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- FACT CHECK: Romney off on Obama's love for unions
- Obama strikes at Romney in Iowa, seeks 2008 energy
- Lebanese hostages now crossed into Turkey: minister
- AP NewsAlert
- U.N. says Syria bombings show marks of "terrorist groups"
- Raid admiral's toughest fight: winning Washington
- Canada lifts threshold for foreign takeover reviews
- Clock ticking on Illinois Medicaid, pension reforms
- Mitt Romney Ordered $55,000 'Phantom Park' Car Elevator, Designer Says
- Qaeda-linked suicide bomber kills 12 in Yemen
- French-German row on euro "largely overstated": IMF
- Irish support for EU treaty strong, days before vote
- Egypt to pick Islamist or military man as president
- U.N. inspectors find high-grade uranium traces in Iran
- Polls show Greek conservatives, leftists neck-and-neck
- Obama to host Philippine president at White House
- Joe Biden Reflects on Grief, Suicidal Thoughts After Death of Wife and Daughter
- Lebanese hostages still in rebel hands: SNC official
- Senators admonish Oklahoma GOP senator
- Chinese WTO suit strikes back at U.S. duties
- Federal Worker Savings Plan Computers Hit in Cyber-Attack
- Senate panel reins in Pentagon on clean energy
- Canadian arrested for incident at Miami airport
- House Republican leaders plan summer tax cut vote
- Brotherhood to talk on VP, government with others: official
- Analysis: Revolutionaries see reversal in Egypt vote
- Brotherhood calls talks to "save" Egyptian revolution
- Penthouse Owner: Leave Bill Clinton Alone
- Bankia, Catalonia pile on Spanish debt worries
- Syrian forces kill 50 in Homs province: opposition group
- Wisconsin's progressivism faces a recall
- Syrian forces kill 50 in Homs province: opposition group
| FACT CHECK: Romney off on Obama's love for unions Posted: 25 May 2012 05:56 AM PDT
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| Obama strikes at Romney in Iowa, seeks 2008 energy Posted: 25 May 2012 05:14 AM PDT
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| Lebanese hostages now crossed into Turkey: minister Posted: 25 May 2012 02:50 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said on Friday that freed Lebanese hostages in Syria had crossed safely into Turkey. "The latest information that we have received is that they are in good health and now crossed into Turkey," he told reporters at the airport who were waiting for the plane carrying the freed hostages. He said they would arrive in Beirut "within two or three hours". ... |
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| U.N. says Syria bombings show marks of "terrorist groups" Posted: 25 May 2012 02:44 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The size and sophistication of some recent bomb attacks in Syria suggest that "established terrorist groups" may have been behind them, the U.N. chief said on Friday, in a letter in which he urged states not to supply arms to government or rebel forces. "The overall situation in Syria remains extremely serious and there has been only small progress on some issues," U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council in the letter on the 14-month-old conflict between government forces and increasingly militarized opposition. ... |
| Raid admiral's toughest fight: winning Washington Posted: 25 May 2012 02:43 PM PDT The commander in charge of the raid to kill Osama bin Laden is defending his proposal that would give him more authority to send special operations forces overseas to address problems like terrorists or sudden Arab Spring-style unrest. |
| Canada lifts threshold for foreign takeover reviews Posted: 25 May 2012 02:32 PM PDT OTTAWA/TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada will boost the threshold at which it will review proposed foreign takeovers of Canadian companies, the industry minister said on Friday, but he stopped short of fulfilling a government pledge to clarify the criteria for approving them. Sharpening its focus on the biggest deals, the government will gradually raise the threshold for mandatory reviews to proposed acquisitions with at least C$1 billion in enterprise value. The current threshold is C$330 million ($320 million) in asset value. ... |
| Clock ticking on Illinois Medicaid, pension reforms Posted: 25 May 2012 02:31 PM PDT (Reuters) - Facing a May 31 deadline, the Illinois General Assembly on Friday raced to pass legislation to stop the state from sinking under pension and Medicaid payments, which account for 39 percent of general fund spending. Both chambers of the Democratic-controlled legislature on Thursday sent Governor Pat Quinn a bill that would slice spending on Medicaid, the joint federal-state healthcare program for the poor, by $1.6 billion by reducing eligibility and provider rates and cutting or eliminating programs. ... |
| Mitt Romney Ordered $55,000 'Phantom Park' Car Elevator, Designer Says Posted: 25 May 2012 02:23 PM PDT
