Reuters: CAIRO (Reuters) – A spokesman for Muammar Gaddafi said on Sunday that 17 “mercenaries,” including what he called French and British “technical experts” have been captured in the Gaddafi bastion of Bani Walid in Libya. “A group was captured in Bani Walid consisting of 17 mercenaries. They are technical experts and they include consultative [...]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The World War II-era plane that plummeted into an air-race crowd like a missile bore little resemblance to its original self. It was rebuilt for speed, if not for stability. Leeward’s own website alludes to the dangers — and bragging rights. “These guys are always on the edge knowing one wrong [...]
Telegraph: Mark Pritchard, the secretary of the 1922 committee of Conservative MPs, is the most senior Tory yet to demand a vote on Britain’s membership of the European Union following the eurozone crisis. Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Mr Pritchard says that the EU has become an “occupying force” which is eroding British sovereignty and [...]
NYTimes: The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing on Monday that targeted a senior police investigator in the southern port city of Karachi. At least eight people were killed in the attack, officials said. The attack targeted Chaudhry Aslam, a senior police superintendent in Karachi. Mr. Aslam and his family were not injured [...]
TheObserver: President Barack Obama’s proposal to reduce long-term deficits with $1.5 trillion in new taxes is less an opening bid in a negotiation than it is an opening salvo in a struggle to draw sharp contrasts with congressional Republicans. Obama’s proposal is aimed predominantly at the wealthy and comes just days after House Speaker John [...]
Newsmax: Billionaire entertainment and real estate mogul Donald Trump has offered to let Texas Gov. Rick Perry use his ritzy Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., as the venue for a campaign fundraiser that presumably would focus on the uber-rich there. That news comes from a source familiar with the conversation between the two political [...]
Press TV: Britain says it would recognize Palestine as a state but only if Palestinians agree to have the same ‘non-member state’ status at the United Nations as the Vatican. Palestinians have currently an observer status at the UN and the new proposal would help them boost their position though it would be still far [...]
RENO, Nev. (AP) – A World War II-era plane had a video camera facing outward, and memory cards were found at the scene where it crashed near a grandstand in Reno. It raises the possibility of video of the crash that killed nine, including the pilot. Investigators with the NTSB said Sunday the cards will [...]
The Hill: Google Chairman Eric Schmidt called on Washington to think big about solutions for the nation’s struggling economy calling the current emphasis on cutting spending instead of new stimulus “ludicrous.” The economy would need “not just something like the jobs bill, but also significant government stimulation in terms of buying power and investment,” said [...]
New York Times: WASHINGTON — While the popular uprisings of the Arab Spring created new opportunities for American diplomacy, the tumult has also presented the United States with challenges — and worst-case scenarios — that would have once been almost unimaginable. What if the Palestinians’ quest for recognition of a state at the United Nations, [...]
CNN LAS VEGAS – In one of the most stunning, dramatic and bizarre finishes in years, Floyd Mayweather floored WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz near the end of the fourth round on Saturday with a left, then a hard right hand while Ortiz appeared to be apologizing after an intentional head butt. Ortiz went down [...]
Islamist protetsters in support of Turkey-Egypt alliance against Israel New York Times: ANKARA, Turkey — A newly assertive Turkey offered on Sunday a vision of a starkly realigned Middle East, where the country’s former allies in Syria and Israel fall into deeper isolation, and a burgeoning alliance with Egypt underpins a new order in a [...]
The Hill: Unhappy members of the Congressional Black Caucus “probably would be marching on the White House” if Obama were not president, according to CBC Chairman Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.). “If [former President] Bill Clinton had been in the White House and had failed to address this problem, we probably would be marching on the [...]
