Clinton: Iran is becoming a military dictatorship
DOHA, Qatar - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that Iran is becoming a military dictatorship, a new U.S. accusation in the midst of rising tensions with Iran over its nuclear ambitions and crack down on anti-government protesters.
Nations:Russia Saudi Arabia Qatar People:Hillary Clinton Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis Source:(AP)
2010-02-15
US seeks to shore up support for tough Iran stance
DOHA, Qatar - U.S. officials sought to shore up support Sunday for a tougher stand against Iran's nuclear program by saying Tehran had left the world little choice and expressing renewed confidence that holdout China would come around to harsher U.N. penalties.
Nations:Qatar Saudi Arabia Canada Russia People:David Petraeus Hosni Mubarak Joseph Biden Barack Obama Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Hillary Clinton Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis
2010-02-14
East Coast digs out from storm for record books
PHILADELPHIA - The second of back-to-back blizzards that smothered the East Coast and eclipsed seasonal snowfall records with more than a month of winter remaining had tapered off by Thursday, although governments and schools remained closed to contend with the aftermath.
Nations:U.S. Saudi Arabia People:Michael Bloomberg Source:(AP)
2010-02-11
China slams US criticism of Internet controls
BEIJING - Beijing issued a stinging response Friday to Hillary Rodham Clinton's criticism that it is jamming the free flow of words and ideas on the Internet, accusing the United States of damaging relations between the two countries by imposing its "information imperialism" on China.
Nations:China Uzbekistan Tunisia Saudi Arabia People:Hillary Clinton Activities:2010 Google China Dispute China Control of Internet China-U.S. Source:(AP)
2010-01-23
Britain raises international terror threat level
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain raised its international terrorism threat level to 'severe' -- its second highest level of terror alert -- from 'substantial' on Friday, Home Secretary (interior minister) Alan Johnson said.
Nations:Afghanistan Saudi Arabia People:Hillary Clinton Ban Ki-moon Hamid Karzai Activities:Anti-terror War in U.K. Source:(Reuters)
2010-01-23
Thousands rally against Obama
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Ten of thousands of protestors from across the United States descended on the nation's capital Saturday, decrying President Barack Obama, "big government" and big spending.
Nations:U.S. Ukraine Saudi Arabia People:Barack Obama Source:(AFP)
2009-09-12
IMF welcomes China's progress on currency
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund Wednesday welcomed China's progress on liberalizing its currency, but said some countries still view the yuan or renminbi as "substantially undervalued."
Nations:China Saudi Arabia Russia People:Barack Obama George W. Bush Activities:Chinese Currency Dispute
2009-07-22
Budget deficit tops $1 trillion for first time
WASHINGTON -- The federal deficit has topped $1 trillion for the first time ever and could grow to nearly $2 trillion by this fall, intensifying fears about higher interest rates, inflation and the strength of the dollar.
Nations:Afghanistan United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia U.S. People:Timothy Geithner John Boehner Barack Obama Activities:Obama Stimulus Package 2008 U.S. Recession
2009-07-13
Holder close to making decision on Gitmo detainees
LONDON - The United States is "relatively close" to making decisions on what to do with an initial group of Guantanamo Bay detainees, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Sunday.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan Algeria Lithuania Saudi Arabia Portugal People:Barack Obama Activities:CIA Prison Scandal Source:(AP)
2009-04-27
Obama to Boost Forces in Afghanistan, Set Benchmarks
March 27 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama plans to send 4,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to train local forces and set benchmarks for progress in battling militants there and in Pakistan, administration officials said.
Nations:Afghanistan Saudi Arabia India Mexico U.S. Russia People:John Kerry Hillary Clinton Dianne Feinstein Robert Gates Hamid Karzai Richard Lugar Activities:Afghan Terror War
2009-03-27
Sources: More US troops for Afghan war
WASHINGTON - Confronting an inherited and faltering war, President Barack Obama plans to dispatch thousands more military and civilian trainers to Afghanistan by the fall on top of the 17,000 combat troops he has already ordered, senior administration officials said Thursday.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan Saudi Arabia India Mexico U.S. People:Hamid Karzai Carl Levin Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Activities:Afghan Terror War
2009-03-26
Worldwide hopes soar for Obama inauguration
LONDON - A world made weary by war, recession, joblessness and fear shed its collective burden Tuesday to celebrate the arrival of a new American president. Bulls and goats were slaughtered for feasts in Kenya and caterers prepped for black-tie balls in the capitals of Europe.
Nations:Kenya U.K. Sweden U.S. Guyana Indonesia People:Barack Obama George W. Bush Activities:Obama Admin.
2009-01-20
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