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Political News10 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 ...
Rice: Hamas Iran’s proxy warriorWednesday, April 30th, 2008 Press TV | US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has characterized Palestinian Hamas fighters as the “proxy warriors” for the Islamic Republic.
Rice made the statement in a speech to the American Jewish Committee in Washington that underscored growing US concerns about Tehran.
The US secretary of state claimed that Iran is not just a threat to the Palestinian territories, but also ...
Government accused of “pimping”Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 By David Barrett | Women and girls may be lured into prostitution by adverts placed in Jobcentres, MPs were warned today. A charity which helps females rescued from the sex trade said the Government was acting as a “pimp” by accepting ads for strippers, escort girls, lap dancers and adult show hostesses.
Director of the Poppy Project, Denise Marshall, told the ...
Obama’s Break With Ex-Pastor Sets Sharp Shift in ToneWednesday, April 30th, 2008 NY Times | Senator Barack Obama broke forcefully on Tuesday with his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., in an effort to curtail a drama of race, values, patriotism and betrayal that has enveloped his presidential candidacy at a critical juncture.
At a news conference ...
Lawmaker Threatens Subpoenas for AidesTuesday, April 29th, 2008 By Carrie Johnson | The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee threatened yesterday to subpoena Bush administration officials who have refused to appear at a hearing on torture and interrogation policies.
Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) said he would "have no choice but to consider compulsory process" if current and former ...
U.S. reveals way to get off terror listTuesday, April 29th, 2008 UPI | The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced a way for people who don't belong on terrorist watch lists to be spared extra scrutiny at the airport.
Under the new program, tens of thousands of travelers who are stopped repeatedly because their names match those of suspected terrorists will be permitted to register with the airlines, USA Today reported ...
Brown wants tougher policy on cannabisTuesday, April 29th, 2008 By Alan Travis | Gordon Brown's decision to overturn the advice of his own group of drug experts by pressing ahead with a tougher policy on cannabis could face a high court challenge from campaigners.
As the report from the 23-strong Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) recommending that cannabis should remain a class C ...
MI5 accused of colluding in torture of terrorist suspectsTuesday, April 29th, 2008 By Ian Cobain | Officers of the Security Service, MI5, are being accused of "outsourcing" the torture of British citizens to a notorious Pakistani intelligence agency in an attempt to obtain information about terrorist plots and to secure convictions against al-Qaida suspects.
A number of British terrorism suspects who have been arrested in Pakistan at the ...
Bush Administration Policies Making Work Less SafeMonday, April 28th, 2008 By Leo W. Gerard | In the heart of Pennsylvania, while the media still relentlessly plagued Senators Obama and Clinton about flag pins and memory lapses just before the primary, a machine at an ArcelorMital plant in Steelton crushed Roger H. Prichard to death. He was 58.
It was April 18, three days before the Pennsylvania primary. It occurred just five ...
Vote fraud threatens to wreak chaos on LondonMonday, April 28th, 2008 By Jill Sherman | The electoral system is close to breaking point and the mayoral and local elections on Thursday are vulnerable to large-scale fraud, Gordon Brown is warned today.
Efforts to improve turnout by increasing postal voting have raised the risk of fraud and undermined confidence in the electoral process, a damaging report from the Joseph Rowntree Trust concludes....
Blair thought Brown a liar, says LevyMonday, April 28th, 2008 By Patrick Wintour | The foreign secretary, David Miliband, warned yesterday that disloyalty to the prime minister would be fatal after a former Labour party fundraiser claimed that Tony Blair regarded Gordon Brown as a liar who has no chance of defeating David Cameron at the next general election.
The claims, made by Lord Levy in his autobiography, A ...
Bush’s disapproval worst of any president in 70 yearsSaturday, April 26th, 2008 By Susan Page |
President Bush has set a record he'd presumably prefer to avoid: the highest disapproval rating of any president in the 70-year history of the Gallup Poll.
In a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday, 28% of Americans approve of the job Bush is doing; 69% disapprove. The approval rating matches the low point of his presidency, ...
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