Ivory Coast’s president-elect Alassane Outtara is holed up in a hotel that has been encircled by the army, on orders of incumbent Laurent Gbagbo, for two months. Now, Outtara tells Time , he’s ready for West Africa’s economic community to use force. “I wanted to give peace and dialogue a chance….
Continue reading …Presidential debates are already scheduled for May, but Mike Huckabee won’t be pushed into participating. “I don’t want to get suckered into taking on the schedule because it’s what the media wants us to do,” said Huckabee on Friday. Added the former Arkansas governor, who has said that he won’t…
Continue reading …An explosion killed at least 35 people and injured up to 168 more today in the international arrivals wing of the Domodedovo Airport, the largest of Moscow’s three commercial airports, according to Russia Today . The attack appears to have been a suicide bombing; investigators believe that a man was wearing…
Continue reading …An Illinois appeals court struck Rahm Emanuel’s name from Chicago’s mayoral ballot today, according to the Chicago Sun-Times . In a 2-1 ruling, the court declared that Emanuel hadn’t met the residency requirements to run. “We order that the candidate’s name be excluded (or if necessary, be removed) from the ballot,…
Continue reading …The so-called “ Palestinian Papers ,” which reveal that the Israel turned down massive concessions from a desperate PLO, are a disgrace, according to the Guardian , one of the papers distributing the leaks. “It is hard to tell who appears worst,” the paper’s editorial reads: “The Palestinian leaders, who are weak, craven,…
Continue reading …Police have identified the gunman who opened fire in a Detroit police precinct yesterday as Lamar Moore, 38. Moore, who was killed in return fire, is thought to have been related to a man set for sentencing today in a double homicide, said the city’s police chief. The four officers…
Continue reading …President Obama has been talking a lot about the need to “win the future” lately. In fact, it sounds like a pretty good re-election campaign slogan, notes Roll Call . There’s just one teensy-tiny issue: A conservative activist already owns WinTheFuture.com—and .org, .net, and every other WinTheFuture website. Glenn…
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