The other side of Vancouver streets, ready for the Games

Absorbing the length of a very lengthy article I found yesterday, the overall feeling I took from it was that the impending circus that is and will be surrounding the 2010 Winter Games is only beginning!  "...

Michael Phelps Says His Suspension is Fair

    Despite receiving a three month suspension from USA Swimming, Michael Phelps is maintaining his normal training schedule in preparation for the World Championships in Rome this summer. Although...

Military Judge Denies Obama Request to Suspend Hearings at Gitmo

" A military judge in Guantanamo Bay today denied the Obama administration's request to delay proceedings for 120 days in the case of a detainee accused of planning the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole warship, an al-Qaeda strike that killed 17 service members and injured...

ING DIRECT Suspends Foreclosures

"Wilmington, Del.-based ING DIRECT, the nation’s largest direct bank, said Monday morning that effective immediately, it will suspend foreclosure sales on occupied single-family properties through the end of March 2009. The company also said it would suspend all evictions...

N. Korea Suspends Train Link to South

Relations between the two Koreas have been tense since President Lee Myung-bak took office in Seoul in February with a pledge to change policy on the North. The tension also increased after the killing of a North Korean soldier shot dead a South Korean housewife who was...

"Fundamental Agreement" Reached On Bailout

" Christopher Dodd, speaking moments ago: We believe that we're prepared to act expeditiously on a package to our colleagues that will allow us to send a message to the markets that the congress heard the...

Bill Clinton: McCain Request to Delay Debate done in Good Faith

" ABC News' Nitya Venkataraman Reports: Former President Bill Clinton defended Sen. John McCain's request to delay the first presidential debate, saying McCain did it in "good faith" and pushed organizers to...

Palin on Ahmadinejad: 'He Must Be Stopped'

"By SARAH PALIN | September 22, 2008Governor Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, was scheduled to speak today at a rally in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza to protest the appearance here of President Ahmadinejad of Iran. Her appearance was canceled by rally organizers...

McCain Did Interview with Couric but not Letterman

Just got this off Drudge:"David Letterman tells audience that McCain called him today to tell him he had to rush back to DC to deal with the economy. Then in the middle of the taping Dave got word that McCain...

'Fraud' halts US refugee scheme

"The United States has suspended a programme aimed at reuniting refugees in Africa with relatives in the US because of widespread fraud. The US state department said DNA tests showed the majority of those applying had no family relationships in the US. Thousands of Africans...

AU Suspends Mauritania

Following the military coup that took place earlier this week, the African Union has suspended Mauritania's membership. The coup was orchestrated by General Muhammad Ould Abdel Aziz, who also staged the coup that...

Rice acknowledges US policy shift on Iran

I think its high time people start talking with one another, online talking, not committing anything. I think this is the right step forward. "Rice acknowledges US policy shift on Iran 6 hours ago WASHINGTON...

U.S. reverses course, will send envoy to talks with Iran

"The Bush administration has decided to break with previous policy by sending one of its most senior diplomats to engage Iran's top nuclear official, the White House announced Wednesday. ...

Iran lifts hopes of progress on nuclear strategy

The US government is heralding Iran's recent change in tone with cautious approval today, acknowledging that there appears to be debate within the country over how to handle the economic sanctions caused by its...

China to close plants over Games

China has now ordered that 40 factories be closed in Beijing in the run-up to the Olympic Games, but many are doubtful that it is actually going to make a difference."The plants in the eastern port city of...

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