WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will deploy additional amphibious ships to the Mediterranean, the military said on Friday, as part of the Obama administration’s plans for responding to ongoing violence in Libya. (more)
During a White House address on Wednesday, President Barack Obama alongside Secretary of State Hillary Clinton denounced the violence in Libya as “outrageous” and “unacceptable.” But what does that mean? (more)
Most Americans don’t delve deeply into the details of global conflicts. They rely instead on a hierarchy of common sense. I will kill you, for example, trumps I will be mean to you. Their preferences are governed by certain basic narratives. The competing details are inconsequential if one side loses a basic narrative. (more)
Carla Bruni — who had a reputation as a “man-eater” before becoming the first lady of France — had three former lovers as houseguests when she took French President Nicolas Sarkozy to the Riviera on his first vacation in her Mediterranean villa, a new book claims. (more)
Andrea Tantaros, a Republican party strategist, caricatured the First Lady as a “modern-day Marie Antoinette” in a scathing New York newspaper column. Some among a flurry of newspaper and television reports, have estimated the cost to the American taxpayer of her entourage’s trip at $375,000, drawing criticism as much of the US is mired in economic gloom. (more)
The same fiscal hubris that pushed Greece’s economy past the breaking point has become Obama’s economic policy: spend without regard to future consequences. Spend regardless of revenue. Spend, and give no thought to the effect on the private sector. Just spend. (more)
The suspected paymaster of the Russian spy ring vanished yesterday after a judge in Cyprus allowed him to go free on bail of only $24,400. (more)
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI appealed Saturday for support for embattled Christian communities in the Middle East, calling them a vital force for peace in the region. (more)
After one of the most tumultuous periods in its 159-year run, the America’s Cup, once again, belongs to America. (more)
Investigators were tonight carrying out DNA tests on severely burned bodies recovered from the sea after an Ethiopian Airlines flight carrying 90 people caught fire during a lightning storm and crashed into the Mediterranean minutes after taking off from Beirut. (more)
