Obama's broken promise has Gay Democratic donors boycotting a Democratic National Committee fundraiser to be held next Thursday, June 25th, because they are outraged by President Obama's legal brief filed last week...
Despite worldwide condemnation of China over its human rights abuses US President George W Bush will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. "US President George W Bush will attend the opening...
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The boycott bandwagon seems to be gaining momentum, as now all three presidential candidates are just saying no to the opening ceremonies, and urging Bush to do the same." Republican John McCain today called...
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Downing Street has confirmed that Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not be attending the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics."However, he will be at the closing ceremony when the Olympic baton will be passed...
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Tehran (ANTARA News) - Iran said on Saturday it is boycotting this year's Paris book fair in protest at Israel being invited as guest of honour, the state-run IRNA news agency reported."The Islamic Republic of Iran has participated in previous fairs but this year because of...
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"Gordon Brown faces rift with Prince Charles over 'snub' to Dalai Lama
By GLEN OWEN
Gordon Brown is on a collision course with Prince Charles over the sensitive issue of the Chinese government's human-rights record.
The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is...
"fair deal for Africa?
RTÉ Europe Editor Sean Whelan takes a look at Economic Partnership Agreements and wonders if they provide a fair deal.
The first summit in seven years between the European Union and the 52 nation African Union takes place in Lisbon, Portugal, on the...
Iraqi PM calls emergency meeting."Iraq's Prime Minister, Nouri Maliki, has called for a summit of the nation's main political factions in an attempt to break Iraq's political paralysis.
In recent weeks almost all...
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AdAge usually doesn't get political but their review of MoveOn's attempt to stand between Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal is weirdly ferocious. What gives?"MoveOn, not content with beclowning itself by...
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Simply Dumb was outraged that Urban Outfitters was marketing the keffiahs under the label "anti-war scarf".
"Since when has the keffiah been a symbol of peace? I find it both embarrassing and appalling that...
"A late night-early morning curfew (2300-0500 local time) is in force.
Sate television said the curfew affected more than 60 cities and towns across Bangladesh. as well as the capital, Dhaka.
The political...
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DEHRADUN: A group of intellectuals, politicians, literary figures and
journalists protested against the execution of former Iraqi president
Saddam Hussein by boycotting American goods. A resolution was passed by the group at a meeting on Wednesday evening,
in which they...