As North Korea restarts its main nuclear plant and Iran continues to flex its nuclear muscles, a less publicized nuclear renaissance is underway in the Middle East. In the Arab world, at least thirteen nations, both oil-rich and oil-thirsty, are collaborating with world powers to build nuclear energy programs with unprecedented determination. As energy and water needs...Continue reading »
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AP – WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama named federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor as the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice on Tuesday, praising her as “an inspiring woman” with both the intellect and compassion to interpret the Constitution wisely. Obama said Sotomayor has more experience as a judge than any current member...Continue reading »
Mazher Mahmood, the News of the World investigations editor best known for passing himself off as a bogus Arab princeling, claims to have been given an extensive tour of the car fleet inside the Palace by bribing a chauffeur. Mr Mahmood claimed that he and a colleague, posing as curious Middle Eastern businessmen, gained extensive access to the royal limousines and the...Continue reading »
Gen. Colin Powell said he is still a Republican and that former Vice President Dick Cheney is “misinformed” about his party affiliation. Powell, appearing on “Face the Nation” Sunday, answered criticism from Cheney, who questioned Powell’s loyalty to the GOP after voting for President Barack Obama in November. “I am still a Republican....Continue reading »
The space shuttle Atlantis and its crew of seven returned to Earth today, ending their successful Hubble space telescope repair mission in California after stormy weather prevented a return to Nasa’s home base in Florida. Mission control waited as long as possible for the weather to improve before finally giving up and directing commander Scott Altman and his crew...Continue reading »
KUWAIT CITY — Several swine flu cases have been detected among U.S. soldiers passing through Kuwait, officials said Saturday. The soldiers were treated on a U.S. base and some of them have left the country, the state news agency quoted a Health Ministry official as saying. The official, Ibrahim Abdul-Hadi, did not say how many soldiers were infected or where they...Continue reading »
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s president declared his country “liberated from separatist terror” Tuesday as the military said it recovered the body of Tamil Tiger rebel leader from the battlefield on which he was slain. But in his victory address to parliament, President Mahinda Rajapaksa appeared to reach out to the minority Tamils, for whom...Continue reading »
President Barack Obama waves as he arrives to deliver the commencement speech during the 2009 graduation ceremony at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. Sunday, May 17, 2009. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) SOUTH BEND, Ind. — President Barack Obama strode head-on Sunday into the stormy abortion debate and told graduates at America’s leading Roman Catholic...Continue reading »
Shiikh Yuusuf Max’ed Siyaad Indha Cadde ayaa Maanta ka war bixiyay Ku biirida uu dowlada ku biiray,waxaana uu ka hadlay arimo dhowr ah. Shiikh Yuusuf Max’ed Siyaad Indha Cadde iyo Xubno ka mid ah ururka Xisbul islaam ee uu hogaamiyo Shiikh Cameey oo shir jaraa’id ku qabtay magaalada Muqdisho ayaa Indha Cadde waxaa uu sheegay in ay ku biireen...Continue reading »
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Emirates detained a member of the country’s ruling family as prosecutors launched an investigation into allegations the sheik tortured another man, the country’s official news agency reported Monday. If the case of Sheik Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan goes to trial, it would be the first time in the oil-rich Gulf federation...Continue reading »
Y- News — Ahmadinejad, beware: The registration for the Iranian presidency race was completed Saturday night, with quite a few interesting figures arriving at the election head headquarters over the weekend to try their luck and enjoy free publicity. Among the candidates, that included were a man dressed as a cowboy and a Saddam Hussein lookalike, was a 12-year-old...Continue reading »
Sponsored Link | Looking for Somali Actors Wanda Sykes, the comedian featured at The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, took shots at Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and former VP candidate Sarah Palin. She speculated that Limbaugh was actually the 20th hijacker on 9/11, derided Hannity for not living up to his pledge to be waterboarded for the troops,...Continue reading »
Sam Stein HuffPo — Former Vice President Dick Cheney defended the Bush administration’s use of waterboarding on Thursday, saying that, contrary to arguments made by Barack Obama, the techniques were a necessary last-resort measure to get information from detainees. “I don’t believe that’s true,” Cheney said, when asked to respond to...Continue reading »
South Africa’s parliament has elected African National Congress leader, Jacob Zuma, to be the country’s next president. The vote came two weeks after the ANC swept national elections. African National Congress delegates Wednesday sang and danced on the floor of the national assembly in Cape Town as they elected African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma the...Continue reading »
WASHINGTON — The confirmed number of H1N1 influenza cases in the U.S. rose to 642 in 41 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Meanwhile, health officials told U.S. lawmakers Wednesday it took only two weeks to identify the genetic characteristics of the H1N1 virus, and they are in good position to quickly produce a vaccine if the flu takes...Continue reading »
The Pentagon yesterday promised to launch a joint investigation with the Afghan government into reports that Âdozens of civilians were killed in US air strikes on Monday night. Afghan officials estimated that at least 30 and possibly more than 100 died in the attack on Bala Baluk, a Taliban-controlled area in Farah province near the border with Iran. If confirmed,...Continue reading »
A U.S. church raised money to send Bibles, printed in the Pashtu and Dari languages, to American soldiers stationed in Afghanistan, a report on Al Jazeera documented Sunday night. It is against military rules to proselytize — a regulation one of the soldiers filmed by the network readily acknowledged. “You cannot proselytize, but you can give gifts,”...Continue reading »
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai registered to run for re-election on Monday, but was criticized for naming a former guerrilla chief accused of rights abuses as his senior running mate. As the August 20 election draws closer, Karzai appears to be approaching an all but unassailable position, with the opposition struggling to name a contender with a...Continue reading »
By Asma Alsharif  JEDDAH, April 30 (Reuters) – “Let her get fat!” is the slogan women in Saudi Arabia are using to challenge a clampdown on female-only gyms. Unhappy at the growing number of unlicensed female gyms, the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs recently closed two in the Red Sea city of Jeddah and one in the city of Dammam on the Gulf...Continue reading »
