Attackers of US Consulate in Turkey shared a bleak background - Los Angeles Times

2008-07-12T06:19:00.001-03:00

Turkey Holding 10 in Consulate Attack
New York Times, United States - 14 hours ago
By SEBNEM ARSU ISTANBUL — Turkish police have now detained 10 suspects in the armed attack on the United States Consulate on Wednesday that killed six ...

Report: Alleged driver in US consulate attack in Istanbul denies ...
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - 14 hours ago
By Suzan Fraser AP ISTANBUL, Turkey – Istanbul's governor said 10 people were being interrogated Friday in connection with an attack on the US consulate – a ...

Turkey catches suspect in US consulate attack
Taipei Times, Taiwan - 15 hours ago
Police in Turkey have concluded a massive manhunt by catching a fugitive gunman suspected of taking part in the attack on the US consulate in Istanbul, ...

Suspect in Turkish attack says he was only a driver
The Associated Press - 16 hours ago
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — A man suspected of driving the getaway car in the US consulate attack says he was simply hired as a driver and had no idea that his ...

Governor: Attack on US consulate in Turkey considered suicide attack
Xinhua, China - 18 hours ago
ANKARA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler said on Friday that Wednesday's attack on the US Consulate General in the Turkish city of ...

Gunmen Linked To Al Qaeda
Sky News, UK - 22 hours ago
Use the drop down menu below to filter stories and videos the way you want - when you want it! One of three gunmen who attacked the US consulate in Istanbul ...

Turkey detains suspected driver in gun attack on US consulate
Hürriyet, Turkey - Jul 11, 2008
Turkish police detained late on Thursday the suspected driver of the car used in the attack on the US Consulate in Istanbul this week, in which six people ...

Turkey. Police detain four for consulate attack
Ottawa Citizen, Canada - Jul 11, 2008
Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay said yesterday that four people had been detained in connection with a deadly attack at the United States consulate ...

Four Detained After Deadly Istanbul Attack
New York Times, United States - Jul 10, 2008
By SEBNEM ARSU ISTANBUL — The Turkish police said Thursday they had detained four people in connection with an investigation into a shooting at the United ...

UN council condemns attack at US consulate in Turkey
Jerusalem Post, Israel - Jul 10, 2008
By AP The UN Security Council has unanimously condemned the attack on the US consulate in Istanbul, Turkey that left three policemen and three assailants ...

Turkey detains suspected driver in gun attack: reports
National Post, Canada - Jul 10, 2008
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police on Thursday detained the suspected driver of the car used in an attack on the US consulate in Istanbul this week, ...

Al-Qaeda link to US mission attack?
Hindu, India - Jul 10, 2008
ISTANBUL: Four suspects were detained on Thursday in connection with the attack on the US consulate in Istanbul, and police and Turkey’s intelligence agency ...

UN Security Council condemns attack on US consulate in Turkey
Xinhua, China - Jul 10, 2008
UNITED NATIONS, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council strongly condemned on Thursday the deadly attack on Turkish police protecting the US consulate ...

Turkey catches suspect in US consulate attack
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Jul 10, 2008
By Suzan Fraser and Selcan Hacaoglu AP ISTANBUL, Turkey – A news agency says police have caught a fugitive gunman wanted in connection with the attack on ...

Turkey catches suspect in US consulate attack
The Associated Press - Jul 10, 2008
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — A news agency says police have caught a fugitive gunman wanted in connection with the attack on the US consulate in Istanbul, ...

Four arrested for Istanbul consulate assault
Radio Netherlands, Netherlands - Jul 10, 2008
Turkish police have arrested four people suspected of taking part in the recent attack on the US consulate in Istanbul. Although nobody has claimed ...

Turkey detains four after attack, tightens security
National Post, Canada - Jul 10, 2008
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Police detained four suspects and patrolled the high-walled perimeter of the US consulate in Istanbul on Thursday after 3 policemen and ...

Turkish police detain four after US consulate attack: agency
AFP - Jul 10, 2008
ISTANBUL (AFP) — Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay said Thursday that four people had been detained in connection with a deadly attack at the US ...

Turkey: 4 held over US consulate attack
CNN - Jul 10, 2008
ISTANBUL, Turkey (CNN) -- Turkish police have detained four people in connection with Wednesday's "terrorist" attack outside the US consulate in Istanbul, ...

Al Qaeda-PKK cooperation lies behind Istanbul consulate attack?
Hürriyet, Turkey - Jul 10, 2008
Turkish security officials have been investigating whether a cooperation of PKK and al Qaeda lays behind the attack outside the US Consulate in Istanbul. ...

Turkish news agency says 4 people detained in US Consulate attack ...
The Canadian Press, Turkey - Jul 10, 2008
ISTANBUL, Turkey — A Turkish news agency says a number of suspects have been detained in connection with the attack on the US consulate in Istanbul. ...

Fannie Mae Ugly - Wall Street Journal

2008-07-12T06:18:00.001-03:00

Critic of the Firms Sadly Says 'Told You'
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
By JOHN D. MCKINNON In the early 1980s, he was a top official in the Reagan Treasury Department. And Fannie Mae, at least by some measures, was insolvent, ...

Value Hunting's Sharpshooters Hurt As Financial Stocks Hurt Mutual ...
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
By GREGORY ZUCKERMAN and DIYA GULLAPALLI As financial stocks such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continue to struggle, there is plenty of pain to go around. ...

Worries batter mortgage giants
Baltimore Sun, United States - 1 hour ago
By Jamie Smith Hopkins | Sun reporter The speculation swirling around mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - whether they're in danger, ...

Big losses threaten mortgage giants
Seattle Times, United States - 2 hours ago
The Republican administration and Democratic-run Congress now are facing the possibility that once-stable mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could ...

Good timing: Feds avoid Fannie-style mortgage freefall
Globe and Mail, Canada - 2 hours ago
Jim Flaherty can rightly roll out a new slogan - friend of the Canadian home buyer. Go ahead, protest. The words might not ring true after Minister ...

Administration seeks to calm fears over Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
Los Angeles Times, CA - 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration scrambled Friday to calm speculation that the government would be forced by the housing crisis to take over Fannie Mae ...

Utah mortgage companies say don't panic over Fannie Mae-Freddie ...
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - 3 hours ago
Posted: 10:12 PM- As the shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tumbled Friday, the Bush administration scrambled to calm speculation that the government ...

Time to Let Fannie and Freddie Wither?
BusinessWeek - 3 hours ago
In good times, they were superfluous. Now they're only as good as their US guarantee by Peter Coy Are Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) really too big ...

US stocks fall on Fannie and Freddie fears
NDTV.com, India - 4 hours ago
Major US stock indices dropped on Friday on continuing concern that mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were threatened with possible collapse. ...

ON YOUR STREET: Intervention by feds may have huge impact on ...
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - 4 hours ago
The worsening plight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac set off alarm bells this week, as the ailing government-sponsored enterprises threaten to drag down the ...

Key US mortgage lender goes bust
BBC News, UK - 5 hours ago
One of the largest US mortgage lenders, the California-based IndyMac Bank, has collapsed amid a growing credit crisis. Federal regulators seized the bank's ...

Uncertainty surrounds Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Kansas City Star, MO - 5 hours ago
By MARK DAVIS Fading confidence in two cornerstones of the nation’s mortgage market could trigger federal intervention, perhaps as early as this weekend. ...

How Fallout Could Affect Main Street
New York Times, United States - 6 hours ago
By RON LIEBER The stock market swoon over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac this week has left many consumers scratching their heads, wondering if buying a home is ...

Fannie and Freddie are feeling unwell
Financial Times, UK - 6 hours ago
With the price of a barrel of oil exceeding $146 and stock markets reeling, the global economic turmoil has worsened this week. Yet most remarkable of all ...

Paulson stands by Fannie and Freddie as shares slide further
Financial Times, UK - 7 hours ago
The Bush administration yesterday attempted to quash suggestions that the US government might have to nationalise Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, ...

Midnight hour for Fannie and Freddie
CNN - 7 hours ago
There is no shortage of chatter about a possible bailout of two of the most important companies in the world. What would that look like and is it even ...

Fannie and Freddie fears, oil over $147 hit Wall St
Reuters - 8 hours ago
By Kristina Cooke NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stocks tumbled on Friday as fears about the stability of the top two home financing providers, Fannie Mae and ...

Markets plunge in fresh US housing crisis
guardian.co.uk, UK - 8 hours ago
Crude oil traders work on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Photograph: Justin Lane/ EPA A deepening housing crisis in the US, escalating oil ...

Real Estate/Media Experts Available to Discuss Media's Attempts to ...
FOXBusiness - 8 hours ago
SALT LAKE CITY, July 11, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----The likelihood that today's media reports on Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae could become a ...

US Senate passes mammoth housing rescue bill
AFP - 8 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The US Senate on Friday passed a mammoth housing rescue bill aimed at helping thousands of Americans to keep their homes, ...

Fannie, Freddie Worries Drive Down Markets
Washington Post, United States - 8 hours ago
By Renae Merle A volatile week on Wall Street ended yesterday with US stocks bouncing between negative and positive territory on concerns about the ...

Iran's strategy paying off - GulfNews

2008-07-12T04:19:00.005-03:00

Israel, Iran nuclear war endangers us all
Standard, Kenya - 12 hours ago
The world is on a hair-trigger alert. If the trigger were pulled, it would most likely be by Israel’s finger, and the target President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s ...

Iran: From revolution to confrontation timeline
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Jul 10, 2008
As Iran fired more missiles in a second day of military exercises, here is a timeline of the country causing increasing tension over its nuclear ambitions. ...

Leading article: Do not play into the hands of the hardliners
Independent, UK - Jul 9, 2008
The drumbeat for a new military confrontation in the Middle East is growing more insistent. Iranian state television yesterday screened images of the ...

Iran ready to talk with US candidates
Tehran Times, Iran - Jul 9, 2008
TEHRAN (IRNA) -- President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said that since Iran favors dialogue, it is ready to hold talks with the US presidential candidates before ...

Iran's president blames US, Europe for oil crisis
Forbes, NY - Jul 9, 2008
By VIJAY JOSHI 07.09.08, 12:59 PM ET Iran's president again took aim at the West, blaming the US and Europe for "artificially" raising oil prices and ...

Iran, third major investor in Malaysian industry: envoy
Tehran Times, Iran - Jul 9, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR (IRNA) -- Iran’s Ambassador to Malaysia said Monday evening that Iran is the third major country that has made investment in Malaysia’s ...

Iran blames West for 'artificially' raising oil prices, says war ...
International Herald Tribune, France - Jul 8, 2008
AP KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Iran's president has blamed the West for "artificially" raising crude oil prices, and dismissed fears that Israel and the US ...

Iran’s leader sees no war with Israel or the US
Kansas City Star, MO - Jul 8, 2008
By VIJAY JOSHI AP KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia | Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that he saw no possibility of a war between his country and ...

A Focused Message For Iran
Voice of America - Jul 8, 2008
US President George Bush says it is important for the United States to work with other nations to send a “focused message” to Iran over its nuclear program: ...

Iran's President Dismisses Threat of War With US, Israel
Wall Street Journal - Jul 8, 2008
AP KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Iran's president said Tuesday that he does not see the possibility of a war with the US or Israel, dismissing military threats ...

Ahmadinejad Says `There Won't Be War,' Pledges Peace (Update2)
Bloomberg - Jul 8, 2008
By Shamim Adam and Soraya Permatasari July 8 (Bloomberg) -- Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed the possibility of a war with the US and Israel over his ...

Iranian President: No War with US, Israel
Voice of America - Jul 8, 2008
By VOA News Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he does not see a possibility of war between Iran and the United States or Israel. ...

