Honduran interim leader: I'm willing to step down

This could be a good, temporary solution to the current situation. With only 5 months left on the term it may be best to bring in a third person to be president until after the elections. " The interim president...

No Time for Laurels; Now the Hard Part

"No Time for Laurels; Now the Hard Part Sign In to E-Mail or Save This Print Reprints ShareLinkedinDiggFacebookMixxYahoo! BuzzPermalink By PETER BAKER Published: November 4, 2008 ...

What Is A Life Worth?

"What is a Life Worth? October 9th, 2008 | Posted by Mike Kearney Share This http://youtube.com/watch?v=6Q0uQAL_YDA Video of Care To Live member Ted Girgus taken at our nationwide protest in...

Commonwealth Finds Transparency, But Slates “Unrealistic Deadlines” For E...

"The first round of the country’s first ever multi-party election was conducted in a “highly transparent” manner, finds a Commonwealth observation team, in the Maldives throughout the polls.Yet in a...

Lawsuit over ACORN filed in New Orleans Court

"by Rebecca Mowbray, The Times-PicayuneWednesday October 01, 2008, 8:34 PM Since Hurricane Katrina, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now has fought to make sure that displaced New Orleanians...

Somali President's trip to UN blocked by Al-Shabab

" Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:29:59 GMT Somalia's interim President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed has been barred from leaving the country to attend the 63rd UN General Assembly in New York.  Al-Shabab fighters blocked the road from Villa Somalia - the presidential palace of Somalia -...

POLICE CHIEF RESIGNS...THEN IS FIRED

"By MEGAN PILLOW Mooresville Tribune Thursday, August 7, 2008   John Crone resigned Thursday as Mooresville police chief      ...

Bangladesh 'losing on corruption'

Despite the big crackdown undertaken by interim government in Bangladesh, there is no sign of let up in corruption. Interim government had arrested more than 150 leading politicians, officials and businessmen, as well as in some cases their wives and children, have been put...

High court shuts landbanking firm

It is probably every  investors worst nightmare: you pay thousands of pounds for a plot of land, which will get planning permission, only to find that the land did not get the permission and is worthless. "An illegal landbanking scheme which sold plots of land to...

Wall Street Journal's Managing Editor to Leave Post

In a surprising development, the Wall Street Journal is reporting on its web sire that the paper’s managing editor, Marcus Brauchli, is planning to resign after less than a year on the job. The move comes four months after Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, the powerful owner of...

Somalia: Dozens More Killed in Second Day of Mogadishu Violence

The situation in Mogadishu is continuing to deteriorate"Ethiopian troops protecting Somalia's interim government expanded into neighborhoods in the volatile capital Mogadishu on Sunday, sparking a second round of...

New proposal to expand UN Security Council

Will the new draft resolution have a better fate than the 2005 draft resolution ? "An interim proposal to tackle the divisive issue of Security Council reform would expand the UN's most powerful body from 15 to...

Sixth Pay Commission by 31 March, No Interim Relief

"New Delhi (ABC Live): The Government employees in India are eagerly waiting for Sixth Pay Commission Report."

Qatar feels the chill

"Qatar feels the chill What reasons could George Bush have for giving Qatar the cold shoulder? One: its support and bankrolling of al-Jazeera Dilip Hiro Articles * Latest * Show all Profile Webfeed All Dilip Hiro articles About Webfeeds January 9, 2008 7:00 PM |...

WGA in interim deal with United Artists

It's early Sunday morning on the Left Coast as I write this, so none  of my friends are up yet to confirm this..."The WGA has agreed to sign an interim deal with United Artists that would allow feature film...

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