Four Swedish men went on trial in Denmark Friday on terrorism charges arising from an alleged plot to attack a newspaper that published satirical cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad – an issue that has inflamed Muslims’ passions in the past. Three Swedish nationals and a resident of Sweden pleaded not guilty at the start of […]
Trial for Alleged Terrorists Begins in Denmark
Obamas Paid More than $160,000 in Taxes Last Year
U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, paid more than $162,000 in taxes last year, a federal tax rate of 20.5 percent on their income of nearly $790,000. The White House released the president’s tax returns Friday, amid a debate over tax rates that has become a key issue in this year’s U.S. presidential […]
US Republican Presidential Hopefuls Focus on New Hampshire
As the U.S. Republican Party presidential nomination race moves to New Hampshire, the two frontrunners are turning their verbal fire toward President Barack Obama. At campaign events Thursday, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum accused the president of steering the United States away from its tradition of self-reliance and free […]