Iran's president urges next US government to heal American image
Jerusalem Post, Israel - Jul 8, 2008
By AP Iran's president has urged the next US government to restore America's international image by respecting justice and human rights. ...

Iran's Ahmadinejad says G8 "on road to precipice"
Reuters - Jul 8, 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at the Group of Eight wealthy nations in a letter to a newspaper on Tuesday, saying their ...

Putin, Iranian president discuss nuclear plant
China Daily, China - Jul 7, 2008
MOSCOW -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday pledged in a phone talk to speed up the construction of ...

Ahmadinejad defiant on nuclear rights, insists West's demands are ...
Jerusalem Post, Israel - Jul 7, 2008
By AP Iran will not bow to Western demands to halt its uranium enrichment program, a news report quoted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as insisting ...

Israel, US Won't Dare Attack Iran, Ahmadinejad Says (Update1)
Bloomberg - Jul 7, 2008
By Ladane Nasseri July 7 (Bloomberg) -- The US and Israel wouldn't dare to attack Iran over its atomic program, said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ...

Ahmadinejad: Bush 'has many satanic and inhuman wishes' to attack Iran
Jerusalem Post, Israel - Jul 7, 2008
By JPOST.COM STAFF Israel and the US would not dare to attack Iran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying in an interview with a ...

Ahmadinejad: Iran will not renounce nuclear rights
AFP - Jul 7, 2008
TEHRAN (AFP) — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted on Monday that Iran would not give up its nuclear rights, dismissing calls for Tehran to suspend ...

Iran closer to compromise on its
Toronto Star, Canada - Jul 7, 2008
While Iran continues to reject Security Council demands that it suspend uranium enrichment, it has signaled some willingness to open its program to ...

IRAN: Tehran won't budge on enrichment, officials say
Los Angeles Times, CA - Jul 6, 2008
Over the weekend, an official close to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, ruled out any halt to its ongoing enrichment of uranium as a precondition for ...

Press Freedom Groups Raise Tunisian Concerns With French President - New Liberian

2008-07-12T04:19:00.003-03:00

Sarkozy's 'Club Med' summit challenges EU
Irish Times, Ireland - 7 hours ago
Syrian president Bachar al-Assad at the Mediterranean summit in Paris this weekend. The leaders join 41 other heads of state and government at the gathering ...

Abbas hopes for "positive momentum" at Paris summit
AFP - 11 hours ago
ROME (AFP) — Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said Friday he hoped this weekend's Mediterranean Union summit in Paris would boost prospects for peace ...

Maghreb seeking full partnership status in proposed union
Xinhua, China - 22 hours ago
RABAT, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The mainly Arabic-speaking Maghreb countries want to be seen as full partners within the proposed Union for the Mediterranean ...

French-inspired project aims to boost relations with EU
Financial Times, UK - Jul 10, 2008
By Tony Barber The Union for the Mediterranean is a French-inspired project aimed at boosting relations between the European Union and the countries of the ...

PM to discuss regional cooperation at Euro-Med
Ha'aretz, Israel - Jul 8, 2008
By Yoav Stern and Barak Ravid Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni are set to leave Saturday night for Paris to take part in the ...

Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan hopes to attend MedUnion launch
Hürriyet, Turkey - Jul 8, 2008
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told French President Nicolas Sarkozy in a telephone conversation that he hopes to attend the inaugural summit of the ...

Olmert, Abbas to meet in Paris
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, NY - Jul 6, 2008
Mediterranean summit scheduled for July 13, the AFP news agency reported Sunday, citing an official Israeli source. The Paris summit will unite the 27 ...

Sarkozy's plans for EU--Arab link face stern test
Irish Independent, Ireland - 3 hours ago
FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy's ambitions for European leadership face a big test today when he gathers the leaders of 44 nations in Paris to launch a ...

Sarkozy's Mediterranean challenge
France24, France - 9 hours ago
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is set to chair the Paris summit on the Union for the Mediterranean jointly with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. ...

Paris doubles police presence for Bastille Day
EUbusiness (press release), UK - 14 hours ago
(PARIS) - Eight thousand police are to patrol the streets of Paris for its annual Bastille Day celebrations Monday, to which some 40 foreign leaders ...

Turkish Premier To Attend Paris Summit On Mediterranean Union
Turkish Press, MI - 15 hours ago
ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will travel to French capital Paris on Saturday to attend the summit on Union for the Mediterranean. ...

Babacan To Meet French Foreign Minister On Saturday
Turkish Press, MI - 15 hours ago
PARIS - Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan will meet his French counterpart in Paris on Saturday. The two ministers will discuss Sunday's Union for the ...

The Union for the Mediterranean: a Test for the Maghreb
Dar Al-Hayat, Lebanon - 16 hours ago
The Arab Maghreb Union has a president. At least it is from such a position that Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Al-Qaddafi spoke of the Union's crises, ...

Sarkozy paid compliment to Kyiv and promised promotion
UNIAN News Agency, Ukraine - 21 hours ago
The President of France, which has a presidency over EU, says about an intention to promote movement of Ukraine to the European Union. ...

Mediterranean Union to be
EUobserver.com, Belgium - 23 hours ago
France will on Sunday (13 July) launch the Union for the Mediterranean – the brainchild of President Nicolas Sarkozy, which will bring together EU member ...

Interview: Summit to delay big decisions on 'Club Med'
EurActiv, Belgium - 23 hours ago
The summit that will launch Nicolas Sarkozy's pet project of a Mediterranean Union in Paris this Sunday will be "a social event" for heads of state rather ...

Libya and France sign cooperation accord on peaceful use of ...
Mathaba.Net, UK - Jul 10, 2008
The accord was signed at the French Foreign Ministry headquarters in Paris by Secretary of European Affairs at General People's Committee (GPC) for Foreign ...

Sarkozy seeks pardon for Petrella
Ansa news in English, Italy - Jul 10, 2008
(ANSA) - Strasbourg, July 10 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday that he has written to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano and Premier ...

Libyan Leader States His Reasons for Rejecting Mediterranean Union ...
istockAnalyst.com, OR - Jul 9, 2008
At 0840 gmt, Libyan television began to relay a live news conference held in Tripoli by Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi on the Mediterranean union project ...

Corridors of Power: France's Colombia Connection, Sport as ...
World Politics Review - Jul 9, 2008
FRENCH CONNECTION -- France's six-month presidency of the European Union, which began July 1, got an expected prestige boost last week with the release of ...

Sarkozy's remarks on strikes continue to generate heat
Mathaba.Net, UK - Jul 8, 2008
PARIS, July 8 (Xinhua) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's remarks, which appeared to be down playing the impact of general strikes in the country, ...

Worst Fears Ease, for Now, on Mortgage Giants’ Fate - New York Times

2008-07-12T04:19:00.001-03:00

Oil prices, lenders' woes roil stocks
Boston Globe, United States - 2 hours ago
Stock markets took a wild ride yesterday after oil prices briefly touched a new high and investors worried that the nation's mortgage giants, Fannie Mae and ...

Stocks end lower amid worries on Fannie, Freddie
The Associated Press - 6 hours ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street's angst over the ongoing fallout from the credit crisis made for a turbulent end to a volatile week Friday — stocks tumbled, ...

Closing Glance: Most media companies' shares fall
Forbes, NY - 10 hours ago
AP 07.11.08, 5:00 PM ET Most major media companies' shares declined on Friday in a volatile trading session as rising concerns about Fannie Mae and Freddie ...

Wall St brokers face Fannie, Freddie worries
Reuters - 10 hours ago
By Joseph A. Giannone NEW YORK (Reuters) - Worries that the government may nationalize struggling mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac created ...

Mexico's Bonds Drop as Falling Stocks Diminish Risk Appetite
Bloomberg - 12 hours ago
By Hugh Collins July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico's peso bonds fell for the first time since July 7 as declining global stocks reduced demand for ...

Failure Is Not an Option
Barron's - 14 hours ago
By RANDALL W. FORSYTH Though technically insolvent, the GSEs will be bailed out to save the mortgage market, not shareholders. THE GOVERNMENT OWNS FANNIE ...

Obama camp: No comment on Fannie, Freddie steps
Reuters - 14 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign declined on Friday to comment on whether it would favor a bailout for mortgage giants ...

Opening Glance: Specialty retailers mainly fall
Forbes, NY - 16 hours ago
AP 07.11.08, 10:47 AM ET Shares of specialty retailers mainly fell with the overall market Friday morning as oil prices hit a record high of $147 a barrel. ...

Fannie, Freddie Lose Nearly Half Their Value as Markets Open
Washington Post, United States - 17 hours ago
By David S. Hilzenrath, Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Howard Schneider Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac continued a week of freefall on Wall Street today, ...

Toronto stock index set to open higher
Reuters UK, UK - 17 hours ago
TORONTO, July 11 (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index is set to open higher on Friday, led by energy shares, after oil rose to a record high ...

US Considers Taking Over Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, NYT Reports
Bloomberg - Jul 10, 2008
By Joseph Galante July 10 (Bloomberg) -- US officials are considering plans to take over one or both of the nation's largest mortgage finance companies, ...

MARKET SNAPSHOT: Stocks End Higher, With Alcoa Rallying And ...
CNNMoney.com - Jul 10, 2008
US stocks on Thursday tried and mostly succeeded in bouncing back from the prior day's credit crisis-fueled losses, with concerns about the viability of ...

UK shares plunge again
guardian.co.uk, UK - Jul 10, 2008
Traders will have to find a new word for volatile, judging by the see-saw performance of the market so far. After picking up in the wake of a positive ...

Fannie, Freddie
Bloomberg - Jul 9, 2008
Fannie Mae slipped $1.08, or 6.1 percent, to $16.54. Freddie Mac lost $1.94, or 14 percent, to $11.52. Fannie's 3.25 percent benchmark notes priced to yield ...

Fannie, Freddie rise after dive a day earlier
The Associated Press - Jul 8, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bounced back Tuesday, a day after plunging over worries the pair might need ...

Stocks Flatten as Oil Falls
Wall Street Journal - Jul 8, 2008
By ROB CURRAN NEW YORK -- US stocks looked directionless Tuesday as oil prices looked to complete a $10 drop in two sessions, helping consumer-discretionary ...

A Rally Beckons — Will It Last?
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - Jul 8, 2008
Futures have pulled a turnaround headed into the open of trading, and what looked to be a harsh beginning to the day has a brighter tenor to it. ...

Mortgage giants' woes could filter down to average investors
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX - 2 hours ago
By JIM FUQUAY The troubles at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could hit home for even the average investor. The nation’s two big purchasers of home mortgages are ...

US stocks tumble as fear grows
China Post, Taiwan - 5 hours ago
Mac and Fannie Mae, two US firms which provide key financing to the vast mortgage market. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average had tumbled 191.50 ...

News Minute: Market turmoil...Bush urges offshore drilling ...
KVOA.com, AZ - 12 hours ago
Entertainment News from AP AP - July 11, 2008 3:03 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - The bear continues to prowl on Wall Street today as record-high oil prices and ...

Dow Hits Lowest in Two Years
WIOD, FL - 13 hours ago
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDU) dropped over 200 points midday on Friday, falling below 1100 for the first time in two years. ...

Obama's Sister Souljah - Los Angeles Times

2008-07-12T04:18:00.001-03:00

Newt Gingrich on Jackson's Obama Comments
FOXNews - 17 hours ago
This is a rush transcript from "Hannity & Colmes," July 10, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. ALAN COLMES, CO-HOST: Welcome ...

