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Obama Disapproval Ratings Leap Skyward

WASHINGTON - The White House and a top Republican lawmaker are sparring over economic policy, a little more than two months before the country’s midterm elections.
The top Republican in the House of Representatives, John Boehner from the state of Ohio, called Tuesday for President Barack Obama’s entire economic team to resign. Boehner criticized the administration […]

Louisiana Suffers Second Oil Rig Explosion

NEW ORLEANS - An oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.
The U.S. Coast Guard says the explosion occurred early Thursday, about 145 kilometers south of Vermilion Bay, along the coast of the southern state of Louisiana. The explosion set the production platform on fire, and it is reportedly still burning.
The Coast Guard says […]

Four Israelis Killed By Palestinian Gunman

JERUSALEM - Four Israelis were killed on Tuesday after a Palestinian gunman opened fire on their vehicle on the West Bank.  The Islamist militant group Hamas says its military wing carried out the attack.  The attack came as Israeli and Palestinian negotiators prepare to resume direct talks.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says the gunman opened […]

Massive Egg Recall Raises Food Safety Concerns

WASHINGTON - This month, authorities ordered more than half a billion eggs off the shelves at American supermarkets due to fears of salmonella. More than 1,000 people have become sick after eating eggs contaminated with the disease-causing bacteria.
It’s one of the largest salmonella outbreaks ever recorded in the U.S., and the most recent in a […]

UN Urges France To Stop Deportation Of Gypsies

GENEVA - A UN Watchdog Group is urging France to stop the collective deportation of Roma, also known as Gypsies.  The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination calls collective expulsions a violation under international law.  The Committee monitors States’ implementation of the 1969 International Convention on the elimination of all Forms of Racial […]

Moammar Gadhafi Visits Italy

ROME - Libyan leader Colonel Moammar Gadhafi is on a three-day visit to the Italian capital to mark the second anniversary of a pact between the two countries that normalized relations and closed the painful chapter of Italian colonization.
Colonel Gaddafi has pitched a giant traditional Bedouin tent for his three-day visit to the Italian capital. […]

New Orleans Marks 5th Anniversary Of Katrina

NEW ORLEANS - Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast.  Recovery from the massive storm has been a long and painful process.  Among recorded Atlantic Hurricanes, Katrina was one of the most powerful, ranking sixth all-time.  More than 1800 people were killed either during the storm’s landfall or in the floods […]

Obama Moratorium Damages Gulf Coast Economy

NEW ORLEANS - Both Republican and Democrat officials in Louisiana say the federal moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, put in place after the BP oil spill, is now that state’s biggest problem.
 U.S. federal government officials and many environmental activists say the temporary ban on drilling is necessary to prevent further accidents. […]

Korea Marks 100th Anniversary Of Annexation By Japa ...

SEOUL - A brass band played martial tunes under a tent in pouring rain at a civic event marking the date 100 years ago that Korea formally came under Japanese rule.
Many Asian historians say that was the result of an unfair treaty forced upon the Korean kingdom.
It turned out to be a brutal experience for […]

Iraq Issues High Security Alert

BAGHDAD - Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has issued a high security alert for possible terror attacks, as the U.S. moves to formally end its combat mission in the next few days.
Mr. Maliki issued a statement Friday urging security forces and civilians to “exercise the highest degree of caution.”  He said a “criminal alliance” between […]

Karzai: Obama Withdraw Plan Boosts Enemy Morale

KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has criticized a plan by U.S. President Barack Obama to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan next July.
Mr. Karzai told a visiting U.S. congressional delegation Thursday that Mr. Obama’s July 2011 deadline for the start of a troop pullout has given insurgents a “morale boost.”
The chief of the U.S. Marine […]

US GDP Slows Down To 1.6 Percent

WASHINGTON - U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke says the central bank will take further steps to boost the economy if conditions deteriorate.
The central bank chief spoke Friday to top economic officials from the United States and other nations, and leaders of major financial firms.
While Bernanke did not commit the Fed to a specific […]

Jimmy Carter Wins Freedom For US Citizen

SEOUL - A former U.S. president, on a rare and unofficial visit to North Korea, has secured the release of an American citizen imprisoned there. The trip also may have eased tensions on the Korean peninsula.
State media confirm former President Jimmy Carter left North Korea Friday with Aijalon Mahli Gomes, who was jailed in January […]

Egypt Announces Site For Nuclear Power Plant

CAIRO - Egyptian officials have announced the site for the country’s first nuclear power plant, settling the controversy over its location.
A presidential spokesman said Wednesday the new plant will be located in el-Dabaa, an area northwest of Cairo on the Mediterranean coast.
Local business officials had criticized the government for considering el-Dabaa, saying a power plant […]

Massive Explosions Wreak Havoc Across Iraq

BAGHDAD - More than a dozen explosions have rocked several Iraqi cities, causing widespread damage and havoc.
Ambulances transported casualties from more than a dozen car-bombings across Iraq.  The worst day of violence in many months.  The magnitude of the coordinated attacks, killing and wounding dozens, caught Iraqi security forces off guard and left even war-weary […]

Jimmy Carter Visits North Korea

SEOUL - North Korea says former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has arrived in Pyongyang. He is there to try to gain the release of an American imprisoned for illegally entering the reclusive country.
Mr. Carter whose plane landed in Pyongyang Wednesday afternoon, was greeted by the country’s top nuclear envoy, Kim Kye Gwan.  He hopes to […]

US Home Sales Plummet To 15 Year Low

WASHINGTON - Housing sales in the United States dropped sharply in July, hitting their lowest level in 15 years.
Tuesday’s report from a business group, the National Association of Realtors, says the number of previously owned homes sold fell more than 27 percent from the previous month.
While sales were down, the average price for a home […]

 

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