Israel rejects Gaza truce, Hamas defiant

Hamas vowed to fight “until the last breath” if Israel makes good on threats to send ground troops into Gaza after rejecting calls for a truce and pressing on with its air assault. “We in Hamas are ready for all scenarios and we will fight until the … (more…)

 

RICHMOND, Va. — A Washington lobbyist sued The New York Times for $27 million Tuesday over an article that she says gave the false impression she had an affair with Sen. John McCain in 1999. The newspaper stood by the story. Vicki L. Iseman filed … (more…)

 

WASHINGTON – Three-quarters of Americans say president-elect Barack Obama is a “strong and decisive leader,” the highest such support for an incoming president in almost 30 years, according to a CNN poll released Wednesday. Seventy-six percent of the … (more…)

 

William Rivers Pitt: A Very Bad Year

The year 2008 began on a Tuesday. Matters went downhill swiftly from there. On that first day of 2008, the Taliban threatened to further escalate attacks in Afghanistan, eight people died in Gaza amid the violence of the Fatah-Hamas conflict and US … (more…)

 

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ‘” North Korea issued a New Year’s message Thursday with a promise to strengthen its military, but it broke with tradition by not accusing the U.S. of anything and only briefly mentioning its controversial nuclear program … (more…)

 

WASHINGTON ‘” Opportunism comes in many forms in Illinois politics. Unfortunately for the reputation of my home state, the nation is learning about all of them. Thanks to the court-approved wiretaps released last month, we heard evidence that Gov … (more…)

 

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says her future son-in-law is not a high school dropout as the press is reporting. The former Republican vice presidential candidate also issued a statement about the birth of her first grandchild … (more…)

 

WASHINGTON ‘” Late on Christmas Eve, one last wish was sent, by e-mail: Please let NASA Administrator Michael Griffin keep his job. It was from his wife. Rebecca Griffin, who works in marketing, sent her message with the subject line ‘Campaign for … (more…)

 

US President-elect Barack Obama, asked about his foreign policy priorities when named Person of the Year by Time magazine, listed nuclear proliferation, climate change and global poverty as well as Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, the transatlantic alliance … (more…)

 

WASHINGTON : President-elect Barack Obama is expected to name Cecilia Rouse, a Princeton University labour economist, to the Council of Economic Advisers, an aide with the Obama transition office said on Wednesday. Obama is expected to draw on Rouse … (more…)