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| Qaeda-linked suicide bomber kills 12 in Yemen Posted: 25 May 2012 02:19 PM PDT SANAA (Reuters) - Two al Qaeda-linked suicide bombers targeting Shi'ite Muslims blew themselves up at a school and a protest march in northern Yemen on Friday killing at least 12 people, the defence ministry said. The attacks came less than a week after a suicide bomber in army uniform detonated an explosive belt at a military parade rehearsal in Sanaa, killing more than 90 soldiers and wounding at least 200 more. ... |
| French-German row on euro "largely overstated": IMF Posted: 25 May 2012 02:16 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Perceived differences between France and Germany over how to solve Europe's debt crisis are "largely overstated", International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said in an interview published on Friday. Asked whether there was no need to panic about a rift between Paris and Berlin, Frenchwoman Lagarde told Britain's Guardian newspaper: "I should think so ... I think it's largely overstated. ... |
| Irish support for EU treaty strong, days before vote Posted: 25 May 2012 02:16 PM PDT DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish support for Europe's new fiscal treaty remains strong less than a week before the only popular vote on plans for stricter budget discipline is held, although a large block of undecided voters could still have a decisive say. Ireland will hold its third European referendum in five years on Thursday, and the 'Yes' campaign, led by the three largest political parties, along with business and farming groups, have led in every opinion poll since the vote was called three months ago. ... |
| Egypt to pick Islamist or military man as president Posted: 25 May 2012 02:08 PM PDT
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| U.N. inspectors find high-grade uranium traces in Iran Posted: 25 May 2012 02:04 PM PDT
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| Polls show Greek conservatives, leftists neck-and-neck Posted: 25 May 2012 02:00 PM PDT ATHENS (Reuters) - Parties supporting and opposing Greece's international bailout are running neck-and-neck ahead of next month's repeat national election, which could determine the country's future in the euro zone, three opinion polls showed on Friday. Greece was forced to call the new June 17 vote after an election on May 6 left parliament divided evenly between groups of parties that support and oppose the austerity conditions attached to a 130 billion euro bailout agreed with the European Union and International Monetary Fund in March. ... |
| Obama to host Philippine president at White House Posted: 25 May 2012 01:51 PM PDT President Barack Obama will meet with Philippine President Benigno Aquino III on June 8 at the White House. |
| Joe Biden Reflects on Grief, Suicidal Thoughts After Death of Wife and Daughter Posted: 25 May 2012 01:50 PM PDT
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| Lebanese hostages still in rebel hands: SNC official Posted: 25 May 2012 01:45 PM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - A senior Syrian National Council official said on Friday that Lebanese Shi'ite men abducted by Syrian rebels this week were still in the hands of rebels but would be handed over to Turkey soon. "We are still working on the handover. They are still with the armed group," Ahmad Ramadan told Reuters, speaking from Istanbul. (Reporting by Khaled Oweis; editing by Tim Pearce) |
| Senators admonish Oklahoma GOP senator Posted: 25 May 2012 01:45 PM PDT The Senate Ethics Committee admonished Republican Sen. Tom Coburn on Friday over his contact with a top aide to former Sen. John Ensign, the Nevada lawmaker who resigned in disgrace last year after lying about his affair with the staffer's wife. |
| Chinese WTO suit strikes back at U.S. duties Posted: 25 May 2012 01:41 PM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - China launched a complaint at the World Trade Organization on Friday against U.S. import duties on 22 Chinese products that the United States says are unfairly priced or subsidized, including solar panels and steel products. "China firmly opposes the abuse of trade remedy measures and trade protectionism," China's Ministry of Commerce said in a statement. China's complaint counterattacks in areas where the United States has hit Chinese products with punitive tariffs, known as anti-dumping duties or countervailing duties, in recent years. ... |
| Federal Worker Savings Plan Computers Hit in Cyber-Attack Posted: 25 May 2012 01:38 PM PDT Last month the FBI notified the Thrift Savings Plan, the contribution retirement savings plan for Federal employees, that a contractor's computer systems had been breached in a complex cyber-attack with 123,000 Social Security numbers being compromised. According to the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB)... |
| Senate panel reins in Pentagon on clean energy Posted: 25 May 2012 01:35 PM PDT The Pentagon's investment in green energy requires too much green paper for some in Congress. |
