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TEHRAN, June 25 — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at President Obama on Thursday, warning him against “interfering” in Iranian affairs and demanding an apology for criticism of a government crackdown on demonstrators protesting alleged electoral fraud. Read more
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SEOUL — Behaving badly hasn’t hurt the bottom line in North Korea. Read more
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Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is preparing to return to his country, days after the military pushed him from office and into exile. Read more
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CARACAS, Venezuela, July 1 — An ally was in trouble, toppled in a military coup. And the television cameras were rolling. Read more
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A crashed Yemenia Airbus A310 submerged in waters near the African coast along with the bodies of as many as 152 passengers — only a teenage girl apparently survived — is focusing more scrutiny on the safety of Airbus planes and the world’s aviation system. Read more
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CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — National security adviser James L. Jones told U.S. military commanders here last week that the Obama administration wants to hold troop levels here flat for now, and focus instead on carrying out the previously approved strategy of increased economic development, improved governance and participation by the Afghan military and civilians in [...]
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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras faced growing pressure to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya on Wednesday after the Organization of American States set a 72-hour deadline to end a crisis triggered by a military coup. Read more
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California’s lawmakers failed to agree on a balanced budget by the start of its new fiscal year on Wednesday morning, clearing the way to suspend payments owed to the state’s vendors and local agencies, who instead will get “IOU” notes promising payment. Read more
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FROM OTHER NEWS SITES Guardian Unlimited Teenage plane crash survivor ‘doing well’ - 1 hr ago AFP via Yahoo! Teen recovers after miracle rescue from jet crash - 1 hr ago CBS News ”Fragile” Girl Only Jet Crash Survivor - 1 hr ago Times [...]
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AP – An investor looks at the stock price monitor at a private securities company Wednesday July 1, 2009 … Slideshow:Stock Markets Play Video Wall Street Video:Best quarterly gain since ’98 Reuters Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 8,447.00 -82.38 ^GSPC 919.32 0.00 ^IXIC 1,835.04 0.00 By MALCOLM FOSTER, AP Business Writer Malcolm Foster, Ap Business Writer – [...]
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Play Video AP  – Black boxes found after Yemeni airliner crash Slideshow:Yemenia plane crashes Play Video Video:Yemen jet crashes in Indian Ocean BBC Play Video Video:Comoran activists say air crash was predictable AFP Reuters – A relative of passengers of the Airbus A310-300 flight from Yemen speaks with the media as he arrives … By TOM MALITI and ANGELA [...]
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HE was the only Irish person waiting last night for his chance to get inside ‘The Claw’. Read more
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (June 30) – Honduras’ ousted president won overwhelming international support Tuesday as he planned a high-profile return to his chaotic country. The politicians who sent soldiers to fly him into exile in his pajamas said he will be arrested for treason if he tries. Read more
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Statins cut the risk of heart attacks by 30 per cent even in healthy people, researchers say. Read more
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SUVA – Fiji will have a new constitution in 2013 that abolishes the current split-race voting system in anticipation of democratic elections the following year, the nation’s military ruler said on Wednesday. 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, 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 [...]
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That’s the question in Honduras, apparently, after President Manuel Zelaya tried to call what the country’s highest court said was an illegal constitutional referendum to allow his reelection (got Hugo Chavez deja vu?), Zelaya fired the head of the military for not supporting the referendum, the military busting into the presidential palace this morning and [...]
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Like you, I’m sure, I regularly get letters from high school and college students asking for career advice. They used to ask what steps they should take to become a newspaper columnist. But that’s changed. More and more in the last several years, they’ve been asking me if I think there’s enough of a future [...]
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11:38am UK, Tuesday June 30, 2009 A teenage girl has been rescued from a packed passenger jet that crashed in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros archipelago. Relatives of passengers on the [...]