Nationally Renowned Fathers' Rights Advocate Jeffery M. Leving ...
FOXBusiness - Jul 10, 2008
CHICAGO, July 10, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ ----Attorney and nationally renowned fathers' rights advocate Jeffery M. Leving weighs in on the comments ...

Jesse: It's time for straight talk, honest dialogue
Chicago Tribune, United States - Jul 10, 2008
Jesse Jackson thinks Barack Obama talks down to black people? By expressing some of his opinions that may be difficult for some black people to hear, ...

Before Threatening Obama's 'Nuts,' Jesse Jackson Dissed Faith ...
NewsBusters - 11 hours ago
By Scott Whitlock (Bio | Archive) It's now been widely reported that during what Jesse Jackson thought was an off-mic moment from Sunday's "Fox and Friends ...

Nutty Jackson Apologizes; Big Daddy Is Still Listening
411mania.com, TX - 14 hours ago
Racism has nothing to do with someone who consciously, carelessly and brutally abandons his child. In a very curious way Jesse Jackson's apology to Senator ...

Don Imus, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, and Steve Capus
Huffington Post, NY - 19 hours ago
The Reverend Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for "crude and hurtful" remarks he made about Democratic presidential candidate Sen. ...

Jackson's remark reveals his reluctance to truly move forward
Augusta Chronicle, GA - Jul 10, 2008
We don't agree with Jesse Jackson on much. But we like him. We consider him a friend. So we have to wonder: What would possess the reverend to use the ...

Jesse and Obama: Connected by Controversy
Politics In Color, Georgia - Jul 10, 2008
By Michael H. Cottman The irony of Rev. Jesse Jackson's stunningly vile criticism of Barack Obama is that while Jackson, a Baptist minister, scolded Obama ...

Obama camp puts crude comments in past
NECN, MA - Jul 10, 2008
(Greg Wayland, NECN: Cambridge, MA) - Apology accepted. Presidential candidate Barack Obama is shrugging off crude comments made about him by the Reverend ...

Questions Remain After Rev. Jackson's Apology
CBS2 Chicago, IL - Jul 10, 2008
CHICAGO (CBS) ― The Rev. Jesse Jackson is on damage control after his trash talk toward presidential hopeful Barack Obama was heard round the world. ...

Castrati Thursday: Rev. Jackson Threatens to Castrate Obama
RushLimbaugh.com (subscription), CA - Jul 10, 2008
RUSH: Which part of it? It went on for like 25 minutes. And he never once -- RUSH: -- said what he was apologizing for and neither did the networks covering ...

Analysis: Jackson makes Obama look good
United Press International - Jul 10, 2008
By MARTIN SIEFF WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson's generational jealousy of Sen. Barack Obama spilled over -- and boomeranged right back ...

Having a Ball
Sovereign Society, FL - Jul 10, 2008
Several months ago I heard on "All Things Considered" an NPR reporter discussing, (Lord knows why), the role that the male testicles played in the judicial ...

Jesse Jackson in Indianapolis; Apologizes for Obama Comments
93.1 WIBC Indianapolis, IN - Jul 10, 2008
By Network Indiana Jesse Jackson is in Indianapolis this morning, and he’s apologizing to the Barack Obama Campaign for a crude comment picked up by a ...

Jessie "Jack Off" Jackson Needs A Couch
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com, NJ - Jul 10, 2008
by ldurden Once again, Jessie Jackson has opened his crazy mouth and put his stupid foot in it. This man is a basket case. He is an embarrassment. ...

Jesse Jackson and Barack Obama’s Cohones
Outside the Beltway, VA - Jul 10, 2008
In a vulgar tirade caught on tape by Fox News, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said he wanted to “cut his [Barack Obama's] nuts out” and he accused the fellow ...

Stand down, Jesse
The Daily Voice, NY - Jul 10, 2008
After seeing the videotape of your derogatory remarks about Senator Barack Obama last night, I felt compelled to write to you. I heard your apology on CNN ...

Jackson apologizes to Obama for 'crude' comments
AZ Central.com, AZ - Jul 9, 2008
by John McCormick and Monique Garcia - Jul. 9, 2008 01:52 PM CHICAGO - Rev. Jesse Jackson formally apologized to Sen. Barack Obama today for disparaging ...

Fox News Channel has crossed racist line
FinalCall.com, IL - Jul 9, 2008
By Harry C. Alford The famed comedian DJ Hughley has stated that whenever he accidentally rests his television dial on the Fox News station it automatically ...

Jackson "very sorry" for crude Obama comment | KXNet.com North ...
KXMC, ND - Jul 9, 2008
CHICAGO (AP) Jesse Jackson says he's apologized to Barack Obama's campaign for what Jackson calls a "crude" comment made near a microphone he thought was ...

Court Strikes Down Emission Rule, In Blow to Bush Administration - Wall Street Journal

2008-07-11T22:18:00.003-03:00

Administration rejects regulating greenhouse gases
guardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago
AP foreign By DINA CAPPIELLO AP Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration, dismissing the recommendations of its top experts, rejected regulating the ...

EPA resists greenhouse gas regulation
CNET News, CA - 6 hours ago
The US Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that Congress, not the EPA, should regulate greenhouse gases. EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson ...

Administration Rejects Regulating Greenhouse Gases
ABC News - 6 hours ago
By DINA CAPPIELLO AP Writer AP The Bush administration on Friday rejected regulating greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, saying it would damage the ...

EPA's Greenhouse Gas Plan-Or Is It?
Los Angeles Times, CA - 14 hours ago
Hundreds of billions of dollars in estimated potential savings to consumers at the gas pump and elsewhere from greenhouse gas reductions have been slashed ...

Bushies Ignore Global Warming -- Again
New York Daily News, NY - 2 hours ago
One of the world’s leading environmental watchdog groups said it is counting the days until President Bush leaves office after his administration declined ...

EPA Releases Greenhouse Gas Document for Public Comment
U.S. EPA.gov (press release), DC - 3 hours ago
(Washington, DC - July 11, 2008) Today EPA released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) soliciting public input on the effects of climate change ...

US environmental agency delays climate action, seeks public input
Earthtimes (press release), UK - 4 hours ago
Washington - The chief US environmental agency on Friday began seeking public comment on the dangers of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, ...

Bush And Johnson Sitting In A Tree
It's Getting Hot In Here, DC - 5 hours ago
Today the EPA Deputy Director announced today that he will solidify his status as lapdog of the Bush/Cheney administration by taking no concrete action ...

The EPA's Attack On The US Economy
GOPUSA, TX - 11 hours ago
By Phil Kerpen Opponents of a massive new energy tax and federal bureaucracy breathed a small sigh of relief last month when the Lieberman-Warner climate ...

Excerpts from greenhouse gas decision documents
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 3 hours ago
By AP "I believe this Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking demonstrates the Clean Air Act ... is ill-suited for the task of regulating global greenhouse ...

Administration rejects regulating greenhouse gases
The Associated Press - 4 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration, dismissing the recommendations of its top experts, rejected regulating the greenhouse gases blamed for global ...

Admin Rejects Greenhouse Gas Rules
TIME - 6 hours ago
(WASHINGTON) — The Bush administration on Friday rejected regulating greenhouse gases blamed for global warming, saying it would cause too many job losses. ...

Lawmakers say EPA to delay action on climate
Reuters UK, UK - 7 hours ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - US lawmakers said the Bush administration will reveal it will not take measures to tackle greenhouse gas emissions while the president ...

Court rejects Bush's signature air pollution rule
MLive.com, MI - 8 hours ago
By MATT APUZZO AP WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court unanimously struck down a signature component of President Bush's clean air policies Friday, ...

Court overturns Bush air pollution rule
FOXNews - 9 hours ago
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has struck down an environmental rule that the Bush administration championed as crucial in protecting public health. ...

EIP: Court Rejection of Bush Air Pollution Rule Will Require Major Fix
RedOrbit, TX - 1 hour ago
Today, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), which would have required significant reductions of sulfur dioxide and ...

EPA says climate rules are the job of US Congress
U.S. Daily, ca - 2 hours ago
By Timothy Gardner Southern Company's Plant Bowen in Cartersville, Georgia is seen in this aerial photograph in Cartersville in this file photo taken ...

Administration rejects regulating greenhouse gases
LocalNews8.com, ID - 2 hours ago
AP - July 11, 2008 6:33 PM ET In dismissing the recommendations of its top experts, the government says regulating the greenhouse gases blamed for global ...

Court strikes down emission-reduction rule
istockAnalyst.com, OR - 2 hours ago
A US federal appeals court Friday struck down a key portion of President George Bush's signature Clear Skies legislation, saying the rule was flawed. ...

EPA Says Congress Needs To Regulate Greenhouse Gases
CQPolitics.com, DC - 2 hours ago
By Avery Palmer, CQ Staff The Environmental Protection Agency administrator says it is up to Congress, not the Bush administration, to regulate greenhouse ...

Summer Vacation From Global Warming Begins at EPA
NewsBlaze, CA - 8 hours ago
"Today EPA is expected to make it official: our nation's protector of the environment has decided to take a summer vacation from global warming regulation, ...

IndyMac Seized by US Regulators Amid Cash Crunch (Update4) - Bloomberg

2008-07-11T22:18:00.001-03:00

Office of Thrift Supervision shuts down IndyMac
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — IndyMac Bank succumbed to the pressures of tighter credit, tumbling home prices and rising foreclosures on Friday when banking regulators ...

Q & A for IndyMac account holders
Los Angeles Times, CA - 2 hours ago
By Kathy M. Kristof, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Federal regulators announced this afternoon that they had taken control of Pasadena-based IndyMac ...

Breaking: Federal regulators take control of IndyMac
Los Angeles Times, CA - 2 hours ago
Breaking news from LA Times: "Federal regulators say they have taken control of Pasadena-based IndyMac and will transfer control to the FDIC. ...

Federal Home Loan Bank IndyMac exposure seen covered
Reuters - Jul 9, 2008
By Al Yoon NEW YORK (Reuters) - IndyMac Bancorp Inc (IMB.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) appears to pose little threat to the Federal Home Loan ...

IndyMac faces rush to withdraw
International Herald Tribune, France - Jul 8, 2008
By Eric Dash Time is running out for IndyMac Bancorp, one of the faded darlings of the subprime era. On Tuesday, IndyMac, one of the nation's largest ...

IndyMac depositors pull cash as mortgage woes grow
guardian.co.uk, UK - Jul 8, 2008
By Jonathan Stempel and Jennifer Martinez NEW YORK/PASADENA, Calif., July 8 (Reuters) - Mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc said on Tuesday depositors had ...

Feds shuts down IndyMac Bank, two ATL centers impacted
Triangle Business Journal, NC - 1 hour ago
Federal regulators closed Pasadena, Calif.-based Indymac Bank late Friday -- the shuttering of the largest bank nationwide since the Savings & Loan Crisis ...

US takes over IndyMac Bank
United Press International - 1 hour ago
PASADENA, Calif., July 11 (UPI) -- The US government Friday took over IndyMac Bank, with federal regulators calling the bank's failure the second-largest in ...

Breaking: Feds take control of Indymac bank
Pasadena Star-News, CA - 2 hours ago
PASADENA - Federal regulators assumed control of IndyMac Bancorp. Inc. on Friday, putting the bank under control of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ...

Most IndyMac deposits FDIC insured
Pasadena Star-News, CA - Jul 8, 2008
By Kevin Smith, Staff Writer That's the question many IndyMac customers are asking after the bank announced Tuesday that it will cut its work force by more ...

FACTBOX-How regulators take over failed banks
Reuters India, India - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK, July 11 (Reuters) - Mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc (IMB.N: Quote, Profile, Research) was taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp on ...

