Barack Obama is an extraordinary politician, but not even he can defy the laws of economics and logic.
Obama promises that with enough power government will (1) ensure that everyone has the wherewithal to buy ample medical services, (2) lower the price of care, but (3) not interfere with our choices.
Ex-Blackwater Employees Allege Founder Linked to Murder
Investigating Reports
By MWC NEWS
Thursday, 06 August 2009
In sworn statements, two ex-employees claim Blackwater’s owner, Erik Prince, murdered or facilitated the murder of individuals cooperating with federal authorities investigating the company. One also charged Prince “views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe.”
Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has pledged strong support for Somalia's fragile government as it battles Islamist fighters across the country.
Thousands of people have attended a reconciliation-themed funeral service in Britain for Harry Patch, the last surviving veteran of the World War I trenches.
Residents of a remote farming town in western China have been barred from leaving after becoming infected with what officials described as the world's most deadly pneumonic plague.
Rocket attacks carried out against Israel by Hamas and other Palestinian fighters amount to war crimes, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.
The Bank of England has taken a far bigger step than expected to boost Britain's recession-hit economy by expanding its quantitative easing (QE) programme to $295bn from $210bn.
Barack Obama has insisted that the only way for North Korea to improve ties with Washington is to give up its nuclear programme and halt what he called its "provocative behaviour".
The White House spokesman has withdrawn comments which suggested that the US government had recognised Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran's elected president despite popular protests against the vote result.
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Barack Obama has insisted that the only way for North Korea to improve ties with Washington is to give up its nuclear programme and halt what he called its "provocative behaviour".
Four trainers at a Chinese rehabilitation "boot camp" for internet addicts have been arrested after a teenage boy died after allegedly being beaten.
