Politics

HAVANA—At a state project to refurbish a decaying building in Old Havana, one worker paints a wall white while two others watch. A fourth sleeps in a wheelbarrow positioned in a sliver of shade nearby […] […]

WASHINGTON—As concerns grow about the war in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is heading to South Asia on a mission aimed at refining the goals of the nearly 9-year-old conflict. U.S. lawmakers are […] […]

SOUTH Korea has developed a long-range missile capable of striking nuclear sites and military targets in North Korea, news reports say. The Hyunmu-3C cruise missile has a range of 1500 kilometres, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper […] […]

A FORMER US State Department official has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in a conspiracy to provide classified data to Cuba. The Justice Department said the 73-year-old would also not be […] […]

WASHINGTON: American senators have written to BP to demand it hand over records detailing how the company lobbied the British Government in the run-up to the release of the Lockerbie bomber. The request came yesterday […] […]

GOVERNMENT yesterday reiterated its position that it had no dealings with United States law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, and that the additional US$15,000 paid to the firm was strictly a transaction between lawyers representing […] […]

By Sandrea:-MY GRIPE I am absolutely disgusted reading about the charges that have be laid against Lord Taylor of Warwick. Why would a person in such a privilege position have to resort to fraud.  I […] […]

IN what could be NATO’s worst month for casualties since 2001, US politicians have voiced fears about the American-led war in Afghanistan. With NATO suffering 12 casualties in two days, Democrat and Republican senators questioned […] […]

Tony Blair branded Gordon Brown “mad, bad, dangerous and beyond redemption” as their long-standing leadership feud reached boiling point, according to Peter Mandelson. In the latest instalment of his memoirs, serialised in The Times, the […] […]

IOWA – A billboard created by a conservative Iowa political group comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin is being condemned by other activists. The North Iowa Tea Party began displaying the […] […]