Medvedev on Latin American tour

In what some analysts consider the return of a cold war era, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev starts a four-nation Latin American tour.  But, Cold War is long gone and Multi polarity seems to be the emerging...

Vietnam, Venezuela ink deals

"Nov 22, 2008CARACAS - VIETNAM'S president and Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez signed a deal for a US$200 million (S$305.5 million) joint fund and 15 cooperation projects, during the first visit here by a head of state...

Stocks Soar in Late Trading

" After two days of punishing losses, Wall Street surged on Friday afternoon after news reports said that President-elect Barack Obama had tapped Timothy F. Geithner, the president of the New York Federal Reserve,...

Dick Cheney-Inspired Hunting Jacket Tested WITH Bullets on Reporter

Miguel Caballero, “a Colombian tailor who has made a fortune from selling bullet-proof fashion to presidents, oligarchs, celebrities,” is marketing a new line of stylish bullet-proof jackets. The jackets are...

NASA Successfully Tests ‘Interplanetary Internet’

" Although the crew of the spacecraft Endeavour experienced a glitch in the first space walk when an astronaut accidentally let her tool bag float away, NASA had a lot to celebrate as it announced success with a high-tech space program. NASA, along with Vinton Cerf, a...

Twenty-eighth 'India International Trade Fair or IITF opens.

" Vice president M Hamid Ansari inaugurates the 28th India International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan on friday. It is the biggest fair in Delhi and provides opportunity to all small and big business players from across the country and abroad to showcase there products. "

In the Mideast, Obama Faces an Israeli-Palestinian Standoff That Threatens to...

"Posted November 20, 2008 JERUSALEM—It would be hard to blame incoming President Barack Obama if he took one look at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and decided it wasn't for him....

Aide: Obama on track to nominate Clinton

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- An aide to Barack Obama's transition team says the president-elect is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving. One week after the former primary...

Conrad Black seeks pardon. Clinton would have given him a medal!

OPINION Clinton pardoned a rapist, a child pornography dealer, SEVERAL cocaine dealers (probably got paid in kind for that pardon), extortionists, riotors, bribers, money launderers, a child sexual abuser and TERRORISTS (just to name a few of the 140 criminals he...

Bill "Slick Willie" Clinton

The door is now open for Bill "Slick Willie" to profit Big-Time when Hillary accepts the Secretary of State position in Obama's adminstration.  Imagine having two SoS for the price of one!  Hillary would...

2 Months Left, Bush Says Goodbye, Quietly

"Two months from today, the White House packs up the Bush Family belongings and moves in those of the Obama’s. And it seems President Bush is accepting the ever-nearing end of his term in good spirits. “He’s usually in a good mood,” said Press Secretary Dana Perino on...

Sen. Clinton weighing secretary of state post

" Associates of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday the former first lady is weighing whether to leave the Senate and become secretary of state in the Obama administration, a job they say she believes is...

Texas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales of crime

Texas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales of crime   HOUSTON (Reuters) - A grand jury in South Texas indicted U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney...

InBev says it has closed Anheuser Busch takeover

The U.S. Department of Justice cleared the deal last week after InBev agreed to sell Labatt USA, which sells the Canadian beer in the U.S. It will hold on to Labatt in Canada. InBev did not say who would buy the...

Cuban president to make first visit to Venezuela

" CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Raul Castro's first official trip abroad since assuming Cuba's presidency will be to Venezuela. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he received a letter from Castro two days ago and...

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