Egypt football riot: Port Said officials sacked
Senior officials in the Egyptian city of Port Said and the Egyptian football association have been sacked in the wake of riots on Wednesday in which at least 74 people were killed. The governor of Port Said resigned, while the city’s director of security and head of investigations were suspended and are now in custody. [...]
Gingrich says Florida loss shows it’s a 2-person race for the GOP nomination, vows to go on
February 1, 2012 Comments Off
By Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — Trounced in Florida, presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Tuesday used the defeat to declare that he alone is the conservative alternative to GOP front-runner Mitt Romney. Gingrich ignored the fact that the other two candidates in the race — Ron Paul and Rick Santorum — chose not to run [...]
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By Lori Montgomery, Updated: Tuesday, January 31, 9:10 AM The federal budget deficit will top $1 trillion for a fourth straight year, congressional budget analysts said Tuesday, but is likely to be the smallest since the Great Recession began taking a toll on the budget in 2009. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected that the gap between government spending and [...]
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WASHINGTON – Home prices fell for a third straight month in November in nearly all cities tracked by the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home-price index. The declines show that most homeowners are not reaping the benefits from some signs of an improving housing market. Prices dropped from October in 19 of the 20 cities tracked. The [...]
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As Arab and European nations push for a new resolution at the UN Security Council tomorrow, the Free Syrian Army is emerging as an increasingly influential player. But it needs weapons, money. By Nicholas Blanford, TRIPOLI, LEBANON As hope for a diplomatic solution to Syria‘s violence fades, international attention is turning to the rebel Free Syrian Army as an [...]
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