US mortgage lender Indymac taken over by regulator
International Herald Tribune, France - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON: US mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc was taken over by the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corp on Friday, which will run the bank while it looks ...

Sen. Schumer blames OTS for IndyMac's failure
guardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) - Sen. Charles Schumer on Friday blamed IndyMac Bancorp Inc's failure on its main regulator, the Office of Thrift Supervision, ...

IndyMac taken over by US regulators
guardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) - Mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp Inc was taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp on Friday, the second largest ...

IndyMac Bancorp Is Seized
Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago
By Federal Regulators By DAMIAN PALETTA and DAVID ENRICH IndyMac Bancorp Inc., a prolific mortgage specialist that helped fuel the housing boom, ...

Faltering IndyMac Shut Down, Taken Over By Regulators
AHN - 1 hour ago
Washington, DC (AHN) - Battered mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp was taken over Friday by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. It's the second largest closing ...

IndyMac (IMB) Shut Down Due To Bank Run, FDIC Takes Over
StreetInsider.com (subscription), MI - 1 hour ago
Late Friday, the Office of Thrift Supervision announced that they closed the $32 billion IndyMac Bank (NYSE: IMB) and transferred operations to the Federal ...

Mortgage lender IndyMac shut down
DetNews.com, MI - 1 hour ago
Alex Veiga / AP LOS ANGELES -- IndyMac Bank succumbed to the pressures of tighter credit, tumbling home prices and rising foreclosures on Friday when ...

IndyMac Bank shut down
Triangle Business Journal, NC - 2 hours ago
IndyMac Bank was shut down by regulators Friday as the mortgage crisis claimed one of its largest victims. The Pasadena thrift, with $32 billion in assets, ...

IndyMac Shuttered by Federal Regulators
Los Angeles Business Journal (subscription), CA - 2 hours ago
By RICHARD CLOUGH After fending off rumors of its impending demise for weeks, IndyMac Bancorp Inc., the troubled Pasadena-based thrift, was closed Friday by ...

Steve Wozniak got in line at 4 am to buy two new iPhones
Muckety, NY - 2 hours ago
By Gary Jacobson | July 11, 2008 at 6:22pm | 0 Bringing donuts, Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, got in line at 4 am Friday to buy the new iPhone 3G, ...

Last-ditch effort to move Zimbabwe talks forward - Christian Science Monitor

2008-07-11T16:20:00.005-03:00

Zimbabwe rivals hold second day of talks in South Africa
AFP - 1 hour ago
PRETORIA (AFP) — Zimbabwe's ruling party and opposition held a second day of talks in South Africa on Friday after the UN delayed a vote on fresh sanctions ...

113 MDC supporters killed, claim
The Press Association - 3 hours ago
Zimbabwe's opposition party has reported that at least 113 of its members have been killed in political violence since the country held its first round of ...

United Nations fears civil war threat
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 4 hours ago
The UN Security Council yesterday delayed a vote on UN sanctions against Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe as the Government and opposition began mediated ...

Zimbabwean opposition chief negotiator heads home
The Associated Press - 5 hours ago
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — The Zimbabwean opposition's chief negotiator returned home Friday after coming to South Africa to set out conditions for ...

An anguished cry from afar
Los Angeles Times, CA - 12 hours ago
A reader passes along a Zimbabwean's account of the terrible times that country is going through and of a government gone mad. How many articles have you ...

Why the West must keep out of Zimbabwe’s affairs – by a victim of ...
WalesOnline, United Kingdom - 13 hours ago
A ZIMBABWEAN producer used a visit to the Llangollen International Eisteddfod yesterday to talk candidly about life under Robert Mugabe’s regime. ...

Possibility of Talks Revealed in Court
Washington Post, United States - Jul 10, 2008
An attorney for Zimbabwe's No. 2 opposition leader, Tendai Biti, told a court in Harare on Wednesday that talks between the opposition and Zimbabwean ...

'MDC, Zanu-PF preparing for talks'
Independent Online, South Africa - Jul 9, 2008
By Donna Bryson A lawyer for Zimbabwe's opposition has told a court that talks between the group and President Robert Mugabe's party are to begin this week. ...

No Need to be Optimistic About Proposed New Zimbabwe Talks ...
Voice of America - Jul 9, 2008
By James Butty There are reports that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) will ...

Israeli police widen Olmert probe - CNN

2008-07-11T16:20:00.003-03:00

A New Twist in the Israeli Prime Minister Corruption Scandal
U.S. News & World Report, DC - 1 hour ago
The storm clouds over embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert turned darker on Friday, with the startling announcement that Israeli police are ...

New suspicions arise over Olmert: Israeli police
AFP - 3 hours ago
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli police have new suspicions over the finances of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, they said on Friday after questioning him for a third ...

Israeli Police Accuse Olmert of Fraud
ABC News - 4 hours ago
By Ori Lewis and Rebecca Harrison In this Wednesday, June 25, 2008 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert looks up during a. ...

Olmert suspected of fiddling his expenses
Times Online, UK - 4 hours ago
Suspicions that Ehud Olmert, the Israeli Prime Minister, fiddled his travel expenses when he was mayor of Jerusalem emerged today as police questioned the ...

TEXT - Police statement on Olmert investigation
Reuters - 6 hours ago
1. Almost four weeks ago the attorney general authorised a broadening of the criminal probe against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in the matter of suspicions ...

Israeli police question Olmert in corruption case for third time
Xinhua, China - 6 hours ago
JERUSALEM, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Israeli police investigators Friday morning questioned Prime Minister Ehud Olmert over corruption suspicions for roughly two ...

Israeli PM's dealings under microscope
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 6 hours ago
Israeli police say "new suspicions" have arisen over the financial dealings of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert after he was questioned again over graft ...

Israel's Ruling Party to Hold Leadership Contest That May Topple PM
Voice of America - 7 hours ago
By VOA News Israel's ruling Kadima party has agreed to hold a leadership contest in September that could topple Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. ...

Police Quiz Israel PM Ehud Olmert
Sky News, UK - 7 hours ago
Use the drop down menu below to filter stories and videos the way you want - when you want it! Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been questioned by ...

Israeli police accuse Olmert of fraud, widen probe
Reuters - 7 hours ago
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police accused Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of fraud on Friday and said an investigation into alleged bribe-taking had been ...

Israeli PM Olmert questioned in graft probe
AFP - 8 hours ago
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli police were Friday questioning Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for a third time over graft allegations that have prompted widespread ...

Skewed priorities
Jerusalem Post, Israel - 10 hours ago
One might be forgiven for thinking that a government that felt it could afford to devote hour after hour of its once-a-week cabinet session to the feverish ...

Israeli Police question PM Olmert
BBC News, UK - 11 hours ago
Israeli police are questioning Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for a third time over allegations of corruption. The PM, who denies any wrongdoing, is expected to ...

Olmert being questioned for 3rd time in graft probe
Ha'aretz, Israel - 11 hours ago
By Jonathan Lis, Tomer Zarchin and Ofra Edelman, Haaretz Correspondents Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was being questioned again Friday about the hundreds of ...

Poll: Most Kadima members want Olmert out of primary race
Ynetnews, Israel - 13 hours ago
Fifty-seven percent of registered Kadima voters say PM should not take part in mid-September primaries, 79% believe he should resign amid corruption ...

Israeli police to grill Olmert in corruption case
Hindu, India - 13 hours ago
JERUSALEM (AP): Israeli police investigators will grill the country's prime minister Friday about corruption suspicions, the latest development in a case ...

PM's lawyers hope Talansky discredited
Jerusalem Post, Israel - 17 hours ago
By DAN IZENBERG AND YAAKOV LAPPIN Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's lawyers are counting on two of Morris Talansky's former business partners to undermine the ...

Ehud Olmert will not contest leadership, officials say
Times Online, UK - 20 hours ago
Ehud Olmert's tenuous grip on power weakened further yesterday when officials of his ruling Kadima party suggested that he would not contest the leadership ...

Who will run the country?
Ha'aretz, Israel - 20 hours ago
It's hard to fathom what led Ehud Olmert to keep his hold on power until he is indicted, to send his advisers to scold the police and prosecution and to ...

Next Kadima leader will form new government; primaries set for Sept.
Ha'aretz, Israel - 20 hours ago
By Mazal Mualem Cabinet ministers from Kadima - including Vice Premier Haim Ramon, considered a confidant of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert - say that the ...

Olmert's moment of truth
Ha'aretz, Israel - 20 hours ago
By / Amir Oren At noon, when the white cars with the blue flashing lights sail on, Ehud Olmert will cease serving as prime minister. ...

Obama: McCain "Should Look in the Mirror" on Energy Reform Record - ABC News

2008-07-11T16:20:00.001-03:00

Dare to bring back the real McCain
Financial Times, UK - 17 hours ago
In the US presidential race, the odds are stacked high against John McCain. He represents an unpopular party and is associated with a failed president. ...

Obama's media campaign - branding our consciousness
guardian.co.uk, UK - Jul 10, 2008
Obama's brand strategy is sophisticated and rapidly achieving cultural ubiquity. How precisely is it done? Presenting a united font . ...

The bad news economy
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Jul 9, 2008
America's sky is falling. A Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll conducted last month found that 78 percent of Americans think that the country is heading in ...

McCain's Energy Ad Working -- Obama Fights Back
San Francisco Chronicle, USA - Jul 9, 2008
We told you earlier this week that the Republican National Committee ad touting John McCain's energy plan was full o' holes, but did you care? No. ...

John McCain, Barack Obama campaign in key Midwest states - Los Angeles Times

2008-07-11T16:19:00.003-03:00

US Presidential Candidates Clash on Energy, Environmental Issues
Voice of America - 1 hour ago
By Leta Hong Fincher With gasoline prices rising sharply in the US this election year, the presidential contenders are both touting alternative energy plans ...

Obama and McCain in fuel price row
The Press Association - 1 hour ago
Barack Obama has appealed to American voters struggling with the skyrocketing price of petrol, casting Republican rival John McCain as a Washington insider ...

Hey, insomniacs, John McCain's targeting your vote
Los Angeles Times, CA - 2 hours ago
This will be way past most of our bedtimes, but John McCain plans to test out the wee hours of campaigning next week with an appearance on "Late Night with ...

Surprise! McCain is Keeping Up with Obama's Record-Breaking Money ...
Newsweek - 2 hours ago
The real story of this year's money race? It's much more competitive than anyone expected. Last week, I wrote that while John McCain trails Barack Obama in ...

McCain, Obama or Chicken Little
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 4 hours ago
Multimedia: Hillary Clinton concedes the Democratic contest to the White House, endorsing Senator Barack Obama. Speech: Barack Obama makes presidential ...

Obama to Focus on Energy Security Today
CBS News, NY - 5 hours ago
(CHICAGO) Barack Obama will focus on energy security today at a campaign stop in Dayton, Ohio. Obama will accuse the Bush Administration and John McCain of ...

Betreff: WG: You vs. George W. Bush (29. Mai 2008)
Die Zeit, Germany - 7 hours ago
Right now you have a unique opportunity to go head-to-head with George W. Bush. This week, John McCain and George Bush gathered behind closed doors, ...

Obama campaigning on McCain’s turf
Christian Science Monitor, MA - 7 hours ago
Looking at the recent travels of Senators John McCain and Barack Obama a couple clear trends emerge – both positive for the Illinois senator. ...

Fellow ex-POW eager to back McCain against Obama
The Associated Press - 11 hours ago
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In the decades since they shared a prison cell in North Vietnam, George "Bud" Day has remained a close friend of Republican John ...

