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  • Obama Admin defends its decision to invite Hu on State dinner

    The Obama Admin has defended its decision to hold a state dinner for Chinese Prez Hu Jintao the first in 13 years as it faced flake from human rights bodies and lawmakers who alleged that Beijing continues to violate human rights of its own people. “The truth is we have met with them on many […]

    Hu Jintao on a 4-day visit to US

    The Chinese President Hu Jintao was accorded a red carpet welcome by the US after he arrived on a four-day state visit, even as lawmakers introduced legislation against yuan manipulation. The US Vice President Joe Biden was himself present at the Andrews Air Force Base to greet the Chinese President Tuesday evening, reflecting the high […]

    Pakistani paramilitary troops detains over 500 people for questioning

    Pakistani paramilitary troops detained over 500 people for questioning in the wake of a surge in ethnic and political violence in Karachi. The city witnessed a fresh bout of target killings last week in which 31 persons were killed. Four people were reported killed and three others injured in firing incidents in different parts of […]

    Irish PM Wins Confidence Vote from His Own Party

    Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen had won a motion of confidence at Tuesday evening’s ruling Fianna Fail parliamentary party meeting, the country’s public broadcaster RTE reported. At Dublin’s Leinster House, the seat of the Irish parliament, Fianna Fail’s members of parliament met together to discuss the leadership of the party and to vote on a […]

    Gbagbo Forces Open Fire toward UN Peacekeepers

    Forces loyal to the former president of Cote d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo, who declined to put down power despite his electoral defeat, have opened fire toward UN peacekeepers in a new “act of aggression,” a UN envoy told reporters on Tuesday. “The situation is very, very hostile but our spirit remains high,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Special […]

    Tunisia Interim President, PM Quit Ruling Party

    Tunisian interim president Foued Mebazaa and Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi quit Tunisia’s ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally party (RCD) Tuesday, official TAP news agency reported. The move is in implementation of the decision announced by Ghannouchi on Monday relative to the separation between state organs and political parties, TAP said. Later in the day, several members […]

    Three Injured in U.S. High School Shooting

    Three people were wounded by gunshots on Tuesday morning at Gardena Senior High School in the Los Angeles area, as the police were searching for a student who may have brought a gun to the campus. The shooting was reported at 10:30 a.m. at the campus at 1301 W. 182nd St., according to the Los […]

    Obama Orders Review to Cut Red Tape

    U.S. President Barack Obama issued an executive order to review federal regulations aimed at boosting economic growth and job creation, the White House said Tuesday. The new order outlined the president’s regulatory strategy “to support continued economic growth and job creation, while protecting the safety, health and rights of all Americans,” according to a White […]

    Obama Defends Healthcare Overhaul ahead of House Vote

    U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended his signature healthcare overhaul ahead of a vote to repeal it in the House of Representatives. In a White House statement, Obama said because of the Affordable Care Act passed last year, Americans now “have greater health security than they did a year ago…Small businesses across the country […]

    Yemeni Court Sentences Journalist to 5 Years for Suspected Qaida Links

    A Yemeni journalist and expert on al- Qaida issues was sentenced to five years in prison on Tuesday on charges of having links with the terrorist group and U.S.-wanted cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. Abdulelah Haidar Shaiee, 34, serves as a journalist with the Yemen’s state-run Saba News Agency, and also a freelancer for other international media, […]