by Νέα Πρωινή | Jun 21, 2011 | English
by Dean Baker As we know, President Obama and his team do not appear to be very effective negotiators when it comes to dealing with the Republicans in Congress. Last December, the Republicans forced the president to renew the Bush tax cuts for the rich. More recently,...
by Νέα Πρωινή | Jun 21, 2011 | English
Iraq has asked the United Nations to help find $17billion of oil money it believes was stolen by America. Its parliament says the cash was shipped over from the US to aid reconstruction after Saddam Hussein was ousted in 2003. But it went missing the following year...
by Νέα Πρωινή | Jun 21, 2011 | English
Washington is doing one of the things it does best — speculating — as President Obama prepares to announce his Afghanistan withdrawal plan on Wednesday. As aides say Obama is still finalizing his announcement, speculation ranged from a small withdrawal of...
by Νέα Πρωινή | Jun 21, 2011 | English
Tens of thousands of Syrians have gathered for rallies backing President Bashar al-Assad, a day after the leader blamed the country’s recent unrest on “saboteurs” and laid out plans to consider political reforms.Thousands of demonstrators holding...
by Νέα Πρωινή | Jun 21, 2011 | English
At least 22 people have been killed and more than 30 injured after two car bombs exploded one after the other outside the compound of the Provincial Governor in the central Iraqi city of Diwaniyah, news reports quoting officials said on Tuesday. The two explosions...
