…urt’s ruling in the decree. And presidential spokesman Yasir Ali argued Mohammed Mursi had been quite legitimate in suspending the dissolution until new parliamentary elections took place within 60 days of a new constitution being ratified. Despite the apparent tensions, the president and Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, who heads SCAF, appeared together at a military cadet graduation ceremony…
…He had asked the reporters to leave his office after he criticized media leaks from the continuing probe into the plane crash in Russia on April 10, 2010, that killed then-president Lech Kaczynski and 95 others, mostly senior Polish officials. During his brief news conference, Mikolaj Przybyl said the military prosecutor’s office had the right to seek phone records of journalists covering th…
rs at the military academy, Major General Jacinto Perez Arcay. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have visited the coffin of their former leader. Shortly after Hugo Chavez’s death was announced on March 5, the government declared seven days of mourning, which was later extended to 10 days….
d to see why she had some guys under her spell.” A top U.S. official revealed that some of the emails exchanged between Jill Kelley and John Allen from 2010 until 2012 were “flirtatious”. John Allen, 58, succeeded David Petraeus in Afghanistan and was due to take over as NATO’s top commander – but his appointment has been suspended while his relationship with Jill Kelley is investigat…
ave described as a “ferocious social climber”, when they were in charge at U.S. Central Command in 2008. Jill Kelley has refused to speak publicly about her involvement with David Petraeus, who turned 60 last week, and General John Allen. John Allen, 58, has denied any wrongdoing and insisted his relationship with Jill Kelley was purely platonic. Jill Kelley has remained at her colonial style mans…
……that were not addressed in the speech at all…….as there are so many problems around us it is hardly possible to ignore them…….!!! So….. if WE….. the 99% ers really want to impact a change and reach people ….I would be surprised if it can be done in this current atmosphere in America ….and where the terrain is full of pot holes……
Hillary Clinton has met the head of Egypt’s top military council, Field Marshal Mohamad Hussein Tantawi, on the second day of her visit to the country. The US Secretary of State discussed the transition of power to newly elected President Mohammed Mursi and stressed the need to protect the rights of all Egyptians, US officials said. Hillary Clinton met Mohammed Mursi on Saturday. Mohammed M…
China has banned elaborate state-funded banquets for its top military officials, state media has reported. The move comes after a diktat from central government earlier this month that aimed to curb extravagance and tackle corruption. Xinhua news agency says receptions for high-ranking officers will no longer feature luxury banquets or alcohol. The diktat, passed on December 4, has also now spark…
Four Syrian military guards were killed after suicide attackers drove vehicle bombs into the military HQ in the heart of Damascus, officials say. State TV quoted army sources saying that 14 others were hurt in the attacks, contradicting earlier official accounts that said no one had died. The rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) said it had carried out the attack, but did not mention suicide bombings. St…
) and in 1998 ran for president. Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez was born in 1954 and is a former Army Lieutenant Colonel President: Chávez was elected in a landslide at the end of 1998, racking up 56% of the vote. Taking office in February 1999, he quickly began implementing aspects of his “Bolivarian” brand of socialism. Clinics were set up for the poor, construction projects were approved an…
…ad been “the greatest of privileges” to work at the agency, saying: “Teddy Roosevelt once observed that life’s greatest gift is the opportunity to work hard at work worth doing.” David Petraeus, 60, has been married to Holly, née Knowlton, since 1975, after they meet when he was a military cadet at West Point and she was the daughter of the academy’s superintendent. When he was sworn i…
…Bashar al-Assad leave power immediately, the chances for a peaceful compromise seem slight. Rebels have been fighting Bashar al-Assad’s government for 21 months. Opposition groups say more than 44,000 people have been killed….
