By HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressCAIROHosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison Saturday for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the uprising that forced him from power last year. But the ousted president and his sons were acquitted of
When modest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 2.2% for the first quarter of 2012 was announced in late April, the mainstream media did its best to spin the result in a positive direction, the better to help President Barack
(AP) Israel’s Barak: Weigh ‘unilateral action’By AMY TEIBELAssociated PressJERUSALEMIsrael’s defense minister abruptly proposed Wednesday that Israel consider “unilateral action” if long-stalled peace talks with the Palestinians don’t produce a deal _ suggesting Israel may be thinking of withdrawing on its
By RAPHAEL SATTERAssociated PressLONDONBritain’s Supreme Court has endorsed the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, bringing the secret-spilling Internet activist a big step closer to prosecution in a Scandinavian court. But a question mark hung over the decision
By MARTHA WAGGONERAssociated PressRALEIGH, N.C.Doc Watson, the blind Grammy-award winning folk musician whose mountain-rooted sound was embraced by generations and whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists around the world, died Tuesday at a North Carolina hospital, according to a
(AP) Greek euro exit would halve incomes, report warnsBy DEREK GATOPOULOS and NICHOLAS PAPHITISAssociated PressATHENS, Greece An exit from the euro would see Greeks lose more than half their annual income and prompt a dramatic rise in unemployment and inflation,
(AP) AP Exclusive: Calif. 9/11 fund raided for deficitsBy HANNAH DREIERAssociated PressSACRAMENTO, Calif.After the 2001 terrorist attacks, California lawmakers sought a way to channel the patriotic fervor and use it to help victims’ families and law enforcement. Their answer: specialty
(AP) Cuba waits anxiously for oil dreams to materializeBy PAUL HAVENAssociated PressHAVANAIt was supposed to be Cuba’s economic savior: vast untapped reserves of black gold buried deep under the rocky ocean floor. But the first attempt in nearly a decade
(AP) Syria denies responsibility for attack killing 90By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressDAMASCUS, SyriaThe Syrian government on Sunday denied responsibility for killings in a string of villages that left more than 90 people dead, blaming the killings on “hundreds
(AP) Christian Jordanian woman sues her Muslim employerBy JAMAL HALABYAssociated PressAMMAN, JordanA Christian Jordanian woman said Sunday she is suing her Gulf Arab employer for arbitrary dismissal after she refused a new dress code forcing her to cover her head.
Incumbent Presidents enter a reelection campaign with a number of distinct advantages. The command a bully pulpit, able to make news and usually dictate the issues the public is discussing. They can use the levers of power to direct federal
(AP) Who’s an American Indian? Warren case stirs queryBy JESSE WASHINGTONAP National WriterWhat, exactly, makes someone American Indian? Even Indians themselves don’t agree as they debate the case of Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, whose disputed claim of Native American identity
By NINIEK KARMINIAssociated PressJAKARTA, IndonesiaLady Gaga canceled her sold-out show in Indonesia after Islamist hard-liners threatened violence, claiming her sexy clothes and provocative dance moves would corrupt the youth. The controversy was a blow to the predominantly Muslim country’s reputation
The Associated Press received a blockbuster quote from Elizabeth Warren, the embattled Democrat running for senate in Massachusetts who has not been able to prove her Native American ancestry despite having claimed it throughout her past, presumably to gain a
(AP) Obama on the defensive on spending, debtBy KEN THOMAS and JIM KUHNHENNAssociated PressWASHINGTONGovernment spending and debt are emerging as a campaign tug-of-war, with Mitt Romney blaming President Barack Obama for a “prairie fire of debt” and Obama calling the
(AP) By MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated PressCAIROThe two surviving candidates in Egypt’s presidential election appealed Saturday for support from voters who rejected them as polarizing extremists in the first round even as they faced a new challenge from the third runner-up who contested
(AP) Warning signs for Obama on path to electoral votesBy THOMAS BEAUMONTAssociated PressPresident Barack Obama faces new warning signs in a once-promising Southern state and typically Democratic-voting Midwestern states roughly five months before the election even as he benefits nationally
(AP) Japan minister visits nuke plant amid safety worryBy MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated PressTOKYOJapan’s environment and nuclear minister visited the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant on Saturday to inspect a spent fuel pool at the center of safety concerns and said
(AP) Tear-jerker ‘Mud’ ends Cannes competition lineupBy THOMAS ADAMSONAssociated PressCANNES, FranceThe Cannes film festival on Saturday wrapped up the movies in competition wading deep in the Mississippi river with “Mud,” a heart-wrenching, Mark Twain-influenced tale of a teenage boy searching
After getting caught with its pants down with a wholly dishonest fact-check backing up and attempting to legitimize the absurd claim that Obama is some sort of thrifty spender of historic proportions, Politifact’s public humiliation is now complete. Though the Associated Press
(AP) Activists: Troops kills up to 50 in central SyriaBy ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressBEIRUTPresident Bashar Assad’s forces killed at least 50 civilians, including 13 children, in central Syria on Friday, activists said, in one of the highest death
(AP) UN agency finds higher enrichment at Iranian siteBy GEORGE JAHNAssociated PressVIENNAInspectors have located radioactive traces at an Iranian underground bunker, the U.N. atomic agency said Friday _ a finding that could mean Iran has moved closer to reaching the
(AP) Spain’s Bankia asks for $24B in state aidBy HAROLD HECKLE and CIARAN GILESAssociated PressMADRIDSpain’s troubled bank, Bankia, asked the Spanish government for (EURO)19 billion ($23.8 billion) in financial support on Friday, the day that a leading credit rating agency
(AP) Breeze of Arab Spring felt on Cannes red carpetBy JILL LAWLESSAssociated PressCANNES, FranceThe ripples of the Arab Spring are being felt in summery Cannes, where films from Egypt and Syria, as well as a passionate documentary about the overthrow
By MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated PressCAIROThe candidate of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood won a spot in a runoff election, according to partial results Friday from Egypt’s first genuinely competitive presidential election. A former prime minister and a leftist were in a tight race
