- Sweden withdraws warrant for WikiLeaks founder (AP)
- Iran begins fueling first nuclear reactor (AP)
- Haiti ruling ends Wyclef Jean's run for president (AP)
- Australian PM says elections too close to call (AP)
- Obama challenges GOP on campaign finance ruling (AP)
- Flooding submerges new towns in Pakistan's south (AP)
Aug 21, 2010
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Le Figaro - International : Incertitude politique dans le «paradis» australien
Escape to Norway: Iranian Anti-Stoning Lawyer Continues Fight from Exile
Russia Leans on Belarus: Europe's Last Dictator Under Pressure from Moscow
Alexander Lukashenko is regarded as Europe's last dictator, but after more than 16 years in power his days as Belarusian president may be numbered. As presidential elections approach, Russia seems to be determined to see the back of Lukashenko. By Benjamin Bidder in Moscow more...
On the Way Down: The Erosion of America's Middle Class
While America's super-rich congratulate themselves on donating billions to charity, the rest of the country is worse off than ever. Long-term unemployment is rising and millions of Americans are struggling to survive. The gap between rich and poor is wider than ever and the middle class is disappearing. By Thomas Schulz
The World from Berlin: 'The Invasion of Iraq Was Wrong, Unjust and Damaging'
Has American credibility been severely damaged by the Iraq War? One day after the last US combat unit left the country, some in the German press say that it has. Commentators are pessimistic about Iraq's ability to cope alone. more...
Günter Grass: 'The Nobel Prize Doesn't Inhibit Me in My Writing'
In a SPIEGEL interview, Nobel Prize-winning German author Günter Grass talks about why he doesn't fear death, the missed opportunities of German reunification and why he thinks the Brothers Grimm had "oral sex with vowels." more...
The Man Who Saved Europe: How Winston Churchill Stopped the Nazis
Some 70 years ago, Hitler's Wehrmacht was chalking up one victory after the next, but then Winston Churchill stood up to the dictator. Their duel decided World War II. The former British prime minister has been viewed as one of the . . . .
Honolulu mayoral forum heats up over Oahu rail project
Panos Prevedouros
Peter Carlisle
Kirk Caldwell
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My soft spot for Dr. Laura
Parker: What she's done to help people should be balanced against her insensitivity.Plus: Wired for racism?
- Broder: Why Robert Gibbs is so angry
- Ignatius: Obama's second-term master stroke
- Milbank: Alaska's Tea Party hypocrisy
- Will: A two-state solution is delusional
Begin Democratic panic
Ponnuru | Bad employment news. Obama's view on the Ground Zero mosque. Whatever the reason, Democrats have started to panic.
- User Poll: Who 'owns' Ground Zero?
- On Leadership: Of course you need vacation
- On Faith: Hitchens 'a hero to the faithful'?
- User Poll: What are you doing with $1 coins?
Facing down intolerance
Video | Alyse Nelson of Vital Voices on how women all over the world are taking risks to become political and business leaders bettering their communities.
- Paul Light: Secrecy in Obama's grant fund
- PostLeadership: Ethical crisis in the C-Suite?
- FedCoach: Overcoming technophobia
Americans slow to buy, employers slow to hire With consumers destined to disappoint for many years, economy is unlikely to recapture prosperity of quarter-century that preceded financial crisis.
Neil Irwin
- Wary businesses brace for 'a different era'
- U.S. eyes private sector's role in affordable housing
- Unemployment edges downward in the District
Iran fueling first nuclear plantEngineers begin weeklong process of loading uranium fuel into reactor in first startup step.
Associated Press | 7:01 a.m. ET
Blago's defense, funded by you? If TV shows can't cover the ex-Illinois governor's costs for retrial, federal taxpayers may have to.
Jerry Markon
Wikileaks founder is wanted man Swedish officials say chief of whistle-blower Web site is suspected in 2 cases of molestation, rape.
Associated Press | 8:11 a.m. ET
U.S. to host Mideast peace talks While citing obstacles, White House expresses hope that deal for Palestinian state may come soon.