…e military chiefs legislative powers, and the power to veto the new constitution, which has yet to be drafted. In his presidential decree, Mohammed Mursi said new parliamentary elections would be held 60 days after the constitution had been agreed by referendum, the decree said. The Muslim Brotherhood has consistently opposed the decision to dissolve parliament. But analysts say it is unclear whet…
Cheick Modibo Diarra, Mali’s prime minister, has resigned on state television, hours after being arrested by soldiers who were behind a military coup in March. Cheick Modibo Diarra was detained on Monday at his home in the capital Bamako, reportedly on the orders of the coup leader, Capt Amadou Sanogo. He had been due to travel to France. Cheick Modibo Diarra, 60, was made prime minister of an in…
…terday, on 15 July. We will keep monitoring closely,” Kim Hyung-suk said. Ri Yong-Ho was made army chief three years ago under Kim Jong-Il, the current leader’s father who died in December 2011 after ruling North Korea for almost two decades. The army chief regularly appeared at state occasions beside Kim Jong-Il. He was also one of seven top officials to accompany the younger Kim as h…
…by North Korea was a long-range one with a capability of hitting the US west coast. However, experts believe North Korea’s most powerful rocket, which it test-fired last December, has a range of 3,700 miles (6,000 km) and can reach no further than Alaska. Kim Kwan-jin told MPs in a parliamentary defense committee meeting that the missile had “considerable range”. “The missi…
General Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentina’s former military leader, has died aged 87 while serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity. Jorge Rafael Videla is reported to have died from natural causes in prison. The general was jailed in 2010 for the deaths of 31 dissidents during the 1976-83 military dictatorship, of which he was overall leader until 1981. Up to 30,000 people were tortured…
statement that it had not known to whom it belonged. The Turkish military said it lost radio contact with the F-4 Phantom at 11:58 (08:58 GMT) on Friday while it was flying over Hatay province, about 90 minutes after it took off from Erhac airbase in the province of Malatya, to the north-west. Later, the Syrian military said an “unidentified air target” had penetrated Syrian airspace…
North Korea announces it has ordered artillery and rocket units into “combat posture” to prepare to target US bases in Hawaii, Guam and the US mainland. The announcement, carried by KCNA news agency, follows days of strong rhetoric from Pyongyang. The north Korean move came as South Korea marked the third anniversary of the sinking of the Cheonan warship, which left 46 sailors dead. S…
…o-Ahmed Shafiq demonstration took place on Saturday in the Nasser City neighborhood of Cairo. “When we decided to take to the streets, we’re not just one, two or three million, we’re 80 million. The only difference is that we’re waiting for the military council to give its final word,” one Shafiq supporter, Doaa, told the Reuters news agency. Hundreds of supporters he…
between the military and political wings of Hamas and that anything connected with the militant group was considered a legitimate target. An Israeli air force spokesman said it had destroyed at least 90% of long-range rockets in Gaza and severely damaged medium- and short-range rockets, and the infrastructure to fire them. However, hundreds of short-range missiles remained, he said. Despite the f…
…ry says. The papers show al-Qaeda leader was unhappy with affiliates’ attacks on fellow Muslims, urging them to target the US instead. Seventeen documents were released from a cache of more than 6,000. The 175-page cache was posted online by the US Military Academy’s Combating Terrorism Center – in the week marking a year since Osama Bin Laden’s death. The papers date from…
…n groups agreed a deal to bring together their disparate factions. The fractious opposition has been under pressure from the US and other backers in the region to clinch a deal. Sheikh Moaz al-Khatib, 52, left Damascus for Cairo in July after several periods of detention by the Syrian authorities. He had earlier attempted to bring the conflict to an end and in an interview with Reuters news agency…
…w to Washington D.C. with General John Allen – the military commander she is said to have exchanged tens of thousands of emails with while he was in Afghanistan. It is not known why Jill Kelley, 37, flew to the U.S. capital with John Allen but it has emerged that in recent months she has had three visits to the White House. The mother of three from Tampa has so far refused to comment publicl…
oliday shopping season. Erik Johnson, an economist with IHS Global Insight, is predicting a 4.2% growth in overall holiday sales over last year. “To put this in perspective, 2010 holiday sales were up 5.2% and 2009 sales were down 0.4%,” Erik Johnson says in e-mail. Some are predicting more shoppers, however. According to Business News Daily, a recent consumer survey from the digital technology ad…
Iraq: At least 54 people killed in series of car bomb attacks in Baghdad, Basra and Samarra
Richard DeCoatsworth: Philadelphia police recommended bringing charges of witness intimidation against former officer
How Duck Dynasty couples met: Jep and Jessica Robertson
How Duck Dynasty couples met: Jase and Missy Robertson
How Duck Dynasty couples met: Willie and Korie Robertson
How Duck Dynasty couples met: Si Robertson and Christine
How Duck Dynasty couples met: Phil Robertson and Miss Kay
2013 Billboard Music Awards: Taylor Swift picks up 8 statues including Top Female Artist and Top Billboard 200 Artist
Selena Gomez gives Justin Bieber a tender kiss on cheek backstage at 2013 Billboard Music Awards
2013 Billboard Music Awards winners. Full list.
Alberto Fujimori: Peru jailed ex-president’s health worsening
China urges North Korea to release Yu Xuejun’s fishing boat captured for $100,000 ransom
Oklahoma tornado kills one person and injures dozens
Kim Kardashian cuts a striking figure in clingy long-sleeved black dress as she dines with Jonathan Cheban and her mother
Syrian troops seize strategic rebel stronghold in Qusair
Keanu Reeves weight gain: Actor almost unrecognizable while boating in Cannes
Angelina Jolie to play her mother Marcheline Bertrand in biopic
Anna Wintour bans Kris Jenner from Met Gala 2013
Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1 billion
John Lennon guitar sells for $408,000 at Julien’s Auctions
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: Nurses who looked after Boston bombing suspect could not stop themselves caring for him
Zahra Shahid Hussain funeral: Murdered PTI’s vice-president buried in Karachi
Madeleine McCann case: British cleaners and Portuguese manual workers among new suspects
Ariel Castro prison activity
Kim Kardashian finally puts her swollen feet in flats
Eva Longoria humiliating wardrobe malfunction at Cannes Film Festival
Imran Khan blames MQM’s Altaf Hussain for Zahra Shahid Hussain’s killing in Karachi
Richard DeCoatsworth: Former police officer once hailed as hero arrested in Port Richmond
Poweball jackpot: One lottery ticket bought in Florida wins its lucky owner $590 million jackpot
Obama administration knew IRS was targeting conservative groups since June 2012