NEW YORK – At the United Nations headquarters, signs of a brewing debate as heated as the 2003 invasion of Iraq can be found aplenty. Parallel to the growing criticisms of the Barack Obama administration’s…
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U.S. President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing the Central Intelligence Agency to conduct covert operations to help rebels in Libya, media reports said here on Wednesday. Obama signed the order, known as…
Mugabe says his ZANU-PF party regards black economic empowerment as a key part of the national liberation struggle. Mugabe says ZANU-PF would nationalize firms from countries that imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe, arguing they cannot operate…
OPEN LETTER President of the Russian Federation Medvedev DA Prime Minister of Russian Federation VV Putin from citizens of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, working and living in Libya March 24, 2011, Tripoli, Libya Dear Mr….
More than 100 university students from 10 eastern U.S. states have registered to compete for the “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition, the organizers announced on Thursday. The 2nd “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign…
Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor, who was widely considered as one of the great actresses of Hollywood’s Golden Age, passed away in Los Angeles early Wednesday. She was 79. The glamorous queen of American cinema stardom…
Three men cling to the garbage. From the hill, on this warm winter day, the piles of waste look considerable. But they are deemed scarce for the many archaeologists of misery. A “corrido” (Mexican folk…
US hip-hop star Nate Dogg, who worked with Snoop Dogg, Warren G and Eminem, has died at the age of 41. Lawyer Mark Geragos told the Associated Press news agency that the singer died as…
The global financial crisis marked the end of the dominance of free-market capitalism, and even the IMF is now questioning the ideology behind it. With money comes great influence: political, ideological, even sartorial. The doublet…
The number of Americans initially applying for unemployment aid last week rose after hitting its lowest level in nearly three years a week earlier, the U.S. Labor Department said Thursday. The Labor Department said that…