McCain Pledges Balanced Budget by end of First term

PHOENIX – Senator John McCain is pledging once again to balance the budget by the end of his first term in 2013, his advisers said Monday, reverting to an earlier pledge he had abandoned in April when he proposed a...

Israeli Settlement Activity Surges

Though the Israeli and US Governments continue to pat each other on the back and pay lip service to a "peace" process in Palestine the massive increase of Israeli settlement building on stolen Palestinian land shines...

Obama Unites Liberal Media Against Him For The Moment; June 19 Campaign Gaffe...

YESTERDAY Senator Barack Obama, the Democrat presumptive nominee for President of the United States, did something no one predicted and if anyone had on Wednesday that person would have been laughed out of Washington DC. Yesterday Mr. Obama seemed to earn the wrath...

Bush wins British backing over Iran sanctions, Iraq and Afghanistan

US President Bush and British Prime Minister made a number of announcements after their meeting in London on Monday. Bush was met by 2,500 protesters in London's Parliament Square on Sunday as  George W. Bush dined with Gordon Brown. Protesters blew whistles, banged...

Donors Pledge Over $21 Billion for Afghan Reconstruction

" French President Nicolas Sarkozy opened the conference by promising to more than double French aid to 107 million euros ($166 million) over three years, saying the aim of the donation was to "rid Afghanistan of...

Donors pledge $20bn in Afghan aid

Donors from about 80 countries have pledged to give $20 bn aid to Afghanistan for rebuilding in the one-day event  on Afghanistan's future since the fall of the Taleban in 2001. Since 2001 donors...

Shock report reveals rise in poverty in Britain

Last year a report was issued that showed that the UK was one of the worst places in the developed world to be a child. Now comes a new study showing that the UK's rate of child poverty is also one of the highest - and growing rapidly."The number of old folk and children...

In Backing Murtha, Pelosi Draws Fire - Washington Post

"House Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi's endorsement of Rep. John P. Murtha's bid for House majority leader set off a furor yesterday on Capitol Hill, with critics charging that she is undercutting her pledge to clean...

Cuba dissidents back Obama pledge

Barack Obama's announcement yesterday about his plan to change the policy with Cuba if he is elected president was backed by a group of Cuban dissidents. They want him to conduct direct talks with Cuban President...

McCain staffer quits so he won't have to work against Obama

"Mark McKinnon, who was in charge of McCain's advertising, left the McCain campaign to keep a pledge not to use his skills to attack Barack Obama. The subtext of this is huge. It signals, holographically, the problem McCain will have holding on to Republicans and independents...

Now Britons can quiz PM on YouTube

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is planning on launching an online version of prime minister's question via the web video sharing site YouTube. The channel is already up and can be found here."Gordon Brown launched a...

China and Japan pledge to start annual meetings

" China and Japan pledged to hold annual meetings and put past suspicions behind them, as President Hu Jintao visited Japan, the Wall Street Journal reported. "Our relations are at a new starting point," Hu said during the visit, the first by a Chinese president in a...

Clinton To Put Gravity Under Scrutiny

It was a matter of time before someone called Hillary on her ridiculous statements about OPEC and who better than Josh Marshall:"What is Hillary talking about? She's going to break up the OPEC oil cartel? Because...

Unilever says it won't screw the rain forests for palm oil

The Prince of Wales praised the giant Unilever group after it pledged to use only sustainably produced palm oil in its products

Pakistan likely to reinstate sacked Supreme Court judges

There is still ray of hope for the sacked Supreme Courts Judges in Pakistan as talks continues between Pakistan's coalition partner about the future of sacked Judges. Nawaz Sharif led Pakistan Mulim League has been demanding reinstatement of these judges before forming the...

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