US patience on N Waziristan ops running out: Joe Biden

ISLAMABAD: Making it clear that the US patience is running out over Pakistan's indecision on military action against terrorist sanctuaries in North Waziristan, US Vice President Joe Biden has unequivocally told his interlocutors in Islamabad that the Americans would not wait indefinitely.     story

Facing Challenge, Obama Returns to Unity Theme

Clinton Bluntly Presses Arab Leaders on Reform

DOHA, Qatar — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered a scalding critique of Arab leaders here on Thursday, saying their countries risked “sinking into the sand” of unrest and extremism, unless they liberalized their political systems and cleaned up their economies.   story

Sarah Palin - Blood Libel

Biden Says US to Be Out of Afghanistan by 2014

WikiLeaks Struggles to Stay Online After Attacks story

 

Swiss Supporters: WikiLeaks Server Goes Down  story

WikiLeaks back online after moving servers

Website switches to Swiss server after being disconnected in US.


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         WikiLeaks' Julian Assange 'taking precautions' after death threats

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he and his staff are "taking precautions" after politicians in the US suggested those responsible for publishing secret diplomatic cables should face the death penalty...   story

polit hogs losing it: common sense totally overboard

WikiLeaks: guilty parties 'should face death penalty'
Leading US political figures have called for the death penalty to be imposed on the person who leaked sensitive documents to whistle-blower website WikiLeaks as anger intensified against those responsible for the international relations crisis.

 

Chief suspect Bradley Manning

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Barack Obama:

the Great Unravelling of a One-Term President?

Obama has even lost Shepard Fairey, the man who created the iconic red and blue "Hope" poster of Obama's visage. Those who elected Obama, he said this week, feel cheated. "They wanted somebody who was going to fight against the status quo and I don't think that Obama has done that." 

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Jimmy Carter Arrives In North Korea

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Barack Obama’s press secretary was forced to apologise after losing his temper and calling the President’s critics “crazy” and saying they needed to be “drug tested”.

White House Party for Africa Leaves Out Leaders

President Obama convened a forum this week to celebrate the 50th anniversaries of 17 African nations, but he did not invite a single African leader to help him do so...
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U.S. Embassy Employees Poisoned By Mail

PARIS - Three employees of the US embassy in Paris were being treated for poisoning on Friday after opening mail, a police source told Reuters.
The source was not immediately able to specify the nature of the poisoning or the seriousness of their condition. A spokesman for the US embassy was not immediately available for comment.
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Effective Pak govt must to destroy al-Qaida

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama says to achieve its mission in Afghanistan to dismantle and destroy al-Qaida and its affiliates, the US must ensure a stable Afghan and an effective Pakistani government.
A day after replacing the top American general in Afghanistan, he also made it clear that the change did not indicate a change in policy and troops could remain in significant numbers in Afghanistan well after his withdrawal timeline begins next summer...
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US money reaching Taliban, says report

WASHINGTON: The United States is indirectly paying tens of millions of dollars in protection money to Afghan warlords, and potentially to the Taliban, to secure convoys carrying supplies to US troops in Afghanistan, congressional investigators said in a report. story

US Lawmakers warn Turkey of payback over Iran, Israel policies

Barack Obama's credibility hits rock bottom

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 Palin: 'We're all Arizonans now'

 Sarah Palin has defended a new law cracking down on illegal immigration in Arizona claiming: "We're all Arizonans now"...  story