AP - A video posted on a militant Web site calls for Muslims in Nigeria to use “the sword and the spear” to rise up against Christians in Africa’s most populous nation, according to a translation released Tuesday by a U.S. group that monitors militant sites.[Read more...]
A destructive rain and wind storm that battered the Northeast over the weekend left thousands without electricity and hundreds in emergency shelters—some for the fourth-consecutive day—as floods lived on Tuesday in many communities. Consolidated Edison Inc. said that it could be three more days before 59,000 customers without power since the latest storm get [...]
Hillary Clinton said the US could not agree with its allies on everything US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has dismissed the idea that US-Israeli relations are in crisis amid a row over Jewish settlers in Arab East Jerusalem.She said the two nations [...]
AP - Anti-government protesters started donating their own blood Tuesday as part of a plan to splatter the Thai government headquarters in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demands for new elections.[Read more...]
India’s cabinet approved a proposal on Monday to allow foreign universities to set up branches here, potentially opening a huge market to international educational institutions. The cabinet plans to introduce the Foreign Education Providers (Regulatory) Bill in parliament next month. The bill would then have to be passed by parliament before becoming law. “This [...]
Gen Fonseka denies any wrongdoing Sri Lanka’s ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka is appearing before a military court on charges of participating in politics while in uniform.The defeated presidential candidate is also accused of violating military procurement procedures. He says the charges are politically [...]
AP - Afghan officials say the Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban’s No. 2 when he was captured last month in Pakistan.[Read more...]
Ambassador Michael Oren reportedly made the remark to Israeli diplomats Israel’s ambassador to the US has said that relations between the two countries are at their lowest point for 35 years, Israeli media have reported.Last week Israeli officials announced the building of 1,600 [...]
AP - Thailand’s prime minister, backed by a formidable military force, rejected an ultimatum to dissolve Parliament on Monday as tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters vowed to continue their push to oust the government.[Read more...]
BEIJING—Premier Wen Jiabao aimed sharp words at Washington on Sunday, ceding little ground on China’s currency policy and suggesting that U.S. efforts to boost its exports by weakening the dollar amounted to “a kind of trade protectionism.” In his once-yearly news conference, Mr. Wen blamed the recent deterioration in what he called China’s most [...]
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Obama aide stokes US-Israel row
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