Afghanistan, Iraq among the world's most corrupt
BERLIN - Afghanistan and Iraq, countries that receive billions of dollars a year in international support, are among the world's most corrupt nations, a watchdog group said in a report released Tuesday.
Nations:Afghanistan Poland Belarus Lithuania Denmark New Zealand People:Hamid Karzai Activities:Second Gulf War Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2009-11-17
In a surprise, Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO - President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilateralism.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan Russia Zimbabwe Poland South Africa People:Nelson Mandela Morgan Tsvangirai Dmitry Medvedev Barack Obama Al Gore Jimmy Carter
2009-10-09
Polanski asks Swiss court to free him from custody
ZURICH - Lawyers for Roman Polanski filed a motion in court Tuesday asking that the director be released from Swiss custody -- the first step in his legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States for a 1977 statutory rape case.
Nations:Switzerland U.S. Poland People:Roman Polanski Hillary Clinton Ewan McGregor Pierce Brosnan
2009-09-29
Polanski vows to fight US extradition
ZURICH (AFP) - Roman Polanski's lawyers on Monday vowed to fight his extradition to the United States over a three-decade-old child sex case and called his surprise detention in Switzerland "illegal".
Nations:France Switzerland Poland People:Hillary Clinton Roman Polanski Monica Bellucci Wong Kar-Wai
2009-09-28
Russia says it won't deploy missiles near Poland
MOSCOW - Russia said Saturday it will scrap a plan to deploy missiles near Poland since Washington has dumped a planned missile shield in Eastern Europe. It also harshly criticized Iran's president for new comments denying the Holocaust.
Nations:Russia Poland Iran People:Dmitry Medvedev Barack Obama Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Vladimir Putin George W. Bush Activities:Holocaust U.S.-Russia Military Relations Source:(AP)
2009-09-19
East Europe: Rancor, relief on missile shield plan
PRAGUE - Czechs and Poles expressed rancor and relief Thursday that President Barack Obama had pulled out of plans for a U.S. missile defense shield -- reflecting deep divisions over a proposal that some feared would make them a target for terrorists.
Nations:U.S. Russia Poland Czech Republic People:Barack Obama Source:(AP)
2009-09-17
Demjanjuk faces 27,900 accessory to murder counts
MUNICH - Retired auto worker John Demjanjuk was formally charged Monday with 27,900 counts of acting as an accessory to murder -- one for every person who died at Sobibor during the time he is accused of serving as a guard at the Nazi death camp.
Nations:Germany Poland Israel Ukraine Source:(AP)
2009-07-13
Obama, Medvedev agree to deal to cut nuke weapons
MOSCOW - Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev confidently committed to a year-end deal to slash nuclear stockpiles by about a third on Monday, but the U.S. leader failed to crack stubborn Kremlin objections to America's missile defense plans -- a major stumbling block to such an agreement.
Nations:Russia Afghanistan Pakistan Poland People:Dmitry Medvedev Barack Obama Vladimir Putin George W. Bush Activities:U.S.-Russia Military Relations Source:(AP)
2009-07-07
NY woman in 50s becomes US' 11th swine flu death
NEW YORK - A woman died over the weekend of swine flu, becoming the city's second victim and the nation's 11th.
Nations:Kuwait Poland Mexico U.S. Iraq Activities:2009 Swine Flu Source:(AP)
2009-05-24
Kuwait: 18 swine flu-infected US troops have left
KUWAIT CITY - Eighteen U.S. soldiers infected with swine flu have recovered after treatment on an American base in Kuwait and left the country, a Kuwaiti health official said Sunday.
Nations:Kuwait Poland U.S. Iraq Mexico Activities:2009 Swine Flu Source:(AP)
2009-05-24
World gov'ts race to contain swine flu outbreak
WASHINGTON - The world's governments raced to avoid both a pandemic and global hysteria Sunday as more possible swine flu cases surfaced from Canada to New Zealand and the United States declared a public health emergency. "It's not a time to panic," the White House said.
Nations:Canada New Zealand U.S. Mexico Bolivia U.K. People:Barack Obama Activities:2009 Swine Flu
2009-04-27
Citigroup gets new rescue, U.S. may own 36 percent
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will boost its equity stake in Citigroup Inc to as much as 36 percent, bolstering the bank's capital base in the latest emergency effort to save the banking giant.
Nations:Poland Mexico U.S. People:Vikram Pandit Ben Bernanke Activities:Citigroup Crisis
2009-02-27
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