He walked quietly between his two friends as he entered the conference hall in one of the best hotels in an exclusive enclave of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. The carpeted room filled with chairs draped in white as if for a wedding, usually hosted business conferences. But this event was different. The smart suited-business […]
He walked quietly between his two friends as he entered the conference hall in one of the best hotels in an exclusive enclave of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. The carpeted room filled with chairs draped in white as if for a wedding, usually hosted business conferences. But this event was different. The smart suited-business […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday announced a plan to impose sanctions against foreign entities and individuals who help authoritarian regimes use technology to crackdown on dissidents. Obama signed an executive order authorizing the new category of sanctions on Sunday. The tougher penalties are aimed in particular at those who facilitate human-rights abuses […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday announced a plan to impose sanctions against foreign entities and individuals who help authoritarian regimes use technology to crackdown on dissidents. Obama signed an executive order authorizing the new category of sanctions on Sunday. The tougher penalties are aimed in particular at those who facilitate human-rights abuses […]
(MINNEAPOLIS) – Republican representatives in Congress are introducing bills to limit environmental regulations and expand domestic production, including the Gasoline Regulations Act and the Strategic Energy Production Act, both aimed at lowering gas prices at the pump and expanding domestic oil-and-gas leasing. A Republican super-PAC blames Obama for rising gas prices. And other conservative leaders are personally attacking Obama on this […]
(MINNEAPOLIS) – Republican representatives in Congress are introducing bills to limit environmental regulations and expand domestic production, including the Gasoline Regulations Act and the Strategic Energy Production Act, both aimed at lowering gas prices at the pump and expanding domestic oil-and-gas leasing. A Republican super-PAC blames Obama for rising gas prices. And other conservative leaders are personally attacking Obama on this […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress — It is not quite the same festive atmosphere that surrounds most Formula One events. In fact, the tiny Gulf kingdom of Bahrain is on edge ahead of Sunday’s Grand Prix as clashes between protesters and police heat up. The race was called off last year amid a violent crackdown by the island nation’s […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress — It is not quite the same festive atmosphere that surrounds most Formula One events. In fact, the tiny Gulf kingdom of Bahrain is on edge ahead of Sunday’s Grand Prix as clashes between protesters and police heat up. The race was called off last year amid a violent crackdown by the island nation’s […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel detained dozens of international activists as they landed at its main airport on Sunday, preventing them from entering the country to participate in a planned solidarity mission with Palestinians in the West Bank. Israel said the activists, part of an umbrella group called “Welcome to Palestine,” were provocateurs who posed a security […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel detained dozens of international activists as they landed at its main airport on Sunday, preventing them from entering the country to participate in a planned solidarity mission with Palestinians in the West Bank. Israel said the activists, part of an umbrella group called “Welcome to Palestine,” were provocateurs who posed a security […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s trip to the Summit of the Americas in Colombia is being carefully calibrated to have an impact throughout the Americas, from the South, where he will spend three days in the city of Cartagena, to the North, where he hopes to curry favor with Hispanics in the United States, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s trip to the Summit of the Americas in Colombia is being carefully calibrated to have an impact throughout the Americas, from the South, where he will spend three days in the city of Cartagena, to the North, where he hopes to curry favor with Hispanics in the United States, […]
BEIRUT (AP) — A fragile cease-fire brokered by the U.N. took hold in Syria on Thursday with regime forces apparently halting widespread attacks on the opposition, but there were reports of scattered violence and the government defied demands by international envoy Kofi Annan to pull troops back to barracks. A civilian and a Syrian soldier […]
BEIRUT (AP) — A fragile cease-fire brokered by the U.N. took hold in Syria on Thursday with regime forces apparently halting widespread attacks on the opposition, but there were reports of scattered violence and the government defied demands by international envoy Kofi Annan to pull troops back to barracks. A civilian and a Syrian soldier […]
