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Embattled Eurozone

Embattled Eurozone

Simmering With Greece “Pass this Bill,” urged President Barack Obama, warning that the alternative to his jobs plan was a crisis that would resemble Europe’s. In Sarah Palin’s letter to her Political Action Committee, she stressed the...

 

Italian Ministers Step Down

Four members of the Italian cabinet have resigned, following a wake of scandals related to Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s Prime Minister. The four members are supporters of Gianfranco Fini, who was the speaker of the Parliament before he resigned...

 

Karachi Rocked by Militant Attack

Karachi, Pakistan’s commercial capital, is recovering from a bomb and gun attack that  has left 20 dead and over a 100 injured. The operation targeted the Criminial Investigation Department (CID) building, and is the latest in a series...

 

G20 Talks Fiscal Imbalance

The two-day G20 conference is set to start today in Seoul, South Korea. President Obama arrived in the city a day ahead and addressed a press conference about the possible talking points. China’s trade surplus, one of the more controversial...

 

Bush defends Waterboarding, Iraq

In a rare television interview since leaving the White House in 2009, former President George W. Bush defended some of his more controversial decisions during his time in office. Speaking to NBC, he said that he believed that the use of Waterboarding...

 

Obama Backs Security Council Bid

President Barack Obama announced  yesterday that he would support India’s attempt to get on the United Nations’ Security Council. Speaking in Mumbai, on the first leg of his ten-day tour of South Asia, he emphasized India’s...

 

Turmoil in Pakistan, Hope in Britain

Turmoil in Pakistan, Hope in Britain

The Pakistan floods have affected over 21 million people Pakistan In Crisis The last three years have been tumultuous for Pakistan. In 2006, a coalition between exiled former presidents Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto promised to bring democracy...

 

Planned Koran Burning Incites Anger, Warnings

Plans by a small Florida church to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks have drawn a strong response across the world. Pastor Terry Jones of the non-denominational Dove World Outreach Center, the man behind the idea,...

 

Europe Flying Again

Europe Flying Again

After days of cancellations, about half of Europe’s 27,500 flights are expected to be airborne today. The delays come after the Eyjafjallajökull volcano is Iceland erupted on March 29th this year, spewing an ash cloud into the atmosphere...

 

Politics: Civil and Dangerous

Politics: Civil and Dangerous

An American Hindu priest. Some Hindu communities in rural India have faced strange troubles lately. The changing face of elections U.S presidential elections are known, among other things, for elaborate campaigns. Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign...