Politics

New Obama security strategy dumps Bush anti-terror doctrine - 05/27/2010

WASHINGTON- US President Barack Obama dumped George W. Bush's "war on terror" doctrine Thursday when he unveiled a national security strategy that calls for using America's still "unmatched" power...

Arab Israeli activist charged with spying for Hezbollah - 05/27/2010

JERUSALEM- A well-known Arab-Israeli human rights activist was charged on Thursday with spying for the Lebanese Hezbollah militia. The indictment filed in a Haifa court charges Ameer Makhoul with...

Gaza aid flotilla undeterred as Israel steps up warnings - 05/27/2010

ASHDOD, David Buimovitch- Pro-Palestinian activists vowed on Thursday to steam on to Hamas-run Gaza and bust the blockade with their aid-laden flotilla as Israel again warned it would intercept the...

Peruvian girl becomes the face of Latin immigration - 05/26/2010

LIMA, Philippe Bernes-Laserre- A young Peruvian girl who told Michelle Obama that her mother is in the United States illegally has become a star in her home country as the face of Latin immigrants...

French anger at Israel as Netanyahu visits - 05/26/2010

PARIS, Thibauld Malterre- Boycott calls, street protests, criticism from Jewish intellectuals -- French opposition to Israeli policy is growing as Paris prepares to welcome Prime Minister Benjamin...

Clinton heads for Seoul in show of support over warship - 05/25/2010

SEOUL- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives Wednesday in South Korea in a show of support for the close US ally as it confronts North Korea over a torpedoed warship. The United States has...

Merkel in Saudi after raising Iran sanctions in UAE - 05/25/2010

JEDDAH- German Chancellor Angela Merkel held talks with Saudi King Abdullah Tuesday after calling for Gulf nations to help press Iran over its nuclear drive, the official SPA news agency said....

Government negligence blamed for Iraqi MP's death - 05/25/2010

MOSUL, Mujahid Mohammed- Relatives and colleagues of an Iraqi MP gunned down outside his home blamed government negligence for his death as the lawmaker, from ex-premier Iyad Allawi's bloc, was...

Obama, Hariri discuss Lebanon weapons 'threat' - 05/25/2010

WASHINGTON- US President Barack Obama on Monday discussed with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri the threat posed by illegal arms smuggled into Lebanon amid Israeli warnings to its neighbor....

Merkel kicks off Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi - 05/25/2010

ABU DHABI- German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived on Monday in Abu Dhabi for the first leg of a four-nation Gulf tour and promptly signed a series of accords, including on hydrocarbon sector...
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