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Yemeni clerics tackle al-Qaida's ideology
Seeded on Sun May 20, 2012 5:58 PM EDT (United Press International)
This short information "press release" indicates that a conference is taking place in Yemen which is attended by both clerics and scholars seeking ways to confront al Qaeda and stop it's advance.
State Department's new Middle East fund in trouble on Capitol Hill
Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 4:42 PM EDT ()
The biggest single new initiative in the State Department's $51.6 billion budget proposal for next year was a Middle East Incentive Fund -- $770 million in mostly new money to help State respond to the Arab Spring by supporting emerging democracies and their c …
U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region Conducts Training Friday Morning for NATO Summit in Chicago
Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 4:17 PM EDT (The Blaze)
Whether residents were mentally ready or not, a training exercise involving Air Force KC-135 tankers, Air Force F-16s, and a Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopters took place this morning in Chicago as part of the military’s preparation for the NATO Summit that begins o …
Is it time for Kofi Annan to give up in Syria?
Seeded on Sat May 19, 2012 4:14 AM EDT (FP The Middle East Channel)
A growing number of Western diplomats argue privately that it time for Kofi Annan to declare his bid to resolve the Syrian crisis has failed. The first U.N. monitoring team in Syria.[Photo:worldnews.msnbc.msn.com]
How big a threat to the U.S. is Russia?
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 8:54 PM EDT (CNN)
FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Top Democrats are jumping all over Mitt Romney for comments he made about Russia. Russia Threatens To Target U.S.Defense Sites With Nuclear Missiles[Photo: theblaze.com]
WATCH: Paul Krugman Wonders If Boehner, Other Republicans Are 'Manchurian Candidates'
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 8:47 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Appearing on "Martin Bashir" Friday afternoon, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman said that Republican leaders' economic policy is so destructive that "sometimes you do wonder if these guys are moles –Manchurian Candidates – for I don’t know who." (Watch ab …
Apocalypse Fairly Soon
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 5:55 PM EDT (The New York Times)
Suddenly, it has become easy to see how the euro — that grand, flawed experiment in monetary union without political union — could come apart at the seams. We’re not talking about a distant prospect, either. Things could fall apart with stunning speed, …
A Sad Tale of Two Families and a Little Girl
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 12:15 PM EDT (CNN)
A 7-year-old girl is at the center of an international custody dispute. She is a child with two identities, in two countries, with two sets of parents who claim her as their own. Loyda Rodriguez says she can still remember the day her daughter was taken. What began as a simple …
Donald Trump Says US 'Crazy' for Enforcing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 10:55 AM EDT (Corporate Crime Reporter)
The Donald has weighed in. And he says that the USA is “crazy” for enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). “If you want to operate in Mexico, you have to pay bribes,” Donald Trump said on CNBC’s Squakbox program. “This is how …
Obama Will Meet with NATO to Ponder Afghanistan Future
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 9:15 AM EDT (McClatchy)
President Barack Obama will host the NATO alliance Sunday in Chicago to talk of long-term commitments to Afghanistan, tempered by the fact that the countries are tired of the war, their budgets are strained and they see a need to resist what one analyst called “a rush …
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