DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran's start-and-stop announcements over the release of one of three detained Americans add up to a distinct message: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his allies still have a fight on their hands within the ruling ranks. The confusing signals over the fate of 31-year-old Sarah Shourd - whose planned Saturday release was personally backed by Ahmadinejad - underscore the wider backlash to efforts at expanding his powers and sway over internal policies and Iran's foreign affairs, analysts say.
BOISE, Idaho - An Idaho man accused of firing an assault rifle at the White House believed he was Jesus and thought President Barack Obama was the anti-Christ. He had become increasingly agitated with the federal government, and at one point suggested the president was planning to implant computer tracking chips into children, according to court documents and those who knew him. Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 21, was charged Thursday with attempting to assassinate the president or his staff. He is accused of firing nine rounds at the White House last Friday night - one of them cracking a window of the first family's living quarters - when Obama and the first lady were away. If convicted, Ortega faces up to life in prison.
WASHINGTON, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading Authorities, Inc. has signed Andrew (Andy) L. Stern, the former president of the 2.2 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the fastest-growing union in North America. Stern turned SEIU into a powerful political force, and Stern and SEIU were widely credited for helping elect Barack Obama in 2008. We are extremely proud and privileged to be representing Andy Stern," said Leading Authorities founder and CEO Mark French. "He is a major force in Washington politics. He transformed the labor movement, raised huge sums for President Obama's election, and exerted monumental influence on the health care debate. Everyone at LAI is thrilled to be working with Andy.
This rule establishes procedures and assigns responsibilities for Special Events, sets forth procedural guidance for the execution of Special Events support when requested by civil authorities or qualifying entities and approved by the appropriate DoD authority, or as directed by the President, within the United States, including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States or any political subdivision thereof and elsewhere if properly approved.
Federal funding in, around seaports facilitates trade, commerce, jobs, security, environment ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a letter yesterday afternoon to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) President and CEO Kurt Nagle asked committee members to fully consider the benefits of focusing scarce federal resources where they will have the greatest impact, including in and around America's seaports.
BEIRUT - Hundreds of Syrian government supporters attacked the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Monday, smashing windows and spray- painting walls with obscenities and graffiti that called the American ambassador a "dog." Guards at the French Embassy fired in the air to ward off another group of protesters. The sharp escalation in tensions followed a visit last week by the American and French ambassadors to the city of Hama, a stronghold of opposition to authoritarian President Bashar Assad. Syrian authorities were angered by the visit and American Ambassador Robert Ford's harsh criticism afterward of the government crackdown on a four-month-old uprising. Ford's residence was also attacked Monday.
According to Article 2 of the draft, parties to the treaty would have to ensure that decisions within the framework of organizations and alliances to which they belong "do not affect significantly security of any Party or Parties to the Treaty" and do not conflict with the new treaty, international law, or decisions of the UN Security Council. According to Schmitt, the proposal is "especially problematic in light of recent Russian behavior in occupied Georgia, in the recent military exercises aimed at Poland, in the new laws passed by the Duma authorizing military interventions to protect Russians and Russianspeaking peoples in surrounding states, and in the new authorities the Russian president is seeking enabling him to use the Russian military on his own authority.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Asia Foundation, the premier non-profit organization devoted to Asia's development since 1954, today announced Mr. Deepak Thapa as the first recipient of The William P. Fuller Fellowship in Conflict Resolution, honoring the Foundation's most recent President Emeritus. Deepak Thapa - considered one of the foremost authorities on the Maoist-insurgency in Nepal - will undertake a fellowship program in the U.S. to study theoretical and applied approaches to conflict management and resolution. The Foundation's conflict management program supports a variety of initiatives ranging from mechanisms at the village level to formal institutionalization of conflict resolution processes throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Given the interest of my predeces...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - An American human rights activist, who intended to observe a protest-related trial in Bahrain, was denied entry into the Gulf kingdom on Sunday despite authorities' pledge of transparency. Richard Sollom, deputy president of the U.S.-based Physicians for Human Rights, told The Associated Press that Bahraini airport authorities gave no reason for their refusal to allow him into the Gulf country, which was hit hard by political unrest during last year's Arab Spring.
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