Forbes.com
Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Friday launched her party’s manifesto for elections in January 8, but reiterated that she was taking part in the polls under protest.Bhutto held up a copy of the document for television cameras as she said that her party would not boycott the elections following President Pervez Musharraf’s announcement that […]
I don’t particularly have anything to say about the now annual French ‘youth’ riots that I haven’t said before, I’ll reiterate that the serious problems have been generations in the making and their isn’t any simple solution. The first step though I think is to re-estiblish rule of law in the suburbs, not just against […]
washingtonpost.com
President Pervez Musharraf formally stepped down as the chief of Pakistan’s powerful army Wednesday morning, reluctantly bowing to international pressure to end his eight-year reign as the increasingly unpopular military ruler of this nuclear-armed Muslim nation of 160 million.Gen. Musharraf, 64, handed over his post as promised to the vice-army chief and retired from the […]
Ultimate 2008 Presidential Candidate Matcher
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The former New York City mayor emphasizes his tough foreign policy stance. His primary issue is national security, and would continue to pursue Bush’s war on terrorism. Guiliani is liberal on social issues, favoring civil unions for gays and abortion rights. He is more conservative on tax policy, […]
ABC News
Passengers aboard a cruise ship to the Antarctic were roused from their beds and hustled into lifeboats early today, when an iceberg punched a small hole in the ship’s side.All 100 people aboard the Explorer were pulled safely from the frigid seas by a passing ship, but the Explorer was listing badly and its […]
CNN.com
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether the District of Columbia’s sweeping ban on handgun ownership violates the Constitution’s fundamental right to “keep and bear arms.”
Washington, D.C., leaders asked the high court to intervene in the gun case.The justices accepted the case for review, with oral arguments likely next February or March. A […]
Reuters
Two separate teams of researchers announced on Tuesday they had transformed ordinary skin cells into batches of cells that look and act like embryonic stem cells — but without using cloning technology and without making embryos.Their breakthroughs could make possible the long-sought goal of tailor-made medicine, but without the political, scientific and ethical roadblock of […]
Here how you can text a Thankgiving message to our troops.
( Hat Tip: Dean’s World)
CNN.com
The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog admitted Thursday it was no longer in touch with how Iran’s nuclear program was developing, even as Tehran continues its enrichment activities in defiance of sanctions.
A report from International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei, said that while Iran has cooperated in several areas — by providing access to declared nuclear […]
OpinionJournal
The Treasury study examined a huge sample of 96,700 income tax returns from 1996 and 2005 for Americans over the age of 25. The study tracks what happened to these tax filers over this 10-year period. One of the notable, and reassuring, findings is that nearly 58% of filers who were in the poorest income […]