McCain’s Health Plan
New York Times, United States - 13 hours ago
Contrary to the assertion in your article, Senator John McCain’s health plan is neither “radical” nor “more fundamental than the universal coverage” plan ...

McCain thanks his troops in visit to St. Paul
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 13 hours ago
Presidential Candidate for the Republican Party John McCain and his wife Cindy, right, greeted staff at his campaign headquarters accompanied by Governor ...

Obama, McCain backers spar over economic policies
Chicago Tribune, United States - 21 hours ago
AP MADISON, Wis. - Supporters of presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are sparring over which candidate would be better for the economy. ...

Why John McCain is So Awful
Atlantic Online - 21 hours ago
Josh Marshall had a series of posts up yesterday seeking a "Grand Unified Theory of McCain Crappiness." Some good points are made, but I think most of these ...

How McCain Could Win
Yahoo! News - 23 hours ago
Yesterday, I laid out the very favorable environment for any Democrat running for President this year. I noted that the current Obama lead of 4-5% is very ...

What's new: Jackson's 'absurd' explanation; McCain's push for ...
USA Today - Jul 10, 2008
• Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell -- Rev. Jackson's explanation is absurd: Writing about the crude comments Rev. ...

Hunger for victory defines Obama
Financial Times, UK - Jul 10, 2008
By Edward Luce in Washington DC When Democrats criticise John McCain, they first praise his honourable military record. When Republicans do the same to ...

McCain Campaign Focuses On Economic Message
NPR - Jul 10, 2008
by Scott Horsley Morning Edition, July 10, 2008 · Long before he got to the high school gym in Portsmouth, Ohio, on Wednesday, Republican presidential ...

The Flip-flopping Flap
Washington Post, United States - Jul 10, 2008
The flap over Barack Obama's recent public statements about his policy positions on Iraq and the FISA bill have led many to wonder whether the Illinois ...

FG senator calls for Barack Obama to be invited to Ireland
Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - Jul 9, 2008
A Fine Gael Senator has called on the Seanad to invite US presidential hopeful Barack Obama to Ireland. Senator Obama is visiting Europe next month as part ...

McCain's Adviser Salter Writes, Speaks and Fights for Candidate
Bloomberg - Jul 9, 2008
By Edwin Chen July 10 (Bloomberg) -- John McCain has run for president twice, gone through four campaign managers, written five books and delivered hundreds ...

Wearing out the 'brand'
Boston Globe, United States - Jul 9, 2008
"Barack Obama is three things you want in a brand. New, different, and attractive." "John McCain has a strong brand identity as being a maverick. ...

Fannie, Freddie May Need to Lose $77 Billion First (Update1) - Bloomberg

2008-07-11T16:19:00.001-03:00

You're already paying for Fannie and Freddie
CNNMoney.com - 56 minutes ago
As rumors of big mortgage companies' collapse swirl, many Americans are unable to find affordable home loans. By Les Christie, CNNMoney.com staff writer NEW ...

US mortgage lender crisis spooks markets
guardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago
The White House today appeared to rule out a takeover of crisis-hit mortgage companies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae despite their shares continuing to take ...

Sen Shelby pushes for stronger Fannie regulator
Reuters - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congress must move quickly to put a stronger regulator in place for government-sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, ...

Bush acknowledges 'tough times'
AFP - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) — President George W. Bush allowed Friday that these were "tough economic times" for Americans, but insisted his administration was working ...

Lehman Shares Dragged Down by Fannie, Freddie Concern (Update2)
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Josh Fineman July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., once the biggest US underwriter of mortgage bonds, fell the most since the firm went ...

US Stocks Tumble on Concern Fannie, Freddie May Need Rescue
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Michael Patterson July 11 (Bloomberg) -- US stocks tumbled, extending the longest stretch of weekly losses for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index in four ...

Fannie and Freddie Shares Slide, Dragging Down Markets
New York Times, United States - 1 hour ago
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shares plummeted again on Friday — and the broader stock market followed suit — as concern mounted that ...

FX OUTLOOK-Dollar may fall as US financial woes mount
Reuters - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK, July 11 (Reuters) - The dollar is likely to fall in the week ahead amid ongoing turmoil in financial markets with speculation mounting the US ...

Financial stocks get slammed
CNNMoney.com - 2 hours ago
By David Goldman, CNNMoney.com staff writer NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Anxiety over a possible government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sent ...

No US rating risk yet from Fannie, Freddie-agencies
guardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago
By John Parry NEW YORK, July 11 (Reuters) - Any US government takeover of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would not in and of itself ...

WASHINGTON, Jul 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Jerry Howard ...
MarketWatch - 2 hours ago
"Fundamental analysis and statements from top federal government officials point out that the hysteria in the markets regarding the viability of Fannie Mae ...

Mexico stocks fall amid US credit fears
Reuters - 3 hours ago
MEXICO CITY, July 11 (Reuters) - Mexican stocks slipped on Friday as investors worried about the widening impact of the US credit crisis and record oil ...

FTSE 100 closes in jaws of a bear market
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 3 hours ago
By Emma Thelwell and Angela Monaghan London's leading share index closed deep into bear market territory this evening, as US stocks continued to tumble on ...

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac bill sale calendar
Reuters - 3 hours ago
July 11 (Reuters) - The following is a list of scheduled US agency bill sales from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2008. Freddie Mac settlement dates for its ...

US STOCKS-Wall St plunges on Fannie, Freddie, oil
Reuters - 3 hours ago
By Ellis Mnyandu NEW YORK, July 11 (Reuters) - US stocks plunged on Friday on concerns home financing providers Freddie Mac (FRE. ...

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac shares crater under insolvency fears
MarketWatch - 3 hours ago
By MarketWatch As senior Bush administration officials reportedly weighing a plan that would see the government take over one or both of the two largest US ...

Calm down - behind the Fannie and Freddie panic
CNNMoney.com - 3 hours ago
Yes, there is a lot of fear about what's next for the government-sponsored mortgage giants. But Fannie and Freddie are unlikely to go away. ...

Fannie, Freddie And Oil Bring Down The House
Forbes, NY - 3 hours ago
Investors seem to have become more convinced that Freddie Mac (nyse: FRE - news - people ) and Fannie Mae (nyse: FNM - news - people ) will be bailed out by ...

Mortgage mess hammers Wall Street
CNNMoney.com - 3 hours ago
Dow goes below 11000 for the first time in nearly two years. Fannie and Freddie plunge on fears that the companies can't stay afloat. ...

Greek shares close with heavy losses on poor international market ...
Forbes, NY - 3 hours ago
ATHENS (Thomson Financial) - Greek shares closed lower as record high oil prices and concerns over mortgage brokers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac dampened ...

MSCI World Index Retreats 20% From Record, Entering Bear Market
Bloomberg - 3 hours ago
By Chua Kong Ho and Lynn Thomasson July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks fell around the globe, giving the MSCI World Index a 20 percent bear-market decline from ...

The iPhone 3G's debut - Los Angeles Times

2008-07-11T14:17:00.003-03:00

iPhone 3G: You Can Buy It But You Can't Use It
BusinessWeek - 1 hour ago
You would think that after six months of nearly nonstop iPhone hype, Apple would have been ready for the big day when it finally came. ...

iPhone launch: Some phones are bricks
Dallas Morning News, TX - 1 hour ago
I wrote a few minutes ago that I was unsure whether problems with iPhone activation software meant that people were emerging with completely useless phones ...

iPhone 3G Frenzy Causes Glitch
Red Herring, CA - 1 hour ago
by mark selfe Across the world they gathered and waited like little children hoping to see Santa at the local shopping mall, only to be disappointed and ...

Frustration Grows In Westfarms Over iPhone
Hartford Courant, United States - 1 hour ago
By ZACHARY ABRAHAMSON | Courant Staff Writer Angry and frustrated iPhone customers waited for hours at the Apple and AT&T stores at Westfarms Mall this ...

Crowds, activation delays mar iPhone launch
Macworld, CA - 1 hour ago
by Philip Michaels, Macworld.com Jonathan Seff went out to pick up an iPhone 3G Friday morning as part of a story we’re working on about the activation ...

iPhone 3G Goes On Sale, Plagued By Activation Problems
Washington Post, United States - 1 hour ago
The phone may be quicker, but the wait sure is a drag. After New Zealand and Japan got there first, after Europeans queued up, one year after iPhone 1.0 hit ...

iPhone launch: Software problems update
Dallas Morning News, TX - 1 hour ago
There's a worldwide issue with iTunes that Apple is working to resolve. We're signing people up for service in the AT&T stores -- their plan, ...

Local shoppers line up for new iPhone from Apple
Bizjournals.com, NC - 1 hour ago
Hundreds of customers waited hours in front of local Apple Stores to buy the latest iPhone. Brothers Zach McLean and Ryan McLean of Annandale waited all ...

iPhone launch: crowds everywhere, iTunes malfunction
Dallas Morning News, TX - 2 hours ago
AT&T says that pretty much every store in the Dallas area has a line of 30-40 people, which is very bad because each customer takes at least 15 minutes to ...

O2 must get its iPhone act together
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 hours ago
By Shane Richmond I was the third person into the Lewisham branch of O2 this morning when the doors opened at 8.02am. By then a queue of around 30 had ...

iPhone 3G debuts, some glitches reported
Computerworld, MA - 2 hours ago
By Gregg Keizer July 11, 2008 (Computerworld) Apple Inc. started selling its new iPhone 3G today, with crowds reported in locations from Tokyo and Europe to ...

Don't Run Out To Buy An iPhone Today
Washington Post, United States - 4 hours ago
Whether you love, like or are just curious about the iPhone 3G, I'll recycle my modest suggestion from a year ago: Don't line up at a store to buy one today ...

3G iPhone's a hit -- for reasons that may not matter to throngs ...
Bizjournals.com, NC - 4 hours ago
It was hard to tell what, exactly, was on the minds of the 500 or so people lined up outside the Apple Store on Boylston Street this morning other than ...

iPhone v2, G3 Launches Today
CRN, NY - 6 hours ago
"Apple and AT&T stores will require in-store activation of 3G iPhones this year. Last year, buyers took the devices home for activation, cutting down ...

Eager buyers line up for iPhone 3G
USA Today - 16 hours ago
By Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY Today is iPhone 3G day across the globe. Lines had already formed Thursday at some Apple Stores, including New York and San ...

Read all posts by Kent German in Crave
CNET News, CA - 18 hours ago
Though tomorrow's launch of the iPhone 3G is getting all the news, the original iPhone is getting another day in the sun with the iPhone 2.0 software update ...

iTunes with App Store promo
CNET News, CA - 20 hours ago
No longer need you hunt around for a "secret" way to access the iTunes AppStore. About an hour or so ago, iTunes finally made it official by promoting the ...

Apple: Will Tomorrow Bring iPhone Activation Chaos?
Barron's Blogs - Jul 10, 2008
Tomorrow morning, Apple (AAPL) and AT&T (T) stores will start selling the much awaited iPhone 3G, and demand is likely to be huge. ...

Updated my iPhone to firmware 2.0 and setup hosted Exchange account
ZDNet - Jul 10, 2008
Thanks to Adrian’s post I was able to download the iPhone 2.0 firmware update and immediately updated my iPhone. As Adrian said there is a risk since the ...

From AM New York
Newsday, NY - Jul 9, 2008
Pierre-Etienne Dabernat, 37, of Los Angeles, CA (left), Dries Den Outer, 12, of Amsterdam, Holland (center), and Jan Den Outer, 15 of Amsterdam, ...

AT&T lays down the law for Apple
InfoWorld, CA - Jul 9, 2008
Apple, welcome to the handset business. Apple's sweetheart deal with AT&T, which grossed Apple an extra $360 for every iPhone sold, is over. ...

