Politics

Clinton urges Arabs to make gestures now toward Israel - 07/15/2009

WASHINGTON, Lachlan Carmichael - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday urged Arab states to make immediate gestures toward normalizing ties with Israel in a bid to promote prospects for...

Obama threatens veto over defense budget change - 07/15/2009

WASHINGTON, Dan De Luce - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday warned Congress he would veto funds for more F-22 fighter jets as well as other changes to his proposed defense budget, his...

Chinese intellectuals call for release of Uighur scholar - 07/14/2009

BEIJING - A group of Chinese intellectuals called Tuesday for the release of a Muslim Uighur scholar who was reportedly detained for links to unrest in China's Xinjiang region that left up to 180...

Italy denounces UN complaint over refugees - 07/14/2009

ROME - Italy has demanded an apology from the UN refugee agency in an angry response Tuesday to a complaint that a group of African would-be immigrants were mistreated. European Affairs Minister...

Another British minister quits Brown government - 07/14/2009

LONDON - A British junior minister was to resign his post from embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government but would remain as an adviser, officials said Tuesday. Ara Darzi, a practising...

UN chief tells Myanmar to deliver on poll pledge - 07/13/2009

UNITED NATIONS, Gerard Aziakou - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday pressed Myanmar to free political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi, to ensure "credible and legitimate" polls next year as the...

Italian opposition snubs comic would-be leader - 07/13/2009

ROME - Italy's centre-left opposition turned down a membership request Monday from one of the country's best-loved comics who has declared his intention to lead and reform the struggling party....

PM insists enough British troops in Afghanistan - 07/13/2009

LONDON, Katherine Haddon - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown fended off calls Monday to send more troops and equipment to Afghanistan after the blackest day yet for forces there, with eight...

Michael Jackson's sister La Toya says he was 'killed' - 07/12/2009

LONDON- Michael Jackson was killed by a band of greedy hangers-on, his sister La Toya alleged in interviews with British Sunday newspapers. The King of Pop's sister spoke about her younger...

Children risk their lives in Gaza's blockade-busting tunnels - 07/12/2009

RAFAH, Patrick Moser - Anwar, 15, can't read or write, but says he's good at tunnel work. He needs a new job as Israeli planes bombed his workplace, one of hundreds of smuggling tunnels on Gaza's...
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