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Israeli media are reporting that the Israeli cabinet may be considering mobilising as many as 75,000 reservists in an escalating conflict with Palestinians in Gaza. This as reports emerged from the region today of rocket fire aimed at Jerusalem. The
November 8th, 1923Nazi leader Adolf Hitler makes his first attempt to seize power in Germany. He launches a failed coup in the city of Munich, an event that becomes known as the Beer Hall Putsch. Hitler ultimately achieves his goal when he becomes Ge
Australian authorities are coordinating the rescue of up to 40 people off the Cocos Islands after their boat sank. A merchant ship has launched life rafts for the suspected asylum seekers after the Australian Maritime Safety Authority received a dist
Shaking Hands On the Web Jack Welch said something the other day that brought me up short:
This is AP news minute. 1. The family of Keith Scott has released the cell phone video of the shooting in Charlotte, North Carolina. On the video, you can hear officers tell Scott to drop something. But it is unclear from the footage if he has the we
The jobs picture doesn't appear to be much better than it was a month ago, even though the unemployment rate has dropped to 8.1%. NPR's Dave Mattingly reports the decline is being attributed to more people giving up their job search. When those witho
AA: Im Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER -- slang and idioms in American politics. RS: Tuesday was Election Day, and Slangman David Burke in Los Angeles told us a story about one candidate who had no problem with name reco
BBC News with Julie Candler. Donald Trump's National Security Advisor says the President in no way compromised any sources or methods in the meeting with Russia's Foreign Minister last week. H.R. McMaster said Mr. Trump's conversation with Sergei Lav
BBC news with Jonathan Izard. The US Republican Senator Jeff Sessions has appeared before a congressional committee to defend his nomination for the post of Attorney General in Donald Trumps new administration. He rejected allegations of racial animo
With Mitt Romney's presidential nomination confirmed in a barnstorming acceptance speech two days ago, 米特罗姆尼两天前的提名巡回演讲进一步巩固了他总统候选人提名的身份。 the race to the White House is now well under w
By Jim Malone Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is preparing to make an aggressive push for votes in several key battleground states this week as he seeks to regain political momentum in th
By Paula Wolfson The U.S. presidential election campaign is focusing on just a few states where the race is extremely close. The two major party candidates are spending most of their time now in these
Its been a week since a cyclone struck Myanmar, killing an estimated 100,000 people and leaving more than a million survivors in need. The UNs World Food Program says that it will resume aid flights today despite the seizure of food shipments by the
1. Osama bin Laden issued new threats in an audiotape broadcast on Arab television earlier today. Bin Laden accuses the US and Europe of supporting a Zionist war on Islam by cutting off funds to the H
By Naomi Schwarz Freetown 08 August 2007 Sierra Leone's leading presidential candidate, Vice President Solomon Berewa, boycotted country's first-ever pre-election debates. But the other six candidates were on hand and discussed employment, education,
Concerns about a possible delay in Zimbabwe's presidential run-off election are increasing. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights has warned that the any delay beyond the 21 day limit from May 2 when results were released will be a breach of election law
Ballots are being distributed to the polling stations nationwide as Italy prepares for its general elections this weekend. Opinion polls show that Pier Luigi Bersani, leader of the Democratic Party with almost zero name recognition outside Italy, is
By Kurt Achin Seoul 16 December 2007 A former South Korean prime minister says his strong conservative credentials are what his country needs in a president. Lee Hoi-chang says he would take a harder line on North Korea and return the South to values
Chinese premier leaves Russia for home after SCO meeting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is back in Beijing, following the latest prime ministers' meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in St. Petersburg, Russia. Prime ministers have concluded t
Just a day before the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue, U.S Treasury Secretary Jack Lew paid a visit to Tsinghua University in Beijing. He talked with students about some issues between the world's top two economies. Among the topics of discu