Mary Beth Sheridan and Janine Zacharia
- OPINION: Ignatius: Two slightly different invitations
- Clinton: Israelis, Palestinians to resume talks
How the oil well was plugged BP and Uncle Sam overcome natural antagonism to create functioning team in gulf spill response.
Joel Achenbach
'Star Wars' speed dating event in Orlando offers attendees a three-minute shot at the chance to stop flying Solo. » Alexandra Petri
- Prosecutors: WikiLeaks founder suspected of rape
- Australian governing party trailing in vote count
- Floods submerge new towns in Pakistan's south
- Rains batter China anew; 50,000 evacuated in flood
- Report: Blackwater agrees to pay $42 million in fines
- Nats fall to Phillies, 1-0 | Rangers top O's, 2-0
- Artur Davis comes out swinging in Alabama
- Intelligence chief brings sense of humor to job
- Hospital pricing systems garnering more attention
- U.S. pleased with extradition of reputed arms dealer
- Serena Williams withdraws from U.S. Open
- Faster Forward: Requiring FM radios in phones?
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70 Years On, UK Honors Battle of Britain's "Few"
(AP) In the words of Winston Churchill, it was Britain's "finest hour," a turning point in world history - though it didn't always feel that way at the time.
Seventy years after the Battle of Britain, Churchill's daughter commemorated the pivotal air campaign Friday alongside surviving members of "the few," the Royal Air Force pilots who defied the odds to defend the country from German attack.
Mexico Catches Men with 3,756 Sea Turtle Eggs
(AP) Police in Mexico say six suspects have been detained on the southern Pacific coast with 3,756 illegally harvested eggs from protected sea turtles.
Guerrero state police say the six men were caught with the Olive Ridley turtle eggs in a coastal town east of the resort city of Acapulco.
Guerrero state police say the six men were caught with the Olive Ridley turtle eggs in a coastal town east of the resort city of Acapulco.
Analysis: How Are These Mideast Talks Different?
\Optimists will point to the goal of a peace agreement within one year and say "this time things will be different."
Journalists will have to restrain themselves from ending stories with "only time will tell."
The Obama administration has been working toward this announcement for twenty months, literally since their first days in office. Former Senator George Mitchell was named special envoy in Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's first week on the job.
Wyclef Jean Ruled Out of Haiti Presidential Run - CBS News
Haiti's electoral commission said Friday that hip hop artist Wyclef Jean cannot run for president of this Caribbean nation, ending his outsider's bid to lead a country struggling to recover from the Jan. 12 earthquake.
Special Section: Haiti | The Road to Recovery
Jean, who faced a challenge to his candidacy in the Nov. 28 elections because. . . .
Blackwater Firm to Pay Gov't $42M in Fines
The newspaper reported on its website Friday that the Moyock, N.C.-based company now known as Xe Services reached a settlement agreement with the State Department.
The alleged violations included providing sniper training for Taiwanese police officers, illegal . . . .
Iran Begins Fueling Its First Nuke Power Plant - CBS News
(AP) Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel into Iran's first nuclear power plant on Saturday, a major milestone as Tehran forges ahead with its atomic program despite U.N. sanctions.
The weeklong operation to load uranium fuel into the reactor at the Bushehr power plant in southern Iran is the first step in starting up a facility the U.S. once hoped to prevent because of fears over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
Petraeus: Afghans Call Shots in Taliban Talks
(CBS)
The war in Afghanistan has gone on for 3,240 days. With each day, the casualties mount. On Friday, NATO reported the deaths of three coalition soldiers, including an American.
Special Section: Afghanistan | The Road Ahead
In Helmand Province, at least seven Afghan road-construction workers were shot to death by Taliban insurgents.
WikiLeaks Founder Suspected of Rape in Sweden
(AP) WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is suspected of rape in Sweden, where authorities have issued a warrant for his arrest, officials said Saturday.
The 39-year-old Australian denied the allegations on WikiLeaks' Twitter page, saying they "are without basis and their issue at this moment is deeply disturbing."
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