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Hillary wins Puerto Rico by a wide margin but two thirds abstain
Mrs. Hillary Clinton has been projected to win the Puerto Rico primary by a wide margin, according to projections after the polls Sunday. The...
Michelle and Barack Obama resign from their church
Barack Obama has severed ties with the controversial Chicago church he attended for nearly two decades, as he seeks to protect himself against Republican...
Obama – Clinton : DNC’s fair deal for Florida and Michigan
Democratic party officials dealt a blow to Hillary Clinton on Saturday by rejecting her calls for Michigan and Florida to have their full voting...
Obama – Clinton : Settling the Michigan and Florida math
Democratic officials are meeting in Washington on Saturday in an attempt to resolve the highly-charged dispute over whether delegates from Florida and Michigan should...
Obama – Clinton : Hillary proves her divisive political prowess
Hillary Clinton’s campaign on Friday stepped up its defiance of the near-consensus view that Barack Obama has won the Democratic nomination, claiming she would...
Palestinian winners of US Fulbright scholarship refused …
Students from Gaza have seen their prestigious Fulbright scholarships withdrawn by the US state depatment. In a statement made to the press, Tom Casey,...
Catholic Church condemns and decrees against women …
The catholic church represented by the holy city of Vatican has strongly condemned women trying to become ordained as priests. In a decree announced...
US military head meets officials in Morocco
The Head of the US Africa Command (AFRICOM), Gen. William E. Ward, Thursday began a two-day visit to Morocco, a US Embassy statement said...
Barack Obama to visit Iraq ?
Iraq has surged back towards the top of the presidential campaign agenda as attention shifts from the closing stages of the Democratic nomination race...
President Bush’s “War on terror” term dumb ?
The west needs a more comprehensive strategy to counter al-Qaeda propaganda and the US should stop using the term “war on terror”, according to...
Former White House press secretary blasts President Bush on Iraq and reveals secrets in a new book
Scott McClellan, former white house press secretary has written a book in which he blasts President bush and his advisors for orchestrating a war...
New York officially asked to recognise gay marriages
Following California Supreme Court ruling lifting a ban on gay marriage, New York governor, David Paterson in a memo to state agencies asked them...
Obama or McCain, who is ahead in hispanic support ?
Barack Obama is speaking a lot of Spanish nowadays. In addition last weekend to releasing the first advertisement in which a presidential candidate speaks...
The obscene act of mistaking Barack Obama for Ossama Bin Laden
Mistaking the name of a good american for an arab gone mad is not just insane and obscene, it is simply an American...
Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s new child
The High Court in the Malawi capital, Lilongwe, has given American diva Madonna the go ahead to permanent adopt a two-year-old Malawian toddler, David...
Obama – McCain : Turn on lobbyist nightmare on the campaign trail
It is an irony of the 2008 election that the long shadow of Jack Abramoff, the former Republican super-lobbyist, looms over the very man,...
Distorting Michelle Obama’s words is tantamount to bigotry
Michelle Obama is a well educated woman. A former sociology and law student in Princeton and Havard, respectively. Her support has been priceless to...
Obama – McCain campaign and Israel
"Thrown under the bus" is becoming the phrase of the American presidential election. It describes the moment when a candidate disowns an embarrassing supporter...
U.S: Joakim Noah caught for drug possesion
Joakim Noah has been arrested last Sunday at Gainesville (Florida, United States) with some weed and for non-respect of the local legislation regarding public...
Obama and McCain at loggerheads on big issues
Two weeks ago I expressed the naive hope that a US presidential contest between John McCain and Barack Obama might be a cut above...
Mugabe threatens US Ambassador and accuses Washington
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe Sunday threatened to expel US Ambassador James McGee, accusing him of interfering in the country's domestic affairs.
Officially launching his re-election...
Hillary Clinton regrets her determined hope
Hillary Clinton on Friday voiced regret for evoking the assassination of Robert Kennedy as part of her explanation for why she was staying in...
Obama seduces Jewish and Cuban communities in Florida
For the second consecutive day, Barack Obama on Friday stood up in front of one of the toughest groups of voters in America's toughest,...
Woman sentenced to 20 years in prison for keeping her children in cages
Brenda Sullivan has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for keeping her son in a cage. The 17 year old weighed only 49...
McCain’s pastor’s Catholic insult and Hitler remarks
John McCain on Thursday rejected the endorsement of an influential evangelical Christian leader who has faced criticism for controversial remarks about the Catholic and...
Obama out to charm Florida and Clinton supporters
Barack Obama on Friday will wrap up a three-day sweep in Florida, a crucial swing state in the US presidential contest, where he has...
Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s adoption case making headway
Malawian High Court Judge Andrew Nyirenda, who is presiding over Madonna's adoption case, has set Wednesday 28 May as the day he will pronounce...
US court upholds homosexual officer’s lawsuit againt the military
A federal judges dismissal of Maj. Magaret Witts lawsuit about her discharge from the US army for being gay was revived by an appeals...
Obama Clinton and McCain battle it out for Florida
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday promised to take her dispute over the unseated delegates from Florida and Michigan to the Democratic convention in August if...
Racist monkey caricature of Barack Obama sends emotions flying
The owner of a bar in the US state of Georgia has designed a T Shirt depicting Senator Barack Obama in the form of...