Hillary Clinton Tries to Pay Down Debt by Raffling Off Day With Her Husband The secretary of state’s long-shuttered presidential campaign is still trying to pay off a steep debt, and has launched a new fundraising pitch urging donors to give money and compete for the chance to win one of three “exclusive prizes.” One [...]
Hussein’s Chrome AK-47 Being Returned to Iraq Foxnews Iraq has asked for the return of this rifle at left, which belonged to Saddam Hussein, shown firing another gun in 2000. Federal customs agents say a pearl-handled AK-47 that belonged to Saddam Hussein is being sent back to Iraq. The weapon had been in the hands [...]
Jerusalem Post: US to pursue diplomacy with Iran despite announcement of new centrifuges A day after US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton downplayed Iran’s claim that it had developed new uranium enrichment technology, France expressed its concern over the assertion. “These are worrying declarations,” French Foreign Ministry spokesman Eric Chevallier told reporters. “We need [...]
Hijacked German Vessel Heads Back to Somalia After Attempt to Reach Standoff Foxnews Pirates on a German ship with 24 foreign hostages said Saturday they had returned to the Somali coast after failing to locate the scene of a standoff involving an American captive on a drifting lifeboat, Reuters reported. The pirates hoped to use [...]
KABUL (AP) – Afghan and U.S.-led coalition troops killed 27 suspected insurgents in two separate clashes in southern Afghanistan, the coalition said Friday. The fighting took place in the region at the center of the Taliban-led insurgency, where President Barack Obama has ordered thousands of new U.S. troops to join the fight to try to [...]
Politico: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) knocked Obama via Twitter Friday, criticizing the president … … for his response the hostage situation involving pirates off the coast of Somalia. “The correct answer to piracy is to destroy it not negotiate with it Seals can retake the lifeboat Track every boat leaving Somalia,†Gingrich tweeted. [...]
Fox News: Former aides to President Bush and Vice President Cheney are warning their successors in the Obama administration to be wary of Russian pledges of cooperation in the multilateral campaign to rein in Iran’s nuclear program. The warnings came after FOX News reported on Thursday that top Obama aides believe Russia will be willing [...]
Hey, Barack, the silence is deafening. Fox News: A Somali negotiator said Friday pirates holding American ship captain Richard Phillips hostage want a $2 million ransom and are ready to kill Phillips if attacked. The Navy is moving a huge amphibious ship closer to the scene of the standoff. Defense officials say the USS Boxer, [...]
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) – Two students were killed Friday in an apparent murder-suicide at a community college, police said. The bodies of 28-year-old male and 20 year-old female were discovered in a room at a Henry Ford Community College building after police responded to an emergency call of a gunshot on campus, said Dearborn Deputy [...]
KNBC: The incident began at about 6:05 a.m. when officers went to Orange Avenue and Bixby Road in response to a report of a “woman screaming,” said Long Beach police Officer Jackie Bezart. The woman allegedly tried to run over the officers with her vehicle and then sped off, Bezart said.
Fox News: Republican strategist Karl Rove called Vice President Biden a “liar” on Thursday, dramatically escalating a feud between Biden and aides to former President George W. Bush over Biden’s claims to have rebuked Bush in private meetings. “I hate to say this, but he’s a serial exaggerator,” Rove told FOX News. “If I was [...]
Telegraph: President Barack Obama has recently completed the most successful foreign policy tour since Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow. You name it, he blew it. What was his big deal economic programme that he was determined to drive through the G20 summit? Another massive stimulus package, globally funded and co-ordinated. Did he achieve it? Not so [...]
Hollywood Reporter: A Dutch TV jury has found Osama bin Laden not guilty of the Sept. 11 attacks. In the conclusion Wednesday night to the show “Devil’s Advocate” on Dutch public broadcaster Nederland 2, the jury of two men and three women, along with the studio audience, ruled there was no proof bin Laden was [...]
If this isn’t war, I don’t know what is. You wanna end this? Take out one Somali village by air every time a ship is captured. They’ll find new work. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Escalating a dramatic Indian Ocean standoff, more U.S. warships – as well as pirate reinforcements with an international gallery of hostages [...]
Fox News: Capt. Richard Phillips, held hostage by pirates on a lifeboat, tried to escape but was recaptured, U.S. military officials said. Sometime overnight, captain Phillips got away for a short period, and jumped off the lifeboat in an attempt to swim away, probably managing to escape through the lifeboat’s backdoor. The drama was witnessed [...]