MARKET SNAPSHOT: US Stocks Drop Sharply As Oil Surges, Mortgage ... - CNNMoney.com

2008-07-11T14:17:00.001-03:00

As Dow drops below 11000, Cincinnati stocks take a beating
Bizjournals.com, NC - 58 minutes ago
Comments from Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson about troubled mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and another record high day for oil prices are ...

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac shares in downward spiral The Business ...
Bizjournals.com, NC - 1 hour ago
Shares of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fell to their lowest levels in more than 17 years on concerns about a government bailout for the firms. ...

Crude Oil Surges to New Record
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
Growing worry about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, coupled with a leap in oil prices to a fresh intraday record, sent stocks sharply lower on Friday. ...

US seeks to support Fannie, Freddie 'in current form'
AFP - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday the US government is aiming to support ailing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac "in ...

Q&A: Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
BBC News, UK - 1 hour ago
Troubled US mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are at the heart of the US housing market. Their shares have plunged on fears that they might need to ...

Stocks Slide Further on Treasury Comments
TheStreet.com - 2 hours ago
The US stock market continued its deep slump after opening Friday with a biting downdraft. Continued jitters about Fannie Mae FNM and Freddie Mac FRE ...

US SWAPS-2Y spread off earlier tights after Paulson
Reuters - 2 hours ago
NEW YORK, July 11 (Reuters) - The spread on US two-year interest rate swaps widened from their earlier tights on Friday after US Treasury Secretary Henry ...

Fannie and Freddie shares under siege
MarketWatch - 2 hours ago
By MarketWatch BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac dropped nearly 50% Friday, plunging for the fourth time in five days as ...

TREASURIES-Bonds pare losses after Paulson comments on GSEs
Reuters - 2 hours ago
NEW YORK, July 11 (Reuters) - US Treasury debt prices pared losses on Friday after US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said the Treasury Department's chief ...

Paulson sees no bailout of Fannie, Freddie on horizon
MarketWatch - 2 hours ago
By Rex Nutting , , ) . In a short statement, Paulson said the government is committed to "supporting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in their current form as ...

prime focus to support GSEs in current form
guardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) - US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Friday that the Treasury Department's chief aim at present is to back ...

US market tumbles on oil price and federal lending concern
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 hours ago
By Angela Monaghan and agencies US shares tumbled when the market opened today, as oil prices touched a new high and fears mounted over the fate of federal ...

White House: Paulson to Speak This Morning
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - 3 hours ago
The White House said US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will make a statement on government-sponsored enterprises Friday morning. The White house declined ...

Loan giants promised safety net
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 5 hours ago
FANNIE MAE and Freddie Mac, the largest buyers of US home loans, are too big for the government to let them fail, leading Republican and Democratic senators ...

Early Briefing: Fannie and Freddie Continue Their Fall
Washington Post, United States - 8 hours ago
On Capitol Hill, the Treasury secretary offered reassurance that they are still on firm footing, and the Senate moved on approved a housing relief bill that ...

Fannie, Freddie sink on government rescue fears
The Associated Press - 10 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fears that the government will be forced to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could well become a self-fulfilling prophecy. ...

Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae hurting in subprime fallout
ABC Online, Australia - 11 hours ago
By business editor Peter Ryan With falling home values, and loans in default across America, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac might not have enough capital to ...

Shares of Lehman Brothers Take a Beating
New York Times, United States - 16 hours ago
By JENNY ANDERSON Lehman Brothers, Wall Street’s favorite punching bag, took another beating on Thursday as jittery investors fretted over problems at ...

Speculation intensifies over Fannie and Freddie
Financial Times, UK - 16 hours ago
By Joanna Chung, James Politi and Saskia Scholtes A favourite parlour game in Washington and on Wall Street for years involves speculating about what the ...

A Delicate Balance
Washington Post, United States - 17 hours ago
By Steven Pearlstein You know something's up when both the secretary of the Treasury and the chairman of the Federal Reserve give speeches calling for a new ...

OFHEO says Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac remain 'adequately capitalized'
Forbes, NY - 18 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - The government regulator overseeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Thursday reiterated that the mortgage-financing firms ...

Fannie, Freddie May Need to Lose $77 Billion Before Bailout - Bloomberg

2008-07-11T12:18:00.001-03:00

Mexico's Peso Weakens as Global Stocks Slide Curbs Demand
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Hugh Collins July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico's peso weakened for the first day in seven as a slide in global stocks reduced demand for higher-yielding, ...

UPDATE 1-W.House presses Congress on Fannie-Freddie legisl'n
Reuters - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) - The "best thing" for Fannie Mae (FNM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Freddie Mac (FRE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) right ...

TREASURIES-US bonds slip on issuance fears driven by GSE woes
Reuters - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK, July 11 (Reuters) - Treasury debt prices slipped on Friday on fears of increased government debt issuance after a report that the US government ...

US STOCKS-Wall St tumbles on Fannie, Freddie, oil
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Ellis Mnyandu NEW YORK, July 11 (Reuters) - US stocks slid on Friday on concerns about the stability of home financing providers Freddie Mac (FRE. ...

FACTBOX: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Reuters - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The following is a summary of government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The debt issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie ...

US mortgage giants' shares plummet
RTE.ie, Ireland - 1 hour ago
Shares in US mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are in freefall this afternoon on heightened concerns that they may face insolvency or a US ...

Freddie, Fannie shares sink on bailout concerns
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shares of Freddie Mac plummeted Friday as Wall Street and Washington became more convinced that the government is likely to bail out the ...

US mortgage firms' shares slump
BBC News, UK - 1 hour ago
Shares in US mortgage firms Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have fallen by more than 40% in early trading amid concerns for the future of the companies. ...

FreedomWorks: No Taxpayer Bailout for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON, Jul 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Amid calls by some Wall Street investment bankers for a bailout of the GSEs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, ...

Fannie, Freddie shares plummet on NYSE after market open
Reuters - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Fannie Mae (FRE.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Freddie Mac (FRE.N: Quote, Profile, Research, ...

Stocks battered in early trade
CNNMoney.com - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks slumped Friday morning, dragged down by surging oil prices and worries that the government will have to take over ...

Comtex Smartrend(R) Morning Call -- July 11, 2008
FOXBusiness - 1 hour ago
Jul 11, 2008 (SmarTrend via COMTEX) ----Despite persistent fears about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the DJIA climbed a net 80 points yesterday, ...

Growing concerns about future of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
USA Today - 2 hours ago
The New York Times says federal officials are weighing a government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the financial giants that guarantee about half ...

The Stock Market Looks Into the Abyss
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - 2 hours ago
The vicious circle looks to continue today, as shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are expected to plunge — and take the market with it — after the New ...

UK Bonds Gain as Fannie Mae, Iran Spur `Flight to Quality'
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago
By Anchalee Worrachate July 11 (Bloomberg) -- UK government notes advanced as concern US mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac don't have enough ...

FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC PLUMMET IN PREMARKET TRADING
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, Italy - 2 hours ago
(AGI) - New York, 11 July. - Wall Street share prices will open in the red: Fannie Mae dropped 27 pct and Freddie Mac fell 35 pct due to rumours that the US ...

US could take over mortgage giants Fannie, Freddie: report
AFP - 7 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The US government is considering a plan to take over mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac if their finance problems deepen, ...

McCain Adviser Refers to ‘Nation of Whiners’ - New York Times

2008-07-11T10:19:00.001-03:00

Whiners" Remark Plagues McCain
U.S. News & World Report, DC - 50 minutes ago
Remarks by former Sen. Phil Gramm (R), a top economic advisor to Sen. John McCain, are drawing heavy negative attention for the candidate in the latest ...

Political Wisdom: Why McCain Adviser Says We’re ‘Whiners’
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - 1 hour ago
by Sara Murray and Gerald F. Seib When Phil Gramm, an adviser to Sen. John McCain, said that America is in a “mental recession” and is a “nation of whiners ...

Video: Obama: 'America Already Has One Dr. Phil'
AssociatedPress - 5 hours ago
SelectPlusObama: 'America Already Has One Dr. Phil'Obama: 'America Already Has One Dr. Phil'The Associated PressSen. Barack Obama blasted remarks made by ...

Remark dogs McCain
Seattle Times, United States - 5 hours ago
Sen. John McCain ventured Thursday to an auto-parts supplier in the hard-hit Detroit suburb of Belleville to express sympathy for those. ...

McCain rejects claim that Americans are 'whiners'
Detroit Free Press, United States - 6 hours ago
BY KATHLEEN GRAY • FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER • July 11, 2008 Sen. John McCain quickly distanced himself Thursday from one of his key economic advisers, ...

Worse to come on foreclosures?
Detroit Free Press, United States - 6 hours ago
From now until the end of the year could be the worst period yet for mortgages because of the high number of adjustable rate loans that are expected to ...

McCain rejects adviser remarks but celebrates best fundraising ...
International Herald Tribune, France - 7 hours ago
AP WASHINGTON: Republican John McCain reported the best fundraising month of his presidential campaign on Thursday, but the feat was clouded by his chief ...

McCain campaign co-chairman Phil Gramm says America in 'mental ...
Dallas Morning News, TX - 7 hours ago
By TODD J. GILLMAN / The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON – Texan Phil Gramm handed John McCain a huge headache Thursday by calling America a "nation of ...

Phil Gramm, McCain adviser, tells Americans to stop whining about ...
Dallas Morning News, TX - 9 hours ago
To recap briefly, the Rev. Jackson said he didn't like some of Obama's criticisms of black folks, and said he'd like to cut off Obama's cojones. ...

Gramm Remark Adds to McCain's Difficulty Addressing the Economy
Washington Post, United States - 10 hours ago
By Michael D. Shear and Jonathan Weisman BELLEVILLE, Mich., July 10 -- Sen. John McCain ventured to an auto-parts supplier in this hard-hit Detroit suburb ...

McCain disagrees with adviser's 'whiners' remark
The Associated Press - 10 hours ago
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Republican John McCain distanced himself from an economic adviser who dubbed the United States "a nation of whiners" in a "mental ...

Phil Gramm is right: Americans can be 'whiners'
Kansas City Star, MO - 11 hours ago
By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist Phil Gramm got it dead-on right when he said this week, "We have sort of become a nation of ...

'Foreclosure Phil' Gramm: How John McCain's Closest Economic ...
AlterNet, CA - 11 hours ago
Journalists Nomi Prins and David Corn discuss the housing crisis and its link to the lobbyist writing McCain's economic policy. ...

US Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Small Business Owner, Others ...
MarketWatch - 11 hours ago
WASHINGTON, July 10, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Democratic National Committee will hold a press conference call tomorrow, Friday, ...

McCain adviser berates 'whiners'
Financial Times, UK - 12 hours ago
By Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Detroit A senior adviser to John McCain, presumptive Republican presidential nominee, yesterday played down the economic woes ...

Political gaffes stir trouble in White House race
ABC Online, Australia - 12 hours ago
There's been an outbreak of political "foot-in-mouth" disease for some of the key supporters of the US presidential candidates. ...

McCain adviser: Americans are wimps
Los Angeles Times, CA - 15 hours ago
Are we really that badly off in America? Hardly. The US economy has experienced several consecutive years of uninterrupted growth, yet most Americans ...

Can't pay your bills? McCain advisor says stop 'whining!'
Kansas City Star, MO - 15 hours ago
First, the soon-to-be-anointed Republican presidential nominee said he doesn’t understand it "as well as I should." "We have sort of become a nation of ...

