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Oct 21 2009
Iran is in talks with the U.S., Russia and France over the details of a plan that would require it to ship much of a crucial uranium stockpile abroad. The U.S. and other world powers believe that transferring the material, low-enriched uranium, out of...
Oct 15 2009
Frank Schaeffer is an outspoken critic of the politicized Christian evangelical right. He sees the “End Times” movement as anti-Semitic. He fears that a right-wing terrorist might assassinate the President of the United States. None of these...
Oct 14 2009
The Palestinian president’s political party says all hopes in the Obama administration have “evaporated,” accusing the White House of caving in to pressure from the pro-Israel lobby and backing off a demand to freeze Jewish...
Oct 7 2009
Succulent pork tacos. Frisbee-sized disks of fried pigskin. Enchiladas smothered in cream. Yes, the cuisine in Mexico is divine, but it is downright calorific. And the citizens here are fast becoming the fattest in the world – closing in on the...
Oct 7 2009
The United States came under pressure to show leadership in U.N. climate talks on Wednesday with Mexico saying its neighbor is a stumbling block in efforts to try to craft a tough global climate agreement by December. The United States has been...
Sep 30 2009
But one number is looking up: Births through mid-August at Reykjavik’s biggest hospital, which delivers 70% of Iceland’s babies, rose 3.5% over the same period last year. By the hospital’s projections, 2009 is shaping up to be the best...
Sep 29 2009
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is still talking about President Obama’s “tan,” and this time the gaffe-prone Italian leader has made a wisecrack about First Lady Michelle Obama’s skin color as well. He told a Milan rally of...
Sep 22 2009
Young girls from the Colombian city of Pereira have allegedly been making trips to Central America for the purpose of prostitution, after their parents accepted money in return for their permission. State organizations specializing in migration first...
Sep 22 2009
Libyan officials posed as Dutch diplomats to try to find Colonel Gaddafi a place to stay this week on his first visit to the US. The envoys, including one calling himself Ronald, approached a property agent on the Upper East Side of New York to inquire...
Sep 21 2009
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he is disappointed by Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez and concerned he is increasingly shifting toward an authoritarian regime. Carter says Chavez initially helped the country by sharing national wealth....