In his weekly address, President Barack Obama called on Republicans to join him in opposing a Supreme Court ruling that vastly increased how much corporations can spend on campaign ads. (Aug. 21)
21/08/2010 10:13 AM
Haiti's electoral council on Friday ruled that hip hop-artist Wyclef Jean cannot run for president, ending his outsider's bid to lead the reconstruction of the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean island. (Aug. 20)
21/08/2010 12:04 AM
Islamabad has accepted $5-million dollars in aid from India for flood victims, a rare expression of goodwill between the feuding neighbours at a time when Pakistan is reeling from one of its worst ever natural disasters. (Aug. 20)
20/08/2010 10:13 PM
New Jersey's two U.S. senators renewed calls for answers a year after the Pan Am 103 bomber was released from a Scottish prison. Abdel Baset Al-Megrahi is still alive in Libya even though doctors had said he would likely die in 3 months. (Aug. 20)
20/08/2010 07:23 PM
In an interview last week, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty explains the shift in his campaign to be contrite, saying that he will be a better mayor if reelected.
20/08/2010 07:04 PM
Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to resume their long-stalled direct negotiations in Washington early next month.
20/08/2010 05:10 PM
The imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the Manhattan site of the September 11 attacks says he hopes to draw attention during his trip in the Middle East to the common challenges to battle radical religious beliefs.
20/08/2010 02:16 PM
A Thai appeals court rules that Russian suspected arms smuggler Viktor Bout can be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges.
20/08/2010 01:52 PM
A forest ranger is being hailed as a 'true hero' for alertly spotting a pair of fugitives and allowing a heavily armed law enforcement contingent to arrest them. John McCluskey and Casslyn Welch were captured at an Arizona campsite.
20/08/2010 01:48 PM
The last man on the run following an Arizona prison break is back behind bars. John McCluskey and fiancee and cousin Casslyn Welch were captured Thursday at an Arizona campsite, thanks to an alert forest ranger. (Aug. 20)
20/08/2010 01:03 PM
While the debate continues to brew around the mosque being built near Ground Zero in New York City, Muslims have been worshiping at another Sept. 11, 2001, crash site in Washington, D.C..
20/08/2010 12:58 PM
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to resume stalled direct peace negotiations in Washington early next month.
20/08/2010 12:49 PM
