September 28th, 2011
The Obama administration, which is dripping in Ivy League-educated academics, made an elementary geographical error during its recent fundraising tour. (more)
February 25th, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration froze assets of the Libyan government, leader Moammar Gadhafi and four of his children, just hours after it closed the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli and evacuated its remaining staff. U.S. officials said announcements of the steps were withheld until Americans wishing to leave the country had departed as they feared Gadhafi might retaliate amid worsening violence in the North African country. (more)
February 22nd, 2011
CAIRO (AP) — A defiant Moammar Gadhafi vowed to fight to his “last drop of blood” and roared at supporters to strike back against Libyan protesters to defend his embattled regime Tuesday, signaling an escalation of the crackdown that has thrown the capital into scenes of mayhem, wild shooting and bodies in the streets. (more)
February 15th, 2011
WASHINGTON—Early last year, a group of U.S.-based human-rights activists, neoconservative policy makers and Mideast experts told Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that what passed for calm in Egypt was an illusion. (more)
February 11th, 2011
In the hours before Hosni Mubarak stepped down as Egypt’s president, the Egyptian people were raging for freedom in the streets of Cairo. Back in Washington D.C., lefty organizations were plotting, too, wondering: “How can we capitalize on those protesters’ positive narrative?” (more)
February 3rd, 2011
Reporting live from Egypt has been hard on CNN’s Anderson Cooper, who was attacked in Cairo twice this week. (more)
February 3rd, 2011
Two New York Times journalists have been arrested in Egypt, according to a tweet from Associated Press Middle East correspondent Hadeel Al-Shalchi. (more)
February 2nd, 2011
To those who still haven’t recovered from the 2007 cancellation of “The O.C.,” worry not, because a new geographic-based drama is coming to ABC, reports Politico. (more)
January 19th, 2011
A Chinese firm has signed a letter of intent to invest $2 billion in a North Korean industrial zone, representing one of the largest potential investments in Kim Jong Il’s authoritarian state and a challenge to U.S. policy in the region. (more)
December 30th, 2010
Not all Alaskans love Sarah Palin, but tourism workers in the state are hoping their former governor’s television show will convince Americans from the lower 48 to head north. (more)
December 10th, 2010
This is the underground lair where WikiLeaks’ own Doctor Evil stores the 250,000 secret cables that are wrecking US diplomacy. (more)
November 29th, 2010
An East Harlem man was being hailed as a subway hero for pulling a straphanger off the tracks Sunday, saving him from being crushed by a train. (more)
November 14th, 2010
In the story of the scourge of Somali piracy, Sunday’s news brings to a close one of the longest-running hostage crises in the region. (more)
November 3rd, 2010
A woman who landed on the Environmental Protection Agency’s fugitives list upon fleeing the United States after a criminal conviction has been captured in the Dominican Republic, the agency said Tuesday. (more)
October 26th, 2010
Despite President Obama’s weekend visit to the state to boost the candidacy of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Republican Sharron Angle remains slightly ahead in Nevada’s U.S. Senate race – for the fourth survey in a row. (more)
October 13th, 2010
After 69 days stuck underground, most people would be itching to get to the surface and into the arms of family and friends. (more)
October 8th, 2010
A fish with curving vampire fangs, a gecko that looks as if it’s wearing lipstick and a carnivorous plant more than seven meters (23 feet) high may sound like creatures from a nightmare but they are real. (more)
September 15th, 2010
Egypt’s state-run newspaper has come under fire for altering a photograph to suggest President Hosni Mubarak was leading the Middle East peace talks. (more)
September 9th, 2010
U.S. Marines rescued the crew of a hijacked German-owned ship in the Gulf of Aden in the pre-dawn darkness Thursday, apprehending nine pirates without firing a shot. (more)
September 2nd, 2010
Russia announced a 12-month extension of its grain export ban on Thursday, raising fears about a return to the food shortages and riots of 2007-08 which spread through developing countries dependent on imports. (more)
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