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Worst US city for traffic gridlock? Honolulu
Los Angeles has something of a bad reputation for traffic jams, with its perennially snarled freeways. But, surprisingly, it’s not the worst US city for gridlock, says a new study. That dubious honor goes to .. Honolulu. Commuters in the Hawaiian paradise capital spent some 58 hours not moving in…
EU vows to keep Greece in the fold but plans for exit
European Union leaders pledged support for Greece on Thursday, vowing to keep the debt-wracked country in the eurozone as officials prepared behind the scenes for a possible doomsday scenario of exit. After a growth-oriented EU summit dominated by fears of a “Grexit” that went into the early hours of the…
Egyptians vote on second day of presidential elections
Egyptians swarmed polling stations on the second day Thursday of a gripping presidential election in which candidates are pitting stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak’s rule. Long queues formed outside the voting centres after they opened at 8:00 am (0600 GMT), with authorities declaring Thursday…
Iran nuclear talks go down to the wire
Crunch Iranian nuclear talks went down to the wire on Thursday, with Tehran threatening to walk away unless world powers ease sanctions in return for a partial suspension of its atomic activities. The P5+1 — Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States and Germany — want to persuade Iran to…
U.K. recession deepens as GDP shrinks
Britain’s recession is worse than previously thought, as revised official figures showed on Thursday that the economy shrank by more than expected in the first quarter of 2012. “UK gross domestic product (GDP) in volume terms decreased by 0.3 percent in the first quarter of 2012, revised from a previously…
‘I would vote for President Obama’: Castro’s niece
Fidel Castro’s niece on Wednesday hailed Barack Obama’s support for gay marriage and the loosening of US-Cuba travel restrictions, saying: “I would vote for President Obama.” Mariela Castro, the daughter of President Raul Castro, also lamented the “small group of delinquents” whom she said were preventing the warming of ties…
Fewer in U.S. identify as ‘pro-choice’ but support for abortion rights is unchanged
Gallup poll finds four in ten Americans willing to say they are ‘pro-choice’, but two-thirds believe abortion should be legal Four out of ten Americans identify themselves as “pro-choice” on abortion, the lowest proportion in almost two decades, according to a Gallup poll published on Wednesday. In the poll, 50%…
Romney challenges Obama on business and economy
WASHINGTON — Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney vowed Wednesday to cut unemployment to six percent if elected, saying he has the right business acumen and policies and warned US President Barack Obama not to “attack success.” It was a day of counterattack by Romney after the president hit out…
Amnesty criticizes U.S. for ‘unlawful’ bin Laden raid
WASHINGTON — Amnesty International criticized the United States on Wednesday for its use of lethal force, particularly for the “unlawful” killing of Osama bin Laden in a clandestine US commando raid in Pakistan last May. “The US administration made clear that the operation had been conducted under the USA’s theory…
Nancy Reagan recovering ‘slowly’ from fall
LOS ANGELES — Former US first lady Nancy Reagan is “slowly” recovering from a fall a few weeks ago which left her with fractured ribs, her spokeswoman said Wednesday. The 90-year-old widow of president Ronald Reagan canceled her attendance at an event at the Reagan Library in California on Tuesday…
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