…osphere as subdued, yet calm. Hugo Chavez, who has been in power since 1999, was elected in October for a fourth term in office. Earlier this year, he said he had been cleared of a cancer diagnosed in 2011 and was fit to serve out his six-year term. But on December 11, Hugo Chavez went through his fourth cancer operation in Cuba. Venezuela’s cabinet ministers got together to pray for the recovery…
realized it was a stumbling block during his failed run for Congress in 1974 in his home state of Arkansas. Campaign manager Paul Fray said: “You got to understand that at one time there was at least 25 women per day coming through there trying to find him and I’d tell them he was out on the road. “Lord it was bad. Bad, bad bad, bad bad.” Marla Crider, who worked with Bill Clinton in Arkansas and…
scandal over financial favors. Chancellor Angela Merkel had supported Christina Wulff, her ally, against Joachim Gauck when they ran against each other for the largely ceremonial role of president in 2010. This time round Angela Merkel has backed Joachim Gauck, although observers say her hand was forced by the liberal Free Democrats, whose support she needs in the coalition government. Joachim G…
Hungarian President Pal Schmitt has announced his resignation, after being stripped of his doctorate over plagiarism. Pal Schmitt, 69, elected in 2010, said “my personal issue divides my beloved nation rather than unites it”. “It is my duty to end my service and resign my mandate as president,” he told parliament. Last week, Budapest’s Semmelweis University revoked P…
…8217;s Darkest Secrets”, is out next month – by coincidence at the same time as the UK release of a new film directed by Clint Eastwood about another supposed closet gay among Washington’s 20th-century hard men. But while FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover, played in Eastwood’s film by Leonardo DiCaprio, allegedly had an affair with his squeaky-clean deputy Clyde Tolson, Richard Nixon̵…
…peculation that the president’s allies might try to prevent the vice-president from taking over, as stipulated by the constitution. Vice-President Joyce Banda fell out with Bingu wa Mutharika in 2010 over the succession and she was expelled from the ruling Democratic People’s Party (DPP). The president’s brother, Foreign Minister Peter Mutharika, was lined up to be the DPP’…
It was an embarrassing start for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign yesterday as he held his first political rally of the 2012 race in a half-empty arena. With First Lady dressed head to toe in campaign colors at his side, Barack Obama targeted swing states Ohio and Virginia that are critical for his bid to remain in the White House. Barack Obama formally launched his Chicago-bas…
…ital, Accra. The opposition has praised the swift transition to John Dramani Mahama, saying it showed Ghana was a mature democracy. John Atta Mills, who suffered from throat cancer, had governed since 2009. He had planned to run for a second term in elections in December. John Dramani Mahama will now serve as president until the election, but it is unclear whether he will be the candidate of the g…
…arliament last month. Earlier on Monday, the Supreme Constitutional Court rejected the decree issued by Mohammed Mursi the day before to reconvene the Islamist-dominated parliament. The court said its 14 June ruling – that the law governing Egypt’s first democratic elections in more than six decades was unconstitutional because party members were allowed to contest seats in the lower h…
…she tweeted: “Your victory is our victory! And the victory of South America and the Caribbean!” President Hugo Chavez’s new six-year term will begin on 10 January. Hugo Chavez • Born 28 July 1954 in Sabaneta, Barinas state, the son of schoolteachers • Graduated from military academy in 1975 • Has four children • Keen baseball player [youtube PvlZ2MY1QBg…
…e when I got back home. Who knew Eric Holder was so sensitive?” “And then there’s the Easter Egg Roll, which is just supposed to be a nice event with the kids. I got out on the basketball court, took 22 shots, made 2 of them. That’s right, 2 hits, 20 misses. The executives at NBC asked, <<What’s your secret?>>.” Swipes at the media’s expense are traditional fare at the event an…
Romanian MPs have voted with a large majority to impeach the country’s president, Traian Basescu. President Traian Basescu faced allegations of encroaching on the prime minister’s role and violating citizens’ rights. Traian Basescu has been suspended and a national poll on his impeachment will be organized most probably on July 29th. A total of 256 members of parliament of 432 v…
…mount leader, opinion polls show Vladimir Putin enjoys higher ratings than most Western politicians, but they are down from their peak during the oil-fuelled economic boom of his first presidency from 2000 until 2008….