| Canadian arrested for incident at Miami airport Posted: 25 May 2012 01:34 PM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - A Canadian man was arrested at Miami International Airport on Friday for rushing to the front of an American Airlines flight from Jamaica after it had landed, authorities said. The FBI said 24-year-old Ryan Snider caused no injuries or damage to the plane and his behavior did not appear to be terrorism related. But a statement from the agency said he was taken into federal custody and "expected to face federal charges which may include interference with a flight crew." An initial court appearance for Snider was expected to be scheduled for Tuesday, the statement said. ... |
| House Republican leaders plan summer tax cut vote Posted: 25 May 2012 01:33 PM PDT The House will vote this summer on continuing wide-ranging tax cuts first enacted under President George W. Bush, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Friday as the GOP sharpened its plans for confronting Democrats on one of the election's top issues. |
| Brotherhood to talk on VP, government with others: official Posted: 25 May 2012 01:33 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood said it will invite leading politicians knocked out of the country's presidential election to talks whose agenda will include the position of vice president and a future coalition government, a Brotherhood official said. Yasser Ali said the invitees would include Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh, an independent Islamist, and Hamdeen Sabahy, a leftist. The Brotherhood said the first round of the presidential race was won by its candidate, Mohamed Mursi. He will face Ahmed Shafiq, Hosni Mubarak's former prime minister, in a run-off. ... |
| Analysis: Revolutionaries see reversal in Egypt vote Posted: 25 May 2012 01:33 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's revolutionaries did not take to the streets to replace Hosni Mubarak with another military strongman or to put an Islamist ideologue in charge, but that is the choice they woke up to after a first-round vote for the presidency. The youths who put national pride before religion when they protested against Mubarak's autocratic rule last year have increasingly despaired, saying the revolution they initiated has been hijacked by generals and the Muslim Brotherhood. ... |
| Brotherhood calls talks to "save" Egyptian revolution Posted: 25 May 2012 01:33 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - The Muslim Brotherhood on Friday called Egyptian political forces to talks on ways to "save" the uprising ahead of a presidential election run-off it says will pit its candidate against Ahmed Shafiq, Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister. Mohamed Mursi, the Brotherhood's presidential candidate, has contacted other presidential candidates and party leaders and invited them to a meeting on Saturday, said Essam el-Erian, the deputy head of the Brotherhood's political party. (Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Sophie Hares) |
| Penthouse Owner: Leave Bill Clinton Alone Posted: 25 May 2012 01:33 PM PDT Marc Bell, the private-equity mogul who owns Penthouse, thinks the whole Bill-Clinton-posing-with-porn-stars business has gotten out of hand. "It's unfortunate that a harmless picture has gotten so much play," Bell told ABC News in a phone interview from Monaco on Friday. Bell was at the... |
| Bankia, Catalonia pile on Spanish debt worries Posted: 25 May 2012 01:29 PM PDT
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| Syrian forces kill 50 in Homs province: opposition group Posted: 25 May 2012 01:13 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 50 people, including 13 children, were killed when Syrian forces attacked the town of Houla in Homs province on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and activists said. Activists said clashes erupted in the town when Syrian forces opened fire on a protest against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad and killed one protester. "The soldiers are shelling Houla right now, the casualties are huge," said activist Ahmad Kassem. He said opposition fighters fired back, inflicting casualties on the soldiers and destroying five tanks. ... |
| Wisconsin's progressivism faces a recall Posted: 25 May 2012 01:12 PM PDT
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| Syrian forces kill 50 in Homs province: opposition group Posted: 25 May 2012 12:59 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - At least 50 people, including 13 children, were killed when Syrian forces tried to break into the town of Houla in Homs province on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and activists said. Activists have reported clashes between Syrian forces and rebel fighters. "The soldiers are shelling Houla right now, the casualties are huge," said activist Ahmad Kassem. (Reporting by Mariam Karouny; Editing by Tim Pearce) |
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