fox News who broke the story that Sarah P. was a bit geography-challenged. Read more
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The George Bush-Tony Blair, joined-at-the-hip partnership remains an indelible souvenir of the period leading up to the outbreak, in early 2003, of the U.S.-led war in Iraq and of the way it played out through the end of Blair’s tenure as Britain’s prime minister (which ended in June 2007). The Bush-Blair war-buddies show also served [...]
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It was supposed to be a regular military helicopter ride back to Baghdad.The two Blackhawks looked fairly ordinary as they swooped down to land at a US base north of the capital where I had spent the past few days. At first glance, the crews onboard were also fairly non-descript, dressed in normal army fatigues [...]
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LONDON, Nov. 6 — Central banks across Europe slashed interest rates Thursday, expanding a campaign to head off a deep recession and following in the path their U.S. counterparts have undertaken for more than a year. Read more
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AUROVILLE, India — Standing amid his shop’s hodgepodge of saffron Hindu goddess T-shirts and jasmine incense sticks, Krishna Romali said he had moved to the outskirts of this “universal township” in southern India after hearing that business was even better here than at the infamous party beaches of Goa. Read more
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KIWANJA, Congo, Nov. 5 — Sporadic gunfire and explosions echoed through this town in eastern Congo on Wednesday as rebels fought pro-government militiamen for a second day, forcing thousands of people to flee. Read more
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 6 — Two days after the election of Barack Obama, Iraq’s chief spokesman said with unusual forcefulness Thursday that his government will continue to insist on a firm withdrawal date for U.S. troops, despite American demands that any pullout be subject to prevailing security conditions. Read more
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TEHRAN, Nov. 6 — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has congratulated President-elect Barack Obama on his victory, the first time since Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution that an Iranian leader has offered such wishes to an American counterpart. Read more
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TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad congratulated U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday and called for “fundamental and fair” changes to U.S. policies in the region, Iran’s official IRNA news agency said. Read more
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CHICAGO (Reuters) – Barack Obama will meet his economic team on Friday and hold his first news conference since becoming U.S. president-elect as the country awaited signs of how he might tackle the economic crisis. Read more
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The UN is investigating reports that rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have shot dead civilians in their homes in the eastern town of Kiwanja. Read more
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AP – Egyptians newspapers are fronted by pictures of the U.S. elections and titled ‘ Black President at the … Slideshow: President-elect Barack Obama Play Video Video: Rice: Mideast peace by year-end not possible AP Play Video Video: Raw Video: Israeli airstrike kills 5 in Gaza AP CAIRO, Egypt – An Arab news network blared U.S. election coverage [...]