Wall Street Journal: Hundreds of emails from Hondurans flooded my in-box last week after I reported on the military’s arrest of President Manuel Zelaya, as ordered by the Supreme Court, and his subsequent banishment from the country. Mr. Zelaya’s violations of the rule of law in recent months were numerous. But the tipping point came [...]
MOSCOW, July 6 (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Russia on Monday for a summit with Russian leaders at which a framework deal on arms cuts was to be signed as part of efforts to improve strained ties between Moscow and Washington. An agreed text of an outline deal on cutting Russian and [...]
Los Angeles Times: Zac Sunderland, trying to be the youngest sailor to circumnavigate the globe alone, has seen pirates, equipment breaks and a large ship come too close at canal. His 13-month trip is due to end soon. By Pete Thomas July 6, 2009 Reporting from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico — Zac Sunderland is wedged in [...]
At least 140 people have been killed in rioting in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang, with the government blaming exiled separatists for the Muslim area’s worst case of unrest in years. BEIJING (AP) – Witnesses say an ethnic protest has spread to a second city in China’s western Xinjiang province after riots rocked the region’s [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Robert S. McNamara, the cerebral secretary of defense who was vilified for prosecuting America’s most controversial war and then devoted himself to helping the world’s poorest nations, died Monday. He was 93. McNamara died at 5:30 a.m. at his home, his wife Diana told The Associated Press. She said he had been [...]
Times Online: The boys in green are coming as the Environment Agency sets up a squad to police companies generating excessive CO2 emissions. The agency is creating a unit of about 50 auditors and inspectors, complete with warrant cards and the power to search company premises to enforce the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), which comes [...]
Politico: Ratcheting up her offensive against the news media, Gov. Sarah Palin’s attorney threatened on Saturday to sue mainstream news organizations if they publish “defamatory†stories relating to whether Palin is under federal investigation. In an extraordinary four-page letter, Alaska-based attorney Thomas Van Flein warns of severe consequences should speculation that until now has largely [...]
Members of Nicaragua’s Communist (FMLN) party demonstrate to show their support for ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya upon his arrival at the international airport of Comalapa, 45 km (27 miles) from San Salvador July 5, 2009. The signs read “The FMLN is with you”.. The United States Federal Goverhment and State Department are controlled by [...]
The Washington Times: by Andrew Breitbart What a shock that Maureen Dowd devoted her New York Times column Sunday to attack Sarah Palin. It did not so much criticize Alaska’s governor for prematurely stepping down from her official duties as to finish off what sister snipers Katie Couric and Tina Fey began last fall. The [...]
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A supporter of ousted Marxist Honduran would-be dictator Manuel Zelaya shouts after soldiers fired tear gas at the protest at the international airport TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya was kept from landing at the main Honduras airport Sunday because the runway was blocked by military vehicles and groups of soldiers, some of them [...]
BAGHDAD — Attackers targeted police patrols in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Sunday, killing a police officer with a grenade and injuring 14 people in a car bomb blast, authorities said. Separately, bombs in Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, killed one civilian and injured 14 others, police said. The attacks highlight how the two [...]
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden seemed to give Israel a green light for military action to eliminate Iran’s nuclear threat, saying the U.S. “cannot dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot do.” Israel considers Iran its most dangerous adversary and is wary of hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who just won [...]
