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Iran frees reporters related to stoning case
TEHRAN (AFP) – Iran has freed two German reporters held for interviewing the son and lawyer of a woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, after commuting their jail terms to 50,000-dollar fines, state media announced on Saturday. “The two accused detained in Tabriz have been released and are…
Ex-aide: Colin Powell was ‘manipulated’ by Cheney into justifying Iraq war
WASHINGTON – Colin Powell’s ex-chief of staff said Thursday the former Secretary of State was lied to and manipulated by Vice President Dick Cheney into justifying the US invasion of Iraq. The primary justifications offered by the Bush administration for invading Iraq were that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass…
Former CIA analyst accosted during Clinton speech about tolerating free expression
The official position of the US Secretary of State is that countries around the world should respect their citizens’ rights to free speech, free expression and free assembly — and that’s precisely what Sec. Hillary Clinton said during a Tuesday speech at George Washington University. Unfortunately, as she spoke, not…
Live: Obama holds news conference
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will hold a news conference at 11:00 (1600 GMT) Tuesday, the White House said.…
Readers, bloggers sound off on Huff Post sale
WASHINGTON — When The Huffington Post was sold to AOL last Monday for $315 million, its founder, Arianna Huffington, was feted as a new media pioneer. Not everyone is celebrating, however. Huffington has been facing a backlash over the sale — from readers worried about what it will mean for…
Democratic Senator Jim Webb not seeking re-election in 2012
WASHINGTON – Democratic Sen. Jim Webb of Virginia announced Wednesday he will not seek re-election in 2012. He joins several over Senate Democrats in calling it quits after the 112th Congress, including Sens. Kent Conrad (ND), Byron Dorgan (ND), and Joe Lieberman (CT), an independent who caucuses with Democrats. The…
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood rejects ‘religious state,’ won’t seek presidency
Representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt said the opposition group would work to promote democracy and does not intend to field a candidate for the presidency, CNN reported Wednesday. “The Muslim Brotherhood are not seeking power,” a member of the group’s media office, Mohammed Morsi, said at a news…
Rep. Jane Harman to quit Congress: reports
WASHINGTON – Ten-year Rep. Jane Harman, a Democrat from California, is expected to resign from Congress soon to head the Washington-based Woodrow Wilson Center, according to three major media outlets. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell broke the news on Twitter Monday morning, writing: “[S]ources tell me Jane Harman to quit Congress succeed…
AOL to buy Huffington Post for $315 million
WASHINGTON – US Internet provider AOL will buy The Huffington Post, a rapidly growing news website with nearly 25 million monthly visitors, for $315 million, the company announced Monday. Approximately $300 million will be paid in cash, it said. The Huffington Post is privately owned, but the proposed transaction is…
Fox hosts slam ‘anti-Semitic, anti-American’ al-Jazeera amid Egypt protests
Perhaps Bill O’Reilly is worried that al-Jazeera upstaged his own network in covering the uprising in Egypt. As Americans flocked to the Middle East-based news network (or at least its website) in unprecedented numbers, and many praised the network for giving the Arab world a source of news not controlled…
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