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Chicago protests on eve of NATO summit raucous, peaceful |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 15:15 |
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 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Hundreds of demonstrators staged raucous protests against Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's budget cuts and other economic issues on the eve of the NATO summit, but police said there were few arrests and only minor clashes. The crowds were in the hundreds on Saturday, down from an estimated 2,500 people on Friday at Daley Plaza, named for longtime Mayor Richard J. Daley, who headed the city during bloody clashes between police and anti-Vietnam War protesters at the 1968 Democratic convention. ...
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NATO leaders seek common path out of Afghanistan |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 15:15 |
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 CHICAGO (Reuters) - NATO leaders gather in Chicago on Sunday for a summit that will chart a path out of Afghanistan, as Western nations seek to fend off fissures in their alliance and ensure Afghanistan can hold a still-potent Taliban at bay when foreign troops withdraw. President Barack Obama hosts the summit in his home town, Chicago, a day after leaders of major industrialized nations tackled Europe's debt crisis, backing keeping Greece in the euro zone and vowing to take steps necessary to revitalize the world economy. ...
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Impatient Thai red shirts want justice from PM Yingluck |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 15:15 |
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 BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's "red shirts" took to the street this weekend to mark the anniversary of the army's bloody repression of their mass rally in Bangkok in 2010 amid growing signs of a rift with the government they helped elect last July. Many red shirts are angry at the failure of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to bring to account those responsible for the 91 deaths during the 2010 events. Some are threatening action that could destabilise her government and start another period of political upheaval, after months of relative calm. ...
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Face of politics in South Hills gets new look - Pittsburgh Post Gazette |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 15:15 |
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Three weeks later, she remained bowled over, especially by voters in the heart of the district -- and the longtime home of old-school Pittsburgh politics -- in Beechview and Brookline, where she won 66 and 58 percent of the vote, respectively....
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Rubio Comes Out Swinging at Obama at S.C. GOP Dinner |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 15:15 |
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COLUMBIA, S.C. ' Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., doled out attacks on President Obama tonight in a high-profile speech before South Carolina Republicans, laying out aggressive criticisms of the president as he called him the most 'divisive figure' in American politics. 'The president and his party's... Read more...
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Two smaller unions agree deals with Lockheed |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 15:15 |
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(Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp said on Saturday it had negotiated new contracts with two smaller unions at its Fort Worth, Texas plant, even as a strike by the larger machinists union stretched into a fifth week. Lockheed said about 70 members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) on Friday ratified a new contract that would extend for four years. On Saturday, a new five-year contract was approved by 430 members of the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU). Both agreements take effect on Monday. ... Read more...
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In politics, two parties are enough - Boston Globe |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 15:15 |
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His rival Thomas Jefferson agreed: 'If I could not go to heaven but with a political party, I would not go there at all.' Yet all their anti-partisan pieties didn't keep them from competing vigorously against each other as nominees of the first two ....
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Civil rights group NAACP endorses gay marriage |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 13:15 |
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(Reuters) - The nation's largest civil rights group, the NAACP, endorsed gay marriage on Saturday, giving a boost to the movement to legalize same-sex nuptials despite reservations expressed by some black ministers. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People passed the resolution at its board meeting in Miami "as a continuation of its historic commitment to equal protection under the law," the organization said. "Civil marriage is a civil right and a matter of civil law. ... Read more...
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Blind Chinese activist Chen arrives in New York |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 13:15 |
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 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in the United States on Saturday and declared "equality and justice have no boundaries" after China let him leave a Beijing hospital to quell a sensitive diplomatic rift between the two countries. Chen escaped from house arrest in northeastern China last month and sought refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, embarrassing China and creating an uncomfortable backdrop for U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to improve ties between the world's two biggest economies. ...
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Google says it has China's approval for Motorola deal |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 13:15 |
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 (Reuters) - Google said on Saturday that Chinese authorities have approved its $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings, the last regulatory hurdle to a deal that would allow the world's No. 1 Internet search engine to develop its own line of smart phones. Google, which will be the newest entrant to the handset market, announced plans for the acquisition last year in a bid to secure Motorola's valuable patents and pave the way for a pairing of Google's Android mobile software and Motorola's handset business. U.S. ...
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Air Canada dispute with pilots goes to arbitrator |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 13:15 |
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The union representing 3,000 Air Canada pilots said on Saturday that it had failed to reach a contract agreement with the country's largest airline after 10 days of mediated talks, leaving the dispute in the hands of a government arbitrator. A federal arbitrator will now have less than 90 days to choose between proposals submitted by the pilots and airlines, imposing an agreement on both sides. "To say we are disappointed would be a vast understatement," said Captain Jean-Marc Belanger, chair of the Master Executive Council of the Air Canada Pilots Association. ... Read more...
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Obama Sees 'Emerging Consensus' on Eurozone Rescue, Promotes Growth |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 13:15 |
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WASHINGTON ' There were a couple new faces in town at the annual Group of Eight summit, and a couple new allies for President Obama, who has been urging Europeans to follow America's lead. And with 4 million jobs created in the United States in... Read more...
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Compromising positions ' and more politics as usual - Daily Inter Lake |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 13:15 |
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lamenting the change in politics that has sent Dick Lugar and other longtime politicians to the sidelines. Doesn't it worry them that the other group mourning the loss of Lugar's vote in the Senate is establishment Democrats?...
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Blind Chinese Activist Chen Guangcheng Arrives in U.S |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 11:15 |
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Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, who is blind, arrived Saturday evening at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey with his wife and two children, hours after leaving a Beijing hospital and hurriedly placed on an airplane to the U.S., according to several media reports. The move by the Chinese government could signal the end of a tense diplomatic standoff between China and the United States, according to Reuters. Read more...
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Ron Paul Wins Minnesota State Convention |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 11:15 |
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Ron Paul backers have secured 12 of 13 delegates at Minnesota' state GOP convention, according to a source who was there and is familiar with the delegates' leanings. Saturday's convention gives Paul 32 of Minnesota's 40 delegates to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.,... Read more...
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Chinese activist Chen glad China showing 'restraint, calm' |
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Sunday, 20 May 2012 11:15 |
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng said on Saturday after arriving in the United States that he was gratified the Chinese government had been dealing with his situation with "restraint and calm." "I hope to see that they continue to open discourse and earn the respect and trust of the people," Chen, speaking through a translator, told reporters outside a New York University housing building in Manhattan's Greenwich Village neighborhood. He will be studying as a fellow at NYU's School of Law. Chen arrived in the United States shortly after 6 p.m. ... Read more...
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