Rice says she will visit Libya |
| | | Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she will visit Libya before the Bush administration leaves office to celebrate a dramatic turnaround in U.S. ties with the former pariah state. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Aid pours into Georgia, S. Ossetia still cut off |
| | | GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations and Red Cross have poured hundreds of tonnes of aid supplies into Georgia, but need better security conditions before deploying in South Ossetia, the two bodies said on Friday. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Russia: US missiles in Poland won't go unpunished |
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Obama specifies payroll, dividend tax plans |
| | | HONOLULU (Reuters) - Barack Obama's presidential campaign said on Thursday a potential hike in payroll taxes for wealthy Americans under an Obama administration would not occur for 10 years while taxes on dividends and capital gains would be capped at 20 percent. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Clinton to get roll call at Democratic convention |
| | | Turns out Democratic primary loser Hillary Rodham Clinton will get time to shine at the party's national convention after all -- and quite a bit of it. Democrats officially will choose Barack Obama to run against Republican John McCain this fall. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Rice offering Georgia imperfect peace plan |
| | | Choosing expediency over principle, the United States and its allies are pushing Georgia's pro-Western government to accept major concessions in a cease-fire with Russia. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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15 killed in truck crash in southern Philippines |
| | | Police say at least 15 hitchhikers have been killed and 14 others injured when the truck they were riding in plunged into a ravine in a southern Philippine mining area. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Trial of accused killer delayed |
| | | The trial of a teenager accused of fatally stabbing another student at school has been delayed while prosecutors appeal a judge's decision to bar recorded conversations between the defendant and his parents. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Bush hits Russia on 'bullying and intimidation' |
| | | President Bush on Friday accused Russia of "bullying and intimidation" against Georgia, saying that the people in the former Soviet republic chose freedom and "we will not cast them aside." | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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8 quit R.I. commission over illegal immigrant crackdown |
| | | PROVIDENCE - The majority of Governor Donald L. Carcieri's Commission on Hispanic Affairs resigned yesterday to protest his executive order cracking down on illegal immigrants, and they accused Carcieri of creating a climate of a fear and anxiety in Rhode Island. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Charges Over Honeymoon Murders |
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Ageism 'Rife' Within Hospitals |
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Bail hearing set for man charged in parents' death |
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Today on the presidential campaign trail |
| | | IN THE HEADLINES Jackson Browne sues McCain, RNC over use of song in ad mocking Obama's `tire gauge' remark ... Troops donate more campaign money to Obama than McCain, despite McCain's military record ... A banished adviser stops by to see McCain in a warmer clime ... | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Some big Bush fundraisers |
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Thai court rules case against Thaksin can proceed |
| | | The corruption trial of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife can proceed even though the couple fled to Britain earlier this week, a Thai court ruled Friday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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5 deported from China after 'Free Tibet' stunt |
| | | Five foreign activists were deported Friday after they scaled a landmark building in Beijing to unfurl a "Free Tibet" banner over the top of an Olympic Games billboard in the latest protest during the games. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Prison for Connecticut man in Internet fraud case |
| | | A federal prosecutor says a former West Haven man has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for his role in an elaborate Internet scheme to steal identities. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Protests in Peru a year after major quake |
| | | Residents of Peru's southern coast took to the streets Friday to protest the government's response to an magnitude-8.0 earthquake a year ago that left tens of thousands homeless. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Torrington sex offender gets community award |
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