WASHINGTON, April 6 (UPI) —Rick Santorum’s delegate count is much closer to front-runner Mitt Romney’s than reported, a memo prepared for a conservative campaign huddle in Virginia says. While most estimates show GOP presidential hopeful Romney with 657 or 658
WASHINGTON, April 5 (UPI) —U.S. House Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn said voter ID laws in South Carolina and elsewhere are reminiscent of post-Reconstruction Jim Crow laws. Clyburn, D-S.C., and other voting rights advocates warn that laws requiring voters to
MILWAUKEE, April 3 (UPI) —Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum faced a close race in the Wisconsin Republican primary Tuesday, while Romney was favored in Maryland and the District of Columbia. He trailed Romney by several percentage points in most polls
Cairo, April 01 (QNA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met here on Sunday with with Chief of Egypt’s intelligence Maj. Gen. Murad Muwafi. Discussions during the meeting dealt with latest developments on the Palestinian arena, and Palestinian reconciliation.(QNA) AK QNA
CAIRO, April 1 (UPI) — Death threats did not stop Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from traveling to Cairo Sunday to meet with Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi, officials said. Abbas’ visit came amid reports that Ahmed Jibril, leader of the Popular
BOSTON, March 31 (UPI) —A wind power project designated for offshore Massachusetts has sold another 27.5 percent of the power it expects to generate, a contract proposal indicates. In 2010, the project, called Cape Wind, signed a contract to sell
LONDON, March 28 (UPI) —Robin Gibb’s publicist says the British singer is recovering from intestinal surgery he had during the weekend in the United Kingdom. E! News said Gibb remained hospitalized Wednesday. His exact condition and where he had the
Jerusalem, March 26 (QNA) – Nearly two-thirds of Jewish Israelis believe that attacking Iran to stop its nuclear program would be less harmful to Israel than living under the shadow of an Iranian nuclear bomb, a new survey showcased. The
LAS VEGAS, March 25 (UPI) —Vocal fatigue has sidelined Donny Osmond, causing sister Marie to work their headliner show at the Flamingo Las Vegas with a backup partner, a spokesman said. Shane Baker, who has sung with Marie on her
Gaza, March 25 (QNA) – Gaza’s sole power station shut down on Sunday after two days of electricity production, as Palestinian officials in Cairo sought to end the fuel shortage in the coastal strip. Director of Gaza’s power company Walid
LOS ANGELES, March 25 (UPI) — All studio estimates of gross U.S. box office receipts are via Box Office Mojo.
LONDON, March 22 (UPI) — Computer game sales in Britain have surpassed those of DVDs and other video formats for the first time, industry figures suggest. Sales of $3.05 billion in 2011 made the video game industry the country’s biggest
BATON ROUGE, La., March 21 (UPI) —GOP White House hopefuls’ campaigns moved to Louisiana Wednesday, where Rick Santorum led in polls after Mitt Romney swept to victory in the Illinois primary. Santorum, a former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, leads among
New York, March 18 (QNA) – US Police arrested on Saturday night dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters during a protest marking the movement’s six-month mark at its birthplace in New York’s Zuccotti Park. There was no official tally of
The twisted road to the Republican presidential nomination — thanks in part to the party’s decision to apportion delegates in the March primaries and caucuses — runs through Louisiana Saturday, giving the state a higher profile than in primaries past.
Beijing, March 18 (QNA) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Sunday urged policy makers to be vigilant as oil prices, debt levels, and the risk of slowing growth in emerging markets threaten global economic stability. The
KABUL, Afghanistan, March 8 (UPI) —At least nine Afghan police officers were killed in their beds after a guard allegedly allowed Taliban insurgents past a security checkpoint, officials said. The guard, who was being sought, was a member of the
