PRESIDENT OBAMA in a shocking cheating scandal after being caught in a D.C. hotel with a former campaign aide.
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Archive for May 3rd, 2010
OBAMA CHEATING SCANDAL: SHOCKING NEW REPORTS
Get Ready for a Nuclear Iran
Negotiations grind on toward a fourth U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution against Iran’s nuclear weapons program, even as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in New York to address the Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. Sanctions advocates acknowledge that the Security Council’s ultimate product will do no more than marginally impede Iran’s progress. In Congress, sanctions legislation...
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Nicaragua accused of helping Colombian drug lords to establish trafficking routes
The head of the Sandinista Government in Nicaragua protected one of the world’s top drug barons and helped him to establish trafficking routes through the country, a former high-ranking officer has claimed. During the 1980s Daniel Ortega, the revolutionary leader and current President, gave Pablo Escobar, the head of Colombia’s Medellín cartel, access to...
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Bombs target buses of Christian students in Iraq
Two bombs exploded minutes apart Sunday near buses carrying Christian students in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing at least one bystander and injuring around 100 others, a security official said. Sunni Muslim insurgents have frequently targeted members of Iraq’s Christian minority, especially in Mosul, which is home to a large Christian community....
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Thad Allen Goes Back to Gulf Coast
When it comes to dealing with incidents in and around New Orleans, it appears there’s only one man for the job: Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen. Allen, of course, was the go-to guy in the Hurricane Katrina response after the initial federal effort went awry. Now Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has tapped...
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Mexico drug wars: 24 dead in 24 hours over the weekend
May 2, 2010 – Drug war violence in Mexico is reaching an all-time high with 24 dead in 24 hours over the weekend. The majority of the deaths occurred in the Mexican state of Chihuahua where 10 people died. The remainder of the deaths were scattered over three other locations throughout the state with...
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Attempts Suggest Shift to Small-Scale Strikes
Terrorism Investigators See Rash of Schemes by Small Groups or Individuals That Are Often Harder to Detect in Advance
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Juárez is dying, prominent journalist warns
EL PASO — Charles Bowden paints Juárez as a potential corpse. “You can look out your office window and just watch one of the major cities of Mexico die,” he said in a recent phone interview from Albuquerque. Bowden, an award-winning Arizona author and one of the region’s most prominent freelance journalists, documents the...
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Greek bailout fails to give world markets a lift
World markets fell Monday even after Greece’s 15 partners in the eurozone and the International Monetary Fund agreed to bail out the highly indebted country. In Europe, Germany’s DAX was 23.92 points, or 0.4 percent, at 6,111.78 while France’s CAC-40 fell 31.04 points, or 0.8 percent, at 3,785.95. The FTSE 100 index of leading...
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Iran, US take nuke dispute to UN stage
UNITED NATIONS — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad brought his nuclear showdown with Western powers to New York on Monday, turning a UN treaty conference into a stage for the long-running confrontation over Iran’s uranium enrichment program. The only head of state participating, Ahmadinejad was one of Monday’s scheduled kickoff speakers for the monthlong session,...
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