Leadership scramble: GOP rivals vie for title (AP)
AP – The Republican presidential contenders are making a pitch to voters that sounds a lot like a children’s game: Follow the leader. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories ...
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For Iran, cost of closing strait may outweigh gain (AP)
AP – With missile batteries, fleets of attack boats and stocks of naval mines, Iran can disrupt traffic through the Strait of Hormuz but probably cannot completely shut down the world’s most important oil route, military analysts say. The question for Iran’s leadership is whether it is worth the heavy price. View full post on ...
North Korea calls Kim Jong Un ‘supreme leader’ (AP)
AP – North Korea declared Kim Jong Il’s son and successor “supreme leader” of the ruling party, military and the people during a memorial Thursday for his father in the government’s first public endorsement of his leadership. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories ...
NKorea media laud son, nation grieves Kim Jong Il (AP)
AP – Streams of mourners, some wailing and some grim-faced, placed flowers at monuments around the North Korean capital Tuesday in memory of longtime ruler Kim Jong Il, while state media hailed Kim’s son and heir-apparent as a man “born of heaven” — suggesting the transition to a new leadership was firmly on track. View full ...
Freshman Democrat upbraids Obama on spending (AP)
AP – A freshman Democratic senator accused President Barack Obama on Tuesday of failing to provide leadership on a worsening national deficit as top Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill spent more time pointing fingers than seeking common ground on a must-do measure to fund the government for the next six months. View full post ...
Egypt ruling party leaders resign but regime holds (AP)
AP – The leadership of Egypt’s ruling party stepped down Saturday as the military figures spearheading the transition tried to placate protesters without giving them the one resignation they demand, President Hosni Mubarak’s. The United States gave key backing to the regime’s gradual changes, warning of the dangers if Mubarak goes too quickly. View full ...
Leadership of Egypt’s ruling party resigns (AP)
AP – The top leadership body of Egypt’s ruling party resigned Saturday, including the president’s son, but the regime appeared to be digging in its heels, calculating that it can ride out street demonstrations and keep President Hosni Mubarak in office. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories ...
Gov’t: More than 78 deaths in Tunisian unrest (AP)
AP – Tunisia’s prime minister announced a national unity government Monday, allowing opposition into the country’s leadership for the first time in a bid to quell civil unrest following the ouster of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali amid huge street protests. View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories ...