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Tuesday, 30 December 2014
Lawyer says U.S. offered prisoner swap for ex-Marine held in Iran
A lawyer for an Iranian-American former U.S. Marine jailed in Tehran was reported on Tuesday as saying the United States had sought his release through a prisoner swap, but officials in Washington denied any proposed exchange.
Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabai, attorney for former Marine...
Read moreAfter guilty plea, NY congressman says he'll resign Jan. 5
A New York congressman who pleaded guilty to tax evasion just days ago has announced he'll resign from office next week because he would not be able to give the job his full attention anymore.
Republican Rep. Michael Grimm issued a statement late Monday saying he will resign effective...
Read moreThursday, 25 December 2014
Iraq seeks Turkish support in fight against IS
The Iraqi prime minister says Iraq and Turkey have discussed cooperation in fighting the Islamic State group, including possible Turkish military and intelligence assistance.
Haider al-Adabi told reporters during a visit to the Turkish capital on Thursday that he had provided...
Read moreCan GOP shatter 'Obama coalition' in 2016?
Republicans crowed in 2004 that freshly re-elected President George W. Bush had established a "permanent governing majority" for the GOP. Eight years later, Democrats were touting the enduring power of the "Obama coalition" to keep their party in the White House.
But Democrats couldn't...
Read moreObama personal chef to hang up apron after 6 years
Political advisers, chiefs of staff, press secretaries and national security advisers have come and gone in the nearly six years Barack Obama has been president. Now, the White House chef is also waving goodbye.
Sam Kass has been a fixture at the executive mansion, serving up nutrition...
Read moreTuesday, 23 December 2014
NY police union leader well known for his bite
Patrick Lynch was hollering.
Standing outside a Brooklyn hospital after the bodies of two slain police officers were taken away, the head of the nation's largest police union railed against Mayor Bill de Blasio for failing to support the rank-and-file, enabling protesters and creating...
Read moreCuban dissidents shaken by U.S. rapprochement, seek new tactics
President Barack Obama's decision to end five decades of enmity with Cuba has shaken the island's political dissidents, dividing their ranks and forcing them to rethink tactics.
Throughout the Cold War and beyond, the United States relied on the small dissident movement to...
Read moreMonday, 22 December 2014
Obama to name Sally Yates as pick for deputy attorney general
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce on Monday that U.S. Attorney Sally Yates will be his nominee for deputy attorney general, the No. 2 position at the Justice Department, a U.S. official said.
Yates, 54, currently serves as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District...
Read moreFriday, 19 December 2014
Putin: Russia military modernization to go ahead
Boasting about the Russian military's capability, President Vladimir Putin vowed Friday to continue an ambitious weapons modernization program with a particular emphasis on nuclear strategic forces.
The move came amid Russia's escalating standoff with the West.
Speaking...
Read more8 children killed, mother stabbed, in Australia
The bodies of eight children — aged 18 months to 15 years — and a wounded woman were discovered in a home in northern Australia on Friday, police said.
Police in Australia do not typically name suspects. Police did say they do not believe a murderer is at large and that they were...
Read moreHack attack spurs call for more NKorea sanctions
Suspicions that North Korea was behind a destructive hacking attack against Sony Pictures and a threat against movie theaters are intensifying calls for tougher U.S. steps to cut that country's access to hard currency and declare it once more as a state sponsor of terrorism.
At...
Read moreThursday, 18 December 2014
Cubans hope for better future with US-Havana deal
Cubans cheered the surprise announcement that their country will restore relations with the United States, hopeful they'll soon see expanded trade and new economic vibrancy even though the 53-year-old economic embargo remains in place for the time being.
"This opens a better...
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