Gramm: We need more leadership, less whining
CNN - 15 hours ago
(CNN) -- Phil Gramm, a top adviser to Sen. John McCain, on Thursday stood by his comment that the country is in a "mental recession," and said he was trying ...

McCain Man Gramm to America: Stop Whining
Yahoo! News - 15 hours ago
The Nation -- Upset about losing your job, your home or your pension is the Bush-Cheney recession? So says former Texas Senator Phil Gramm, a top economic ...

McCain Breaks With Adviser Over 'Whiners' Remark
ABC News - 15 hours ago
By CHARLES BABINGTON and LIZ SIDOTI AP Writers AP Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., holds a news conference at the Bayloff ...

Wall Street faces Fannie, Freddie slide - CNNMoney.com

2008-07-11T10:18:00.001-03:00

News roundup: Feds fear Fannie, Freddie meltdown; Afghan gov't ...
USA Today - 48 minutes ago
The New York Times reports that the Bush administration is "considering a plan" to take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the giant government-chartered ...

Freddie, Fannie CDS edge tighter after NYT report
Reuters - 56 minutes ago
NEW YORK, July 11 (Reuters) - Credit insurance costs on Fannie Mae (FNM.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and Freddie Mac (FRE. ...

US Stock Futures Drop as Fannie, Freddie Tumble, Oil Rallies
Bloomberg - 59 minutes ago
By Adria Cimino and Michael Patterson July 11 (Bloomberg) -- US stock futures tumbled, indicating the Standard & Poor's 500 Index will extend its longest ...

Treasury Default Swaps at Four-Month High on Fannie, Freddie
Bloomberg - 59 minutes ago
By Abigail Moses July 11 (Bloomberg) -- The cost of protecting against losses on Treasuries rose to the highest in almost four months on speculation any ...

Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Tumble, Extending Drop to 17-Year Lows
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Elizabeth Stanton July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the biggest providers of financing for US home loans, each fell more than 25 percent ...

Checking Up On Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
NPR - 1 hour ago
Morning Edition, July 11, 2008 · Government-backed mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are facing troubles. Renee Montagne talks to Bill Seidman, ...

Stocks set to fall at open
CNNMoney.com - 1 hour ago
Anxiety mounts over the fate of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, with both lenders' shares tumbling in premarket trade. Oil hits record. ...

Freddie and Fannie on the brink
Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA - 1 hour ago
By Andre Jackson It takes a number of tradespeople to fix up an old house. The same holds true for fixing the housing industry. First, you need someone to ...

Government considers Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac takeover: report
Reuters - 2 hours ago
By Kevin Plumberg HONG KONG (Reuters) - The government is considering taking over mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac if their funding ...

US government hatches plan for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 hours ago
By Emma Thelwell The American government is considering plans to take over the country's two federal mortgage lenders should they collapse, according to US ...

Emerging Markets-Assets recover, shekel tests 4-wk low
Reuters India, India - 2 hours ago
By Carolyn Cohn LONDON, July 11 (Reuters) - Emerging stocks rallied and debt spreads narrowed on Friday on renewed confidence after a report that the US ...

Freddie "absolutely" has enough capital: spokeswoman
Reuters - 2 hours ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Freddie Mac "absolutely" has enough capital, a spokeswoman for the second-largest source of US home funding said on Thursday as the ...

McCain says no need for Fannie, Freddie bailout now
Reuters - 2 hours ago
BELLEVILLE, Michigan (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Thursday a government bailout of mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae ...

European shares slide further
AFP - 2 hours ago
LONDON (AFP) — Europe's main stock markets extended losses on Friday, as Paris registered a 25-percent drop since the start of 2008 and investors worried ...

Singapore shares finish higher on bargain hunting - UPDATE
Forbes, NY - 2 hours ago
SINGAPORE (Thomson Financial) - Singapore shares finished higher on Friday as investors picked up bargains after the New York Times reported that the US ...

US Stock Futures Drop as Oil Prices Climb; IBM, Intel Decline
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago
By Adria Cimino July 11 (Bloomberg) -- US stock-index futures dropped as oil prices climbed for a third day and investors speculated that reports on ...

Futures point to lower open; GSE plan in focus
Washington Post, United States - 2 hours ago
(Reuters) - Stock futures point to a drop on Wall Street, in line with a tumble on the European equities market, where banks and other financials are under ...

Dollar steadies as risk appetite improves
Financial Times, UK - 2 hours ago
By Peter Garnham The dollar held steady on Friday after a sell-off in the previous session sparked by fresh fears over the health of the US financial system ...

And now, for Fannie and Freddie
Asia Times Online, Hong Kong - 2 hours ago
By Chan Akya Oscar Wilde once described the British aristocracy's peculiar predilection for fox hunting as the "Unspeakable in pursuit of the Inedible". ...

Dollar flat against the euro, pound
The Associated Press - 3 hours ago
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The dollar was flat against the euro and the British pound on Friday as fears stirred in the US that the worst of the housing ...

Freddie and Fannie in turmoil
Financial Times, UK - 4 hours ago
Shares in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae plunged in frantic trading on Thursday in spite of attempts by US regulators to provide reassurance that the two ...

South Korea's Lee offers talks with North - CNN

2008-07-11T06:18:00.005-03:00

S Korean killed in northern resort
Aljazeera.net, Qatar - 1 hour ago
Soldiers in North Korea shot dead a female South Korean tourist in a popular North Korean resort, officials said. The incident occurred on Friday, ...

South Korea Offers to Resume Talks With North
New York Times, United States - 1 hour ago
By CHOE SANG-HUN SEOUL, South Korea -- President Lee Myung-bak offered Friday to resume dialogue with North Korea, strongly indicating that he was willing ...

South Korea proposes reviving North Korea talks
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's president offered Friday to resume stalled reconciliation talks with North Korea, saying he is willing to carry out ...

S. Korean President Calls for Resumption of Talks with North
Voice of America - 2 hours ago
By VOA News South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is calling for reconciliation talks to resume between his nation and North Korea. ...

SKorea offers NKorea talks on implementing summit pacts
AFP - 3 hours ago
SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea's new conservative president on Friday offered North Korea an olive branch after months of hostility, proposing talks on ways to ...

Seoul to revive talks with North
BBC News, UK - 3 hours ago
South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak has proposed reviving direct talks with North Korea, in a major policy shift. President Lee told parliament he was ...

SKorea proposes talks with NKorea
The Associated Press - 3 hours ago
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is proposing a resumption of stalled reconciliation talks with North Korea. ...

South Korea Wants `Full Dialogue' With North Korea, Lee Says
Bloomberg - 3 hours ago
By Paul Tighe July 11 (Bloomberg) -- South Korea wants ``full dialogue'' with North Korea and is ready to help relieve food shortages in the communist ...

SKorea deploys new air force jets
Economic Times, India - Jul 9, 2008
SEOUL: South Korea on Thursday deployed its latest supersonic fighter jets, the F-15K, for their first combat-ready missions. The deployment follows a ...

PRESS DIGEST - South Korean newspapers - July 10
Reuters - Jul 9, 2008
SEOUL, July 10 (Reuters) - The following is a summary of major South Korean newspapers on Thursday, prepared by Reuters in Seoul. ...

North Korea rejects summit call
The Press Association - Jul 7, 2008
North Korea has rejected any possibility of summit talks with South Korea, accusing Seoul's conservative president of overturning previous agreements made ...

NKorea rules out summit at present with "rude" Lee
AFP - Jul 7, 2008
SEOUL (AFP) — North Korea Tuesday ruled out summit talks with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak, saying it is impossible to negotiate with such a "rude" ...

North Korea says can't negotiate with S.Korea's Lee
Reuters - Jul 7, 2008
LONDON, July 7 (Reuters) - North Korea renewed its criticism of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Monday, accusing him of "rude behaviour" and saying ...

Lee voices fears NKorea may not give up nukes
AFP - Jul 6, 2008
SEOUL (AFP) — Negotiating partners fear that North Korea may try to keep nuclear weapons despite scrapping its plutonium-producing atomic programme, ...

S Korea head admits beef failings
BBC News, UK - Jul 6, 2008
By John Sudworth South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak says his government should have listened more to public concerns over lifting an import ban on US ...

UN chief pledges to help boost inter-Korean ties
AFP - Jul 5, 2008
SEOUL (AFP) — UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon promised Sunday to help improve inter-Korean ties after the North cut off official dialogue with Seoul's new ...

[By Yoo Cheong-mo: "Lee Proposes Full Resumption of Inter-Korean ...
istockAnalyst.com, OR - 1 hour ago
SEOUL, July 11 (Yonhap) - President Lee Myung-bak [Ri Myo'ng- pak] on Friday [ 11 July] proposed that South and North Korea immediately resume dialogue ...

South Korea president urges North to resume dialogue with Seoul
Earthtimes (press release), UK - 1 hour ago
Seoul - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak on Friday urged North Korea to again take up reconciliation talks with Seoul in the wake of recent progress in ...

South Korea's president proposes resuming talks with North Korea
Philippine Star, Philippines - 1 hour ago
SEOUL (AP) -- South Korea's president offered today to resume stalled reconciliation talks with North Korea, saying he is willing to carry out previous ...

Lee, Medvedev agree on closer cooperation in energy, rail link
Korea Newswire (press release), South Korea - 16 hours ago
Seoul, Jul 09 (Korea Newswire)-- The Presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said on Wednesday (July 9) that South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Russian ...

The Religious Left Recognizes the (South) Korean Threat
FrontPage magazine.com, CA - Jul 10, 2008
By Mark D. Tooley Making a very slow exit, the outgoing chief of the Swiss-based World Council of Churches is gravely alarmed about South Korea’s new ...

Zimbabwe talks enter second day - BBC News

2008-07-11T06:18:00.003-03:00

Zimbabwe talks enter second day in SAfrica
Africasia, UK - 1 hour ago
A second day of talks between Zimbabwe's ruling party and opposition were set to go ahead in South Africa Friday as the parties lay the ground for ...

Two parties hold first talks in Zimbabwe
RTE.ie, Ireland - 2 hours ago
Talks have taken place in South Africa between delegations representing Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change. ...

'Torture chief a South African'
News24, South Africa - 3 hours ago
Johannesburg - A senior Zanu-PF politburo official implicated in torture, kidnapping and a secret plan to harass and drive out opposition supporters in ...

Zimbabwe opposition, gov't officials meet in South Africa
Xinhua, China - 12 hours ago
JOHANNESBURG, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwean government and opposition officials met in South Africa on Thursday to try to find a way out of their country's ...

Zimbabwe rival parties hold talks
BBC News, UK - 19 hours ago
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party and both factions of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change have begun talks in South Africa. ...

Report: Zimbabwe political crisis talks to begin
MSNBC - 19 hours ago
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change will hold preliminary talks Thursday with President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party on ...

Mugabe Plans to Retake Parliament, Officials Say (Update1)
Bloomberg - 20 hours ago
By Brian Latham July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe plans to regain control of the National Assembly by preventing members of the ...

MDC denies military claims
Independent Online, South Africa - 20 hours ago
Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change on Thursday denied suggestions that some of its supporters were undergoing training to engage in retaliatory ...

Zimbabwe opposition, ruling party to start talks
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 20 hours ago
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change will on Thursday hold preliminary talks with President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party ...

Zimbabwe Post-Poll Death Toll Rises to 110, MDC Says (Update1)
Bloomberg - 22 hours ago
By Brian Latham and Mike Cohen July 10 (Bloomberg) -- The death toll in post-election violence in Zimbabwe has risen to 110 from a previous count of 103, ...

South Africa ruling party backs Zimbabwe talks
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 23 hours ago
By Nelson Banya HARARE (Reuters) - African National Congress leaders have urged President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party to negotiate with the opposition, ...

