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Political NewsJohn Bolton: US should bomb Iranian campsWednesday, May 7th, 2008 By Damien McElroy | Mr Bolton said that striking Iran would represent a major step towards victory in Iraq. While he acknowledged that the risk of a hostile Iranian response harming American’s overseas interests existed, he said the damage inflicted by Tehran would be “far higher” if Washington took no action.
“This is a case where the use of military force ...
Nuns are turned away from Indiana pollsWednesday, May 7th, 2008 By Scott Martelle - Los Angeles Times | A dozen nuns and an unknown number of students were turned away from polls Tuesday in the first use of Indiana's stringent voter ID law since it was upheld last week by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The nuns, all residents of a retirement home at Saint Mary's Convent near Notre Dame University, were denied ...
Iran rejects nuclear inspections unless Israel allows themTuesday, May 6th, 2008 Associated Press | An Iranian envoy said Monday his government will not submit to extensive nuclear inspections while Israel stays outside the global treaty to curb the spread of atomic weapons.
"The existing double standard shall not be tolerated anymore by non-nuclear-weapon states," Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh told a meeting of the 190 countries that have signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
Nuclear safeguards are ...
Report: U.S. Not as ‘Free’ as ToutedTuesday, May 6th, 2008 By Betsy Pisik | The U.S. political system is, at best, "a work in progress" according to an evaluation from the pro-democracy group Freedom House, which finds significant flaws in the U.S. criminal justice system, counterterrorism strategies and the treatment of minorities and immigrants.
In a 300-page report, titled "Today's American: How Free?", to be released tomorrow, the group subjects the ...
UN official decries weakening of press freedomMonday, May 5th, 2008 Dawn | UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has decried weakening of press freedom world over, saying that governments are becoming more secretive and offering propaganda disguised as objective information — especially when alleged security-related issues are on the table.
In a message on the occasion of Press Freedom Day, Ms Arbour noted that harassment and secrecy laws were ...
Obama and Wright: Different WorldviewsMonday, May 5th, 2008 By Ted Glick | “We did not have to go through any of the violent upheavals that Europe was forced to endure as it shed its feudal past. Our passage from an agricultural to an industrial society was eased by the sheer size of the continent, vast tracts of land and abundant resources that allowed new immigrants to continually remake themselves.” Barack ...
We’ve been given a yellow card - LabourMonday, May 5th, 2008 Patrick Wintour and Nicholas Watt | Gordon Brown is planning to help hard-pressed families in the wake of Labour's drubbing in the elections with a package including the expansion of shared equity schemes to boost the housing market, the shelving of plans for council rubbish taxes, and putting more pressure on supermarkets to contain ...
Bush backs modified cropsMonday, May 5th, 2008 By Andrew Ward and Daniel Dombey | George W. Bush on Thursday stepped up pressure on the European Union and other governments to lift restrictions on genetically modified crops to help ease the crisis in global food supplies.
The US president said modified crops offered a partial solution to the food crisis gripping some parts of the world because of their high yields and ...
Secret Bush “Finding” Widens War on IranFriday, May 2nd, 2008 By Andrew Cockburn | Six weeks ago, President Bush signed a secret finding authorizing a covert offensive against the Iranian regime that, according to those familiar with its contents, "unprecedented in its scope."
Bush’s secret directive covers actions across a huge geographic area – from Lebanon to Afghanistan – but is also far more sweeping in the ...
Poll: Bush most unpopular in modern historyFriday, May 2nd, 2008 CNN | A new poll suggests that George W. Bush is the most unpopular president in modern American history. A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Thursday indicates that 71 percent of the American public disapprove of how Bush his handling his job as president."No president has ever had a higher disapproval rating in any CNN or Gallup poll; in fact, ...
Labour facing its worst losses in a generationFriday, May 2nd, 2008 By Andrew Porter and James Kirkup | Gordon Brown is set for punishing losses in his first electoral test as Prime Minister after the Conservatives made key gains across the country. With more than 1 million votes counted, a BBC projection based on results in key wards forecast Labour will record 24 per cent of the national vote, its worst ...
10 US diplomats ordered to leave BelarusThursday, May 1st, 2008 Reuters | Ten US diplomats were ordered to leave Belarus within 72 hours on Wednesday, intensifying a row over sanctions and human rights. US charge d’affaires Jonathan Moore, talking to reporters after being summoned to the foreign ministry, said the embassy would abide by orders from the ex-Soviet state’s authorities.
Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994, has long been accused of ...
Brown admits mistake in abolishing 10p rateThursday, May 1st, 2008 By Patrick Wintour, Nicholas Watt and Allegra Stratton | Gordon Brown yesterday admitted making "mistakes" in abolishing the 10p rate of income tax as the Conservatives ratcheted up the pressure on the eve of the local elections by challenging ministers to publish the Treasury advice on the issue at the ...
Police reject tougher action on cannabisThursday, May 1st, 2008 By Alan Travis - The Guardian | Police will not adopt a tougher approach to cases of simple possession of cannabis when ministers upgrade the legal status of the drug to class B, the Guardian can disclose.
The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) confirmed last night that the current policy of "confiscate and warn" would ...
Bush official forced to resignWednesday, April 30th, 2008 Politico | Lurita Doan, head of the General Services Administration, was forced to offer her resignation tonight, according to an e-mail she sent out this evening. Doan was appointed in late May, 2006, becoming the first woman to serve as GSA Administrator. With 12,000 empioyees and a $20 billion annual budget, GSA has responsibilty for overseeing the thousands of building and ...
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