Politics

US faults Al-Jazeera English coverage of Haiti - 01/27/2010

WASHINGTON - The US State Department on Tuesday faulted the coverage of the Haiti earthquake by Al-Jazeera's English service, saying it falsely suggested a US militarization of the country. Philip...

Obama: one good term better than two bad ones - 01/26/2010

WASHINGTON- US President Barack Obama said in an interview Monday that he would rather be a good one-term president than a mediocre leader who served a full eight years. As he navigates his latest...

Israeli PM in Poland for emotional Auschwitz visit - 01/26/2010

WARSAW, Ron Bousso - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Poland Monday for a highly emotional visit to the Auschwitz death camp after warning that Jews are again facing calls for...

Overrun UN forced to leave thousands of Haitians hungry - 01/26/2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Alex Ogle - A daily aid hand-out in front of the collapsed National Palace turned into a chaotic scramble Monday as some 18 Uruguayan UN peacekeepers attempted to contain a...

Climate talks threaten Saudi with anti-oil bias: official - 01/25/2010

RIYADH, Paul Handley - Global climate talks are biased against oil and pose a "scary" threat to Saudi Arabia's economy, a top official said on Sunday, defending Riyadh's stance on efforts to harness...

Israel to resume pension payments to Gaza residents - 01/25/2010

JERUSALEM- Israel will resume paying pensions and social benefits to some 1,000 eligible Gaza Strip residents for the first time since Hamas seized control of the territory, its defence ministry said...

Bin Laden warns Obama of more attacks - 01/25/2010

DUBAI - Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the botched Christmas Day bombing of a US airliner and vowed further strikes on American targets, in an audio message broadcast on...

Biden 'confident' Iraq election row will be resolved - 01/24/2010

BAGHDAD, Arthur MacMillan - US Vice President Joe Biden said on Saturday he was confident Iraq's leaders would find a "just" solution to a bitter row that has seen hundreds of candidates banned from...

US envoy meets Israeli defence minister in push for peace - 01/24/2010

JERUSALEM - US envoy George Mitchell met Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak on Saturday as he pursued his efforts to revive the Middle East peace process. A brief statement from the defence...

'I survived on Coca-Cola': man stuck 11 days in Haiti rubble - 01/24/2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Charles Onians- A 25-year-old Haitian man rescued on Saturday after spending 11 days buried in the ruins of a grocer's shop survived on snacks and Coca-Cola, he told AFP in a hospital...
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