"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Since 2004, the Pentagon has used broad, secret authority to carry out about 12 attacks against al Qaeda and other militants in Syria, Pakistan and elsewhere, The New York Times reported on its Web site on Sunday. Quoting what it said were more...
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"Even though the financial crisis, which he pledged on Friday to tackle ‘head on’, is his first priority, Barack Obama has no choice but to clear the foreign policy mess being left behind by the Republican administration. At his first news conference as president-elect,...
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"KARACHI: Reputed journal, Foreign Policy in its report has declared Karachi Nazim, Syed Mustafa Kamal the second best mayor of the year 2008 world.Foreign Policy report titled ‘The Mayor of the moment’ said that Germany’s Berlin City Mayor, Klaus Wowereit, 55 topped...
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"Written by www.daily.pk Friday, 07 November 2008 18:30 "There could not be a more provocative appointment than Rahm Emanuel, if he wanted to send a signal that he is going to stick by a quite hard-line pro-Israel policy..." A day after his...
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As the Falkland/Malvinas got a new British Constitution to allow its self government, the Argentinean Parliament debated for 14 hours the nationalisation of private pension funds. With a victory of 160 votes over 75, the Cristina Fernandez´s government secured the bill at...
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Warning of the perils of a US policy which consists of keeping oil at an acceptable price, most middle eastern newspapers seemed to praise the American Way at its best these elections represented. "The official paper of the government led by Prime Minister Nuri...
created by jaurez | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 134 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
"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 ...
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Newly elected 44th President of the USA Senator Barack Obama inherits a difficult and very challenging job. He will have to confront many immediate and pressing challenges America is facing. Economic meltdown is...
created by Sanjay Jha | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 231 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Pakistan's prime minister today said that whoever is elected as the new US president later today must stop the attacks and cross-border raids into sovereign Pakistani territory. The comments signal that the new leadership in Pakistan is set to try to forge a very different...
created by Dave Keating | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 116 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Both Obama and McCain have pledged to lower the US nuclear arsenal with Barrack Obama setting a goal of eliminating nuclear weapons worldwide completely. The nuclear weapons debate has been fairly dormant of late...
created by Paul Conneally | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 177 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
To the dismay of current US administration and some conservative sectors in the region, Iran continues to improve relations with Latin American countries. To the already cultivated bilateral relations with Cuba,...
created by rahul | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 587 views | 10 recommendations | 4 comments
"Friday October 31, 2:18 am ET By Tomoko A. Hosaka, Associated Press Writer Japan's central bank cuts key interest rate to 0.3 percent in close vote; first cut in 7 years TOKYO (AP) -- The Bank of Japan voted Friday to cut its key interest rate for the first time in more...
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"Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was less than upfront in his half-hour commercial Wednesday night about the costs of his programs and the crushing budget pressures he would face in office....
created by Albert Milliron | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 467 views | 12 recommendations | 2 comments
I think that this may be the first semi-public statement of concern of Obama's foreign policy toward Iran from European circles. It is possible that the urgency and test by foreign powers of Obama's metal...