International News February 1-8

Send to KindleTweet Nissan Reviews Morocco Project Nissan Motor Co. is currently in strained economical circumstances and the participation in a new factory in Morocco is under review, ZAWYA reports. Nissan’s cooperation with French partner Renault for the new factory was announced in 2007, but the Spanish newspaper El Pais reports Nissan will now take [...]

American Headlines January 19-25

Send to KindleTweet Bush Ordered Extra FEMA Aid For Inauguration In his final week as President, Bush declared an emergency in the District of Columbia and ordered federal aid to support Washington D.C.’s response efforts for the 56th inauguration of our next and 44th President, Barack Obama. The move allows the Department of Homeland Security, Federal [...]

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If You Build It, Will They Come?Dubai’s Latest Splurges What:The pioneer of modernity in the Middle East surges on with development plans, despite rocky financial markets.

Send to KindleTweet The Dirt:While Americans rejoice the end of the presidential campaign and the election of the first non-white president, the financial markets continue to falter, including those in the Middle East. Though the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman) states are sitting on hefty energy resources, [...]

American News August 25

Send to KindleTweet Barack Obama has chosen Senator Joe Biden as his running mate. The Democratic National Convention, this year in Denver, Colorado, will run from Monday August 25 through Thursday August 28. Speakers include House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Hillary and Bill Clinton, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, John Kerry, Jay Rockefeller, and NARAL President [...]

American News June 30

Send to KindleTweet Barack Obama announce he will help pay Hillary Clinton‘s $20 million-plus U.S. debt, CBC reports. Obama met with over 200 of Clinton’s main fundraisers at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington. “I’m going to need Hillary by my side campaigning during his election, and I’m going to need all of you,” Obama told [...]

American News June 9

Send to KindleTweet Crime in Los Angeles is on the rise, as a Los Angeles Times blog called The Homicide Report chronicles deaths in the city. On June 8, there were four posts of homicides, with the youngest victim 16 years old and the oldest 37. Four were posted on Saturday. A possible tornado knocked over [...]

American News June 2

Send to KindleTweet The Democratic party’s Rules and Bylaws Committee has decided that Florida and Michigan delegates can both attend the Democratic National Convention in August but each delegate would carry half a vote, Los Angeles Times reports. Hillary Clinton believes Barack Obama got more Michigan delegates than he earned. Clinton aides said the campaign accepted the [...]