U.S. authorities have captured an alleged gangster linked to 19 murders after he had been on the run for more than 16 years. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said it arrested James (Whitey) Bulger, along with his longtime girlfriend, Catherine Greig, on Wednesday evening at a house in Santa Monica, California. The 81-year-old Bulger was […]
US Authorities Capture Alleged Gangster Linked to 19 Murders
Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 2:40 am (UTC-5)
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Philippines Minister, in Washington, to Seek Help Against China
Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 1:35 am (UTC-5)
Philippines Foreign Minister Albert del Rosario is expected to seek assurances of U.S. military support against China during a meeting Thursday with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Philippine officials say Clinton invited del Rosario to Washington during a flare-up in tensions between Manila and Beijing over Chinese naval activities near the disputed Spratly Islands in […]
Obama’s Afghan Strategy Forges a Middle Ground in U.S. Thought
Posted June 23rd, 2011 at 12:55 am (UTC-5)
Analysts say U.S. President Barack Obama’s new troop withdrawal plan for Afghanistan appears to fall in the middle ground of current American thinking about the decade-long war — too quick a drawdown for some of its military commanders, but possibly too slow for a war-weary electorate. Mr. Obama announced his plan Wednesday night to bring […]
Obama Orders 33,000 Troops Out of Afghanistan
Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 10:15 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has announced the beginning of the end of the country’s 10-year war in Afghanistan, ordering the withdrawal of 33,000 American troops by the end of 2012. In a White House address Wednesday, President Obama told the American people “the tide of war is receding.” He said the first 10,000 American troops […]
US First Lady To Visit Prison Where Mandela Was Jailed
Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 10:05 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama will visit Thursday the Robben Island prison where former South African President Nelson Mandela was jailed for 18 years. The first lady met with Mr. Mandela at his home in Johannesburg Tuesday, at the beginning of her two-nation tour of southern Africa. On Wednesday, Mrs. Obama delivered an emotional address […]
US Pledges $300 Million to Central America’s Security
Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 9:30 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged to increase the U.S. investment for improving security efforts in Central America to $300 million. Clinton made the pledge Wednesday at a conference in Guatemala on the growing problem of drug violence and weapons trafficking in the region. It represents a $40 million increase from last year’s […]
Obama Announces Plans to Withdraw ‘Surge’ Troops from Afghanistan
Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 8:55 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has announced the beginning of the end of the country’s 10-year war in Afghanistan, ordering the withdrawal of 33,000 American troops by the end of 2012. In a White House address Wednesday, President Obama told the American people “the tide of war is receding.” He said the first 10,000 American troops […]
Obama Ackowledges Difficult Decade for US
Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 8:30 pm (UTC-5)
President Obama says the decade has been difficult for the country, in that nearly 4,500 Americans have died in the Iraq war and 1,500 in Afghanistan. He said the tide of war is receding, with the combat mission in Iraq ended and 100,000 American troops already out of that country. He said the long wars […]
Obama Announces Plans for Afghan Drawdown
Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 8:15 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States and its allies are meeting their goals in Afghanistan, and 33,000 American troops will be withdrawn in about one year. In an address to the nation Wednesday, President Obama said the first 10,000 American troops will be withdrawn by the end of this year. He said the […]
Obama: Tide of War is Receding
Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 8:15 pm (UTC-5)
President Barack Obama says the “tide of war is receding,” with fewer Americans serving in harm’s way. The president says 100,000 U.S. troops are already out of Iraq and that the “light of a secure peace” can be seen in Afghanistan, with both wars coming to a “responsible end.” Mr. Obama says the United States […]
