Credit: Atimes Ann Romney’s disappointing speech may not be the last disappointment she delivers. Even if she had delivered her words with perfect execution, the decision to feature Mitt Romney’s spouse underscores parts of the presidential candidate’s story and platform that may harm the campaign. More:
Credit: Jakarta Globe. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sets off Thursday on a sweeping Asia tour from a rising China to tiny island states as her outspoken role on the region’s hotspots raises hackles in Beijing. In the midst of a US presidential campaign, the former candidate is expected […]
Afifa Jabeen Quraishi ARABNEWS Wednesday 29 August 2012 The first scene of a movie inspired by the book If I Should Speak by Riyadh-based American novelist Umm Zakiyyah is complete […]
KIMBERLY DOZIER | AP ARABNEWS Wednesday 29 August 2012 WASHINGTON: A firsthand account of the commando raid by US Navy SEALs that killed Osama Bin Laden contradicts previous accounts by […]
Blasphemy and the Law By CHLOE BREYER Published: August 29, 2012 NEW YORK — A central charge against the three members of the Pussy Riot punk-rock band who were recently sentenced to two years in prison was “inciting religious hatred.” This they are said to have done by briefly dancing at the front […]
KING VIDEO EVIDENCE OF ISLAMIC CRUCIFIXION Documented! Blood thirst that killed ‘spy’ accused of U.S. sympathies Published: 3 hours ago by MICHAEL CARLEmail | Archive Michael Carl is a veteran journalist with overseas military experience and experience as a political consultant. He also has two Master’s Degrees, is a bi-vocational pastor and lives […]
By Neil Sands (AFP) AVARUA, Cook Islands (AFP) ― U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to make a rare foray to the South Pacific this week, in a […]
(Reuters) – U.S. single-family home prices gained for the fifth month in a row in June, a fresh sign of improvement in the housing market, a closely watched survey showed on Tuesday. The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas gained 0.9 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis, topping […]
U.S. troops tried to burn about 500 copies of the Koran as part of a badly bungled security sweep at an Afghan prison in February, despite repeated warnings from Afghan […]
Luis A. Aguilar, one of five members of the Securities and Exchange Commission, is generally known as one of its strongest advocates for tougher oversight of the securities industry. In public statements this year, he has pushed his S.E.C. colleagues to be more aggressive, contending that the commission was not […]
Tampa, Florida (CNN) — Thousands in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama were being told early Monday to leave their Gulf Coast homes ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Isaac as […]
Global Post: In the US this week, the brouhaha over Rep. Todd Akin’s remarks about “legitimate rape” touched on the hot-button issues of individual freedom, government intervention, party politics and […]
Source: The New York Times Author: Charles M. Blow America is in trouble. Emerging economic powers China and India are heavily investing in educating the world’s future workers while we squabble about punishing teachers and coddling children. This week, the Center for American Progress and the Center for the Next […]
His family said they were “heartbroken” by his death and called him “a reluctant American hero who always believed he was just doing his job.” They said he died from […]
by George S. Hishmeh | Aug 23, 2012 | JORDAN TIMES It is a fact of life that in the campaign for presidential election in the US, held once every four years, foreign policy is not a contentious issue. This time around, however, the policies of Israel, a revered ally […]
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What’s Facebook stock really worth? If the social network can return to the margins it enjoyed before its IPO, we’ll be looking at a company with solid opportunities for continued growth I first predicted the social boom’s bust in June 2011 in a column at Seeking Alpha. I even called […]
New orders for long-lasting manufactured goods surged in the United States in July, the Commerce Department said Friday, but a decline in a gauge of planned business spending pointed to slowing growth in the factory sector. Durable goods orders jumped 4.2 percent on strong demand for civilian aircraft after an […]
By Henri J. Barkey, WASHINGTON POST Henri J. Barkey is a professor of international relations at Lehigh University. Calls for a U.S. military intervention in Syria have dominated the conversation in conventional and social media. Two simple and effective arguments are being advanced. The first, and most compelling, is that […]
Malik Siraj Akbar Editor in Chief, ‘The Baloch Hal’; Author; Contributing Writer Who Benefits From Pakistan’s Blasphemy Law Christianity , Islam , Pakistan , Pakistan Blasphemy Law , Rimsha Masih , Blasphemy Laws , World News Last weekend’s arrest and imprisonment of Rimsha Masih, an 11-year old Christian girl, by Pakistani authorities in the nation’s capital, Islamabad, on charges of blasphemy, is deeply alarming. The girl, whose […]