Rice warns Iran that US will defend allies - International Herald Tribune

2008-07-11T06:18:00.001-03:00

Political agendas distort the Iranian confrontation
Vancouver Sun, Canada - 1 hour ago
A considerable problem in framing a realistic view of Iran, its nuclear program and the prospects of war is that almost every player in this drama has an ...

Sizing up Iran's oil threat
CNNMoney.com - 1 hour ago
The country can strangle nearly 30% of the world's oil output and could send prices to $250 a barrel, but some say all the tough talk is still just that. ...

Iran Fires Another Missile
National Post, Canada - 1 hour ago
Agence France-Presse, Getty ImagesAn image released by Iranian daily Jamejam's online edition yesterday shows three missiles rising, while a fourth remains ...

Saber-rattling
Baltimore Sun, United States - 1 hour ago
The bellicose charges, military exercises, diplomatic challenges and missile test firings playing out between Iran, the US and Israel this week reflect the ...

Is Iran getting ready to negotiate on nukes?
Seattle Times, United States - 2 hours ago
Last week, a few Iranian officials talked positively about new diplomatic moves by the United States and its allies, hinting at possible. ...

Tests called mostly 'chest-thumping'
Houston Chronicle, United States - 3 hours ago
By RAMIN MOSTAGHIM and BORZOU DARAGAHI TEHRAN, IRAN — A two-day Iranian show of force through the launching of medium- and long-range test missiles was ...

We’ll defend our allies, US warns Iran
Dispatch Online, South Africa - 4 hours ago
US SECRETARY of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran yesterday that Washington had beefed up its security presence in the Gulf and would not hesitate to ...

US will not ignore threats - Rice
The Press Association - 4 hours ago
US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice has flexed America's muscles in the Middle East, forcefully warning Iran that the US would not ignore threats and ...

Iran test-fires more missiles in Persian Gulf
CTV.ca, Canada - 6 hours ago
Iran test-fired more long-rang missiles Thursday in a second round of exercises aimed at showing the US and Israel that the country has the capacity to ...

A diplomatic message in Iran's missiles?
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - 6 hours ago
ANALYSIS: Iran's fiery show of force may be part of a traditional diplomatic dance: Show your gruff exterior before admitting your willingness to change. ...

‘Iran threat justifies shield’
Arab News, Saudi Arabia - 8 hours ago
PRAGUE: The director of the US Missile Defense Agency said yesterday that Iran’s missile tests have emphasized the urgency of going ahead with plans to ...

US will not hesitate to defend Israel, Rice warns Tehran
guardian.co.uk, UK - 9 hours ago
The US vowed to defend Israel and its other allies in the Gulf, as Iran carried out its second ballistic missile test in two days yesterday. ...

Israel hints at pre-emptive attack on Iran
Independent, UK - 10 hours ago
By Rupert Cornwell in Washington The sabre-rattling over Iran's nuclear progamme has grown louder as a defiant Tehran claimed to have conducted missile ...

US says Iran test-fired two missile rounds
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 11 hours ago
By Randall Mikkelsen and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran has test-fired two rounds of missiles, including a single medium-range Shahab-3 missile ...

Friday's editorial: Iran's missile tests require strong response
Kansas City Star, MO - 11 hours ago
Many details concerning Iran’s missile tests this week remain unclear, and there may be less to them than Tehran’s propaganda indicates. ...

Real or not, Iranian missile fire must stop: US
AFP - 12 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States Thursday cast doubt on the strength of Iran's claims to have test-fired a whole barrage of missiles over two days, ...

Iran test-fires more missiles
Hindu, India - 12 hours ago
DUBAI: Iran has test-fired more missiles in the Gulf during a tri-service exercise to deter Israel and the US from attacking its nuclear installations. ...

Playing Chicken
Times Online, UK - 13 hours ago
Iran fired another round of missiles in the Gulf early yesterday, clearly riled that the West had reacted dismissively to its earlier volley of long-range ...

News Analysis: Tensions mount in Mideast as Iran test-fires missiles
Xinhua, China - 13 hours ago
BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Iran has successfully test-fired both medium- and long-range missiles in two consecutive days, in what many analysts described ...

Iran test-fires more missiles in Gulf war games
Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon - 13 hours ago
By Agence France Presse (AFP) TEHRAN: Iran test-fired more weaponry on Thursday as it continued war games, ignoring global concern over its launch of a ...

Iran continues war games
Aljazeera.net, Qatar - 13 hours ago
Iran has displayed its military power for a third consecutive day, carrying out more missile tests and holding exercises in the Gulf. ...

Behind Jackson's outburst - Baltimore Sun

2008-07-11T06:17:00.001-03:00

Editorial: Jesse Jackson's big mouth
Dallas Morning News, TX - 1 hour ago
Well, there goes Jesse Jackson's shot at box seats for Barack Obama's acceptance speech next month. The Rev. Jackson's vulgar remarks stating his desire to ...

Jackson's 'trash talk' a boon to Obama
National Post, Canada - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON -Rev. Jesse Jackson insists he is not a jealous man, that he is not envious Barack Obama has made it to the mountaintop of presidential politics, ...

Obama-Jackson column: [Insert euphemism here]
Chicago Tribune, United States - 1 hour ago
Because I love my readers, today they get their writes on, ahem, an assorted sampler of lightly salted topics, so I can go to lunch at Gene & Georgetti for ...

Jackson can't escape comments
Indianapolis Star, United States - 2 hours ago
By Mary Beth Schneider and Robert King Sen. Barack Obama might have accepted the Rev. Jesse Jackson's apology for a crudely worded comment accusing Obama of ...

There's nothing to fear from honest debate
Indianapolis Star, United States - 2 hours ago
Our position: Certain topics shouldn’t be off limits for Obama or others taking on nation’s challenges. The Rev. Jesse Jackson was in a familiar place when ...

Jesse Jackson's just wrong on Obama, right?
Detroit Free Press, United States - 2 hours ago
The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s unintentionally announced desire to castrate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama calls to mind former Detroit Mayor ...

Political Memo Jackson Barks, but Does He Still Have Bite?
New York Times, United States - 4 hours ago
By PATRICK HEALY It used to be called “the Jesse Jackson problem”: Democratic presidential candidates fearing they would lose black votes if they got on Mr. ...

BEST OF THE WEB TODAY
Wall Street Journal - 12 hours ago
By JAMES TARANTO (Note: Tomorrow is John Quincy Adams's birthday, and we won't be filing a column. See you Monday.) Editor & Publisher, the newspaper trade ...

Video: Jackson Comment Controversy
CBS - 12 hours ago
As one-time rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton continue to campaign together, public attention has been focused on recent controversial comments from ...

It's time for Jackson to retire from politics
Detroit Free Press, United States - 12 hours ago
By ROCHELLE RILEY • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST • July 10, 2008 In the latest instance of Democrat-on-Democrat crime, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, mad because Sen. ...

Barack 'talking down' to blacks
Times of India, India - 13 hours ago
CHICAGO: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama shrugged off a crude comment aimed at him by the civil rights leader Rev Jesse Jackson, accepting an ...

UN to investigate Bhutto killing - BBC News

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UN to investigate Bhutto killing
BBC News - 2 hours ago
Pakistan and the United Nations have agreed in principle to set up a UN panel to investigate the killing of Pakistani ex-PM Benazir Bhutto.
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Zimbabwe rivals tentatively begin talks on political crisis - International Herald Tribune

2008-07-11T02:17:00.005-03:00

Why Mugabe and His Foe Are Talking
TIME - 1 hour ago
Despite Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change holding its first talks with representatives of President Robert Mugabe's government on ...

Sanctions against Zimbabwe could prompt civil war, country says
CBC.ca, Canada - 1 hour ago
Sanctions being considered for Zimbabwe by the UN Security Council could lead to civil war, the country said Thursday. Addressing the 15-member council, ...

Tsvangirai denies negotiations taking place
Financial Times, UK - 2 hours ago
By Tony Hawkins in Harare Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe opposition leader, on Thursday night flatly rejected Zimbabwe and South African government claims that ...

Zimbabwe opposition, gov't talk in South Africa
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — Zimbabwean government and opposition officials met in South Africa on Thursday to try to find a way out of their country's ...

Zimbabwe rival parties hold talks
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, Ghana - 4 hours ago
Talks between Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party and both factions of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change are under way in South Africa. ...

'Talks about talks' in Zimbabwe political standoff
Radio Australia, Australia - 5 hours ago
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change have held discussions for the first time since last month's election. ...

Zimbabwe In 'Low-Level Civil War,' Says South African Think Tank
Voice of America - 5 hours ago
By Patience Rusere A South African research institute said Thursday that a "low-intensity civil war" is unfolding in Zimbabwe as members of the embattled ...

Opposition takes up arms as Zimbabwe slides into civil war
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 6 hours ago
By Fred Bridgland FRUSTRATED supporters of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe have begun arming themselves to fight back against ruling ...

MDC Denies unity talks
The Times, South Africa - 6 hours ago
Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change last night denied that talks under way in Pretoria were about a unity government. ...

Tentative Step To Negotiations By Zimbabwe Ruling Party, Oppositions
Voice of America - 7 hours ago
By Blessing Zulu Representatives of Zimbabwe's ruling party and opposition met Thursday in Pretoria, South Africa, for preliminary discussions aimed setting ...

Rival Zimbabwe parties hold talks as UN mulls sanctions
AFP - 7 hours ago
PRETORIA (AFP) — Zimbabwe's ruling party and opposition held talks in South Africa Thursday for the first time since Robert Mugabe's one-man election, ...

Rival Zimbabwe parties hold first talks since election
ABC Online, Australia - 9 hours ago
By Africa correspondent Andrew Geoghegan Laying the groundwork for talks: Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. (Reuters: Philimon Bulawayo ...

Zimbabwe civil rights activists sceptical over Mbeki-led talks
Daily Nation, Kenya - 10 hours ago
By KITSEPILE NYATHI, NAT ION Correspondent, Zimbabweans are sceptical about South African President Thabo Mbeki’s proposal for a government of national ...

Zimbabwe rivals hold talks
Aljazeera.net, Qatar - 10 hours ago
South Africa has confirmed that officials from Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have met in Pretoria. ...

Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF meet for talks with MDC opposition
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 11 hours ago
By Peta Thornycroft in Harare and Sebastien Berger Negotiators from Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change have met ...

Zimbabwe opposition denies negotiations started
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 11 hours ago
By Nelson Banya HARARE, July 10 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ruling party and the opposition MDC held their first talks on Thursday since the widely condemned ...

Zimbabwean factions resume talks in South Africa
The Associated Press - 13 hours ago
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's presidential spokesman says talks aimed at resolving Zimbabwe's violent political crisis have resumed in ...

Zimbabwe's Political Parties Meet in S. Africa on Future Negotiations
Voice of America - 13 hours ago
By Delia Robertson Delegates from Zimbabwe's main political parties are meeting in Pretoria, South Africa to discuss future negotiations toward ending the ...

Sanctions calls undermine Zimbabwe mediation: study
Africasia, UK - 13 hours ago
South African President Thabo Mbeki's mediation efforts offer the best hope of an end to Zimbabwe's political crisis while calls for sanctions are ...

Talks resume between Zimbabwe government, opposition
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 14 hours ago
By Nelson Banya HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party and the opposition MDC on Thursday began their first talks since widely condemned and ...

Zimbabwe factions 'resume talks'
The Press Association - 15 hours ago
Zimbabwe's ruling party and the opposition resumed talks aimed at resolving the country's violent political crisis, an official said. ...

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