Anthony Weiner debuts new mayor campaign; Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel release parody ads (videos)
Posted by: jodijill
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:38:45 -0700 | political-news
Anthony Weiner debuted his new campaign for New York City mayor on Wednesday and it took less than 24 hours before the comedians of late night revised the online ad to provide something that was a little more entertaining. On...
Kerry meets with Abbas and Netanyahu on Middle East trip
Posted by: saleh1966
Ramallah :: Palestine | updated 2013-05-23 23:20:46 -0700 | political-news
Secretary of State John Kerry separately met with the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, to revive the stalled Middle East peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel. This is his...
Sen. Coburn: 'Morally wrong' for feds to finance tornado victim aid
Posted by: itobin53
Moore :: OK :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 22:25:27 -0700 | political-news
Evidence of the disconnect between Washington politicians and working-class Americans was palpable on Thursday, in Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn’s statements on the devastating tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, on Monday. To the families who...
Right-wing radio host: ‘I want to shoot Hillary Clinton in the vagina' (Audio)
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VeronicaS
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 20:58:39 -0700 | political-news
There is freedom of speech and then there are violent threats wrapped up in blatant misogyny, and this is unequivocally the latter. Right-wing radio host Pete Santilli used his "cowardly bully" pulpit last week to threaten former Secretary of State...
Heckler disrupts Obama during drone, Guantanamo speech
Posted by: PrairieDogPress
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 23:18:56 -0700 | political-news
An unwelcome heckler several times Thursday interrupted a speech President Obama was making on national security. President Obama addressed an audience at the National Defense University discussing recent criticism about drone activity and his intention to refocus on closing down...
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San Francisco :: CA :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:17:13 -0700 | political-news
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US president to outline drone policy in speech today
Posted by: arkar
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 23:18:56 -0700 | political-news
Drone strikes have long been a debated topic, with the issue often being a bone of contention between the United States and its allies. While the US has maintained that it will pursue terrorists to whatever end, drone strikes, in...
Rob Ford crack scandal: Toronto Mayor's chief of staff fired
Source: Toronto Star
Ottawa :: Canada | updated 2013-05-23 23:06:43 -0700 | political-news
Photos View gallery Mayor Rob Ford will enter the second week of a crack cocaine scandal without the counsel of his top aide, whom he fired without explanation on Thursday before leaving city hall in silence out a back door....
SNC-Lavalin offered VP post to Moammar Gadhafi's son in 2008
Source: Toronto Star
Tripoli :: Libya | updated 2013-05-23 19:26:54 -0700 | political-news
SNC-Lavalin offered an executive post to the son of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in 2008, according court documents cited by the CBC. Montreal headquarters in an international bribery investigation in April 2012, said Saadi Gadhafi was offered a $150,000...
E.W. Jackson a wild card in Va. GOP campaign
Source: Washington Post
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 19:07:02 -0700 | political-news
Graphic More Post coverage of the race for Virginia governor. Twenty-four hours later, after delivering a thunderous speech that seized the convention, Jackson was the Republican nominee and the party's first black candidate for statewide office since 1988.
Official summoned for delaying power plant
Source: DAWN
Gujrānwāla :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-23 19:32:23 -0700 | political-news
Against the backdrop of a severe power crisis, the Supreme Court summoned Finance Secretary Dr Waqar Masood on Thursday for allegedly acting as a stumbling block in the release of funds and thus delaying installation of a Rs20 billion, 450MW...
ECP keeps lists for reserved seats secret
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-23 19:32:22 -0700 | political-news
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) continues to keep secret documents it is supposed to make public forthwith under the law. The documents are the lists submitted by political parties for seats reserved for women and minorities in the national...
Rs152bn mini-budget: PPP turns its guns on caretakers
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-23 19:32:24 -0700 | political-news
While President Asif Ali Zardari is yet to sign an ordinance introducing a Rs152 billion mini-budget', the PPP has turned its guns on the caretaker government for taking what it calls an unconstitutional step at the behest of someone. The...
Two injured in detention centre disturbance
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sydney :: Australia | updated 2013-05-23 19:26:01 -0700 | political-news
The Department of Immigration has confirmed one officer and one detainee were injured during the disturbance at Pontville about 10pm. The incident involved two groups of young men, who were later separated. The union representing Pontville officers says its members...
President acts to secure jobs of 10,000 civil servants
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-23 19:32:22 -0700 | political-news
A few days before transfer of power from the caretaker government to elected representatives, President Asif Ali Zardari has made an attempt to secure the jobs of more than 10,000 civil servants whose ministries have been devolved to provinces after...
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