WASHINGTON: US President BarackObama's job approval rating has dipped below the 50% mark, the first time afterhe was sworn in January this year. The latest Gallup Daily trackingresults, released yesterday said that 49% of Americans approve of the job Obamais doing ...Read More
As a Belgian, I am shocked by the disinformation around the candidacy and person of Mr Van Rompuy, especially by the British tabloids (The great EU stitch-up, 20 November). Their comments are an insult. Van Rompuy is not to be ...Read More
TEGUCIGALPA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Honduran ousted President Manuel Zelaya proposed on Thursday to postpone the Nov. 29 elections, till the power of the state is restored to the situation before the June 28 coup. The Honduran Congress earlier this week ...Read More
Iraq's parliament is to meet at the weekend to decide whether to amend a crucial election law vetoed by the vice-president.
Ayad al-Samarie, the parliamentary speaker, said MPs would meet on Saturday to discuss Tariq al-Hashemi's veto and could send it ...Read More
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas this week countered Israeli and American claims that a Middle East peace deal could be reached before the end of his term. In an interview with Egyptian television on Wednesday, Abbas also denied that either side has ...Read More
WASHINGTON—It seems history won't rest until someone fills in that 18 1/2-minute Watergate gap. One of the enduring mysteries from the scandal that consumed Richard Nixon's presidency is coming under renewed scrutiny from forensic scientists gathered by the National Archives. Their mission: ...Read More
Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi vetoed a law crucial to the poll
The general elections planned for January in Iraq have been thrown into doubt by the vetoing of a long-delayed election law by the country's Sunni Vice-President, Tariq al-Hashemi, and ...Read More
BEIJING - Sarah Palin's new book may already be a best-seller, but President Barack Obama says he probably won't read it. The president says he's sure sales of "Going Rogue" will do well without his readership. While he wouldn't say whether ...Read More
President Barack Obama is expected to make a long-awaited announcement on his Afghan war strategy in the next few days in an attempt to bring an end to a prolonged period of uncertainty surrounding US intentions, officials said today.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Sarah Palin said a run for the White House in 2012 is "not on my radar screen right now" as the Republican carefully did not close the door to a possible candidacy in an interview that launched ...Read More
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