President Obama says he and congressional leaders will reach an agreement on the debt and deficit by the August 2 deadline. He says after the agreement is reached, the United States will be in the position to make the kind of investments necessary to put the economy back on the right track and win the […]
Obama: Debt Agreement Will Be Reached by Aug. 2
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
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Assad Loyalists Storm US Embassy in Syria
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
Crowds of Syrians loyal to President Bashar al-Assad surged into the U.S. embassy compound in Damascus on Monday and caused damage. The Associated Press reported that attackers broke windows, raised a Syrian flag on the U.S. grounds, and wrote anti-U.S. graffiti on walls. The attackers left after the brief incursion. The U.S. State Department said […]
Obama Says Economy, Jobs Biggest Priorities
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
US President Barack Obama says the biggest priority of his administration is putting the economy back on track and getting people back to work. The U.S. Labor Department reported Friday that the nation’s unemployment rate had increased to 9.2 percent. The report indicated that the number of new jobs being created was slowing. At the […]
Uganda Opens Country’s First War Crimes Trial
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
Uganda has opened its first war crimes trial with a case against a leader of the notoriously violent Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group. The trial against Thomas Kwoyelo began at Uganda’s International War Crimes Division under tight security in the town of Gulu Monday. Kwoyelo is charged with 53 counts of willful killing, hostage taking, […]
France Pursues Libya Diplomacy, Denies Direct Negotiations
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 11:50 am (UTC-5)
France says it has had indirect contact with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi but has “no direct negotiations” with his government. French foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said Monday that Paris has sent messages to the Gadhafi government “in liaison with” Libya’s rebel Transitional National Council. Valero said the messages tell Mr. Gadhafi he must step […]
Obama: Urgent Action Needed On Debt Deal
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 11:45 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says it is time to set aside politics and make a deal with both parties in Congress that will allow the United States to keep borrowing money, while cutting government deficits and debt. At a news conference Monday in Washington, Mr. Obama said he will meet with opposition Republicans and his […]
Obama: Failure to Reach Compromise Could Trigger Recession
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
President Obama says congressional leaders from both political parties will have to compromise in order to reach agreement on the debt and deficit. Mr. Obama says he is prepared to take on significant criticism from his Democratic Party to reach an agreement. But he says he does not see a path to a deal if […]
Death Toll in Russian Boat Disaster Rises to 64
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
Russian divers on the Volga River are probing a sunken tour boat where they expect to find the remains of scores of children entombed in a play area of the stricken vessel, which went down Sunday with 208 people on board. The grim search was underway late Monday, as the confirmed death toll rose to […]
Obama: Daily Meetings Until Debt-Deficit Agreement
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 11:25 am (UTC-5)
President Barack Obama says meetings with Congress will happen “every single day” until an agreement is reached on the debt and deficit. At a White House news conference Monday, the president said congressional leaders agree that it is not acceptable to allow the United States to default on its debt by not raising the debt […]
South Africa Arrests Alleged Rhino Horn Dealer
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 11:10 am (UTC-5)
South African police say they have arrested a Thai man who organized rhinoceros hunts as part of a scheme to sell their horns on the black market. Suspect Chumlong Lemtongthai was due to appear in court early this week. He was arrested at his Johannesburg-area home on Saturday, after a year-long investigation by the South […]
