US closes Syrian embassy as diplomacy collapses
06.02.2012, 20:51:50
BEIRUT (AP) -- The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus Monday in a dramatic new Western push to get President Bashar Assad to leave power as diplomatic efforts to resolve one of the deadliest conflicts of the Arab Spring collapsed.... |
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US levies tougher sanctions on Iran's Central Bank
06.02.2012, 20:23:58
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama levied tough new sanctions on Iran's Central Bank Monday amid increased tensions over Tehran's nuclear program and the specter of an Israeli attack on the Islamic republic.... |
Gingrich shunned lobbying, but hired lobbyists
06.02.2012, 20:36:35
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says his consulting group never lobbied for clients. But his business hired state and federal lobbyists to work with clients, and some staff left to take lobbying jobs, according to lobbying disclosures and corporate reports.... |
Granddad: Boys played happily before fatal visit
06.02.2012, 20:55:58
GRAHAM, Wash. (AP) -- The maternal grandparents of Josh Powell's two sons say the boys were playing happily Sunday and didn't want to visit their father.... |
Iraq's al-Qaida claims 2 deadly attacks on Shiites
06.02.2012, 20:29:17
BAGHDAD (AP) -- An al-Qaida front group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for the two deadliest attacks on Shiites since the U.S. military completed its withdrawal last month, underlining an escalating sectarian security and political crisis that threatens to drive the country toward civil war.... |
Palestinians take step toward unity
06.02.2012, 20:44:59
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- After months of wavering, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took a decisive step Monday toward reconciliation with the Islamic militant group Hamas, a move Israel promptly warned would close the door to any future peace talks.... |
Tax reform in this election year: It's not likely
06.02.2012, 20:43:32
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tax reform sounds like a good idea to lots of people, but where to start? Eliminate the popular deduction for home mortgages? End the write-off for charitable contributions? How about expanding the Social Security payroll tax?... |
Mo. teen describes killing as amazing, enjoyable
06.02.2012, 20:41:35
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri teenager who admitted stabbing, strangling and slitting the throat of a young neighbor girl wrote in her journal on the night of the killing that it was an "ahmazing" and "pretty enjoyable" experience - then headed off to church with a laugh.... |
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