Pope hints at possible changes to scandal-ridden Vatican bank
Source: Reuters
Saint Peter :: MN :: USA | updated 2013-04-25 12:10:20 -0700 | political-news
Topics Pope Francis looks on as he arrives at the weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican April 24, 2013. Pope Francis has indicated for the first time that he may make changes to the Vatican's scandal-ridden bank...
Maduro to be sworn in as Venezuela president
Source: Al Jazeera English
Caracas :: Venezuela | updated 2013-04-19 18:52:56 -0700 | political-news
43 Nicolas Maduro will be sworn in as Venezuela's president at a ceremony to be attended by several Latin American leaders, after a decision to widen an electronic audit of the vote took some of the heat out of a...
Redskins name change: DC council member proposes team change their name
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-04-30 14:02:13 -0700 | political-news
Councilmember plans to introduce a resolution that calls on the WashingtonRedskins to change their name.
American stabbed outside US Embassy in Cairo
Source: The Boston Globe
Garden City :: MI :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 17:10:36 -0700 | political-news
An Egyptian security official says an American national was attacked and stabbed outside the U.S...The official says an assailant attacked the American with a knife as he was standing in front of the embassy building in the Cairo suburb of...
Muslim victims of Myanmar unrest face uncertain future
Source: Reuters
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-04-29 15:32:50 -0700 | political-news
In Myanmar's central heartlands, justice and security is elusive for thousands of Muslims who lost their homes in a deadly rampage by Buddhist mobs in March. Many are detained in prison-like camps, unable to return to neighborhoods and businesses razed...
Obama: Middle-class wages need to grow
Source: United Press International
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-05-18 09:42:42 -0700 | political-news
President Barack Obama delivers remarks on job creation at Ellicott Dredges, a manufacturer of dredging equipment, in Baltimore, May 17, 2013...President Barack Obama said Saturday the U.S. economy needs to create more "good, middle-class jobs, and we need to do...
Merkel and Francis talk about a 'strong' Europe
Source: Fox News
Vatican City :: Vatican City | updated 2013-05-18 16:52:03 -0700 | political-news
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, mindful of the weight of Christian voters in September elections, has discussed with Pope Francis how Europe's economy should better serve people. Merkel flew to Rome Saturday for a 45-minute session with the pope at the...
Vatican: No imminent reform; Benedict moving to convent
Source: United Press International
Vatican City :: Vatican City | updated 2013-05-02 11:50:58 -0700 | political-news
A top Vatican official said it was too soon to know what reforms Pope Francis would make, as Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was to return to the Vatican Thursday. It is "absolutely premature to put forward any hypothesis" about overhauling...
Arias trial now turns to whether she lives or dies
Source: The Boston Globe
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | updated 2013-05-09 20:21:46 -0700 | political-news
Jodi Arias will spend the weekend on suicide watch and return to court next week when jurors are expected to consider whether the death penalty should be an option for the former waitress' sentence. Minutes after her conviction for killing...
Kerry Welcomes Arab Plan for Israeli-Palestinian Talks
Source: The New York Times
Jerusalem :: Israel | updated 2013-05-01 05:49:53 -0700 | political-news
We're taking more steps, Mr. Kerry said Tuesday, a day after a Qatar-led delegation of Arab states presented the initiative to him and Vice President Joseph R...And we're going to continue to march forward and try to bring people to...
Obama defends approach to determining if Syria used chemical arms
Source: Reuters
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2013-05-08 00:39:52 -0700 | political-news
President Barack Obama attends a joint news conference with South Korea's President Park Geun-hye in the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 7, 2013. President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his deliberate approach to determining whether Syria...
Obama pokes fun at critics, media at annual press dinner
Source: Chicago Tribune
Honolulu :: HI :: USA | updated 2013-04-27 22:11:50 -0700 | political-news
President Barack Obama poked fun at the media, his critics and himself on Saturday at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, a star-filled event where journalists and celebrities mixed with the Washington elite. Joined at the dinner by his...
Shinzo Abe says KSA is...
Source: Arab News
Tōkyō :: Japan | updated 2013-04-30 04:50:40 -0700 | political-news
I Arab News/Asharq Al-Awsat Tuesday 30 April 2013 Last Update 30 April 2013 1:55 am Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said that if Bashar Assad remains in power, he doubts very much that the situation will improve for the...
Longtime Kremlin aide Surkov resigns
Source: The Boston Globe
Boston :: MA :: USA | updated 2013-05-08 15:14:55 -0700 | political-news
Vladislav Surkov, a longtime Kremlin aide considered the architect of the political system created under President Vladimir Putin, has resigned his post of deputy prime minister. His resignation was announced by a statement posted Wednesday on the Kremlin website.
Shots reported outside Italy PM's office
Source: CNN
Rome :: GA :: USA | updated 2013-04-28 15:57:21 -0700 | political-news
The shooting took place in front of the prime minister's office -- but the new prime minister, Enrico Letta, was being sworn in at the time at the president's palace a short distance away. On Saturday, Letta, a center-left politician,...
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