Monthly Archives: February 2005

Lebanon’s Government Resigns

Posted by Reilly on 2/28/2005 14 comments

Lebanese government resigns amid mass opposition protests Lebanese Prime Minister Omar Karami announced the resignation of his pro-Syrian government today. Two weeks after the assassination of his predecessor, Rafik Hariri, triggered protests in the streets and calls for Syria to …

North Korea To Rejoin Talks

Posted by Reilly on 2/28/2005 9 comments

In June North Korea has told officials in South Korea it is willing to take part in six-party talks on its nuclear arms programme in June. Pyongyang also said in its message that it was willing to sign a treaty …

Home Confiscation

Posted by Reilly on 2/28/2005 11 comments

Will court take a stand against home confiscation? To liberals and conservatives alike, the home is a potent symbol of American freedom and well-being. Having a home is the consummate American dream, representing security and accomplishment. It is an ideal …

Putin Drills Bush

Posted by Reilly on 2/28/2005 43 comments

Putin Is A CBS Loyalist George Bush knew Vladimir Putin would be defensive when Bush brought up the pace of democratic reform in Russia in their private meeting at the end of Bush’s four-day, three-city tour of Europe. But when …

Social Security Trust Fund

Posted by Reilly on 2/27/2005 2 comments

Social Security Trust Fund Sits in Drawer The Social Security trust fund really does exist ” nestled in the bottom drawer of an unremarkable government file cabinet. It’s in a pair of white loose-leaf notebooks holding plastic page covers. Each …

Bill For Hil

Posted by Reilly on 2/27/2005 5 comments

Clinton Says Hillary Would Make Excellent First U.S. Female President Former President Clinton said Sunday that his wife, Hillary, would be an excellent choice as the first female leader of the world’s most powerful nation. In an interview with Japan’s …

Saddam’s Half Brother

Posted by Reilly on 2/27/2005 1 comment

The 6 Of Diamonds A half-brother and former adviser to Saddam Hussein has been captured in Iraq, according to sources in the interim government. Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hasan al-Tikriti was number 36 on the U.S. military’s list of the 55 most …

Mary Murphy Resigns

Posted by Reilly on 2/26/2005 56 comments

CBS Producer On Flawed Bush Story Resigns A producer involved in CBS’s discredited report on President Bush’s National Guard service resigned Friday, nearly two months after an independent report criticized the handling of the story. Mary Murphy, another producer and …

Colin Powell

Posted by Reilly on 2/26/2005 1 comment

Powell criticises Iraq troop levels and rift with Europe Colin Powell, the former US secretary of state, has for the first time publicly criticised troops levels in Iraq and spoken of the rifts between himself and Donald Rumsfeld, the defence …

Iran Quake Survivors

Posted by Reilly on 2/26/2005 5 comments

Iran Quake Survivors Angry Rescuers have pulled two women alive from the rubble of a mountain village in southeastern Iran, but they also uncovered dozens of corpses as the death toll from Tuesday’s earthquake headed towards 550. Thousands of survivors …

Bin Laden

Posted by Reilly on 2/26/2005 1 comment

A Brand You Can Trust? Swiss authorities have ruled that a Geneva-based half-brother of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has the right to use the family name as a trademark. But businessman Yeslam Bin Ladin said he had no …

That Growing Economy

Posted by Reilly on 2/25/2005 1 comment

Economy Grows Better Than Expected The economy grew at a solid 3.8 percent annual rate in the final quarter of 2004 – stronger than previously estimated- and an encouraging sign that the business expansion was firmly entrenched at the start …

“Atomic Iran”

Posted by Reilly on 2/25/2005 6 comments

“Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians.” What author has some Democratic Senator’s camps up in arms and making statements like: John Kerry’s spokesman David Wade: “I doubt anyone who isn’t wearing a tin-foil hat …

Who poisoned Viktor Yushchenko?