President Shimon Peres on Thursday distanced himself from the Israeli premier’s comparison between the Holocaust and the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear programme. In a speech last week to mark the Nazi Holocaust, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “People who
Powerful Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr arrived in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region on Thursday in what his spokesman said was a bid to resolve a crisis between the region and Baghdad. Sadr arrived at Arbil airport on a private plane
Syrian troops pushed a campaign to crush anti-regime opponents Thursday, activists said as France held out the threat of military action to halt the bloodshed that has persisted despite a ceasefire. Two weeks into the truce, at least two people
Argentina’s Senate early Thursday approved the government’s move to nationalize YPF, a subsidiary of Spain’s Repsol, despite adamant US, EU and Spanish objections. Sixty-three lawmakers voted in favor of the takeover, with just three voting against it and four abstaining,
European stock markets were mostly lower on Thursday on downbeat earnings from major banks while the euro rose against the dollar after the US Federal Reserve’s latest economic outlook, traders said. In midday deals, Frankfurt’s DAX 30 index shed 0.57
The US embassy in Islamabad on Thursday banned its staff from restaurants and markets in the Pakistani capital for several days either side of the anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death. The Al-Qaeda kingpin was killed in a US special
CNBC: New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits fell slightly last week but a trend reading rose to its highest since January, the latest sign of a weaker pace of healing in the still-struggling labor market. Initial claims for state unemployment
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(AP) House backs bill capping gov’t spending on junketsBy DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONOutraged by lavish government conferences on the taxpayers’ tab, the House easily approved a measure Wednesday to impose tough limits on future events and how much agencies can spend
(AP) Senate votes to slow closing of post officesHOPE YENAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Senate offered a lifeline to the nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday, voting to give the struggling agency an $11 billion cash infusion while delaying controversial decisions on
(AP) Ex-aide: Edwards denied knowing of payoffsBy MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated PressGREENSBORO, N.C.John Edwards drove erratically in a borrowed black SUV down rural North Carolina roads, as his once-trusted aide tried to keep up. The former presidential contender pulled into a secluded
(AP) Mexican president discusses immigration in TexasBy JUAN A. LOZANOAssociated PressHOUSTONMexican President Felipe Calderon said during a speech Wednesday evening that while he respects U.S. laws designed to control illegal immigration, he’s against statutes like Arizona’s controversial law that he
(AP) Gingrich faces uncertain future after failed runBy RAY HENRYAssociated PressATLANTAAs he winds down his presidential campaign, Newt Gingrich faces a new challenge: reinventing himself politically yet again. Gingrich reinvented the Republican Party in the House in 1994, leading the
(AP) Political battle over student loans heating upBy ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONDemocrats and Republicans alike say they want to prevent the cost of federal loans from ballooning for millions of students. But the effort has evolved into an election-year battle each
Howard Rich in the Washington Times: Having failed earlier this year to foist an Orwellian kill switch on Internet free speech, Congress is now peddling a kinder, gentler piece of “cybersecurity legislation.” However, Washington’s latest attempt to play Big Brother
(AP) Bernanke: Fed could act again to stimulate economyBy MARTIN CRUTSINGERAP Economics WriterWASHINGTONContent for now with the current course, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke left open the possibility Wednesday that the Fed will take further action to stimulate the economy
By CHRIS TALBOTTAP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Describing the new Zac Brown Band album is anything but simple. Brown wanted to keep most of the surprises on the band’s follow-up to 2010’s “You Get What You Give” under wraps
Everywhere you look these days are attacks on random aspects of Mormonism. Various blogs and news agencies are all trying to marginalize Mitt Romney by mocking and attacking bits and pieces of his religion to make it seem strange (though
Tonight, April 25, coincides with the 5th of Iyar on the Hebrew calendar, marking the 64th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel. As celebrations erupt in Israel, the country knows that it faces an urgent danger in
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – One thing that never really dies is a truly progressive rock album. A case in point is Jethro Tull’s “Thick As A Brick,” originally released in 1972, before disco, punk and rap. Back then, “Brick” was
(AP) SAN DIEGOThe Marine Corps said Wednesday it has decided to discharge a sergeant for criticizing President Barack Obama on Facebook. The Corps said Sgt. Gary Stein will be given an other-than-honorable discharge for violating Pentagon policy limiting speech of service
(AP) LOS ANGELES Walt Disney Pictures has wrangled Jack White to compose the score for “The Lone Ranger.” The studio announced Tuesday that the Grammy-winning rocker will write, produce and perform the score for director Gore Verbinski’s upcoming adaptation of
(AP) Supreme Court takes up Arizona immigration lawBy MARK SHERMANAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Supreme Court appears ready to allow Arizona to enforce a state law provision that requires police officers to check the immigration status of people they think are in the
Michelle Malkin: My column this week is a follow-up to last week’s piece on ALEC vs. the progressive mob/corporate appeasers. Be sure to read the entire column (plus my e-mail exchanges with several cowardly businesses that caved to the Van
By KIRUBEL TADESSEAssociated PressADDIS ABABA, EthiopiaThe African Union called on Sudan to stop its aerial bombardment of South Sudan and for both countries to cease hostilities as an uneasy calm settled over the south Wednesday with a lull in violence.
