Russia (still) Can Only Be Believed In The New York Times | MOSCOW - What sort of Russia is Barack Obama coming to? What will he find here, what will he lose? Or to put it another way, what is there more of in the Russia of 2009: good or evil? | I am fully convinced that Russia and America need to do all they can to draw nearer together. An America friendl...
Biden: `We misread how bad the economy was' The News Tribune | Vice President Joe Biden said the Obama administration "misread how bad the economy was" but stands by its stimulus package and believes the plan will create more jobs as the pace of its spending picks up. | Biden, in an interview airing Sunday on ABC's "This Week," said the nation's 9.5 percent u...
A Journalist's 'Actual Responsibility' The New York Times | NEW YORK - Shortly after World War I, the great German political scientist Max Weber gave a lecture in Munich in which he turned his mind to journalism. | "Not everyone realizes," Weber told students, "that to write a really good piece of journalis...
Powell says Iraq surge should have come earlier The Guardian | WASHINGTON (AP) â Colin Powell says the U.S. took too long to strengthen its forces in Iraq after Baghdad fell early in the war. | Powell, the nation's top military officer under President George H.W. Bush and secretary of state for President ...
Reformists resist Iranian government pressure The State | TEHRAN, Iran -- The son of an Iranian revolutionary icon called on parliament to dismiss President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from his post, as the country's conservative political establishment upped pressure Sunday on the reformists. | Ali Reza Beheshti...
Obama plan could trim back financial powerhouses The State | WASHINGTON -- They are the biggest of the big - the Citigroups, the Goldman Sachses, the AIGs and other financial behemoths. The Obama administration doesn't want so many around anymore. | Financial regulations proposed by the president would resul...
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Backup plan to get NASA to moon cheaper San Fransisco Chronicle | (07-05) 04:00 PDT Washington -- Like a car salesman pushing a luxury vehicle that the customer no longer can afford, NASA has pulled out of its back pocket a deal for a cheaper r...
Obama seeks new start in US-Russia relations The State | MOSCOW -- Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev end a seven-year hiatus in U.S.-Russian summitry on Monday, with both men declaring their determination to further cut nucle...
Underworld men plotting to kill me: Varun Gandhi The Times Of India | 5 Jul 2009, 1605 hrs IST, IANS Text: NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi on Sunday claimed that und...
Now whatever became of the great British sex scandal? The Guardian | The British may have mixed feelings about the achievements of Mark Sanford, the pious, married Republican governor of South Carolina. Highlights from Mr Sanford's correspondence with his Argentinian lover, María Belén Chapur, have con...
Disney World monorail closed after employee death Syracuse | (AP) - ORLANDO, Fla. - Walt Disney World says a monorail at the Florida theme park is out of service after an employee death. | The Reedy Creek Fire Department tells Orlando television station WESH that two monorails collided around 2 a.m. Sunday, ...
Charter expert to Arroyo: Don't run for House Inquirer | ANGELES CITY, Philippines -- One of the framers of the 1987 Constitution said he did not regret failing to include a provision barring a president from running for a lower position after his or her term. | But Father Joaquin Bernas, an expert on constitutional law, said he would rather not see President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo seek a seat in the ...
UN's Ban denied Suu Kyi meeting The Independent | UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today he was "deeply disappointed" that military-ruled Myanmar's top general had rejected his request to meet with detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. | Ban, who was made to wait overnight for the decision, said junta supremo Than Shwe's reason for the denial was because Suu Kyi was on trial and he d...
