…late Thursday. Before he departed for Hawaii, Barack Obama told reporters he expected to be back in the capital the following week. Automatic budget cuts and tax increases are set to begin on January 1, which many economists say could send the country back into recession. So far, the president and congressional Republicans have been unable to reach agreement on any alternatives. President Barack…
Tens of thousands of people are holding a protest in Cairo against President Mohamed Morsi, who last week granted himself sweeping new powers in Egypt. Flag-waving demonstrators are chanting slogans accusing the president and the Muslim Brotherhood of betraying last year’s revolution. On Monday Mohamed Morsi sought to defuse the crisis by saying the decree granting him new powers was limite…
…st few weeks comforting her mother Marcia following the death of her beloved step-father, radio pioneer R. Peter Straus, who died at his New York home in August, aged 89. He married Marcia, now 64, in 1989, after they were introduced by a mutual Washington friend in 1997 – just months before the scandal of Monica Lewinsky’s liaison with President Bill Clinton was made public in January…
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…ad a one-night stand with Miami Heat basketball star Glen Rice less than a year before she eloped with her husband, Joe McGinniss’ book claimed. Sarah Palin was said to have met the 6ft 8ins player in 1987 when he was playing in a college basketball tournament in Alaska and she worked as a sports reporter for KTUU television. It was also claimed that Sarah Palin had a six-month affair with Brad Ha…
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has unveiled a 3-D reconstruction of the face of Simon Bolivar, who died in 1830 after leading the fight against Spanish colonial rule in the region. The computer-generated image was created by artists studying Simon Bolivar’s remains. It looks remarkably like known portraits of the South American liberation hero. Two years ago Hugo Chavez ordered that the…
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…has said he is not going to the region bearing any grand peace plan. Barack Obama’s relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu has been notoriously frosty and one recent opinion poll suggested a mere 10% of the Israeli public had a favorable opinion of the US president. The main event of this trip is a speech to the Israeli people – Barack Obama’s main task is to build bridges and improve his ima…
…ay was vote-buying by the president’s campaign. They were also protesting more generally against the return to power of Enrique Pena Nieto’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) after a 12-year absence. Amid a cacophonic trumpet fanfare, outgoing President Felipe Calderon handed a sash with the colors of the Mexican flag to Enrique Pena Nieto, who was expected to address the nation…
A TV biography of the former U.S. President Bill Clinton claims that he was already a huge hit with the ladies during his initial bid for governorship in his home state of Arkansas in the 1970’s. Former senior aides said that women were “literally mesmerized” and swarmed around Bill Clinton “like flies to honey”. Bill Clinton’s appeal only grew by the time he became president – during which…
…human rights and for the fair treatment of all Ghanaians”, according to a White House statement. John Atta Mills served as vice-president to former Ghanaian military ruler Jerry Rawlings between 1997 and January 2001. He came to power after narrowly winning against Nana Akufo-Addo, in polls in December 2008. His predecessor, John Kufuor, stepped down after having served the maximum permitted…
…uring his campaign, Horacio Cartes had to confront accusations of fraud and links with drug trafficking. He dismissed them all, saying that while he had spent time in prison on allegations of fraud in 1989, all charges against him had eventually been dropped. Horacio Cartes has also been accused of homophobia after telling a radio station that talk of legalizing same-sex marriage made him think of…
…the eurozone, is mired in recession. On Saturday, Giorgio Napolitano became the first president in Italian history to secure a second seven-year term. He easily won the simple majority of votes out of 1,007 electors. Italy’s President Giorgio Napolitano has been re-elected following a cross-party appeal to run for office again to resolve a growing political crisis Giorgio Napolitano put forward h…
…n rival Mitt Romney’s campaign spokesman Ryan Williams showed the floor and seats with more space than people. The venue holds 20,000 and according to figures from Barack Obama’s campaign, 14,000 attended the event – 70% of the stadium’s seating capacity. According to the paper, event organizers busied themselves moving people from the stage’s surrounding seats to the arena…
Joachim Gauck, a former Lutheran pastor and civil rights activist from the former East Germany, has been elected as Germany’s new president. Joachim Gauck, 72, won 991 votes out of 1,232 at a special assembly of German MPs. The Germany’s new president has no party affiliation, but has gained a reputation as an eloquent speaker not afraid to address controversial issues. Joachim Gauck will r…
…Fulsom, a veteran Washington reporter who covered the former president years, suggests the 37th U.S. President had a serious drink problem, beat his wife and – by the time he was inaugurated in 1969 – had links going back two decades to the Mafia, including with New Orleans godfather Carlos Marcello, then America’s most powerful mobster. Yet the most extraordinary claim is that…
…her 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 Pal Schmitt’s 1992 award after finding that much of his thesis had been copied. Hungarian President Pal Schmitt has announced his resignation, after being stripped of his doctorate over plagiarism Pal Schm…
…dical and government officials said on Friday that he was dead but there was no formal announcement, leading to fears of a power-struggle. A government official said on state radio that there would be 10 days of national mourning. “We are sad to announce that the President of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika, has died,” Bright Msaka, secretary to the president and cabinet, said in a statemen…
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According to his newly-released tax returns documents, President Barack Obama made $608,611 in 2012, down more than 20% from 2011. The decline in Barack Obama’s pay comes as sales of his books slow. Barack Obama’s presidential salary is $400,000. The President and First Lady Michelle Obama paid an effective tax rate of 18.4% and donated $150,034 to 33 different charities. Barack Obama’s tax…
…ocal elections which were held in Cuba on Sunday. Instead, he filled in his ballot paper at home, and it was delivered to a polling station on his behalf. Fidel Castro led Cuba after the revolution in 1959, first as prime minister (1959-1976) and later as president. In 2006, surgery took Fidel Castro out of public view. His brother Raul became acting president. In February 2008, Fidel Castro offic…
…it: Lasagna and couscous.” “Yes, a lot of online stars are in the room but, unfortunately, Matt Drudge couldn’t make it,” Conan O’Brien said. “He had a prior commitment to teach a web design class in 1997.” “Some people say print media is dying, but I don’t believe it,” Conan O’Brien added. “And neither does my blacksmith.” “It’s no surprise that Speaker John Boehner isn’t here tonight,” Conan…
Jacqueline Kennedy’s interviews. About Martin Luther King, Charles de Gaulle, Indira Ghandi and more. “Jacqueline Kennedy: In Her Own Words” on ABC News tonight. Jackie Kennedy’ secret recordings to be released on September 13. Interview about Martin Luther King. Jackie Kennedy Onassis believed Vice-President Johnson was behind husband’s assassination. She revealed the affair with H…
…k Obama’s 2008 opponent, John McCain, to issue a scathing statement in which he accused Barack Obama of playing politics with the Osama bin Laden killing and “diminishing the memory of September 11th”. “This is the same president who said, after bin Laden was dead, that we shouldn’t <<spike the ball>> after the touchdown,” he said. “And now Barack Obama is not only trying t…
…th being re-elected than any other commander-in-chief of modern times. Brendan J. Doherty, who has compiled statistics about presidential travel and fundraising going back to President Jimmy Carter in 1977, found that Barack Obama had held 104 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…
…ars, turns 60 tomorrow. But that doesn’t seem to have had any impact on his charm – with 6% of Russian women saying they “definitely would” marry Vladimir Putin while a further 14% said they probably would. Just 43% said they “definitely would not” want to walk down the aisle the President, who has ruled the country for 12 years, in the survey by the independent polling sta…
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…has a three-year-old son with him. She has a business 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…
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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…
