Politics

US Congress staff to do Christmas bomber probe - 01/16/2010

WASHINGTON - The US House of Representatives' homeland security committee said Friday that some of its staff will travel to London and Amsterdam this week as part of a probe into the foiled Christmas...

Israeli diplomats escape Jordan convoy bombing - 01/15/2010

AMMAN, Ahmad Khatib - A roadside bomb exploded near an Israeli embassy convoy headed to the Jewish state from the Jordanian capital on Thursday, causing no casualties, officials from the two...

Chicago businessman charged over Mumbai attacks - 01/15/2010

CHICAGO, Mira Oberman - A Chicago businessman was charged Thursday with helping an old friend from military school in Pakistan plot the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people, officials...

US should consider drones, air attacks in Yemen: Senator - 01/14/2010

WASHINGTON - The United States should consider targeting Al-Qaeda extremists in Yemen with armed drones, air strikes, or covert operations, Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Carl Levin said...

US backs plan for Egypt's wall with Gaza - 01/13/2010

WASHINGTON - The United States Tuesday voiced its support for a wall being built by Egypt to block a network of tunnels stretching out from the Gaza Strip, arguing it would stop arms smuggling....

Americans split on Obama first year : poll - 01/13/2010

WASHINGTON - Americans are deeply divided on Barack Obama's first year in the White House, and the president's ratings on the priority issues of health care and the economy have hit new lows, polls...

Jordan PM defends overseas engagement in war on terror - 01/11/2010

AMMAN - Jordanian Prime Minister Samir Rifai on Monday defended his country's engagement overseas in the war against terror, saying deadly 2005 attacks in the capital had left the government with no...

11 children await trial over sect violence in Nigeria - 01/11/2010

KANO - Eleven children aged between five and 13 were being held at a juvenile jail in northern Nigeria Monday awaiting trial following sectarian clashes that left 70 people dead last month, police...

Israel-Turkey ties strain again over TV show - 01/11/2010

JERUSALEM - Israel slammed Turkey on Monday for the broadcast of a television series that portrays Israeli agents as baby-snatchers, further ratcheting up tensions between the longtime allies....

Planned Islamist march in British war dead town cancelled - 01/11/2010

LONDON - A radical Islamic group on Sunday abandoned plans to hold an anti-war march through a town where processions are held for British soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Islam4UK had provoked...
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