|
BOSTON (AP) - The grim diagnosis that Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has an almost certainly fatal brain tumor was "a real curveball" that left his family stunned even as he joked and laughed with them, his wife told her friends. An Associated Press photographer who was given access to the senator on...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico---- To win Puerto Rico's presidential primary, both the Clinton and Obama camps are campaigning in the boisterous, face-to-face ''boricua style'' favored on this Caribbean island. In this Wednesday, May 14, 2008 file photo, Chelsea Clinton visits the Luisa Guadalupe Center...
Sri Lanka, which has been strongly criticized for its human rights record, lost its bid for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, but four other countries with poor rights records won seats - In a close race for two Western seats on the UN's human rights body, France on Wednesday received 123...
Among Clinton's potential consolation prizes: the veep slot and absolution of her campaign debt. Which is why in recent days, quiet calls have started going out to key supporters of Hillary Clinton who are showing signs of wanting to jump ship. Clinton's emissaries point out that she is no longer...
Photo by: Brian HendlerThe Golan Heights, a strategic plateau Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed in 1981, likely would revert to Syrian control in any peace deal. The Golan Heights, a strategic plateau Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed in...
Ground zero: Fata - DAWN GroupFATA is emerging as a ground zero as mixed signals come from Washington and Islamabad on the NWFP government s initiative to strike peace deals with the militants. The US has been wary of such accords because of their history; militants have used News From the [...]
Posted to the web 22 May 2008 James Karuhanga Kigali Rwanda has been ranked the second most peaceful country in the region after Tanzania, so says the 2008 Global Peace Index (GPI) rankings. In Africa, Rwanda is 11th out of 30 countries while it is 76th out of the 140 countries analyzed globally....
By Corey Binns, Special to LiveScience posted: 15 January 2008 ET Updated Thursday, March 13, 2008 The price of gold continues to hit record highs, with futures trading at $1,000 an ounce this morning. “Gold is inversely correlated to the dollar,” said George Milling-Stanley, an analyst for the...
By Steven Thomma - sthomma@mcclatchydc.com Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, May 22, 2008 Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A5 WASHINGTON – Barack Obama may be on his way to the Democratic presidential nomination, but, if so, he's walking not racing across the finish line in a tepid close...
Re: “Former President Carter’s crumbling credibility,” May 18 letters to the editor. Two letter-writers are apparently unhappy with Jimmy Carter’s opinions about how to move towards peace in the never-ending Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In his recent op-ed column (“Basic rights in Gaza,” May 9)...
