Chinas Premier Li meets the press – but no unscripted questions thank you
China is unlike any other country in the world when it comes to press conferences: You generally learn more from the questions that are asked than from the answers that officials ...
View ArticleArmy member gets 5 years for Afghan scam
Afghanistan . Tonya Long, a 13-year Army veteran, pleaded guilty to stealing at least $1 million in cash payments meant for Afghan drivers of trucks delivering supplies to U.S. military bases in...
View ArticleU.S. copter down in Afghanistan 1 killed
One American died this weekend when a U.S. military helicopter crashed in Afghanistan's Kanduhar province, coalition officials said. The International Security Assistance Force said the OH-58 Kiowa...
View ArticleGreatest Hidden Detail in a New York Times Story of the Past Week
Before joining The Atlantic in 2007, Goldberg was a Middle East correspondent, and the Washington correspondent, for The New Yorker. Previously, he served as a correspondent for The New York Times...
View ArticleAlberta lobbies for Keystone XL in New York Times ad
Crews work on construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline east of Winona, Texas, on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. (Sarah A. Miller/The Tyler Morning Telegraph/Associated ...
View ArticleIn the arms of the press
philipoltermann: Has majority of Brit press given up understanding EURzone crisis? Now reporting it like a faraway plane crash, only in terms of Brits ...
View Article5 in India arrested for raping a tourist
Police said Sunday they arrested five men who allegedly admitted to raping a Swiss woman in central India. "We have arrested five persons who raped the Swiss woman and recovered her mobile and laptop,"...
View ArticleOpen door The readers editor on… publishing the texts in the Huhne and Pryce...
Chris Huhne, Britain's former energy secretary, arrives for sentencing at Southwark crown court in London on 11 March 2013. Photograph: Reuters/Stefan ...
View ArticleNew Yorkers caught with illegal animals
New York City inspectors busted more than 24 people for allegedly keeping, selling or displaying exotic animals that are illegal to own. Health Department records show that more than 24 people in New...
View ArticleTensions divide Syrian opposition group
Tensions are dividing Syria's main opposition group over whether to reach out to members of the current regime to form a new government, officials said. Syrian Opposition Coalition talks are scheduled...
View ArticleNewspaper groups threaten to boycott new press regulator
Three of the country's biggest newspaper groups, including the owners of the Daily Mail and the Sun, are threatening to boycott the government and set up their own regulatory body if the Conservatives...
View ArticleFather son found dead in French Alps
French Alps , officials said. The pair, from Buckinghamshire, England, had set of Saturday for a weekend of hiking in an area, The Sunday Telegraph reported. Investigators said they believe the son...
View ArticleConservatives seek eleventh-hour press regulation deal
George Osborne: "Press regulation achieved in a way that divides the political parties is not a press regulation that is really going to last." Photograph: ...
View Articlei Editors Letter This Budget is crucial for many
"Press regulation" and a new Pope have meant some subjects have not received their due attention this past week, most notably the shocking raid on citizens' savings in Cyprus and its wider...
View ArticleNewspaper jobs in jeopardy after Journal Register Co. cuts back
Sunday, 17 March 2013 17:32 A 10-state newspaper chain faces serious changes following its latest bankruptcy plea. The Journal Register Co., owner of the Morning Journal in Lorain and the News-Herald...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor Time for plastic bag ordinance
CORPUS CHRISTI -- Hope Malkan Time for plastic bag ordinance There is so much to be optimistic about in our community these days. We are poised to undertake much needed urban renewal, upgrades to our...
View ArticleGreek prison hostage-taker surrenders
A convicted murderer with a history of escapes ended his hostage-taking episode at a Greek prison Sunday night by surrendering, authorities said. The Greek Reporter said authorities said Alket Rizaj...
View ArticleCrash at racetrack kills boy 14 man 68
A race car careened over a retaining wall at a California racetrack, fatally striking the driver's 14-year-old cousin and another car's owner, officials said. The Yuba County Sheriff's Department said...
View ArticleIowa newspaper publisher rejects charges of racism by ‘agitators’
DES MOINES, Iowa - A 60-year newspaper veteran calls the online outrage his dead-tree newspaper is causing "a tempest in a teapot" and suggests those calling him a racist find something better to do...
View ArticleLetters to the editor Monday March 18
Respect the churchCompletely inappropriate (Editorial cartoon, March 14). The "Popes of the Past" and "Pope of Today" pictorial satire is something I would have expected to see in the scandal sheets or...
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