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Republican political rookie Damon Dunn’s suprising run for Secretary of State appears to be catching on with some big party names: he’s been endorsed by GOP State Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher — a rising… Read more
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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]
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IRAQ Election delay likely, officials say Iraq’s scheduled January elections may be postponed by more than a month because of a dispute over an election law, officials said Wednesday, a delay that could threaten the planned U.S. withdrawal of combat troops. Iraqi lawmakers have worked for months to pass a law needed to reform the [...]
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NEW DELHI — India on Thursday offered a plan to unilaterally slow the pace of its carbon emissions by 2020, and assured lawmakers that the offer does not amount to a sellout of national interests. Read more
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CARACAS, Venezuela — Every day, Pascual Cicenia plays golf on an emerald course that is 18 holes of tropical heaven in the middle of this chaotic city. He doesn’t take it for granted, he said, especially now that President Hugo Chávez has disparaged the sport as an elitist endeavor with few friends in his populist [...]
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ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — President Obama’s new strategy for combating Islamist insurgents in Afghanistan fell on skeptical ears Wednesday in next-door Pakistan, a much larger, nuclear-armed state that Obama said was “at the core” of the plan and had even more at stake than Afghanistan. Read more
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KABUL (Reuters) – The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan reassured top officials on Thursday that Washington was not planning an early exit, part of a charm offensive to sell President Barack Obama’s new strategy on three continents. Read more
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Comcast Corp struck a deal to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal from General Electric Co, creating a media superpower that would control not just how TV shows and movies are made, but how they are delivered to the home. Read more
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A suicide bomber disguised as a woman has killed at least 19 people including three government ministers in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Read more
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LONDON – World stock markets rose Thursday, with Japan’s Nikkei up around 4 percent, after Bank of America Corp. said it will repay $45 billion of government bailout money and as investors prepared for a crucial policy statement from the European Central Bank. In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was up [...]
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AP – Reuters photographer Omar Faruk lies on the stretcher after he was wounded in the explosion in Mogadishu, … Slideshow:Somalia Unrest Play Video Terrorism Video:State battles terrorism WRAL Raleigh Play Video Terrorism Video:Napolitano’s Take FOX News By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN, Associated Press Writer Mohamed Olad Hassan, Associated Press Writer – 21 mins ago MOGADISHU, Somalia – An explosion ripped [...]
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Jewish plaintiffs could barely conceal their anger yesterday after the trial of the suspected war criminal John Demjanjuk was delayed for almost three weeks because he was suffering from a slight fever. Read more
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A defense lawyer for an American student accused of killing her British roommate broke down after urging the court to give his client back her life. But a prosecutor called the accused a compressed spring who exploded the night of the murder. Read more
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The board has threatened to resign en masse if the Treasury blocks the payments. Read more
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When faults let loose with a mighty rumble, the reverberations are felt across the globe. As Mother Nature takes lives and property with such minute warning, super temblors anywhere in the world remind those in quake-prone zones of the vulnerability of great metropolitan regions and remind us to be prepared with good building codes and [...]
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He who throws shoes will eventually get a sole aimed at his own head… or something like that. The famed Iraqi shoe thrower, journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi, who chucked a shoe at President George W. Bush (and missed) during a press conference with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki nearly a year ago, got a shoe chucked at [...]
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Mary Schmich was not with us today but John Williams and I soldiered on without her and tried to double-team the unseen Leslie Keiling who really should have her own show, even though she’d seldom offer an opinion with which I’d agree: Read more
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12:46am UK, Thursday December 03, 2009 Rob Cole, Sky News Online The five British sailors held by Iran for accidently sailing into Iranian waters are recovering from their ordeal this morning after [...]
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BBC Merlin will return to BBC One next year for a third series, it has been announced. The fantasy series, which stars Colin Morgan as a young mythical wizard, has been a Saturday night ratings success since its debut in 2008. BBC controller of drama commissioning Ben Stephenson said of the show: “With its mix [...]