Browsing Month December, 2011
CHINA unveils ambitious 5-year space plan – NYTimes
By MB Snow at December 30, 2011 | 12:10 am
BEIJING — The Chinese government Thursday announced a five-year plan for space exploration that would move China closer to becoming a major rival at a time the U.S. program is in retreat. Coupled with China's earlier vows to build a space station and put an astronaut on the moon, the announcement conjured up memories of the Cold War-era space race between the United ... Go To Article
GINGRICH Campaign Sees Revolutionary Crossing in Race for Cash – Businessweek
By MB Snow at December 30, 2011 | 12:08 am
Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Newt Gingrich’s staff compares the next few days of hispresidential campaign with George Washington’s crossing of the ice-filled Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War more than 200 years ago. “Our preparations are coming to an end,” Gingrich’s campaign manager, Michael Krull, said in a Dec. 26 e-mail to supporters. ... Go To Article
MIDDLE EAST:: US wants 2012 talks for Taliban political office – AP
By MB Snow at December 30, 2011 | 12:06 am
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration hopes to restore momentum in the spring to U.S. talks with the Taliban insurgency that had reached a critical point before falling apart this month because of objections from Afghan President Hamid Karzai, U.S. and Afghan officials said. One goal of renewed talks with the insurgents would be to identify cease-fire zones that ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , General , Middle East , News , Politics
IMMIGRATION:: Obama administration sets up new hotline for immigration detainees – CNN
By MB Snow at December 30, 2011 | 12:04 am
(CNN) -- In the latest volley between the federal government and states pushing anti-illegal-immigration laws, the Obama administration announced Thursday it was establishing a new hotline for immigration detainees who feel they "may be U.S. citizens or victims of a crime." The 24-hour-a-day, 7-days-a-week hotline is part of a "broader effort to improve our immigration ... Go To Article
Barack Obama , General , Immigration , News , Politics
MIDDLE EAST:: Foreign monitors energize Syrian protests – AP
By MB Snow at December 30, 2011 | 12:02 am
HOMS, Syria (AP) -- The presence of Arab League monitors in Syria has re-energized the anti-government protest movement, with tens of thousands turning out over the past three days in cities and neighborhoods where the observers are expected to visit. The huge rallies have been met by lethal gunfire from security forces apparently worried about multiple mass sit-ins ... Go To Article
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CA SUPREME COURT says state can kill redevelopment agencies – Reuters
By MB Snow at December 30, 2011 | 12:00 am
(Reuters) - In a major victory for California Governor Jerry Brown, the state supreme court on Thursday upheld a law that would eliminate 400 local redevelopment agencies and could divert billions of dollars to schools and other local services. The court ruled that the state legislature was within its rights to abolish the agencies, which have long played a major role ... Go To Article
General , News , Politics , Supreme Court
ELECTION 2012:: Alone in NH, Huntsman sees past Iowa – AP
By MB Snow at December 29, 2011 | 3:12 pm
LACONIA, N.H. (AP) -- The political world is spinning in Iowa this week. And Jon Huntsman says he doesn't care. The former Utah governor is hunkered down in New Hampshire, where he's staking his entire presidential candidacy on a strong finish in the Jan. 10 Republican primary. Huntsman is in the midst of a 13-day campaign marathon in New Hampshire while his rivals ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , General , News , Politics
REP. STEVE KING: Gingrich Better Candidate Than Romney
By MB Snow at December 29, 2011 | 2:49 pm
Although Iowa Rep. Steve King is holding back his coveted political endorsement with only days to go before his state’s first-in-the-nation caucuses, he tells Newsmax that he almost certainly would choose former House Speaker Newt Gingrich over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Describing Gingrich as a “brilliant man, who generates all kinds of ideas,” King ... Go To Article
Election 2012 , General , News , Politics
MIDDLE EAST:: Airstrike on Turkey-Iraq border kills 35 people, official says – CNN
By MB Snow at December 29, 2011 | 2:33 pm
Istanbul (CNN) -- A Turkish airstrike on the border with Iraq killed 35 people who are now thought to have been smuggling cigarettes, a senior Turkish lawmaker said Thursday. Turkish air force jets launched the strike late Wednesday after unmanned aerial vehicles showed a group moving from Iraq toward the border with Turkey in an area "mostly used by terrorists," a ... Go To Article
General , Middle East , News , Politics
ROGER KIMBALL: It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over – PJM
By MB Snow at December 29, 2011 | 2:11 pm
And it ain’t over yet. A week, said the British politician Harold Wilson, is a long time in politics. It was just last week, on December 22, that Conrad Black, though describing Newt Gingrich as “a completely unfeasible president,” could also note that he is “now the leading contender for the Republican nomination.” Newt thought so, too. Less than a month ago, ... Go To Article
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