Media baron Rupert Murdoch says he is humbled by the phone-hacking scandal engulfing his British press operations but adds he is not personally responsible for it. The 80-year-old Murdoch answered questions before a Parliament investigative committee on Tuesday alongside his son James, his chief deputy at his global media company, News Corporation. The elder Murdoch […]
Murdoch: ‘Humbled’ by Phone-hacking Scandal but Not Personally Responsible
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
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Obama: No More Time ‘to Posture’ on US Debt
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is warning Congress it is running out of time to cut the government deficit and raise the debt ceiling. Mr. Obama told reporters at the White House Tuesday lawmakers “don’t have any more time to posture.” He said failure to reach a deal on raising the country’s debt limit would soon […]
Israel Tows Gaza Activists’ Yacht to Port
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
Israel’s navy has towed a French yacht carrying pro-Palestinian activists to an Israeli port after stopping the activists’ attempt to break Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Israeli seized the Dignity al-Karama in the Mediterranean and towed it to Ashdod’s port on Tuesday. Israeli officials say the activists will be deported. Sixteen people, including […]
Atlantis Departs International Space Station for Final Time
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis is on its way home after undocking from the International Space Station, beginning the last leg of its final voyage — and of the 30-year U.S. shuttle program. Atlantis and its four-member crew separated from the ISS early Tuesday over New Zealand after an eight-day visit to deliver a year’s […]
Obama: No More Time ‘to Posture’ on US Debt
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is warning Congress it is running out of time to cut the government deficit and raise the debt ceiling. Mr. Obama told reporters at the White House Tuesday lawmakers “don’t have any more time to posture.” He said failure to reach a deal on raising the country’s debt limit would soon […]
Clinton Says US, India United in Terror Fight
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has concluded a day of talks with Indian officials and says the two nations are united in fighting “violent extremist networks.” Clinton met Tuesday with India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna in discussions aimed at strengthening political and economic relations. Following her meeting with Krishna, […]
Somali President Declares Famine
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
Somalia’s president has declared a famine in his drought-stricken country and called for more international help to deal with the crisis. While touring a displaced-persons camp in the capital, Mogadishu on Tuesday, President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said food has become so scarce that there is “in fact a famine” in his country. The president […]
Arrests Made After Attack on Guinean President
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
Authorities in Guinea have made at least two arrests following the assassination attempt on President Alpha Conde. President Conde told French radio Tuesday that the two main leaders of the attack, both of them military figures, have been taken into custody. Media reports say one of the two is the former head of the Guinean […]
US Charges ‘Pakistani Agents’ with Conspiracy
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
The United States has charged two men with conspiracy, saying they lobbied the U.S. government without disclosing the fact that they were being funded by the Pakistani government, including its spy agency. Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai and Zaheer Ahmad, both U.S. citizens, are accused of being unregistered agents of a foreign government. Fai was arrested […]
Swearing-in Delayed for Reshuffled Egyptian Cabinet
Posted July 19th, 2011 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
Egypt’s military-backed interim government has postponed the swearing-in of a reshuffled Cabinet until Prime Minister Essam Sharaf’s health improves. The decision was announced by state-run media on Tuesday, a day after Mr. Sharaf was taken to a Cairo hospital for medical exams after suffering a drop in blood pressure. About 14 new ministers in the […]
