U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney received a cool reception Wednesday when he spoke to African American voters, a group that voted overwhelmingly for President Barack Obama in the 2008 election. In his Houston, Texas speech to the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People , Romney said his policies […]
Romney Courts African American Voters with Speech to NAACP
Posted July 11th, 2012 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
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Romney Courts African American Voters with Speech to NAACP
Posted July 11th, 2012 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is telling African American voters that his policies and leadership will help minority families more than President Barack Obama’s have. Romney made his appeal Wednesday in a speech to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People , at its annual convention in Houston, Texas. Romney told the […]
Romney to Speak at NAACP Convention
Posted July 11th, 2012 at 8:20 am (UTC-5)
Mitt Romney, the presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee, will address the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Wednesday at its annual convention in Houston, Texas. Romney’s speech before the nation’s oldest civil rights group is aimed at drawing support from African American voters, who, in polls, overwhelmingly favor incumbent President Barack Obama, the […]
Morsi Supporters Rally After Court Rules Against Parliament Recall
Posted July 11th, 2012 at 4:10 am (UTC-5)
Thousands of Egyptians have rallied in support of President Mohamed Morsi after the country’s highest court overruled his decision to recall parliament. The demonstrators chanted and waved flags late Tuesday in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. The court earlier ruled against Mr. Morsi’s decision to recall the Islamist-led parliament, which the nation’s military leaders dissolved last month […]
Egypt’s Top Court Rules Against President’s Parliament Recall
Posted July 10th, 2012 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
Egypt’s highest court has overruled President Mohamed Morsi’s decision to recall the Islamist-led parliament that was dissolved by the nation’s military leaders last month. A judicial source said the ruling came hours after Egypt’s Islamist-led lower house of parliament reconvened briefly Tuesday in defiance of orders by the country’s military and Supreme Court. President Morsi […]
Egyptian Lawmakers Meet in Defiance of Military
Posted July 10th, 2012 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s Islamist-led parliament reconvened Tuesday in defiance of orders by the country’s military and Supreme Court. The brief meeting of the lower house came days after President Mohamed Morsi issued a decree reinstating the body until a new legislature is elected. Egypt’s supreme military council dissolved the parliament last month after the Supreme Constitutional Court […]
Egyptian Lawmakers Meet in Defiance of Military
Posted July 10th, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s Islamist-led parliament has reconvened in defiance of orders by the country’s military and Supreme Court. The lower house of parliament met Tuesday, days after President Mohamed Morsi issued a decree reinstating the body. Egypt’s supreme military council dissolved the parliament last month after the Supreme Court found fault with the process by which lawmakers […]
Daughter of Late South Korean Dictator Seeks Presidency
Posted July 10th, 2012 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
South Korea’s Park Geun-hye has formally launched her campaign for president of the country her father, the late Park Chung-hee, once ruled with an iron fist. The 60-year-old Park made her announcement Tuesday in Seoul in front of crowd of cheering supporters. “I am here, determined that I will devote my life to the happiness […]
Egyptian Lawmakers Meet in Defiance of Military
Posted July 10th, 2012 at 5:05 am (UTC-5)
Egypt’s Islamist-led parliament has reconvened in defiance of orders by the country’s military and Supreme Court. The lower house of parliament met Tuesday, days after President Mohamed Morsi issued a decree reinstating the body. Egypt’s supreme military council dissolved the parliament last month because of election irregularities in a move upheld by the Supreme Court. […]
Egyptian Lawmakers Set to Meet in Defiance of Military
Posted July 10th, 2012 at 1:35 am (UTC-5)
The speaker of Egypt’s lower house of parliament plans to reconvene the assembly Tuesday in defiance of orders by the country’s military council and Supreme Court. The move follows a decree by President Mohamed Morsi reinstating parliament after military leaders dissolved the body last month because of election irregularities. The Supreme Court upheld the powerful […]