Jacqueline Kennedy’s voice on the tapes released yesterday is breathy and girlish, often using childishly simple vocabulary, but the sentiments expressed are withering. Recorded in 1964 and released yesterday by her daughter Caroline, Jacqueline Kennedy’s intimate recollections were confided to historian and former White House aide Arthur M. Schlesinger. ABC News airs the eight-hour tapes in seri…
…fundraisers by March 6th this year, compared to 94 held by Presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush Sr., Bill Clinton and George W. Bush combined. Since then, Barack Obama has held another 20 fundraisers, bringing his total to 124. Jimmy Carter held four re-election fundraisers in the 1980 campaign, Reagan zero in 1984, George Bush Sr. 19 in 1992, Bill Clinton 14 in 1996 and George Bus…
…ded four decades of repression by a regime he ridiculed as “Absurdistan.” As president, Václav Havel oversaw the country’s bumpy transition to democracy and a free-market economy, as well its peaceful 1993 breakup into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Václav Havel, the former Czech president and dissident playwright, has died at 75 One of the leading intellectual figures and moral forces i…
ll be released this fall. Jackie Kennedy talked about JFK assassination Audio documents have been made by a famous American historian, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. M, few months after JFK’s death, on 22 November 1963. The documents were sealed until now in a hidden safe of Kennedy Library in Boston. Recordings will unveil her version about the assassination of JFK and show that she strongly beli…
…usiness degree among other academic qualifications. He divorced Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, South Africa’s candidate for the African Union top post, in 1998. Another wife, Kate, committed suicide in 2000. Jacob Zuma, who became president in 2009, recently celebrated his 70th birthday and has 21 children. A statement on the president’s website said there would be no cost to the government f…
…econd term as president. The risk is the political blowback that can come if he is seen as crossing a line into politicizing national security. “Sad,” said a Mitt Romney spokeswoman. “Shameless,” said 2008 Barack Obama election foe John McCain. Joe Biden even combined the killing of the Al Qaeda leader and Barack Obama’s support for a failing auto industry into what he called a re-election b…
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been heavily criticized over both real and fake photos showing him consoling the grieving family members of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. During Hugo Chavez’s funeral in Caracas on Friday, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was photographed sympathizing with Elena Frias de Chavez, 78. While it is not a full embrace, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hugo Chavez̵…
…eam had explained that the president’s condition “continued being stable within an overall delicate condition”. Hugo Chavez is due to be sworn in for another six-year term on January 10, but it is unclear if he will be able to attend ceremony. Ramon Aveledo, the leader of the umbrella opposition group Table for Democratic Unity (MUD), demanded a diagnosis and a medical prognosis…
…dent’s limo that was shipped over specially from Washington that broke down so he was forced to use the second vehicle that they brought over from the U.S. The limo was pictured by local station 24 Hour News when it was on the back of a flatbed truck. Since the car was not able to take him from the airport, thankfully the president was always scheduled to leave the airport via helicopter in…
Venezuela’s government has said President Hugo Chavez can begin his new six-year term in office on January 10, even if he is too ill to attend a swearing-in ceremony. Vice-President Nicolas Maduro said the Supreme Court could swear in Hugo Chavez at a later date. Nicolas Maduro dismissed opposition calls for new elections should Hugo Chavez not attend. President Hugo Chavez is in Cuba struggling…
…is to like the man,” President Barack Obama said of his predecessor. “He is a good man.” The last time all five living presidents were together was shortly before Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009, when he said he needed their advice before taking office. “We’ve been called the world’s most exclusive club – and we do have a pretty nice club house – but the truth is…
A senior doctor treating Peru’s ex-President Alberto Fujimori has said that the jailed former leader has severe and worsening health problems. Dr. Alejandro Aguinaga said the former president had a condition that was eating away his stomach. Alberto Fujimori, 74, is serving a 25-year sentence for human rights abuses, but his family says he is too frail to be in prison. They have called for…
Kim Jong-un sends Choe Ryong-hae as special envoy to BeijingKim Jong-un has sent Choe Ryong-hae as special envoy to Beijing, North Korean state media has announced, amid cooling relations between the two neighbors. Choe Ryong-hae, a…
North Korea releases Chinese fishing crew The Chinese fishing crew seized by North Koreans two weeks ago has been freed along with their boat, reports say. The 16-man crew was taken captive by unidentified North…
China urges North Korea to release Yu Xuejun's fishing boat captured for $100,000 ransomChina has called on North Korea to secure the release of a fishing boat and its crew seized earlier this month. Owner Yu Xuejun said the vessel had been in Chinese waters…
Zahra Shahid Hussain funeral: Murdered PTI's vice-president buried in KarachiThe funeral of the murdered vice-president of Pakistan's PTI party, Zahra Shahid Hussain, has been held at a mosque in the country’s capital, Karachi. Zahra Shahid Hussain…
Imran Khan blames MQM's Altaf Hussain for Zahra Shahid Hussain's killing in KarachiFormer cricketer Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan's PTI party, has blamed one of his political rivals for the killing of PTI vice-president Zahra Shahid Hussain. Zahra…
Zahra Shahid Hussain shot dead in KarachiSenior Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain has been shot dead in the southern port city of Karachi. Zahra Shahid Hussain was the senior vice-president of Pakistan's…
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