Bombing and shooting attacks have killed six people and left 27 wounded across the restive Thai south in two days of violence in the insurgency-plagued region, police said Sunday. Five people were gunned down and over two dozen injured in
By DAVID B. CARUSO and KAREN MATTHEWSAssociated PressNEW YORKFew moments in American journalism loom larger than the one that came in 1971, when New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger had to decide whether to defy a president, and risk
(AP) WASHINGTONCiting historically low mortgages, President Barack Obama is pressing Republicans to back housing policies the White House says would help struggling homeowners refinance their debts and prevent foreclosures. Obama is blaming congressional Republicans for not passing legislation he proposed in
Death row inmate Damon Thibodeaux walked free after 15 years behind bars after DNA evidence showed he had been wrongfully convicted of the rape and murder of his cousin, authorities said. The 38-year-old was released from the Louisiana State Penitentiary
Vladimir Putin has sent a Black Russian Terrier puppy to his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez, who joked the Russian strongman would receive a capybara, the world’s largest rodent, in return. The three-month-old puppy was given to Chavez by Igor Sechin,
You may have already seen on any number of news sites that Reid said Romney “is not the face of Mormonism” and that he agreed that Romney “sullied the religion.” This is a new line attacking Romney, on the same
(AP) MADRIDAuthorities in Madrid are bracing for more protests near the Spanish Parliament in the city’s downtown district after demonstrations there last week brought violence and arrests. The latest rally Saturday is expected to draw tens of thousands of people angered
More Western nations called on their citizens to be cautious in the Philippine capital on Saturday following a US embassy warning a day earlier of an unspecified threat against Americans. The warnings issued by the British, Canadian and Australian governments
By MICHAEL WARRENAssociated PressBUENOS AIRES, ArgentinaIsrael expressed deep concern Friday about Argentina’s efforts to work with Iran to solve the South American country’s worst terrorist attack. Prosecutors believe Iranians bombed a Buenos Aires Jewish center in 1994, killing 84 people.
China’s manufacturing activity shrank for an 11th straight month in September, HSBC said Saturday, adding to pressure on Beijing to provide fresh stimulus to boost the world’s second largest economy. The final reading of the purchasing mangers’ index (PMI) released
A Chinese rocket on Saturday successfully launched a Venezuelan earth-observation satellite into orbit, state media said. The satellite, dubbed “Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda” after the major Venezuelan independence figure, was launched from the northwest Jiuquan base in the Gobi desert
A Republican congresswoman froze a request by the Obama administration for $450 million in cash for the Egyptian government, saying it needed new scrutiny amid rocky US ties with Cairo. The lawmaker, Kay Granger, from Texas, who chairs the Appropriations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. intelligence authority issued an unusual public statement on Friday declaring it now believed the September 11 attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, was a “deliberate and organized terrorist attack.” The statement by
By LISA RATHKE and MICHAEL HILLAssociated PressARLINGTON, Vt.Don Trachte’s cowlick has been tamed. Mary Hall is no longer a towhead. Butch Corbett is still thin, but not the beanpole he once was. And Tom Paquin’s carrot top is thinner and
Hip hop star Jay-Z is about as one percent as it gets, to use Occupy Wall Street negative lingo for the super rich. The rapper also favors smaller government. So, shouldn’t that mean he’s voting for Mitt Romney Nov. 6? Not
Today, Special Operations Speaks, a PAC formed by ex-Special Ops officers from four branches of the military, released a cartoon mocking President Obama for spiking the football on the Osama Bin Laden kill. The cartoon depicts Obama as a schoolchild,
France’s public debt jumped in the second quarter of the year, official data showed on Friday as the finance minister pledged to bring its public deficit back to within EU limits by next year. The debt, which includes national, local
Sept. 27 – Thai Muslims target the Bangkok U.S. embassy and YouTube’s owner Google in their attempts to have clips from an anti-Muslim film removed online. Travis Brecher reports. Hundreds of Thai Muslims gather in front of the United States
On Thursday, Mother Jones reported that billionaire financier George Soros was “panicked” that Mitt Romney would win the election–and then scrubbed the story without explanation. Mother Jones–the left-wing outlet that published the incomplete “47 percent” video of Romney–was reporting on Soros’s
(AP) Egypt tourism takes a hit from prophet protestsBy CHRISTOPHER TORCHIAAssociated PressCAIROOne of the world’s largest cruise ships, its foreign passengers primed for onshore spending, was supposed to dock in Egypt this month. The port call, however, was scrapped because
Several Christian families have fled their homes in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula after receiving death threats from suspected Islamist militants, officials and residents told AFP on Friday. Last week, flyers began circulating in the town of Rafah on the Gaza Strip
The United States issued a security alert for the Philippine capital of Manila on Friday, warning its citizens they could be the target of an unspecified attack. The US embassy in Manila released a statement calling for US citizens to
France presents its 2013 budget Friday with President Francois Hollande’s Socialist government set to boost taxes on the rich and businesses in a bid to hit tough deficit-reduction targets. Presenting his first annual budget since being elected in May, Hollande’s
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece will unveil a draft budget for 2013 on Monday which will cut deeper into public spending to impress international lenders but also prolong the economic pain of the Greek people. Athens is keen to see its
By PAN PYLASAP Business WriterLONDONMarket trading proved volatile Friday _ the last working day of the quarter _ as investors continued to fret over Spain. Trading is often complicated at the quarter’s end as it is the deadline for certain
